JENNCHANTAL

Literary Pet Peeves

• The term "pet peeve"
• Haikus

Showing your talent
Through seventeen syllables
Is totally lame

• People who say "irregardless"
• People who spell the verb "lose" (as in, to be unsuccessful in retaining possession of) as "loose" (as in, hussy)
• People who try to sound smart by saying "I" instead of "me" and get it wrong (bonus pet peeve points when they also misuse "she/he" in the same sentence, like below)

"The President invited she and I over for dinner"

October Web Searches

I did a really bad job of tracking my web stats this month. Though I love my new job, I miss the endless hours of boredom I used to enjoy at my former job that allowed me to stay up to date on such things...

Anyhow, the list below represents one day in October. I promise to stay on top of things in the months to come.

• britney kevin chaotic review -dvd awful
• britneys pregnancy boobs
• cubeland
• cyndy violette playboy
• diary "male stripper" birthday
• luke walton, kissing
• midget in a sombrero
• Pretty Vegas
• that lady on afv was standing by her car he took her dress off
• thai christmas
• Your Best Friend's Closet

JennChantal In One Word

In an effort to convince myself that regardless my work-life, I really do have friends. Below, my friends describe me in one word (some of you have really impressive vocabularies)...

• Chantabulous
• Committed
• Compulsive
• Dedicated
• Dorky
• Eminent
• Employed
• Enthusiastic
• Goofy
• Honest
• Incomparable
• Jennifer
• Missed
• Passionate
• Solipsist
• Storyteller
• Tight
• Well-adjusted
• Yuppie

Feel free to add more via comments. Red text = new additions from email.

Gross But Oddly Satisfying

• Digging out a stubborn in-grown hair
• Sneezing
• Popping whiteheads - mine and others'
• Plucking eyebrows - mine and others'
• Pulling off scabs
• Flossing after eating corn on the cob
• Q-tipping the wax out from my inner ear

September Web Searches

As always, these are web searches that OTHER PEOPLE did and ultimately found my website through.

Blogs

• blogg cookie monster photo
• thyroid blogg

Books & Magazines

• most boring magazine

Celebrities

• "ashton kutcher penis size"
• "Camryn Manheim" "how tall"
• Drew-Barrymore's 130 lbs
• florence henderson yoga
• joey mcintyre+shirtless+images
• Johnny Damon Shirtless
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas Recent shirtless pictures
• Mayim Balik naked
• Recent Tupac Sighting
• Usher's penis photos
• vince vaughn sightings

Crime & Punishment

• denim heist santa barbara
• "kid in a suitcase"
• throwing gang signs

Fashion & Style

• chola hairstyle photos
• maddox haircut
• sexiest jew ever

Music

• "It'll be you and me up in the trees"
• "Men at Work"
• susy q buddy holly lyrics

TV & Films

• 40 year old virgin bike in the trunk
• 40 year old virgin guatemalan
• 40 year old virgin real boner
• extreme makeover home edition faked
• image of anakin with chopped off legs

My Favorites

• rent a midget sombrero
• white ass college parties dorms  male sex pics wedgies

Resolutions - Third Quarter Update

I made 7 New Year's Resolutions. My progress to date:

Get $1,500 in my savings account (started with $10)
I'm officially $98.98 away from this goal. It's amazing how quickly you can save money when you are actually making money...

Open a second savings account with a credit union so I can't easily access (i.e. spend) my money
There's still three months left in this year...

Update my website more frequently
The only thing that could stop me from entertaining you, dear fans, would be if Blossom's publicist decided to take legal action and shut down my site. And yes, I've actually been warned to watch out for this from my favorite psycho Blossom fan.

Start jogging Do yoga
I should further append this to say, "Do yoga at least twice a week." With all the travel (and the laziness), I've only been averaging one day a week, if that.

Do more freelance work Make more money
At the end of Q2 I decided I was over freelance work and set my sites on the lottery. Well, I still haven't won the mega million jackpot, but I did land a pretty sweet job that's helping out the bank account pretty nicely.

Take 1st place in a 4SPT game
I've spent $810 in 39 games this year. I've actually been on a bit of a rush these past few weeks, having made a Final Table appearance in 4 of the past 5 games - making me the Fall Season Points Leader. This quarter alone, I've had one second place finish and three third place finishes. I've won $455, which puts me at -$355 for the year. However, just one 1st place finish and I'll basically break even. It's going to happen - I can feel it. I just need 6-time winner Richie Rich to get sick and not show up for one game so he can't suck out on me like he always does and squelch all my hopes, dreams, and resolutions.

Start listening to more music - not rap or pop, but music
I'm a total fan of the Indie Rock and Cool As Folk stations on Yahoo! Music. I haven't listened to one Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, or 50 Cent song in over a month!

For Your Viewing Pleasure: Fall 2005

Sunday
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition	ABC	7
Desperate Housewives	ABC	9
Breaking Bonaduce	VH1	10
Monday
Starting Over	NBC	12
Arrested Development	FOX	8
Kitchen Confidential	FOX	8:30
Best Week Ever	VH1	9
Daily Show	COM	11
Tuesday
Starting Over	NBC	12
2005 World Series of Poker	ESPN	5
My Name is Earl	NBC	9
Amazing Race: Family Edition	CBS	9
The Office	NBC	9:30
Real World	MTV	10
Daily Show	COM	11
Wednesday
Starting Over	NBC	12
World Poker Tour	TRV	6
Apprentice: Martha Stewart	NBC	8
Daily Show	COM	11
Thursday
Starting Over	NBC	12
Survivor: Guatemala	CBS	8
Will & Grace	NBC	8:30
CSI	CBS	9
The Apprentice	NBC	9
ER	NBC	10
Daily Show	COM	11
Friday
Starting Over	NBC	12
Can't Wait to Come Back On
Scrubs
Project Runway
Color Key
Great New Show
New Show - Probation
Could Ruin a Great Show
Sucks but Can't Give it Up

August Web Searches

This month's edition of search terms people used to find my website is categorized by topic for your viewing pleasure.

Click on a category link to see the list of searches, or click the "continue reading August Web Searches" link at the bottom of the post to see the entire list.

• Celebrity (12)
• DIY (3)
• Education (3)
• FAQs (1)
• Fashion (5)
• Food (3)
• Sports & Games (2)
• TV & Film (1)
• Urban Legends (1)

Little Sisters

My sister sent me this excerpt from her 1984 diary. She was 14, I was 8. I thought it was definitely worth including on JennChantal (and hopefully someday on Mortified).

God!  Little Sisters can be such a pain!  What good can they be?

• They go around the house screaming at the top of their lungs "the sun'll come out tomorrow!" all day.
• When you get a phone call and you don't want to talk, you tell her to say you're asleep.  Then she'll say "Kristen don't want to talk now and she says she's asleep."
• Then the day finally comes when you have the guy of your dreams come over to the house and she sits on his lap and tells him how you're on the phone all the time talking about him.
• She invites her friends over and you find out too late they played dress up with your make-up and designer jeans.
• In public restrooms, she'll ask really loud what are in the machines on the wall that say "napkins" on them.
• When you're meeting a new guy and she overhears you saying you're nineteen, she'll remind you that you just had your fifteenth birthday last week.
• When she's home sick and you're at school, she'll interest herself in reading your diary. Then at dinner, she'll start a conversation with your parents about it.
• When your boyfriend is bringing you home from a date, she'll be smack in the middle of the window watching you say good-bye.
• Then your grandparents from New York come to visit and she has to share a room with you. She has to use your closet and every stuffed animal and doll imaginable is on the floor.
• Then you find out she threw away your 20 page report on Romeo and Juliet while cleaning your room as a surprise. 
• Naturally, you start screaming at her.  Big tears well up in her eyes and she says "I'm sorry, I love you."  Then you bend down, give her a hug, and tell her that you love her also.

Why I'll Miss UCLA

• Allison and Clint
• 9-ish to 5-ish with a one-hour-ish lunch
• Corner Bakery
• Miyuki, the personable Japanese waitress at Corner Bakery and her daily greeting of "Sank you for waiting. Enjoy your meal."
• Business casual = tank tops and flip flops
• The ironically moldy and dusty public health building
• Online dominoes (even though Clint will forever go down in history as the All-Time Online Dominoes champion)
• Sky blue sponge paint
• An office with a door (that locks!)
• Being the "tech guru"
• Cell phone movies
• Handstandoffs
• Admiring the freaks on Westwood, including but not limited to the guy with the eye patch, the homeless man that screams by the corner, the Westwood sock man, the crazy menu guy, and the guy with the oxygen tank
• Having to be quiet because neurological experiments are in progress
• Nonsensical paper signs taped to doors like this, this, and this
• Boxes upon boxes of bubble lined mailers
• Ex-hippy professor who randomly makes references to her drug induced good old days, saying things like this and this
• "Go on ahead" and "changes in my body"
• The elevator that feels like an amusement park ride
• Dr. Ignarro's magnificent Nobel Peace Prize shrine

It's been real!