stuff jen says: Jul. 12: Some things

I’m a little scattered right now. Don’t judge.

I spent what seems like the entire day in the car yesterday. It was actually only about five hours of driving, but it felt like forever, maybe because I was getting important texts the entire time and could not respond to them appropriately. “Appropriately” is using proper spelling and punctuation, duh. Once I got home, it was more than an hour before I got caught up with life. No time to relax, though; it was off to Jack’s football camp two minutes later.

So, why was I in the car yesterday? I met my mom at our halfway point between Portland and Medford—beautiful Cottage Grove!—to hand over Katie, her friend Phoebe, and Oliver for a few days. The house is MUCH quieter without Oliver here.

← Why is this woman smiling? My guess is she’s hand-drawn because no one could get a photo of a smiling mom at football. BECAUSE NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD SMILE AT FOOTBALL OR MAYBE I ACTUALLY MEAN SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME SOUND LIKE LESS OF A BITCH.

Jack is in football conditioning camp this week. Dina and I arrived at the same time and quickly decided we want to spend as little time as possible at football this year. It’s not that watching the games or practices are so awful (even though they are), it’s blonde, skinny other things. Don’t get us started.

After a late dinner last night, I lay down to watch a little TV and quickly fell asleep. I woke up at 11 and pretty much went right back to bed. I slept until 6 this morning. If I could’ve slept later, I would have—this girl does not like 6am!—but that SVU marathon isn’t gonna watch itself.

My point: I’m flippin’ tired.

I have two videos to share that are all kinds of awesome. The first is Justin Timberlake, who is currently my favorite funnyman.

Jill Shaw, YES, I will share him with you this time. ;)

And this one shows such amazing, natural, NORMAL behavior. If only more people were as open-minded and sharp as this kid.

The next generation? by satellithias

I have five gazillion things to do today, and I need to stop putting them off. Don’t be sad.

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:

sherileeJuly 13, 2011 at 9:42:00 AM PDT
Love the JT.

Hope you recover from your trip quickly!

xo
Jen E @ mommablogsalotJuly 14, 2011 at 11:46:00 AM PDT
Love the JT video. Looks like the 2nd video was taken down though for copyright issues. Sad. :O(

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