Alicia & Doug
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Alicia & Doug circa 1963
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| Alicia in her native habitat | Doug "To Infinity and Beyond" Jennings | |||
| Meet Alicia's son Joel |
Separated at birth?
Alicia
Grew up in Southern Illinois with 5 brothers, & no sisters.
Graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1980 with a B.S. in Education; major: English, minor: Educational Media
Married in 1983, moved to Elgin (in Northern Illinois), have lived there ever since, & now have 3 sons: 12, 9 & 4 yrs. old.
Job: Media Director at Marengo High School, Marengo, Illinois
Hobbies: Reading, internet, reading, crosstitch, reading, camping, & reading. : )
Craziest thing I ever did: jumping out of an airplane (when I tried skydiving while in college).
Personality profile: ENTP
Doug
Born Orrin Douglas Jennings on October 24, 1960
(family and friends call me "Doug")I work as a graphic artist for a small publisher in the Chicago area. I teach cartooning part-time (on weekends) for a private art school and have a comic strip called "Arthur's Pad" that I've been trying to get off the ground for the last three years. It currently runs in a local bi-montly city govt. sponsored newspaper. For almost 10 years (during the 80s), I drew a monthly super-hero comic "Luminaus" page for a youth outreach publication called ISSUES & ANSWERS. I am still a super-hero comic enthusiast (Mostly DC and independents these days).
My wife, Shanaz, is from Iran. We met at Southern Illinois University where Shanaz began her nursing studies (after a haitus, she is currently in school to finish her medical lab technician degree while she works part-time in a local hospital as a nurses aid). We have two beautiful girls (I know I'm biased), Emily, 6, and Melody 4.
Music I currently like to listen to while I work :
Sting Mercury Falling
Everclear Sparkle & Fade
Joan Osborne Relish
REM New Adventures in Hi Fi (or) Monster
Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind
According to the Meyers-Briggs web site test (I took it twice) I'm a INFP.
I hate sports but I work out to stay fit 3x per week (While my wife watches her fave b-ball team, The Chicago Bulls, you'll find me in another room listening to National Public Radio)
My Favorite Recipe for Silly Putty:
2 tablespoons of Elmers Glue-all
1 tablespoon of liquid laundry starch
1-4 drops of food coloring of choice
Mix ingredients in a glass bowl thoroughly
Let putty sit for five to ten minutes.
Play.
Store in one of those little plastic containers that 35 mm film comes in.
Check it out!
A cool bonus from Doug