Jen and I met over breakfast at The Neighborhood. I could hear the music and other people’s conversations, making the audio from our interview, difficult to transcribe. But, what I hear over the Beatles, crying babies, and clanking plates, is her laugh. She is laughing, pretty much the entire time. Or smiling. And it is infectious. People have told me my whole life to smile more. I guess I just needed to hang out with Jen more.
What is Your Full Name?
Jennifer Rosemary Signor. All of us are JRS in my family, except for the oldest and the youngest. There’s 7 of us.
Siblings?
Yeah.
Do you have any nicknames?
Janice, or Jen S…. Siggy, Gorgeous, but sometimes, Talented too. That’s what people usually call me.
Where are you from?
California. The Mojave Desert. It’s like an hour away from Death Valley.
What brought you to Boston?
Uh, my dad retired from the airforce and both of my parents’ family is out here. You can think about totally the wrong thing and not want to eat this. Like if you thought about a handicapped person eating this….Really, thought about it….I really like these little cups too. You know what I mean?
How long have you worked at Bloc?
Ugh, why do you ask questions to which you already know the answer? Um, a year and…how long’s Bloc been open?
14 months.
14 months. 14 months. A toddler.
Why did you choose Bloc?
Well, I was hired for Diesel, for both and Bloc was closer. And I thought it was gonna be slower and I didn’t feel like working so much, like Diesel’s so busy. I’m just kidding.
What was your most memorable Bloc moment?
Oh, when my car got towed. ‘Member, and that Ratatat song was playing and you guys all came running and the thing. So, Patrick, Laura G., myself, and Rob were all sitting in the car while you shoveled it out? You remember that? Every time I hear it, I think of that, because I had it (Tropicana from the Ratatat Classics album) playing in my car when you all dropped me off, at the tow, like I had the windows open while I was shoveling it, and then all of a sudden you guys were all running over to help me brush it off. And that song was playing and it was so perfect.
Favorite coffee drink?
Hot chocolate. With a little vanilla. That’s my favorite, I have like 3 a day. I have to have the skim milk ones. I make it with skim milk recently. Because I’m a fatty. Every time I work, I make 1, I make 3. You know what I mean? And it’s startin’ to show. I saw it in that picture, you took that picture.
Favorite Animal?
I like all the animals. I always dream about them. Last night I had a dream about baby polar bears. There’s one named Knut if you You Tube it. He’s like a famous baby polar bear. Anyway, I really like all the animals. I don’t like snakes. It’s like what animals, don’t I like?
Favorite non-coffee drink?
Hot chocolate. Oh, no, chocolate milk, just say chocolate milk, with the ice.
Favorite cocktail?
Mmmmm. I like Red Stripe.
Favorite activity.
Working. I love to work.
Favorite movie.
Oh, I have a lot of favorite movies. I like the movie, The Piano, and also Pump Up the Volume with Christian Slater, and also Take the Money and Run, yup.
Favorite Book?
Yes, I do. Without Feathers. It’s Woody Allen. I got it for Christmas twice. My mom got it for me and it’s really funny. It’s not really about anything. It just has a whole bunch of funny things in it. And, um it says you”ll laugh out loud on a train, and I did. Reading it on the train, on the back it says you will, and I did. And also, what else? Harry Potter. Don’t put that on there, please don’t, all right, you can. Just to make my brother happy, in honor of him. And also. What else. I like reading, you can just say that I like to read.
Music that you are enjoying right now
Right now? Right now??? Ohhh. What am I listening to right now? Crystal Castles? And Panda Bear.
Can you tell me a funny story?
Recent or old? I have a couple of older ones. OK, when I was 14 years old….Oh, does it have to be about me? Let’s talk about me….Oh. That’s so awful. Lately, I’ve become so self-absorbed lately. It’s so tactless. If I heard someone say that, I would be really irritated. I had this really bad headache one day and it was like 6 o’clock at night and my mom gave me like 3 Tylenol pm because I had this really bad headache and I just wanted to sleep. So, I went to sleep and then around midnight, um, like my brother just came home from work, he had been working late, and I get out of my bed and I walk past him, and he’s like, “Hey, how’s it going?” And I walk right past him and I go up to the fridge and I pull out the drawer, pull my pants down and pee in it. Because I was sleep walking. And I pee’d in the fridge.
What’s your favorite place to be?
To be? To be?? Well, you know like when you go to the edge of the water, that’s really cheesy, but you know at the end, that’s where like the map starts. It’s where you can say where you are exactly on the map. Because you’re at the edge of the world. Because it is, even thought the earth’s not flat. Where the water comes, that’s really the edge, right?
Also, in the morning, I love to be in bed.
What is your favorite thing to wear to work?
My apron, just kidding. Socks. And that’s my ideal outfit. Socks and an apron, and a little bit of my necklaces….maybe one earring? And a watch. That’s my favorite thing to wear at work, but I don’t have one right now. Because it broke.
How do you get to work?
I used to drive, but now I live 2 feet from work. How far away is it? Like 100? I still drive sometimes, but um, definitely it’s hard to find parking, but I mean. I walk.
Best Advice you Ever Got.
Um. Friends don’t count change, right? No, um. My mom always had this like Family Circus thing on the door. You know Family Circus? It’s really cheesy, but the mom, the kid, Billy is running outside and the mom’s standing at the door and my mom would always tape that to the door every time we leave. Very much by like the golden rule. That’s not advice, though….
