HEEYYYYY! These R frm mybestESTfriend f0r ever and ever forEVER!! (: ♥

Tuesday...




















Wednesday...



















Thursday...
That's me kickin' it by the tree, and my BFF Ash hangin' in the hills under the sun!!!















Aaaaand - of course, Friday:

Publish Post

Horrible* Day

*On a scale of Awesome to Actually Horrible, this day might fall more in the Mildly Annoying Category. But still.

1. Bad things happened.
2. I made a list.
3. I deleted that list.
4. You're welcome.
   

Mother's Day Special Screenings at the Alamo Drafthouse

• National Velvet
• Mamma Mia
• Steel Magnolias
• Mommie Dearest
  

OKC Airport - I love you

Observations from the bar by Gate 10

Very distressed Filipino bar tender. Do not order multiple items at a time she will flip out.

Traveling business man who orders a Mike's Hard Lemonade on ice because he is hot.

Someone who looks like he is related to the White's of West Virginia. He is looking a hotel room in Columbus Ohio that allows smoking and accepts corporate lodging. Whatever that means. - The Holiday Inn does not - he is distraught! He is also 5 ft 6in and weighs 100lbs. Note bartender does not like him.

Two hot guys watching baseball and playing on their computers.

Old man lawyer type eating chips and salsa.

Couple in mid 30's - Husband orders bud light in bottle - they only have draft so he gets a Guinness instead - really?!?! If this were Texas I would say they were Aggies - so prob went to OK State. But you get the picture. He is wearing cargo shorts and Oakley's

I so wish I could take pictures. No such luck with out being super obvious.

OMG....bartender is really trying to give guy with sleeveless shirt and camo hat chips and salsa since kitchen is now closed (at 7pm!) she just got pitcher of salsa out of fridge like it was a selling point.

Man i wish i had a video camera. this is pure gold.

People I Have Met

• Lt. Officer
• Father Priest
• Uncle Bubba
  

Movies I watch on a semiannual basis*

*Non-comprehensive, but in roughly the order in which I began watching them on a semiannual basis.

• Mary Poppins
• The Jerk
• Dirty Dancing
• When Harry Met Sally
• Hair
• Fear of a Black Hat
• Love Jones
• Magnolia
• The Matrix
• Fight Club
• Unbreakable
• High Fidelity
• Joe Dirt
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Bourne Trilogy
• Kill Bills
• Brick

Things my cat does impressions of

Sounds:
Cow
Cow noisemaker, like from the film Delicatessen
Goat
Infant
Pigeon
Vibrating phone

Mannerisms:
Boxer
Bunny rabbit
Kangaroo

Things I Bought From A**z*n In February

Why the Sleep Cycle App Is Awesome*

1. It only costs 99 cents.
2. It monitors your sleep cycles (based on how much you're moving around) using the iPhone's accelerometer.
3. It taught me that the iPhone has an accelerometer, and also what that is.
4. It charts that s**t!
   
5. It wakes you up with your choice of pleasant sounds around the time you need to be up (default is a 30-minute window)--but it waits until you are in a light sleep, thereby avoiding the disoriented, groggy, can't-recover-all-day-long feeling that you get when jarred awake from deep sleep.
6. Did I mention the charts? Charts!
   
7. I actually feel really good today.
   

*All based on one night/morning of use

Things I Forgot to Talk to Boxcar About the Other Night

1. Black Swan
2. Easy A
3. Why One of Those Is CLEARLY Superior to the Other
   

Pizza Night

I had some people over tonight and we made pizzas. Here is everything we cooked:

1. Cheese
   
2. Pepperoni and red pepper
   
3. Margherita
4. Spinach, feta, red pepper
   
5. Pepperoni
   
6. Pepperoni, green olive, jalapeno
   
7. Pepperoni, garlic, red pepper, feta, spinach
8. Pepperoni, onion, red pepper
9. Boudin, garlic, basil, Tabasco
   
10. Peanut butter, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and Golden Crisp cereal

This is the cheese that we started with.




















Here is the boudin pizza. I will make this again.













Here is the dessert before




















And after. It was pretty damn good.

Things I like about my Galaxy tablet

• The new Blogger app, JIT
• This bulletpoint dot I just found on the keyboard
• My German dictionary and travel apps
• Fits in my left hand (probably right also)
• Mobile Google Reader
• Reading Twitter is way easier on a touchscreen
• Swype!
• Austen loves gadgets like this, so he loaded everything for me
• Ease of usage in places like coffee shops, couches, and bathrooms
• Public domain book downloads (it pays for itself!)

PJenkins' Pre-2010-Oscar-Nomination Overkill

It's that time of year! Oscar nominations are announced tomorrow morning, and with that in mind I present the following lists:

Things that will probably happen that will make me very, very happy:

• Black Swan gets nominated for lots of things, including Cinematography and Directing (but not necessarily for Buster's dream girl)
• The Fighter gets nominated for lots of things, including Editing and Directing and Costume Design (and maybe even Marky Mark?!)
• True Grit gets nominated for lots of things, including Cinematography (give this man an Oscar already!)

Other things that might happen that would fill me with joy and delight (but I'm not holding my breath):

• Never Let Me Go gets nominated for best Score
• Blue Valentine pulls nominations for both Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams
• Dianne Wiest, Jacki Weaver, Miranda Richardson, or Barbara Hershey get nominated for Best Supporting Actress (I like my older ladies)
• I Am Love gets nominated for Cinematography  

Other things that would make me jump up from the couch but these things won't happen and that's OK because then I won't spill my coffee all over myself:

• Tilda Swinton gets nominated for I Am Love
• Carey Mulligan gets nominated for Never Let Me Go
• Never Let Me Go gets nominated for anything else (particularly Best Original Song)
• Any of the ladies from Please Give get nominated
• Winter's Bone gets nominated for Art Direction or Costume Design. 

Things that would make me fly from my couch in an apoplectic orgy of surprise, horror, coffee burns, and total happiness:

• Juliette Lewis gets nominated for knocking the little pink balls on the back of my socks off in Conviction. Have you seen this, people?

Things I find strange about my own picks (which are after the jump, as they say, if you'd care to read them (superlong list!)):

• Three of my all-time favorite actors (of all time!) are up this year, and they aren't even in my own list! Sorry Robert Duvall, Jeff Bridges, and Sam Rockwell. Don't call me biased. I won't mind if they're in, though, obvs.
• Two of my all-time favorite actresses are probably getting nominated this year but aren't even in my own list. Sorry to you too, Annette and Julianne. But let's be honest, this movie was no The Grifters or Safe.
• A lot of these actors I did pick are rilly young.

Care to see for yourself? Jump!

Things in my dining room that don't belong

Christmas Tree in box
Christmas tree skirt
3 purses
Electric drill
Austen's bathing suit
Wheely computer bag
2 Christmas gifts still in boxes
Styrofoam packaging from food processor

The Greatness of Neil Diamond

I just read this blog post and started thinking about how Neil Diamond doesn't get nearly the credit he deserves as a songwriter these days. It seems like everyone's preoccupied with trying to be funny and/or ironic to really appreciate how awesome he is. These are some of my favorite Neil Diamond songs, with some of the greatest songwriting of all time.

PS - Happy 70th, Neil!

Cell Phones I've Owned

In order from newest to oldest. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but I gotta be pretty close. Thanks to Amazon order history and Gmail archives, I have the actual dates from some of these. The others are just guesses.

• HTC EVO 4G (September 13, 2010)
• Blackberry Bold 9000 (November 13, 2008)
• Blackberry Curve 8300 (October 28, 2007)
• Motorola V360 (2007)
• Nokia 6101 (2007)
• Motorola SLVR L6 (August 28, 2006)
• HTC Wizard (February 7, 2006)
• Motorola v600 (August 13, 2004)
• Nokia 6610 (2002)
• Nokia 6210 (2001)
• Nokia 8210 (2000)
• Sony Ericsson T28 (1999)
• Motorola MicroTAC 650 (1996)

Places I Miss in Austin

In no particular order. I'm sure I'll think of more.

• Casino El Camino
• Hoa Hoa
• Lucky J’s Chicken and Waffles
• Kebabalicious
• Plucker’s
• Sarah’s Mediterranean Grill
• House Park Barbecue
• Mean Eyed Cat
• Shoal Creek Saloon
• Crown and Anchor
• Posse East
• LaLa’s Little Nugget
• Ginny’s Little Longhorn
• The Poodle Dog Lounge
• Lavaca Street Bar
• Key Bar
• Butler Park Pitch and Putt
• Common Interest Karaoke Bar
• Shangri La
• Wahoo’s Fish Taco
• Deep Eddy Cabaret
• Thundercloud Subs
• Taco Shack
• Austin Java
• The Cedar Door
• Doc’s Motorworks
• The Mohawk
• Emo’s
• The Parish
• Hole in the Wall
• Spider House
• P. Terry’s
• The Side Bar
• Club DeVille
• Hyde Park Bar and Grill
• Hat Creek Burger Co.
• Scoot Inn
• Galaxy Cafe
• Frank
• Moonshine
• Roppolo’s Pizzeria
• Hoek’s Death Metal Pizza
• Hot Dog King
• Mandola’s Italian Market
• The Jackalope
• The Broken Spoke
• Scholz Garten

Holiday Movie Watching

Inspired by Donald Glovers tweet this morning and my first retweet ever! I would link to it but can't figure out how to do that on iPad.

Here are some movies I have watched over the past 2 days in Blackjack and Humble

Romeo and Juliette ( Claire and Leo version)
The Proposal *
national Treasure
national Treasure 2*
the Town
return of the Jedi
transformers*

I am sure there will be more to come. In silent H town for 2 more days.......

* did not watch entire movie.

Found list Christmas edition 2010

This is a list I found on the island at my parent's house about an hour before we had Christmas Dinner. My brother cooked all of Christmas Dinner - so I am not sure why she needed to make this list.

I originally wrote this post on Christmas Day, but I just now got around to downloading the picture from my blackberry.

Things I Had To Look Through On My Drive This Morning

1. Jacked up eyeball
2. Dirty glasses (because I can't wear contacts with a jacked up eyeball, and I can't find my little glasses cleaning cloth - think pjenks in 2000)
3. Scratched and foggy sunglasses over my glasses (thanks to my Dad and the doctor who did his cataract surgery last year)
4. Filthy windshield
5. My own guilt at being late for work, yet again

Also, all of this in absolute silence because my radio still doesn't work.

Miss Beth

Similar to Buster's latest list of someone else's found list, I give you Miss Beth's to-do list.

Things for Miss Beth to do

• Go to bar and drink until midnight
• Go home and party in undies
• Skip work and go to party
• Insult everyone
• Get run out of town
• Become a hermit

Celebrities That I Just Found Out Are Married to Other Celebrities (Named Ryan)

1. Mandy Moore (to Ryan Adams)
2. Scarlett Johansson (to Ryan Reynolds)
   

Best (or Worst) List Ever

Listicle Without Commentary: Products Found Alongside a One-Mile Stretch of Harrison Road, Columbia County, WI

• Marlboro Menthol, pack, empty

• McDonald's, large fry box, empty

• Miller Lite, can, empty

• Budweiser, can, empty

• Miller Genuine Draft, can, empty

• Orange Crush, bottle, 1/3 full

• Miller Lite, can, empty

• Miller Lite, can, empty

• Doral, pack, empty

• Culver's, paper cup, empty

• Miller Genuine Draft, can, empty

• Miller High Life, bottle, empty

• Miller Lite, can, empty

• Medical bracelet, J. Miller, DOB 03/08/67

• A&W, small coffee cup, empty

• Miller Genuine Draft, can, empty

• Miller Lite, can, empty

• Miller Genuine Draft, can, empty

• Wisconsin State Journal, Oct. 11, 2010, various incomplete sections

• Busch Lite, can, empty

overwhelming client meeting

Yesterday I had a meeting at a client's office, out of town.  Originally there were going to be two of us going to the meeting but the client didn't want to pay for two of us, so I had to go alone. When I walked into the room yesterday morning, alone, there were at least 15 people already there. 3 or 4 more came in and out so I never got the exact count at any given time. These 18 (EIGHTEEN!) or so people were from 5 (FIVE!) different companies.

...And only me to answer questions and such, for 8 (EIGHT!) hours.  (Yes, I want you to be amused, impressed, and sympathetic, all these things).

At the end of the meeting, I had managed to collect only 8 business cards from the following people (I have changed one letter in each name, for googling protection):

• Okimasa Nokanishi, Company A
• Hiraki Mochiki, Company B
• Otsushi Sozuki, Company B
• Haroshi Ochida, Company B
• Shoji Moramoto, Company C
• Alexandro Lora, Company D
• Mashahi Yojima, Company D
• Haroaki Abi, Company E

Three things I hope I never need to know how to do

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/16/things.fall.off/

What the Internet Thinks I Look Like

So I was trying to find information about a building lobby on Congress Avenue because a friend of a friend has just published a pretty awesome-looking book of photographs of high school football stadiums, and he's looking for a place to have a little party/hang some art. I did a Google image search for the building and found the assortment of pictures kind of puzzling. Of course I have googled myself many a time before, but never ever thought to Google Image myself. Here is what I found:

• One picture of me, on the second row
  
• One picture that I took that is posted somewhere on the UT School of Architecture's website
• Oh wait--another picture of me
• Lots of other so-called JFs, including one who appears to be a rodeo star
• Downtown tv show logo
• Lots of casualwear
• A few scantily clad A&F models
• Some beat-up-looking dude who seems to be giving a sports press conference
• Meryl Streep
• Julia Child
• A book cover and a movie poster related to the above two
  
• A calculator
• Some line graphs
• Lots of jeans folded to look like Ws

I highly recommend that you do this for yourself. This is, I think, my favorite JF image.

Emails I've received this month classified as 'High Importance'

These are the subjects of the emails I've received in August with ! next to them

• NEW Number
• Astros Tickets for Friday August 13
• Music Industry Accounting Position Open

Family Phone Calls This Week

Me: Will it be weird if I go?
Mom: Weird? Why in the world would it be weird? Unless you MAKE it weird...

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Cousin: You mean you knew this the whole time we were talking yesterday, and you kept it to yourself?!
Me: Yeah, I just didn’t really think it was my place to--
Cousin: Hot damn! I can’t believe that.
Me: Ok, well, I don’t know if my mom has told your mom yet.
Cousin: Well, I’m pretty sure he knew that cat was out of the bag when he told me.

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Mom: [I can’t tell whether she’s laughing or crying] Now, you need to keep this to yourself, but it's kind of one of those Friday the 13th deals. Your dad asked whose birthday it was, and I said, “I think it’s one of the twins’.”
Me: I can’t make that promise.Will it be weird if I go?
Mom: Weird? Why in the world would it be weird? Unless you MAKE it weird...

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Cousin: You mean you knew this the whole time we were talking yesterday, and you kept it to yourself?!
Me: Yeah, I just didn’t really think it was my place to--
Cousin: Hot damn! I can’t believe that.
Me: Ok, well, I don’t know if my mom has told your mom yet.
Cousin: Well, I’m pretty sure he knew that cat was out of the bag when he told me.

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Mom: [I can’t tell whether she’s laughing or crying] Now, you need to keep this to yourself, but it's kind of one of those Friday the 13th deals. Your dad asked whose birthday it was, and I said, “I think it’s one of the twins’.”
Me: I can’t make that promise.

Songs That Make Peoples' Heads Loll

Every time one of these songs comes on at a party, heads will loll. Try to keep still--can't be done.

1. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
   
2. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
   
3. What Goes Around.../...Comes Around - Justin Timberlake
4. Sway - Dean Martin
   

What are some others?

Great Moments in My-My-My-My-My Boogie Shoes History

In reverse chronological order:

• Billy and Lauren's superfun jazz dance this week. This doesn't necessarily showcase the amazing technical skills that these two actually have, but I love it so so much. My favorite part is probably the easiest part of the whole routine, but I must have rewound it 8 times Wednesday night alone. At -1:25.

lauren billy 7 @ Yahoo! Video

• All of Sports Night comes back to the office drunk after getting thrown out of a bar. Makes me nostalgic for the career that no one actually has. Skip to about 8 minutes in.

• Making out with a stranger on the dance floor at a Shreveport club called The Reactor while K.C. and the Sunshine Band played LIVE. I have no video of this, but I can tell you that I was wearing a tshirt *tucked in* to plaid shorts, with matching socks and Dexters. Ah, Baylor days--you can see why I was so irresistible to that boy...

Overheard at the Family Reunion 2010

I really should have kept better notes, but here goes.

"That girl was on drugs and really messed up my haircut. And I'm gonna tell her that, too. As soon as she gets out of jail."

"Those horses follow one right behind the other. Until one of 'em craps."

My brother to me, following a really unfortunate incident that I should have been able to avoid (I must stress that this is commentary, NOT a request):
"How 'bout that shirtless hug?"

My mom--in a cabin full of middle-aged sober women, including me--to the shirtless step-cousin, who had just given a drunken speech about how to avoid public drunkenness charges in Arkansas. Cheery voice.
"Well, that is just GREAT information for everyone in this room."

Guess who--when asked which movie he had just spent the last (I want to say 2 hours, but really more like) 10 minutes explaining. As a warning to me, I should add, when he found out I'm going to Italy.
"It's called Taken. Or Tooken--I'm not sure."

50-something man obsessed with his new fancy camera, to 8 year-old girl:
"Look--it's a close-up of the hair between your eyebrows."

A Good Spell, Anyway

• What I say - I've known her for 20 years.
• What the Real Housewives of New York say - I know her for 20 years.
• What my mom and aunts say - I've been knowing her for 20 years.
  

Ten of the worst things on Earth, according to PJenkins

Not counting the really awful, terrible, life-threatening things, like oil spills, Sarah Palin, and suicide bombs.  

• Wasabi peas
• Mosquitos
• High school "friends" on Facebook
• Jay Leno
• Unruly eyebrows
• Car payments
• Hot electronic devices
• Elevators with no circulation
• Dry cuticles
• Unsolicited (career, relationship, financial or general life) advice

Today's Status Updates

• It's a good feeling when you're at the gym and a guy comes up to you and asks if you need a spot and you smile and tell him this is just your warm up weight.

• ցҽԵԵíղց ԹɑʍԹҽɾҽժ íՏ ցօօժ ƒօɾ Եհҽ Бօժվ!

• Status Update: I can't contain myself this afternoon! Why is this office open until 5!? I have energy that must be released, and cubicle world isn't very receptive.

• Uuggghh trip started out bad. Freckles went through my purse n ate 4 reese peanut butter cups two poptarts n the wrappers. Had to have wk make her puke it up. Sigh. Worried mama now

• Happy Friday-we made it! It's going to be a fantastic day! :-)

• Did u know that taking pics, txtn, and talking on the phone can have u driving on the wrong side of the rode? I think we should stop using our phone while operating a vehicle. Cops included because they drive reckless too. The next cop that I catch on the phone while driving or speeding w/ lights on just to get to the donut shop I am going to make a citizens arrest! I got a video camera n my car 2 officers!

• WHO are these kids and WHY are they calling me MOM??? ;) LMAO

• : I like my 1800 tequila on the rocks, and my 1792 kentucky bourbon straight up.. But tonite, just for Her, ive agree to do the white wine merlot. Damn, gotta give n frm time to time. Ive got the sweetest love..

What Just Happened

• Ate Schlotzsky's for dinner unaware that I had other options
• Had cocktails and watched others eat at Parkside
• Including a drink that I expected to be my local -Forecast- alternative, but was not
• Went to the Alamo Ritz for Soft Rock Sing-Along
• Inflated my inflatable fake microphone
• Sang the s**t out of some Billy Joel, Elton John, Sting, etc.
• Sulked during non-"Against All Odds" Phil Collins
• Sulked a little more during the 90s and 00s songs
• Complained a little bit to the friend of friend sitting next to me about how I might be over the sing-along
• Approximately 0.00002 seconds later was on my feet waiting for everyone else to recognize the beginning strains of "Jessie's Girl"
• Sang the s**t out of, among other songs, "Tiny Dancer" and "Don't Stop Believing"
• Into my fake inflatable microphone
• While dancing and waving my glow stick in the air like I just didn't care
• Had this conversation while walking to cars and passing people heading out for Thursday Night on 6th Street: other girl "Oh, they look so young!" Boy walking the other direction: "Did you hear that? 'They look so young.' You look OLD." other girl: "Ok, well there's my minivan."

Things In The Freezer of A Girl I Met At Dinner

• Pet snake carcass (with same name as girl I met at dinner. belonged to her husband. waiting to be made into belt)
• Bear skin
• Alligator head with bullet hole
  
• Two (2) bobcats
  

Stories of Interest - April 30 2010

My igoogle CNN headlines today were all interesting to me. I hope they are to you too...in order of how I read them


Conan O'Brien: I would never do what Jay Leno did to me


How we became white people


iPhone finder regrets his 'mistake'

Today's Facebook Status Updates of Interest

• Lady at work (who broke her arm): I tried to brush my teeth this morning and all i can say is this is goin to be a long ass 6 weeeks.. but alease i will have my family at work to making my day!! i"m so bless to have so many concern friends at work!!
• Guy friend from the past:  excited about th bidet the wife set up for us.
• Young girl I barely know: cranky muffin ; )
• Girl from high school I do not even know: is up sick, sick, sick and Gage and Bo are snoring, snoring, snoring! I HATE this stomach virus, its worse than the last time I had it!
• Girl from high school (and every other person on Facebook): It's gonna be a great day-TGIF!

People are funny, gross and stupid. 

American Idol and Steve

So, Steve voted last night and here are the results:
Chrystal = 3 times.
Andrew = 0 times.
Everyone else = 2 times.

At least, this is the information I got from my mom.

Things I Bought at Marshall's For The Same Amount I Thought I'd Spend on Item #1

1. Trench Coat

2. Black Flats

3. Black Wedges

4. Printy Flats

5. Lamp (actually, 2 of these)

Some entertaining #LOST tweets tonight

• nwilliamson I love how Desmond often ends his sentences with Brotha #lost
• ShusePDX Stupid #Lost, always splitting up the gang. You're worse than Scooby-Doo!
• MrBShah Im convinced its the audience, not the ppl on the island that r #lost I hope the ending isnt open ended where u r left 2 open interpretation
• LostVagabond RT @LostVagabond: RT @LostVagabond: Worst. Show. Ever. #LOST
• wfehler @lonnietaylor #LOST is a mosquitos dream. #worstendingimagined
• lunarobverse YES JACK JUST LISTEN GOD FUCK #LOST  

Emails received at my yahoo address today

• From: A Place for Mom
  Subject: Get_your_mom_or_dad_the_senior_care_they_need
  
  
• From: Friendster
  Subject: Photo tagging now available on Friendster!
  

Today's Popular Stories on MyFoxHouston.com

someone sent me a link to story #1 and i just had to share the top stories...

1. County Approves Dynamo Stadium Deal
2. Watch the MyFoxHouston Glee Audition Finalists
3. Unusual Crash Slows 610 Loop
4. HISD Investigates Middle School Fights On YouTube
5. More Evidence in Death of 2 Baytown Teen Girls
6. Sick Couple Left to Eat Dog Food
7. View the Texas Primary Runoff Election Results
8. Police: Father Left Children in Car for Strip Club Visit
9. Girl Waiting for Bus Forced Into Car, Sexually Assaulted
10. 4 Men Sentenced in Armored Car Robbery

I gave up on the links....this is from yesterday and i am too lazy to finish it out.