About Jamie

Jamie/alaria/nemesis (you'll see all of those names scattered about) is a 23-year old professional web designer living in Northwestern NJ. I am also a composer by study and a writer by hobby. I studied Composition at Rutgers, along with East Asian Studies (focusing on Japanese). In my spare time, I was in a number of choirs, did layout design, and interned at the Japan Society.

Silliness
I'm a big dork. I watch 90's cartoons, scifi, and MST3K/RiffTrax. I met my boyfriend through bad movies and choir (5 years and strong!) and generally prefer a night of games to an evening out. I love nature, taking walks, and seeing concerts when I get the chance. I also like to read. I'm a sucker for chocolate, big hugs, and really really shiny things.

About OBR

Oneblackrose.org was created in 2002 or so, made to house all of my various/many websites. I originally had a bunch of anime-related sites; one of them still exists. As time went on, I grew out of otaku-dom and into more personal matters - my blog, which has changed titles many times (from "The Messenger" to "At the End of the Tour"). I also maintained a design site.

Now, I want to at least attempt to focus - one site, one layout, clean code that reflects where I am right now. I want to produce. I want to write, and most importantly, I want to compose. I am a composer and I'd like to act like one.

So welcome to the birth of my newest site, one of about five million I've had: Oneblackrose.org, "life in expression". I think the slogan works pretty well - music, art, design.

This site very new, besides being dynamic (thanks Blogger), I am attempting to do something very hard - "Song-a-week". That is, I write a song every week and post about it. Or, I at least work on a piece enough to show you something. Subscribe to the Podcast and wish me luck!

Basics

Jamie Klenetsky
23
web designer
live in Morris Co
born in Freehold
Jewish-y
very much taken
contact

Favorites

TV: The 4400, The Office
Cartoons: Gargoyles, the Bruce Timm DC Universe, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Pink and the Brain, Home Movies, Futurama, Simpsons
Anime: Utena, lain, Kino's Journey, Haibane Renmei, Code Geass, Paranoia Agent
Movies: all Satoshi Kon movies, most Studio Ghibli movies, Gattaca, Contact, Nightmare Before Christmas
Books: any Carl Sagan, any Haruki Murakami
Music: Explosions in the Sky (and post-rock in general), Eric Whitacre, Yoko Kanno, They Might Be Giants, a ton of classic rock, some indie rock, some soundtracks

Loves

good design
color palettes
good fusion music
music that isnt too esoteric
    for its own good
chocolate
apples
beef stew
seasons changing
NPR
political discussion
ethnomusicology
Puzzle Quest, Lumines
making fun of b-movies
hugs from Brendan