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<editorsnote> Hi, I'm Jen Friel, and we here at TNTML examine the lives of nerds outside of the basements and into the social media, and dating world.  We have over 75 peeps that write about their life in real time. (Real nerds, real time, real deal.) Sit back, relax, and enjoy some of the stories!! </editorsnote>

 

 

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Friday
Jan072011

The life of a #lifecaster - haters gonna hate

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

I love lifecasting.  I feel like it was something I was meant to do, and have been doing it outside of TNTML on a small scale for quite a while.  I don't have any secrets from anyone, and love the freedom that comes with, so lifecasting was just a perfect fit for me. 

Well I officially just got my first piece of hate.  And I'm not going to lie, it was pretty hateful.  It was also pretty silly, but hate usually is.  At first I was a little shocked.  It seemed to come out of nowhere, and attacked me personally instead of attacking my opinions.  But then I immediately thought - oh my god, awesome!  I am so obviously doing something right if I am getting this heated of a response!  I have been contributing to TNTML for nearly three months, and have only been lifecasting for less than two.  So to get someone that passionate in such a short amount of time....I am awesome!

Haha, but really, all kidding aside, I not only took it as a compliment, but also as a challenge.  Thank you so much for reading what I have to say, and thank you for giving me an outlet to share my opinion, which is often different than the majority.  I will continue to share my thoughts, and I would love all the feedback you have for me.  Lifecasting isn't easy, and it's an art form.  My job is to resonate with someone, and to get a response from someone.  And I am awesome at my job.

Keep it coming people, I love to hear your opinions!  So here you go, hit me up however you can:

Tweet me: @JenSquard

Facebook me: facebook.com/jenswedhinphotography

email me: mangotreelover@hotmail.com

Foursquare me: Jen Swedhin

or leave a comment below.  Let's lifecast, baby!

 

Friday
Jan072011

#NaughtyMommy Happenings - all toys are now gone

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

Last night the hubbard and I totally Grinched it up at our house.  After the kids went to bed we took all of their toys, packed them up and took them out of the house.  Like all of them.  We only left books,  baby toys, and a few cars for little Tucker.  See, they tear up the house every day.  They immediately pull out every single toy, spread them all over, and then absolutely refuse to pick any of it up.  I've tried everything, and they don't care, so we took it all.  And it made me feel terrible, but they have to learn.  I'm definitely not going to be that mom that follows their kids around and picks up after them, hells to the no.  So we went from this:

to this:

Not super nice, but oh well, they definitely have to start listening and stop being so damn defiant all the time.  Man, I feel bad for my mom having to deal with me, geez.  So far they don't seem to care at all.  So I suppose if they don't start caring, then we are getting rid of all their toys and they won't have the option to earn them back.  If they don't need them, that's awesome! 

Sorry if you have given my kids a toy recently!  They may earn it back....and they may not. 

Follow me on Twitter: @JenSquard

Thursday
Jan062011

#ProjectThreeSixFive: Cadence

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

My adorable little baby face is going to be six months old on Saturday, so we had ourselves a little photo shoot today.  Good lord she is adorable!

Want to have a looksie at some of my other photos.  Here is the site, and here is the blog. And here is Twitter.

Thursday
Jan062011

Homeless man with the #GoldenVoice - who cares?

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

You know what, no.  I'm not co-signing on this bullshit.  I've seen the video, I've read some of the stories...whatever.  Who cares?  Yes, this man has a great voice, and it's perfect for radio.  So what?  And yes, I see that he was homeless.  Again, not impressed.  Do you know why he was homeless?  Because he made shitty decisions, became an addict, and lost the life he worked for.  I understand addiction is a disease and it takes work to get out from under it, that's not what I'm addressing here.  The thing is, why is this man such a superstar now? 

Honestly, it's not like he's a random homeless dude that happens to have an amazing voice that would be excellent on radio.  He's a homeless DJ.  That's what his profession was, I would sure as hell hope he had a good voice.  Would it be so super impressive if a doctor pissed away everything they had worked for, became homeless, and then we discovered that they knew some doctor stuff?  Not at all, right?  So what's the big deal with this guy?  He worked for years to become a DJ, "went to school for it", trained his voice from a young age...of course he has a golden voice, and he's sure as shit not alone in that one.  He just happened to make a series of choices that lead him to where he was.  Does he deserve a second chance?  Sure.  But it's just not amazing that a homeless DJ has the voice of a professional DJ.  Come on, people, get it together.

What do you think about it?  Drop me a line on Twitter or Facebook, and let's have a chat!

Wednesday
Jan052011

#Randombling: @JenSquard

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

Randombling: A 5 minute long unedited random stream of consciousness produced by a nerd for nerds.

#nowplaying: Food Innuendo Guy - Adam Sandler

Okay, wait, give me a second, I have a total Adam Sandler boner.  Aaaaaah...love his ridiculous albums, they make my life. Like for reals and reals.  

Here is my brain:  

Not even joking, I feel so terarded right now.  I switched my photography hosting site (the one I was using before was crazy expensive and NOT at all good for what I'm trying to do with my business), and I discovered that I can host my entire website through the new one, not just photosharing and ordering.  Yay team.  But damn it, I just completely rebuilt my website 6 months ago.  Okay, and I'm not not not not not to the extreme not a tech nerd.  I am a tech tard, kinda.  Not really, but it's the hubbard that is the tech genius in this house.  I am just the personality.  Anyways, I am all about doing all of this kind of thing myself, and I don't want to give up control over things like my site, so I muck through it.  And I'm not like writing code or any crap like that, I'm using Flash.  Not a big deal.  To you, maybe.  Boo. 

So I'm redoing, my brain has melted, and I'm not quite done yet.  Just a little bit to go, but I'll get there, and then I can say I did it all by myself again.  But until then I'm just going to have to deal with the bloodshot eyes and bruised forehead from banging it against my desk.  I'm so super weird, I swear  - build a drag and drop website, no thanks, that's too hard.  Write a 20 page thesis on parasite and parasitoids in the Andes with an empahsis on Geometrids and Hymenoptera, sure, no worries!  Sounds fun!

Whatever, weird ass.  So anyways, here's my funny story for the day.  My neighbor has this big dumb juniper-style tree (some sort of crappy evergreen bushy thing) in their front yard.  There are always hundreds of little sparrows in there (it's right outside their window, how do they hang with that?).  Right as I pulled into my driveway today, I saw a big commotion over there, and saw a big bird fly in there, and a ton of sparrows fly out all freaked out.  I figured it was a pigeon (those suckas are mean), but after a big struggle, a hawk flies out and lands in front of their house.  With a sparrow in it's clutches!  Working on the kill!  YES!!!  Definition of amazeballs, I swear.  I sprinted into the house, grabbed the zoom lens (with three kids in the car because I'm a good mom, but whatevs), and headed back outside to get the awesomeness on camera.  Right as I was clicking the lens onto my camera, my dumbass cat thought he was superman and tried to catch the hawk.  Can't say I blame him, it looked like an easy double meal, but my cat has never killed anything in his life.  Well, except my dreams of owning a normal cat.  Shot = missed.  Welp, my five minutes are up!

Foll Jen2 on Twitter: @JenSquard