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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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Tuesday
Feb012011

#Horrific: 12 week challenge before pictures

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

Today I signed up for Gold Gym’s Twelve Week Challenge.  If you have the biggest body changes in twelve weeks you can win cash and prizes - the grand prize is $10,000 - holy schnikes.  

I put it off until the very very very last day because you have to get your measurements and junk and the super fun part: getting your photo taken in your skivvies.  Before photo *gasp*.

So the good news is I am down 5 pounds.  Unfortunately that and all of my measurements were taken by this mighty fine hunk of man meat.  Not a joke, one of the most gorgeous dudes in town.  6’5 in all of his dark chiseled goodness.  drool

Not my favorite thing.  At least he wasn’t the one taking the picture of me in my chubby glory, right?  Meh, I’m on the right track, I suppose.  Money is an excellent motivator...and so is a before picture.  So now I’m going to go Zumba it up on my XBox Kinect. 

#BOOM

Tuesday
Feb012011

#ProjectThreeSixFive: Day 32

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

 Laundry = lamesauce.  With five of us living here we have shit tons of laundry, it is totally out of control.  I prefer to wash a ton and then fold it all at once, so our couches are constantly covered in clean clothes.  We hate it, but the cats think it makes an excellent perch.

Tuesday
Feb012011

#Randombling: @JenSquard

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

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

#nowplaying: Dirrty - Christina Aguilera

Dudes, I totally took this new and all natural energy/appetite suppression pill this morning - and it is AMAZING!  It’s call Zyngular, checky check it out.  Anyways, it is actually working and I have TONS of energy - and I am feeling focused for the first time in years...so I’ll be cleaning my house today as it is a total effing disaster.

Um, yeah, so I have reached my first goal of 2011!  Check them out here...one of my posts made the most popular list!  It’s the one on the truth about pregnancy - bitchin bitchin for sure.  I am feeling pretty awesome opossum right now.  

I am on my way to another goal - booking weddings.  I have booked 5 weddings so far, but not one per month like I want.  I still need one in April and July, but I have 2 in June and two more consultations with brides this week.  So I am on the right track, and I will be filling up in no time!  My dumb dumb website issues should be resolving soon, too, which should totes magoetes helpd a ton. 

Life is good today - and all of this extra energy is not a bad thing for sure.  I don’t even feel like a spaz, which is absolutely unheard of for me.  Yes yes and yes, and, um, yes.  Welp, see ya later!  Oh, and by the way, that picture is how I look when I am turned on.  As you can imagine, I don't need any milkshakes to bring the boys to the yard.  Just sayin.

Monday
Jan312011

#ProjectThreeSixFive: Day 31

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

Lasagna - YAY LASAGNA!  Now I will go and eat until I burst...

Monday
Jan312011

#TrueStory: I fell for a scam

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

This is one of the most embarrassing things that has ever happened to me, and I hate sharing it.  But some spam reminded me of it today, so I decided to share.  

A few years ago we had a litter of boxer puppies.  They were registered and pure, and worth $600 each.  We advertised locally and all that jazz, and got a call one day from a communication company that spoke for hearing disabled people.  She said she would read to me what the deaf person on the other end typed in, and act as a go-between for us.  This person was interested in purchasing a puppy, but lived a few hours away.  We communicated several times, and their English wasn’t great - but I had never really interacted with a hearing disabled person, so I didn’t have anything to go off of.  

They explained to me that they wanted to pay to ship the puppy to them.  They wanted to just send me a check, have me take out enough to pay for the puppy and my time, and have me Western Union the rest of the money to the shipping company.  Looking back it is so obvious, but at the time it seemed legit.  Even when they did some strange and shady stuff, I honestly just figured it was because *cringe* the person was disabled, so communications were strained.  Don’t judge me.

One day I even got a knock on the door in the morning - it was my neighbor, and they had contacted them to tell them to come tell me to talk to them, as I hadn’t responded the night before.  Freaky deaky stuff, but again, I was just super psyched to be selling a puppy.  We got the check from them for way more than the amount, cashed it, and Western Unioned the money on to them.  Then I was contacted by another deaf person wanting to do the same thing, through the same translator service....um, okay, no.

I finally got wary after red flag number 87...or was it 88?  A week later the bank called to let us know that the check we deposited and took the Western Union money out of didn’t clear.  We got bent over in a serious way.  We were lucky, in a sense, that we didn’t lose a puppy on top of it.  This is a super common scam, and people are not only losing thousands of dollars, but they are selling their merchandise to these people, so they are losing out on that, too.  

I’m not a dumb person.  My hubbard isn’t a dumb person.  Our real life skills and experience are totally up to par....and we still got dooped.  Or duped.  I don’t know, but it sure did suck.  The fact that someone tricked us so completely is embarrassing, like sooooo embarrassing!  Looking back it’s as dumb as falling for the Nigerian prince crap, but it is what it is.  

*sigh*

Wanna hear more?  Then find me on Twitter: @JenSquard