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I'd like to introduce to you ...I'd like to introduce officially to you ......
The other thing keeping me busy has been the latest addition to our family, Fizz (also known as Mr. Fizz, Fizzywhig, Fizzes, pumpkin, pumpkin eater, puppyface, and baby). We got him when he was just an...
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I am not acting like anything, I am calmly reading
I won't lie, 2016 was kind of a rough year for me. Lots of good things, but also many stressful ones. This led to a lot of anti-anxiety reading, which for me means romance and mystery novels. During...
View ArticleNot funny anymore
The past few months all I can think is: Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?It's a crazy world out there, people. Stay sane.
View ArticleSuffering succotash
I've said it before, but it bears repeating: I hate transcribing. Mostly because it's tedious, but also because I have to listen to my own voice. This is pretty much the worst, as I sound like Daffy...
View ArticleProblems of the binge-watching era
Switching between the world of Luke Cage and the world of The Crown is a little strange. And I kind of wish the corgis would show up in Harlem, but that's probably not in the foreseeable future. Plus,...
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I'd rather be reading
While it is true that I'd pretty much always rather be reading, 2017 wasn't the greatest reading year for me. I hit my goal of 65 books, but that's all I did. Not one book over. I read a fair amount of...
View ArticleOn writing
I ask myself all the time why I write for a living, because my process goes something like this:Me: Sweet, I've got the interview all lined up. It's going to be awesome talking to her, she's so smart...
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Movies I always stop and watch (Robert Redford edition)
For whatever reason, whenever certain movies cross my screen, I must watch them. Is that Say Anything? I am now busy for the next two hours. Most of my other must-watch list would not be surprising to...
View ArticleYou just don't understand how funny I am
The scene: Nightime in the Garrett/Hughson house. Me: Babe, that’s your phone. JR: Fuck, it’s a page. [Phone typing ensues. Deep sighs follow. Computer is retrieved from bag and loud typing commences.]...
View ArticleJust your usual semideranged partiality
When all else fails, read."The truth is, my granddad's a pretty biased man. He thinks I'm this astonishing, talented, wonderful person, in spite of all available evidence to the contrary. But that's...
View ArticleStill not over it
I remember really liking Little Women when I was younger. I remember enjoying Christian Bale immensely as Laurie. But I had no desire to see the latest remake because I'm coming to the realization that...
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Short stack
My stack of book gifts was a bit smaller this year, but I've got a couple gift cards burning a hole in my pocket, so I'm sure it will grow.
View ArticleJen's deadliest sins
In the world according to me, burning your sister's book is apparently a sin far worse than say … shivving your father with a lightsaber. Okay, not really, but I have to admit, I came close to almost...
View ArticleI'm gonna go to west Memphis and look for my joy
When the world gets to me a little too hard, there are a few things I can do to make myself feel better: Re-read a good romance novel. Or Anne of Green Gables. Watch Dirty Dancing for the 8,000th time....
View ArticleIt takes more than whiskey to make that flower bloom
Now, as much as I'd like to be the cool chick who drinks whiskey on the regular, I think we all know that's not me. Sure, in my head I'm some variation on Marlene Dietrich (with better eyebrows) who is...
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Strange days, indeed
Okay, so we are living through some weird shit right now, people. And there's not much that we can do but hunker down and wash our hands a lot. So I'm reading a bunch (mostly happily-ever-after romance...
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Listen up
Making playlists is one of my favorite things to do, so when my friend Carrie posted about the One Song a Year challenge on the Facebooks, there was no way I could resist. Many years were a struggle...
View ArticleAfter the boys of summer have gone
So, apparently, I miss baseball. This shouldn't surprise anyone, even though my Sox love will never be as strong and ever-present as in 2003-2004. Bygones. The point is this: Last night, I dreamed that...
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That didn't go quite as planned
So, I didn't read those books. To be fair, I read other books, just not those. I continued to anxiety-read my way through 2021, but no regrets. I managed to not lose my shit completely, which with the...
View ArticleBut who's counting?
So, there were some good things that happened this year. I managed to meet my walking goal of at least 10,000 steps every day this year (365 days, bitches!). I am by no measure in shape now, but I'm in...
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Let's try this again, shall we?
Christmas and birthday books for the win! Technically, I've already read/listened to the Broken Horses audiobook (and I loved it, earning the "only audiobook Jen likes" award), but I enjoyed it so much...
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If we both were born in another place and time
Grief is a strange and persistent beast. My mother died four years ago, and I haven't really written about it since I had to write her memorial. Yesterday, Olivia Newton-John, one of my mom's favorite...
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