Jennifer H. Selke

Music from church and @bselke on drums and Jonat

2009-04-12T11:30:00.001-07:00

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2009-04-12T11:25:00.001-07:00

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2009-02-21T11:51:00.001-08:00

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Woman at WDW Magic Kingdom with no shoes - very

2009-02-20T16:44:00.001-08:00

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Rubik's cube competition #aca09

2009-02-19T08:37:00.001-08:00

Tommy Feldman mountain day camp winner!!

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Photo of iPhone dropped from 2 stories

2009-01-30T16:12:00.001-08:00

At the apple store and a teen just came in with this photo. It actually still worked for a while.

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Return line at best buy worse than WDW Toy Story

2008-12-27T15:57:00.001-08:00

Can u find brain? Hint: he is the melodramatic guy behind the rock band drums.

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2008-12-19T18:05:00.001-08:00

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Kids don't realize their teachers are equally

2008-12-16T11:56:00.001-08:00

Excited about this.

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Miss America coed headed to LA

2008-12-03T04:29:00.001-08:00

Very sweet and kind to all the little girls wanting to talk to her.

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Millions of #wdw Christmas lights never get old

2008-12-02T15:37:00.001-08:00

Nor does listening to my new favorite Christmas song, The Perfect Gift, by @megaphoneMusic found at http://www.megaphoneMusic.net/

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When was the last time you saw this?

2008-12-02T11:32:00.001-08:00

A pay phone AND phone book

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Dole Whip for Bob #wdw

2008-12-01T10:18:00.001-08:00

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#wdw It's a small world after all

2008-12-01T07:10:00.001-08:00

It's a small world it's a small world it's a small small world (repeat) again and again and again all day till you want to put sharp sticks in your ears to make it stop.

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Candlelight processional #WDW epcot

2008-11-30T14:25:00.001-08:00

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Singers at The American Adventure

2008-11-30T13:37:00.001-08:00

Epcot #WDW sing The First Noel

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So @raejoycebag #wdw just can't keep up up

2008-11-29T11:34:00.001-08:00

With the @jennselke touring plans at the Studios. This is the long Indiana Jones attraction.

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My sister in mulch #WDW

2008-11-29T08:44:00.001-08:00

My sister volunteered my husband at universal for a show so it was great payback to have her pulled fir jingle bell duty. Thanks @jimdoyle &@megaphoneMusic

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Inside mission space

2008-11-28T10:10:00.001-08:00

#wdw On a backstage tour at epcot. Tim, tourguide on right soon to be monorail manager.

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Turkey leg as big as her head

2008-11-27T12:31:00.001-08:00

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Mulch at WDW finally Christmas Songs

2008-11-24T19:11:00.001-08:00

So the rig is decorated. And Mulch, Sweat, and Shears are doing their holiday songs. Matt from @megaphonemusic is on the drums. You can find the holiday tune he wrote, the perfect gift, with megaphone at http://Megaphonemusic.net/

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Watching sheep dental surgery

2008-11-24T06:57:00.001-08:00

Joseph is having a routine dental procedure. He also has a runny nose. In this photo he is being walked in with his handlers where he has been trained to follow her hand. Dr. Mark told us about the procedure before he started. This is at Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Joseph is Gulf Coast Native sheep from California.

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Poison Dart Frog

2008-11-24T06:30:00.001-08:00

This is the most amazing blue frog. Too bad he is poisonous or I might love him.

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On safari in Africa

2008-11-24T05:42:00.001-08:00

Ok so it is at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom. But where else can u do Everest and Africa all in the same day? Is is bad that all my worldly travels is in Epcot and Animal Kingdom?

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Would u wear these heals on a day in Disney Worl

2008-11-22T11:44:00.001-08:00

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2008-11-22T11:16:00.001-08:00

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More mulch with part @megaphonemusic

2008-11-22T11:10:00.001-08:00

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Beautiful day at an empty Epcot

2008-11-21T14:02:00.001-08:00

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Never too early for a Christmas Sing-a-Long

2008-11-20T17:13:00.001-08:00

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Christmas castle lights & sounds at Walt Disney

2008-11-20T16:55:00.001-08:00

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A clear and crowd free day in the kingdom

2008-11-20T11:48:00.001-08:00

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Epcot fireworks- there is not much else better t

2008-11-19T18:01:00.001-08:00

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Matt, Paul, and Jamison sans Jim of mulch

2008-11-19T09:23:00.001-08:00

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Orlando lifeguards dress in winter gear just lik

2008-11-18T10:07:00.001-08:00

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Hanging out after church with fam and friends

2008-09-21T12:48:00.001-07:00

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Techset party Bare at Mirage

2008-09-20T00:31:00.001-07:00

#bwe08

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8th grade reunion las vegas

2008-09-19T20:45:00.001-07:00

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Yippee. Teenage ninja turtles next

2008-09-06T14:43:00.001-07:00

the booth across from Patrick's at KidzFaire alameda county fairgrounds

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will @zappos notice if I return this in the box?

2008-09-02T21:18:00.001-07:00

seems they should be in the cat bed business too

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Fish philosophy teacher training North Carolina

2008-08-28T05:52:00.001-07:00

Pine Lake Prep

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Watching TWiM filming live at #nme

2008-08-15T13:39:00.001-07:00

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Talking with kevin from vacationeers.com

2008-08-14T19:37:00.001-07:00

Check out the videos. They are hysterical!!

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Oh to have the blissful rest of a baby

2008-07-26T14:39:00.001-07:00

Alan-Sleeping at the beach

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Building a sandcastle with toby at Incline Beach

2008-07-26T11:58:00.001-07:00

Pictured is toby and his neices and nephew. Toby is of course directing the engineering project and building a multinational government to take over once construction is complete.

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Staff chillin' at the soccer match

2008-07-16T19:53:00.001-07:00

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Cal rally crew at camp

2008-07-11T23:24:00.001-07:00

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Watching the staff soccer team

2008-07-09T20:33:00.001-07:00

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Skate camp staff filling water balloons

2008-07-09T12:51:00.001-07:00

For a game of three flies up with skaters.

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Injured hawk at camp

2008-06-23T15:14:00.001-07:00

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Injury to my skate staff = gross

2008-06-22T21:03:00.001-07:00

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Tassy (camp staff) looking for duplex in printer

2008-06-16T14:35:00.001-07:00

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397 campers-51 degrees-1 semi blocking traffic-o

2008-06-16T09:33:00.001-07:00

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A summer of walkie talkies

2008-06-11T10:09:00.001-07:00

Walkie talkies charged and ready to go. Camp can start.

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At the Argue Swim Stadium - nice facility

2008-05-22T12:50:00.001-07:00

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The Passing of Laura Allan

2008-05-19T12:35:00.000-07:00

Visit the Laura Allan Memorials site

Today, Laura Allan lost her fight with cancer. She was a great musician and had a beautiful spirit. I will always remember her for her generosity, easy-going nature, and sense of humor. She lived a life of a rock star . . . always there to help or cheer someone up. When ever I needed something, she was quick to figure out what she could do. She had a gentle spirit that was accepting of everyone, maybe too accepting at times, but that was her nature and no one was going change that about her.

I met Laura through her mother (Dr. Nadine Lambert pictured below) who was my dissertation chair and mentor. Nadine Lambert was killed in a violent car accident in April 26 2006. That day was one of the worst in my life, Nadine was one of the most influential people in my adult life and losing her unexpectedly was numbing. Through the weeks that followed, Laura was often the one who understood the grief and could make you laugh and cry at the same time. It was then that she sent me this song she was working on, I'm In Good Shape. She had shared it with her mother before her mother died and Nadine really liked it. That's not saying much, Nadine loved everything Laura did. Nadine was the ultimate when it came to supporting her children and students. The photo below is of Nadine and Laura - the way I remember both of them.

Listen to Laura's song "I'm In Good Shape"

NOTE BELOW FROM HER BROTHER JEFFREY TO FRIENDS

Dear Friends,
When my sister was sick with cancer, and wanting to drive to Reno, Nevada to go to an alternative treatment facility for a second opinion, she told me that her drivers’ license had expired. She just wanted to go in to the DMV and take the test and was telling me that that was all she needed to do, as they closed when she was trying to do this before.

After her last discharge from the hospital a few weeks ago, she wanted to go back to Reno, and I told her I would drive her. She called me a week ago Friday (May 9, 2008) in the late afternoon and said: “I want you to know that I just got my driver’s license renewed.” She must have put on a wig and taken off her oxygen and gone in there and acted like any one else at the California DMV on a Friday afternoon and somehow passed on the first time, which is difficult in California. Later that evening she called and told me she had rented a car in Oakland to drive up to Reno and back – she got a nurse who was staying with her to take her to the airport and do this.

Laura made it up to Reno last Monday (May 12, 2008), to go to a clinic where patients receive vitamin and nutrient infusions to combat cancer. Her caregiver friend didn’t show up as planned to take her and I had to work so while I was thinking about hiring a driver she drove herself in the middle of the night last Monday with a friend when most people sleep. She called me from Reno to say that she saw a beautiful sunrise in Sacramento at 5:00AM as they were passing through on highway 80. Laura loved it at that clinic as the emphasis was on anti-oxidants and not chemo. She also liked big fatherly male doctors who hugged her and told her it would be ok, and then they would called me out in the hall and sound like the grim reaper.

I spoke to her last Thursday night (May 15, 2008) and she told me she was feeling better but she was lying I knew. I tried to talk to Laura Sunday (May 18, 2008) but her friend/caregiver told me she couldn’t come to the phone as she was very sick and he was planning to take her to the cancer clinic early Monday.

Yesterday morning (May 19, 2008) after I was at work for a few hours I decided to call the cancer clinic hoping I could speak with her, as they usually put her on the phone with me when she is having an infusion. I called and the Doctor got on the phone almost immediately. They had just received a call from St. Mary’s Hospital. Her friend Goshi had carried her into the emergency room around 9:00AM and she died there at 9:27AM, of numerous complications of a horrible cancer that ravaged her body. My take is that she didn’t want to go into the hospital over the weekend, and knew she was dying, and when this time got close, Goshi got her out of the Residence Inn and to the hospital. All in all, probably the best way to deal with the situation.

It was a long day at work as my colleague was not there and the software I use for work wasn’t working and my mind wasn’t completely there. I left at 7:00PM and walked home through the Berkeley Hills and the fog and at home there was an envelope from the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Laura’s Drivers License had arrived. All that nagging she hated from my mother and later me, about doing what you are supposed to do in life. Stuff I hated to remind her of but did, all of those “reality” elements I knew she never wanted to hear, and she in her very sick state at the last moment, went in there and got her drivers’ license so it would be a back-up for her to get to Reno. This because she was a true fighter in the face of this horrible disease.

I am so happy that she got her Drivers’ License, however wacky and insignificant that sounds. She wasn’t into being compliant, but when she wanted to do something, like live as long as possible or take steps to that end, she did it.

Here are some samples of my sister’s songs from her first Album in 1978. It sounds dated but it was her sound commercialized for the period.

I don’t need flowers, just your positive thoughts, as I try to pick up the pieces of my sister’s life, which I always tried to steer clear of, and try to treat what remains with dignity and a happy remembrance.

Love,

Jeffrey

Dinner with the inlaws and neice

2008-05-16T15:17:00.001-07:00

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Fun at gymboree with my nephew

2008-05-16T10:24:00.001-07:00

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1.2 million dollar condos

2008-05-11T16:52:00.001-07:00

Condo shopping with a friend at the new Mercer complex in Walnut

Creek. Beautiful, serious luxury, rediculously expensive for the size

- ahh to be a young bachelor with money to burn.

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Back to the hulk rollercoaster

2008-04-19T16:19:00.001-07:00

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One fish two fish red fish blue fish

2008-04-19T15:01:00.001-07:00

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Men in Black ride Universal Orlando

2008-04-19T14:38:00.001-07:00

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one fish two fish red fish blue fish

2008-04-19T10:16:00.001-07:00

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In line at the spider man ride

2008-04-19T07:13:00.001-07:00

With my husband and bro-in-law

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On the incredible hulk rollercoaster Orlando

2008-04-19T06:57:00.001-07:00

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Hofbrauhaus las vegas

2008-04-03T20:10:00.001-07:00

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2008-03-14T10:53:00.001-07:00

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Hangin with megaphone at Wall Street

2008-03-01T18:41:00.001-08:00

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Showing the boys how to work utterz

Visiting with Pop and Jack: camp veterans

2008-02-13T14:35:00.005-08:00

Pictured is Jack Pearse (right) and Pop Hollandsworth (left). Pop wanted to make sure you all knew Jack is standing and he is sitting. Pop is actually taller than Jack. There are two links in this post - one to the audio interview and one to the video interview.

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Grant Gerson from Camp Calamigos Star C Ranch

2008-02-13T10:26:00.001-08:00

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My friend's 4th book hot off the press

2008-02-11T18:17:00.001-08:00

check out michael brandwein's book at http://www.michaelbrandwein.com/

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Watching Pat's Jam Session with His Students

2007-12-28T00:31:00.000-08:00

tragic death of Amir Hassan - former camper

2007-10-12T22:30:00.000-07:00

I was heartbroken to learn of the death of Amir Hassan. His mother has been charged with his murder and evidence indicates that he was suffocated and poisoned in his home.

He is remembered fondly by camp staff as being sweet, smart, and having a good sense of humor. He was always so well behaved and was immediately a favorite among the staff.

The photo is of me and Amir at Jake and Cat's wedding in July 2005. Not often do I run into campers at weddings and it is ever more rare that a seven year old is so well mannered and engaging around so many adults.

MEMORIAL FUND

The family has established a memorial fund with Wells Fargo Bank to assist with burial costs. Contributions can be sent to: 2601 C Blanding Ave. #155, Alameda, CA 94501. Checks can be made out to: In Memory of Amir Hassan. Account number: 8302418135

It is truly a sorrowful day . . .

Hanging with Geoff at Camp

2007-07-29T16:19:00.000-07:00

It was fun to hand out with Geoff in Berkeley. Here is his site if you want more info RSVP Design

Beating the Skate Staff in the Best Lunch Competition

2007-07-08T21:39:00.000-07:00

So I stopped by the skater staff lunch on Friday and found out that all the staff actually have time to make their lunch - darn good ones at that! I got tips from Gerald about how to shop for one person, and Gord told me how to make sure the tomato does not make the bread soggy. Steven extolled the values of using Tupperware - the collapsing kind. Apparently they often have lunch competitions: Best drink, desert, assortment, and presentation. My canned lunch drink is going head to head tomorrow. Hopefully I'll win on practicality and quickness.

getting ready for skate camp

2007-05-05T12:33:00.000-07:00

This is the crunch time of the year for the repairs for the skate camp. The bay area winter weather does a number on the ramps over the years. The skate staff can't wait to get out there and skate on them so this great bay area weekend means construction!

UCB 2007 School Psychology Conference

2007-05-04T19:49:00.000-07:00

Here is a great photo from the 2007 UC Berkeley School Psychology Conference on Child Psychopathology and Emotional Maladjustment in Schools. Pictured is the conference team and Dr. Randy W. Kamphaus from University of Georgia and Dr. Brent Duncan from Humboldt State University. The students did an excellent job pulling of a great event in the midst of all their course work!

Conference Prep with the Second Years

2007-05-03T21:54:00.000-07:00

We had a blast tonight stuffing folders and sorting papers for the big conference tomorrow. A huge thank you to James' brother who got off a cross country flight and came straight from the airport to help us. I am sure he is as good of an ER doctor as he is a paper collater : ] We have the photos to prove it!

My weekend with a fish!

2007-04-27T22:05:00.000-07:00

Had an amazing weekend with educators from around the world talking about fish for schools. The fun Steve and I had just can't be captured in a photo.

Fun and NAB 2007

2007-04-18T01:58:00.000-07:00

Got to go to NAB this year to help a friend and ended up hanging out with some very cool video and podcast geeks. You know how much I love the social life so this was a stretch for my but they were all so kind and welcoming - I may have to reconsider my ban on late-night bar hopping if some of my new friends promise to come with : ]

Why I left Vox

2007-04-05T23:51:00.000-07:00

As many of you know I started a blog on vox.com to try it out. It seemed interesting, great interface, and a cool ability to control each post and who reads it. You can limit readership by post so if I wanted to post my travel schedule for my family I could limit it to those people. As time went on I noticed the ads on VOX and I was not getting paid for those adds. I couldn't figure out how to control the RSS feed, add the bookmarking feature, etc. I have been working on a blog in blogger and find it easy to use with more features . . . so I made the switch.

The idea of this one-way method of communication is intriguing to me. It is like having friends with no social commitment. The older I get the more social settings can stress me out. Maybe it is because I love work so much!

Coyote Finds A Haven in Downtown Chicago Sandwich Shop

2007-04-04T20:27:00.000-07:00

I could not believe this when my sister told me - I had to seek out a video. Apparently about ten coyotes are year are captured in downtown Chicago. What was he doing before he ran into the sub shop? Riding the 'L' through the loop? Taking in a Cubs game? Looking for the old Marshal Fields?

Visit to Chicago - the new nephew

2007-03-27T16:32:00.000-07:00

We had a great visit in Chicago - my new (JD) is very cute. JD and Brian worked on rescuing my parents computer - an annual visit tradition. You can see JD's look of confusion as Brian tries to explain what Vista is just not ready for my parents' computer.

Fun with Friends at Film Festival in San Francisco

2007-02-23T22:29:00.000-08:00

Two weeks ago we met up with our friend David who is Wallace in the short film My Name Is Wallace. It is a very cute movie that will hopefully make it to a full feature. David is pictured below with (from left to right) Ray, David, Gabe, and Justin. If you haven't see My Name is Wallace, time to find it playing at a film fest near you!