The Teresa Jusino Experience

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10/20/11--20:30: How Does She Do It?: The Short Version (chan 1924134)

Most days, I think I’m a nobody. Not in a “woe-is-me,” feeling shitty about myself kind of a way, but in a clearly seeing my place in the grand scheme of things kind of way. Most days, I know that I’m at the bottom of the Writing Totem Pole. I’m getting asked to ring up [...]


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10/25/11--14:22: How Does She Do It?: The Case Study (chan 1924134)

A couple of days ago, I posted “How Does She Do It?: The Short Version,” where I gave some basic tips that have gotten me to where I am now in my writing career. I did this because lately, more and more people have been asking me for advice on how to do this. In [...]


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11/04/11--12:37: L.A. Year One: Getting Out of A Funk (chan 1924134)

Hey there, Five People Who Read My Blog With Any Regularity! So, this is officially the start of my third month living in L.A. The past month has been a bit tumultuous. First there was the Not Being Sure If I’d Be Able to Get to Seattle For My Panel At Geek Girl Con. Then, [...]


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11/08/11--13:17: #MenCallMeThings (chan 1924134)

I love Twitter, not just because I’m a social media junkie (though I sorta am), but because it’s so often on the pulse of important goings-on in the world. Yesterday, writer Sady Doyle started a hashtag that’s since been covered in The Guardian in the UK and Time Magazine here in The States. A hashtag [...]


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11/13/11--18:30: Helping An Old Man Continue to Feel Relevant (chan 1924134)

This has been bandied around for a while, but a friend just alerted me to Frank Miller’s blog post about the Occupy Movement. When I read his post, I had to laugh, as it was so uninformed and blatantly wrong in many places that I couldn’t help but see it for what it was: the [...]


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11/15/11--00:44: Katniss Everdeen Is Not a “Character of Color” (chan 1924134)

The new trailer for the film adaptation of The Hunger Games has come out, and I’ve already watched it about five or six times in a row. I am SO excited for this film! Now, the issue of Jennifer Lawrence being cast as Katniss Everdeen sparked controversy before the project even started filming. Katniss is [...]


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11/19/11--18:20: Pizza Is a Vegetable: How Occupy Wall Street Affects You (chan 1924134)

I’m not talking about jobs, or even the economy. I’m talking about school lunch. Whaaaa??? On Tuesday, Congress decided in a revised spending bill that pizza is a vegetable, and therefore, is healthy enough to be a staple of school lunches. Apparently, there are a whole mess of pizza farmers out there that I didn’t [...]


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11/24/11--03:01: L.A. Year One: Thankful! (chan 1924134)

I can’t believe it’s Thanksgiving already! Where has the year gone? This year is a strange one for me. It’s not the first time I haven’t been able to spend Thanksgiving with my family. It’s not even the first time I’ve been in another state on Thanksgiving (in 2003, I spent Thanksgiving in a TGIFriday’s [...]


11/26/11--19:06: Holiday Giving (chan 1924134)

Well, it’s official. I mean, Corporate America, with its annoyingly early holiday-themed commercials making a desperate play for your attentions in OCTOBER, was trying to get you to think it’d already started, but as it’s now after Thanksgiving it’s official. The holiday season is upon us. I’ve started receiving end-of-year fundraising emails from organizations I [...]


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11/27/11--17:03: Capturing a Moment: Thirtysomething (chan 1924134)

I’ve been in a strange mood lately. The other day, a friend of mine who’s visiting and writing about the NASA Mars Rover launch posted a photo of the shuttle Endeavor on her Facebook page, and I burst into tears when I saw it. All at once, I saw in it the enormity of human [...]


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12/04/11--00:05: Where Do We Go From Here? (chan 1924134)

The move is done, and I kind of won, so I sound my victory cheer… It’s December, people. December. I’m embarking on my fourth month in my adopted city, and 2012 rapidly approaches. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about things I want to do now that I’m here and I’m settled and [...]


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12/14/11--20:02: Twelve Posts Of Christmas #1: Ode to Pasteles (chan 1924134)

When I steal, I steal from the best. Paul Cornell has been doing The Twelve Blogs of Christmas for years, and they’re something I always look forward to. I also very much like the idea of them, giving your readers special gifts/opportunities/insights for the holiday season. Now that this blog is going on two years [...]


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12/16/11--00:47: Twelve Posts of Christmas #2: Top 10 Favorite Christmas Songs (chan 1924134)

It’s past midnight…but technically I STARTED writing this post on the 15th, so it was still day #2. What don’t I like about Christmas music? The way that radio stations insisted on playing it way before Thanksgiving this year. What do I love about Christmas music? When played in small doses at the right time [...]


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12/17/11--00:24: Twelve Posts of Christmas #3: The Hottest Love Scene in Film (chan 1924134)

Prepare to think I’m a weirdo. I bring up what I think is the hottest scene in film now, because the hottest scene to me is in a film that’s often associated with Christmas. Whenever I’m in a conversation where people are talking about what they think are the hottest scenes in film, I always [...]


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12/20/11--14:54: Twelve Posts of Christmas #4: Sing, Sing, Sing…With a Swing! (chan 1924134)

Look, I promised you 12 posts. I never said when I was gonna post them. So there. Anyway, for my fourth post, I wanted to share a cute video with you that I was reminded of a couple of days ago. Here’s me and my good friend (and a faboo writer to boot), Adam Hunault, [...]


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12/21/11--23:50: Twelve Posts of Christmas #5: Favorite Indie Geek Stuff (chan 1924134)

This year, I went to more conventions than I ever have before. Gallifrey 2011, Geek Girl Con, Long Beach Comic Con. Sure, that’s only three cons…but I’m broke. Anyway cons are, in part, about creators great and small getting together to let each other, as well as fans, about the things they’re working on. As [...]


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12/22/11--01:04: Twelve Posts of Christmas #6: THE CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY (chan 1924134)

As I mentioned in my last post, this year saw me going to a lot of conventions and other geeky events. You know what you get way too much of at those events? Swag. A lot of it I have doubles of, or have no use for… So, I thought – why not give it [...]


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12/23/11--23:02: Twelve Posts of Christmas #7: A New Blog! (chan 1924134)

I was going to wait until the New Year to debut this puppy, but I COULDN’T WAIT! So, as the seventh installment of The Twelve Posts of Christmas, allow me to introduce you to… GEEK GIRL TRAVELER! You’ve followed the Twitter (and if not, you should!), and you’ve “Liked” the Facebook page (ditto!), and now [...]


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12/24/11--15:30: The Twelve Posts of Christmas #8: My First Story at Cowbird (chan 1924134)

I stumbled upon an awesome website called Cowbird, which seeks to be a library of human experience, where people can tell stories – documenting life on the planet – as well as contribute to the larger stories going on in the world, like the Occupy Movement for example. I’ve just posted my first Cowbird story, [...]


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12/25/11--02:36: The Twelve Posts of Christmas #9: L.A. Year One – My First L.A. Christmas! (chan 1924134)

My first Christmas in L.A, and I was lucky enough to be welcomed to spend Christmas Eve with the Cruz Family! I was so grateful to be given such hospitality and warmth this holiday season. Also, LOTS of food. Lots of Puerto Rican fare, to be exact…  Yes, there were pasteles. No, I didn’t have [...]


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