Yeah I got tagged a few times. And caved today. I don’t really have much to add to the Blogosphere today, so I figured a copy and paste job of that would do. I suppose this will only be new and interesting if we’re NOT friends on Facebook (and if so, why is that. Friend me already. Ha!)
1.) I say my favorite colors in the whole wide world are “teal paired with chocolate brown accented with lime green.” But what I REALLY want to say is “Pantone 322 paired with Pantone 4975 and accented with Pantone 583″ but that would just make me sound weird.
2.) I love black licorice. Always have. As a child I used to be the freak who would pick all the black jelly beans out of the mix. Surprisingly, no one complained.
3.) I started drinking (sneaking) coffee when I was 4. No I’m not kidding.
4.) Despite the fact that I was told I was the “most qualified candidate” for a job, I was also told I did not get it because of my relationship with Britney Spears. And yes, every word of that is true. I don’t blame her though. She’s got her own problems to deal with …
5.) I had a permanent retainer in Kindergarten to correct my under bite. It gave me a horrible lisp and all the kids made fun of me, so I ripped out of my mouth. To this day I have a scar on my tongue from it. Sometimes I tell people it was from a tongue ring because somehow that seems more … normal.
6.) I’ve never actually had a tongue piercing. Sadly, I still have my navel ring. But am thinking of taking it out. Except I don’t want a weird hole/scar there either. (Any youngins who read this – don’t do it. It’s not as cool when you’re 28 and faced with “piece of stupid jewelry” or “weird ugly hole”.)
7.) After the retainer incident in my early years, I obviously had to go back in for braces. Which I had for 3.5 years. I was told last year that I need braces again. After a hearty “HELLZ NO.” I opted for a retainer instead. I wear it every night.
8.) I love the taste of (silver) tequila. I drink it on ice, splash of club soda, and with a lime. That, my friends, is called a “Cheech”. I used to drink it with tonic and called it a “Patronic” (Patron + tonic). I don’t know where “Cheech” came from.
9.) I’m fairly certain I could live on: slabs of raw salmon, avocados, heirloom tomatoes, celery, french fries and brie. They are my favorite foods ever.
10.) I had a double hernia operation. In 1983. When I was 2. I’m still unsure how a 2 year old ends up with a double hernia.
11.) I can only put on clothes left limb first. Shirt, left arm first, pants, left leg first, left sock, left shoe, left glove. When saying goodbye to someone or leaving a house/car, I always touch the person/car/house last with my left hand.
12.) HAI. I’m a lefty to a debilitating (OCD?) degree.
13.) I own 17 domains. And actively use only 9 of them.
14.) I played clarinet for 12 years. In 4th grade I made it to 2nd seat in band. In high school I bounced around the first row. Which is hilarious because I am tone deaf.
15.) I am ridiculously proud of the fact that I can do “real” push ups and that I can do them properly. My personal trainer as my witness, I did 35 today. And it was awesome.
16.) My favorite book in the world is East of Eden.
17.) My bedroom, my studio, my websites, and my business cards are all done up in the colors mentioned in #1. I was going to put this fact as #2 but I thought that would make me seem somehow even weirder.
18.) I did not go to school for graphic design. In fact, I have never taken a single graphic design class. And yet, I’m a professional graphic designer. (Should I be admitting this?)
19.) Six years ago I did take one class on TYPE. Which I suppose technically is design. It also revealed a deep dark dirty secret of mine …. I am OBSESSED with typefaces. OBSESSED. I have had several hour long conversations about FONTS. (For those of you that care or get it, yes I do in fact LOVE Helvetica.)
20.) If you come near me with Papyrus font, I will cut you. It literally makes my skin itchy it’s so ugly. http://papyrus-sucks.com Yeah. That’s one of my 9 active domains. Now that’s HATE.
21.) Recently an ex-boyfriend asked if I ever thought I was born the wrong gender. I was not offended. If you know me in real life, you would know why this is totally plausible.
22.) Jenny is my real name. No it’s not Jennifer. I only allow ONE person in the world to call me Jennifer. No it’s not you (except … unless it is you because I know you’re reading this. Shhhhbackatchoo! You know who you are.). Sidenote: My father wanted to name me “Jen” and my sister (Kaitlin) “Kate”. I don’t know if I’ve ever heard him actually call us “Jenny” or “Kaitlin”.
23.) I look like my mother, but I act like my father. My sister looks like my father, but acts like my mother. My parents divorced when I was 9, yet me and Kaitlin (their Mini-Mes) are best friends and live together.
24.) I’ve only gotten in one physical fist fight in my life. It was on the playground. I was 7 and I lost miserably. We are friends on Facebook. Hopefully she reads this ;)
25.) My favorite thing in the whole world is brunch. The first week of this year I brunched 4 days out of 7.


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I know this is random as shit, but I like your blog. We both live in the area, and it’s hard to come by other Boston bloggers who literally tell it like it is, without sugarcoating a damn thing.
As for FB, I love that damn site.
So… what about that snow storm?
I like numero 22. So detailed lol. First time here, pretty nice posts. Keep it up Jenny.
I forgot to tell you FOREVER ago that I actually used you as an example while fulfilling the bridesmaidly duties of helping do wedding invitations. The maid of honor was throwing a TANTRUM that we addressed an invite to someone named Debbie.
My point was – a) That COULD be her given name and b) even if it’s not, it’s better to call her Debbie, than misspell her full name, as we had no idea which version it was.
Mainly, I was all, “My friend Jenny! Blah, blah, blah! We shouldn’t assume!”
I liked your list…East of Eden is my favorite book, too, although you and I are brunch opposites. I’m far more of a luncher because I eat breakfast really early so by the time people want to meet up for brunch I’m ready for lunch food, and so many places only have a brunch menu. Grrrr.
love love love the color combination! love.
wow….you hate Papyrus.
I’m afraid you might cut me….