Here's a few of the books I've been listening to:
Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson: I'm not a big 'relationship/marriage' book, but this one came at high recommendation. It concentrates a lot on the biological need for connection - it affects everything, including the immune system. For this analysis alone, this book has been worth the read. While it is obviously applicable to our primary partnerships, I've been looking at this more openly, relating it to more intimate friendships. All of our bonds deserve this healthy analysis in order to be our best for other people. It should be not be a surprise to anyone that I enjoy behavioral analysis.
Socialnomics by Erik Qualman- At the point at which I am in the book, it still seems like it's an introduction to social media and why people use it. It's starting to introduce how some of the best corporations are utilizing it. It's still pretty basic at this point and not offering me anything I'm not familiar with. My boss recommended it though, so I'll finish it.
Bonk by Mary Roach - this is a little self indulgent, but it's a genuinely scientific study of sex and physiological reactions. I've only just started it but it's written with humor and is research-based.
I'm also trying to convince my boss to give me some more formal Social Media training, such as attending Social Media Magic's university. Does anyone have experience with these types of programs? I need guidance on creating a social media strategy and implementation plan.
So, I have to share this little tidbit with you...
Lately I've been perusing recipe websites (as I do some very early menu prep for Thanksgiving) in addition to the coupon blogs that I frequent and I'm noticing a trend: Being an unemployed heathen mother is a minority.
A good 90% of these blogs and recipe sites are lead/frequented by religious stay-at-home mom types. They have names like Keeping Kingdom First or joy-of-jesus-mom-of-8, etc, talking about building their 'stockpile' for armageddon.
Can't someone out there be Domestic Rockstar, Stealin' Product From The Man With Coupons and Eating Cheap to Rock Hard? Maybe I should start a revolution, you guys.
When someone as charming and awesome as ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
weaklingrecords gives me an lj nudge, I'm compelled to comply. Join me, won't you, as I pour myself a new cup of Starbucks Anniversary Blend and update you on the very exciting, very important life that I lead.
So you've all been getting by with the occasional Twitter update while I'm out there living and not updating this thing.
Here's what's happening, in case you missed the headlines:
* I'm unemployed. Stupid economy. Do you need a fun marketing chick w social media experience? Holla.
* My dad has been in and out of the hospital over the past month. We hope he's all patched up, this time, mom picked him up this morning, so he's resting at home.
* Trev's company got bought. Again. That means he's been passed to 2 different companies now without ever having left voluntarily, in 5 years. Sign of the times, I guess. There's always a little good and a little bad, but mostly, he's just happy to be employed.
* Molly is over 3 and a half, now. She's precious and amazing and makes every day more awesome.
* I took Trev's little sis to her first concert, this month: Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday and some other bands. One of those other bands, All Time Low, was appropriately named. We photographed some girls with Alex before they performed - he's lucky I saw him in person before they stood on stage and told all the girls to get naked and that they wanted to feel them up. You're real fucking smooth, douchebags.
* Found out that a social networking site of google's, Orkut, is being used for child porn communities, and that Flickr - where I keep a lot of Molly's photos, is trolled daily for pictures of children to set up fake profiles for. I've had actual requests from these dirtbags to use Molly's picture on these sites and obviously I refused it, but I'm concerned now that there are plenty of others who have not asked. I'm trying to sort out how to find any pictures of her that might be in use and get them removed.
* I still love Trevor, my BFF, my bros and my D90, as if there was any doubt.
* Trev and I are going to sign our will today and put in writing that Chelle's sis gets Molly if we kick it early, Chelle gets all my pampered chef stuff, Kayla gets my camera, and don't wanna be vegetables. Oh, and if Trev and I are hanging out in a coma, Chelle does all my thinking for me. Maybe she can finally make me cool.
And in other news, a guy called me today about a bad check THAT I ACTUALLY DID NOT WRITE. Apparently there's a J-Ho in Plymouth who has picked up that habit and the dude tracked me down instead. I'm so glad I'm past those days.
Today after the testamenting, I'm driving to Chicago to see a band and some bros. Tomorrow Trev's best childhood friend (and best maid) gets hitched, Sunday my Dad's makin us some Frankburgers and we're going for a boat ride, and Monday, well. Monday is a goddamned holiday and I'm not doing a fucking thing and Trev's doin it with me. Fuck yeah.
I present you with my dirty toes, and my finished patio.
ps molly helped me pick out the plants yesterday. she insisted on her favorite colors: pink, red & purple. I snuck in some white.
the large tan container is herbs: a few kinds of basil, cilantro and spearmint.
Now, I need to finish bagging up the yard waste, shower, go to the store, pick up tiki torches from L, get some beer, clean out the coolers, clean up the kitchen, and pretend I had a nap. Cheers!
(We're going to a wedding Saturday afternoon/early evening, so we should steer clear of planning for Saturday.)
Here's some options of things we could do:
- Drive to New Buffallo to that Four Winds casino. (So I'm not a huge fan of gambling, but there's nothing to do here and it's all fancypants up there, I hear.)
- Drive to Chicago and do something (Dave and Busters, maybe? Alternately, we could DDR at MegaPlay.)
- Have a boozin' BBQ at my house (we could do this on Wednesday, actually.) We could play excessive amounts of Guitar Hero World Tour. (This seems like the most likely option.)
Something I'd like to do- if anyone around here does it- is live band karaoke. There's a bar in Chicago that does it on Wednesday nights (though not this one), and it's a cool concept, so I hoped maybe someone here would do it, too. I'm sort of over karaoke bars. Singing over a recording is so 1989.
That, or we could book a band to play my birthday party. Somewhere. I think my neighbors might mind if a band rocked our back yard on a Wednesday night. Then again, it would drown out the sound of their dog yapping...
This is also a plea for your suggestions. What would you be most likely to be able to do and on what night? I'm an adult now, so this means planning my own birthday party is not actually in poor taste, right? Whatever. I'm a MAVERICK, and that's what we MAVERICKS do.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Trevor Hopper
Date: Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Subject: yay! :D
To: Jen Hopper
moz and i got to see a band today too! neener neener!
went to k's after i picked her up and a band was setting up :)
she kept covering her ears during the sound check, but when they started
playing she was having a ball! :D
she wanted to go play the drums soooo bad... she had her eyes fixed on the
bass guitar though, because he had a set of fuzzy dice hanging from the end
of it hehe :)
thought i'd share, lubbin'!
About 3-4x a year i come to this place where I become dissatisfied with my current path in life but have no ideas about how to change it. It’s that season now.
My spirit tells me I was meant for more than this, but logically I know that there’s nothing remarkable about me that would get me where I feel that I belong. I’m increasingly more certain that I’ve missed the boat on what I was supposed to do and that I will regret it for the rest of my life.
i suggest no longer trying to hack into my journal or I will make life so miserable that you will wish i'd ended you.
- the other day we ordered chinese food and the fortune that Molly got said that she was going "to move into a new house before the end of the year"
- it just so happens that as of today, our hospital is having a House Raffle limited to 3,950 entrants
- the model of the $350,000 house for raffle is called "the Hardisty"; the first guy I dated's family name was "Hardesty"
p.s. coworker lindahl loves my house and has been in the market. she claims she will totally buy ours if we win.
- 14:08 twitpic.com/1s3ij - post-promo shots (aka Born To Rock pics) at JCPenney. Guess who's camera shy for anyone but mommy? #
- 19:32 made the most awesomest fruit smoothies tonight with strawberries, red grapes, bananas and skim milk. Mmm. #
- 23:54 its pretty bad when you go to the store late at night and you're comepletely serious when you think "oh awesome, I survived" when you leave. #
- 11:19 still wants her PhD. #
- 12:07 @fundamentally hope you're feeling human again, enjoy the day! #
- 12:39 @fundamentally oh eek! that is so annoying. glad you're on the mend, though! #
- 13:25 a wise old owl sat on an oak, the more he saw, the less he spoke; the less he spoke, the more he heard... lessons from a wise old bird. #
- 14:36 @fundamentally better whole than partial! #
- 15:10 @onetake idk what milliscobles are but they have my name in them so I support that. #
- 16:33 its midtown friday! #
- 21:43 @ztnewetep some old men just saw you in a sex shop. #
- 18:38 is currently sitting in the garage while molly sleeps before our 7pm dinner plans, in hopes the impromptu nap ensures an enjoyable meal. #
- 22:06 had a challenging night out with the 3yo, sent her straight to bed w no dessert. I'm so cruel. nursing Makers and pepsi max, what a night. #
- 22:17 nightcaps rule. #
- 22:38 should buy a snuggie for $14.99, y/y? srsly. what if they don't make them next year? I'll get kicked out of the cult. #
- 22:42 2 more random thoughts and then bed: I'm all out of Makers (saddest day ever you guys) and holy f*ck is it windy outside. Might blow away. #
- 07:26 @__nancy omg woe! #
- 13:37 gave up beef for lent. I'm not catholic, but I like the challenge. #
- 13:10 I am disturbed. Everytime I glance at the lifewater bottle I'm drinking I think the "acerola extract" on the label is "areola extracf" GROSS #
- 17:45 just ate a slice of king cake and am going out for a tasty dinner and drinks Fat Tuesday style. Tomorrow is skinny Wednesday. Salad & salad #
- 19:42 twitpic.com/1odfi - dinner and drinks at LaSalle grill. that mint julep is a sad excuse. moar bourbon plz. #
- 21:37 so much dixieland. seriously. #
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