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    Close to You, Part V
    Jessika Brust
    • Mar 31, 2020
    • 12 min

    Close to You, Part V

    Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. The concert pianist dutifully greeted his audience at the...
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    Close to You, Part IV
    Jessika Brust
    • Mar 25, 2020
    • 12 min

    Close to You, Part IV

    Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. I hauled both 50 pound suitcases, my fiddle, and a backpack around the Sydney...
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    First Audition in Philly
    Jessika Brust
    • Mar 3, 2020
    • 5 min

    First Audition in Philly

    "Locker room talk" was the latest hot topic in the news, to a reeling nation that had no idea what horrors and embarrassments were in...
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    Close to You, Part III
    Jessika Brust
    • Feb 1, 2020
    • 6 min

    Close to You, Part III

    Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Withdrawal from anti-depressants or not, my concert pianist was always passionate about enjoying the...
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    The Real Tragedy of La Boheme
    Jessika Brust
    • Jan 10, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Real Tragedy of La Boheme

    (Image is from Baz Luhrmann's Broadway production of La Boheme from 2002, I do not own any rights.) As the main stream world decorates,...
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    Close to You, Part II
    Jessika Brust
    • Oct 28, 2019
    • 9 min

    Close to You, Part II

    Click here for Part I. Oysters on the half shell were a mutual obsession of ours, and according to my concert pianist, the best in the...
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    Just Lifehouse and Me...
    Jessika Brust
    • May 14, 2019
    • 5 min

    Just Lifehouse and Me...

    ...and all of the people, with nothing to do, nothing to lose... I was a kid of the '90's, yet completely missed being part of the MTV...
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    Close to You, Part I
    Jessika Brust
    • Apr 27, 2019
    • 11 min

    Close to You, Part I

    Going to Australia while suffering the trauma of a decimated career (read that saga here) was not the condition I wanted to be in, to be...
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    Have It All, Lose It All Part VIII
    Jessika Brust
    • Feb 12, 2019
    • 14 min

    Have It All, Lose It All Part VIII

    Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. Click for Part V. Click for Part VI. Click for Part VII....
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    Have It All, Lose It All, Part VII
    Jessika Brust
    • Jan 29, 2019
    • 14 min

    Have It All, Lose It All, Part VII

    Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. Click for Part V. Click for Part VI. One more voyage until I...
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    Amy Williams, Network Television Producer
    Jessika Brust
    • Oct 13, 2018
    • 12 min

    Amy Williams, Network Television Producer

    I've been cheated by you since I don't know when... Another voyage, another new set of passengers, another opening formal night...
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    The Butterfly and the Personal Trainer
    Jessika Brust
    • Oct 6, 2018
    • 7 min

    The Butterfly and the Personal Trainer

    It was pitch black in my cabin on the second deck, well below the water line on our tiny ship. I was sound asleep, when SUDDENLY THERE...
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    The Murderer/Composer
    Jessika Brust
    • Aug 31, 2018
    • 9 min

    The Murderer/Composer

    I got an email from my college voice teacher one afternoon -- she was wondering if she could refer me to a local composer, as he was...
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    Welcome to the Industry...
    Jessika Brust
    • Jun 22, 2018
    • 4 min

    Welcome to the Industry...

    **adult language and content** "The Entertainer" ringtone sang out from my LG flip phone in July of 2007, as I finished up my summer jobs...
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    Poverty in Asia
    Jessika Brust
    • May 31, 2018
    • 5 min

    Poverty in Asia

    We docked in Bangkok, Thailand, and eagerly rushed to the shuttle bus that would take us downtown -- away from the protests that were...
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    Have It All, Lose It All, Part VI
    Jessika Brust
    • May 12, 2018
    • 15 min

    Have It All, Lose It All, Part VI

    Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. Click for Part V. I returned to my cabin after rehearsal, to...
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    Tire Tracks
    Jessika Brust
    • Apr 14, 2018
    • 11 min

    Tire Tracks

    "I've signed you up a new student for Thursday morning," my boss Bart phoned me. "He's an adult, he seems a little bit...off...but...
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    The Honor Code of Singapore
    Jessika Brust
    • Mar 21, 2018
    • 4 min

    The Honor Code of Singapore

    Singapore has two cruise ship terminals. The old one is connected to a shopping mall, is in a more centralized location, has better...
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    Have It All, Lose It All, Part V
    Jessika Brust
    • Feb 27, 2018
    • 13 min

    Have It All, Lose It All, Part V

    Click for Part I. Click for Part II. Click for Part III. Click for Part IV. The show "Maestro" was finally put to rest. No more...
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    Merry Christmas, Mr. Jenkins!
    Jessika Brust
    • Jan 22, 2018
    • 17 min

    Merry Christmas, Mr. Jenkins!

    Upon losing my job during what was easily the worst year of my life, (read that story here), I had decided the best way to move forward...
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