stuff jen says: Mar. 28: BFF/Little Sis Weekend haiku

A sisters retreat
Food, drinks, laughs, and a tattoo
The perfect weekend

Five altogether
Meet at Lori’s giant house
It’s dark! Leave bread crumbs!

So many bathrooms
Still, Kathy’s stuff’s all over
Jen will model it

Pole dancers unite
In living room number three
Swing, you sexy babes!

Multi-purpose pole
Also gets dart off skylight
Lori! Please don’t fall!

Kathy stumbles, trips
“Damn new-fangled vent cover!”
Now she has a bruise

Big cardboard Hayden
“Put him in Brenda’s shower!”
No scream? Big letdown.

Margaritas flow
Machine can make so many
Keep ‘em coming, Kim

Kath’s up. “Gotta pee.
That was a floor squeak! It was!
Stop laughing, bitches.”

Noise in the bushes!
Larry’s telephoto lens?
We’ll put on a show

Brenda is pantsless
Kim and Kathy are mooning
Jen and Lori? Clothed.

Late Sunday morning
Tattoo time! Drop your pants, Kim
This won’t hurt a bit

Jen photographs Kim
(Specifically, her tanned bum)
Jen can’t help the tears

Green and pink ribbon
Honoring sister Kari
Brenda and Jen, too

Fun sisters’ weekend
So much love, laughter, friendship
Forever treasured.

I love you, girls. Thanks for such a great weekend! You are all amazing, strong, charming women, and I’m proud to call you mine. ♥

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facts of jen's life

So, who do you think you are? I think I’m Jen. People who don’t know me sometimes call me Jenny. That’s weird.

Tell me about yourself. I was born a small black child, and am now a grown-up, or at least my kids think I am. I’m in my mid-40s and live in the ‘burbs of Portland, Oregon. My husband is Victor, and my kids are Katie and Jack. Read this if you want the real and very long scoop.

Tell me things people might not know about you. I am an ordained minister and can perform marriages. Why no one has asked me to do this for them yet, I do not know. ● At the request of my Disney-hating friend Ed, I got mouse ears embroidered with the name “Satan” and I didn’t even get kicked out of Disneyland. It’s quite possibly the ballsiest thing I’ve ever done. ● I “helped” write this book, published in 2012: You Take it From Here, by Pamela Ribon. My name is in the back, and I’m still geeking out about it. ● I recorded a song in a studio in 1994 and it got local radio play for a few months. At least two times I turned on the radio in the car and my song was playing at that moment—very cool. ● I nearly died from a zit in 1986. I am not making this up. ● Victor and I once appeared on The Tonight Show. Really. If you can find a VCR, I’ll show you the tape.

I read some of your posts and I think you might be an alcoholic. I drink way less than I write about drinking. If I ever STOP talking about booze, then it’ll be time for an intervention.

What do you love? Books. Coffee. Fonts. Broadway musicals. San Francisco. Bacon. Rum. Law & Order. Naps. Butter. Home. Crack cocaine. iDevices. Words. Disney vacations. You.

If you could punch anything or anyone in the face, what/who would it be? Cancer. I was diagnosed with lymphoma in November 2009. I kicked its big fat ugly ass and am in remission now. ● Comic Sans. ● People who won’t take responsibility for their problems—the “I didn’t do anything to deserve this!” attitude. Look in the mirror. That’s who to blame. ● Celebrities who are famous for no reason. Y’know, if we stop looking, they’ll go away... ● Bad grammar and spelling and the dummies who use it.

You seem bitter. Did someone piss in your Cheerios? I’m not bitter. I think unicorns-and-rainbows stuff isn’t very interesting to read, so I tend not to write that way. But also, now you’re being kind of a jackhole.

It seems like no one ever comments on your blog posts. Why is that? Most people comment on the Facebook links. I don’t know why.

What if I want to tell you something? Two ways to reach me: leave a comment on a post, or e-mail me at jenniferTAKETHISPARTOUTmanullang at gmail-dot-com.

2 comments:

L. LoriMarch 28, 2010 at 9:24:00 PM PDT
Written as only you can. Well said, Jen. Perfect summary of an amazing weekend.

Love you...xoxo
AJApril 3, 2010 at 2:41:00 PM PDT
You gals were probably really quiet and polite all night :). What's with Anakin? Glad you had a bathroom update since we keep hearing about the gazillions of them at Lori's :). I bet Kathy had a blast with all her peeps!

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Mar. 28: BFF/Little Sis Weekend haiku

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