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 So it's pretty obvious that I'm more prone to chatter about Jennifer Gale than most people. While the former owner of Burnt Orange Report wasn't much of a fan, I've run into her more often than not around UT and like many, got to know the interesting character that Jennifer Gale was. Behind the scenes, there was indeed a group of us who out of entertainment and no real good reason, helped her along, tending to her website. her wikipedia page, and her Twitter account. I've signed her ballot petitions and voted for her before. I'm even in the picture on her MySpace page through no doing of my own.
Jennifer was Austin. Even though born in Madison, WI and brief stays (and runs for Mayor in Dallas) I think that Austin was home and many here would claim her as one of ours. Losing her is like losing a small part of Austin for me, and that's a discussion that we'd probably have started to see reappear in city council races anyways as we come to terms that a growing city can change the nature of its people unless its people fight to be help root the city in what makes it unique.
We all have stories about Jennifer. I would run into her at Gatti's Pizza near the University of Texas campus and probably talked to her there about 4 times this fall. She would tell me about her plans to run again which always included some great policy proposals.
Among the ones I can remember were retroactive height limits for buildings downtown so that they could be no taller than the capitol, the removal of downtown buildings as part of her "sunset commission" to see the skyline that downtown was blocking, her support for giving everyone their own space to live so they wouldn't be so anxious which was some hybrid of being socialist pro-sprawl which I contest any other candidate to define. She was for enlarging the City Council to as many as 35-42 members (it often changed) and I remember in past debates her saying there should be specific seats for the League of Women Voters once we made single member districts. She was for a smoking section in the Frank Erwin Center (for marijuana) as believed that Leadership Austin was a cult run by the Chamber of Commerce.
More recently she had taken to studying the Bible and tried to have it explained, finding faults in parts of it while inspiration in others. A study she wasn't able to finish. She also discussed Numerology with me, something she had a hidden skill for. I learned that I was a "9" and she often repeated that she was a "5" and asked me to look it up. I never did until today, and boy was she right.
The key to your personality is freedom. You love travel, adventure, variety and meeting new people. You posses the curiosity of a cat, and you long to experience all of life. You love to be involved in several things at the same time, as long as you are not tied down to any one area.
You like change, new things and new horizons. You can make friends easily, and your personality is upbeat and often inspiring, attracting people form all walks of life.
You have a way with words, and an uncanny ability to motivate others. Highly suitable vocations for you include sales, promotion, entertainment, investment, science, medicine, the occult, public service an all careers that require travel and verbal skills. A person with 5 Life Path is often comfortable in front of an audience particularly as master of ceremonies or in comedy.
You yearn for freedom, and self-employment attracts you powerfully. Your challenge is to settle into one area in order to cultivate your ability sufficiently to earn a living and to attain success. Once you find the niche, the motivation and inspiration you supply to others will bring you much in return. You will find your friends and colleges supporting and promoting you in the road of success.
I'm going to miss her in the same way I miss Austin when I leave it for any amount of time. The difference is that she won't be there anymore when I return. God bless you Jennifer.
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