The VMA's. Always interesting...

I don't care what you say about MTV.  It's entertaining and I love it.  Especially the VMA's.  I think it has a lot to do with my love for celebrities, music and reality/what some of you would call "trash" TV.  But I don't think it's trash at all.  In fact, even though some of the people might be a titz trashy, I would still be their friend...*cough..SNOOKI*. I digress.


If you didn't catch the VMA's here's what you missed.


1.) Gaga's sick/convincing, night long performance in drag as "Jo Calderon."

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No Joke.  It wasn't just the "I'll announce one award/preform one song as a dude" kind of thing. nope.  It was the entire night long.  She talked as if Gaga wasn't present, smoked like a chimney, and carried around her [I mean "his"] drink of choice--a glass of Scotch.  Totally weird.  And I couldn't even stand the awkwardness when "he" gave the award to B.Spears. 


2.) Bieber's "Johnson."

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Haha. OK. JB, you made your point.  Your pet snake is named after man junk.  We get it. But really, you can't just post that on your Twitter or something for a good laugh?  Instead you have to walk the Black Carpet with it?  First the wangster earrings and now the glasses AND the snake? I love you but you are getting weirder by the minute.

Come back little JB!!!!! haha.

3.) Beyonce's Baby Bump




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I seriously got so excited when she dropped the mic after one of her stellar performances and opened her blingin' blazer to announce to the world that she was having a baby Jayonce.  It was precious.  Her and Jay-Z both looked so excited! What a GENIUS way to announce it! Fab. 

4.) Adele.  Nuff said.

5.) Kevin Hart's joke/warning about STD's to everyone at the VMA's because and entire cast of Jersey Shore was present. 

ok, SO funny, right!? But did you notice that the Situation (who would most likely be voted as the King of STD's if we took a poll)was the only one not in attendance? According to his Twitter, he was stuck in Jersey because of all of the hurricane issues and couldn't make it...

If he wasn't such a fame whore I would view his absence at the VMA's, the same night they aired the embarrassing episode of him knocking himself out with the cement wall, as extremely curious.

If you didn't see that. omg.  Go watch it.

Thank you MTV for keeping us entertained :)

Mason's first trip to Utah.

I'm pretty new to the whole aunt thing and I don't know a lot about babies but I think I'm getting better at the whole thing after this weekend.   Having Mason here to visit was so much fun.  He's 9 weeks now and I can't believe how big he's gotten since he was born.  Let's just say, I honestly can't imagine loving a baby more than I do him but then again there will most likely (meaning there better be) more nieces and nephews down the road and I'm sure someday some little ones of my own or something but really, I have BIG love for this boy.

Sure, babies cry, take constant attention and always come first but I've realized (contrary to my former beliefs from my babysitting days, which, I loathed) that there are FAR more pros than cons when it comes to having a baby.  Aside from being so stinking precious and cuddly, making church more interesting and giving the arm muscles a nice work out..they really are just little miracles!

alright.. so I didn't have to change a poopy diaper and I could hand the kid over to his mommy if he was screaming too much so that might have added to the glamour of it all.. but you get my point; babies are just fun. But don't worry.. I didn't have SO much fun that I'm ready to have one of my own right NOW. haha.  Mason will just have to come visit more often so I can get my baby fix :)

Oh, and have a mentioned how good of a mom my sister is?  well--she rocks!  Here are some pics from their weekend visit:

Oh and a video.  Don't mind the baby talk voice.  It just happens.  I just want you to be able to hear him "talking" to Aunt Jenn.

gah. I miss him already.

Dear Confusing People of this World,

Could you please do me and everyone else in your life a favor and align your actions with your true feelings?  Good people get hurt by your indecision and asinie behaviors

....

 and it only makes me want to call you bad names. 

Thanks.

Without Love,

Jenn Figureoutwhatyouwantandstopleadingpeopleon Hansen

Guess who's coming tomorrow!?!?!

Guess who's coming to Utah this weekend to visit?!
 MASON!!!! 

Isn't he too cute?!

Mom, Jamie and Mason are taking a little trip to come stay with Cole and I in our little apartment for the weekend and I'm SUPER excited! I can't wait to hold him and give him lots of kisses and to hang out with the Mom and Sister. 

I talked to Mason on the phone the other day and between all the "cooing" and "grunting" he basically said he was excited to come and see me and that I was the best aunt ever:)  I plan on remaining the best aunt ever too...As long as he doesn't scream as much here as he does when I'm trying to talk to his mommy on the phone sometimes. J/k! I'll allow screaming for the weekend if it happens :)

YAY!

Wednesday's Witty Words from the Week.

"Poop really bad."
-Victoria's written answer during Loaded Questions.  Question: What should you never do in a public restroom?
poop really bad? bahahahhahaha I can think of so many different ways to write that answer but you chose, "poop really bad?" omg, V, omg!


"He actually speaks well English."
-Deena, Jersey Shore, in reference to her "Italian Lean Cuisine" man.
hahahahaha.  Nope. No shocker there.


"Liz--You look like PP long stocking."
-Willy's response to Liz's braided pigtails.
whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up. Let's just say that you didn't just tell her she resembled someone with a name that is slang for one's genitalia... do you really think she looked like THIS!?

rude. hahahaha.

"She wanted me to kiss everyone!"
-Easton, AKA Eenie Weenie.
It's true. I did want him to kiss everyone during our Scavenger hunt. Hello, let's make things more interesting, people! It's the last day of summer for crying out loud haha.

"You are such an open book right now"
-Nieko to me after watching the movie "one day." 

 Yes, I was emotionally drained but that doesn't mean you know EVERYTHING.  ok, he gives me a run for my money at figuring people out...but still.

"I can't trust Melissa farther than I can throw her.  And even though she's really tiny..that's not very far."

-"Princess" Erika, Bachelor Pad

I'm sorry, but anyone who wears a tiara everywhere they go and adds "Princess" to the beginning of their name is straight-up CRAZY.  I wouldn't trust her or her "lips she gets injections in every 6 months." puh-lease!

"Get your hands out of your mouth!"

-Willy's demand to Heather as he hovered over her trying to prepare her for a sucker kiss.
omg. so so so so freakin funny. My side was hurting from laughing so hard because of all the awkwardness.

 *Blush*x100,000,000
-Ok, so it's not a quote but Liz's blushing this past week was without a doubt some of the funniest moments
I won't post the things that made her blush, because 1. it's probably not appropriate and 2. I think she asked me not too? I can't remember.  Oh, Elizabeth...you heart breaker! hahaha j/k

"You're right.  You always are."

-Friend, Alex while talking about his life choices. 

Why do my friends think I'm always right?  Oh wait, it's just because I'm only telling them the things that they already know.  Sometimes we just need a little reassurance.

"For the Love of Betsy!!!" x2

-Easton

I think he was combining the two sayings, "For the Love" and "Heaven's to Betsy..." Idk?!?  If you only knew what he was saying it about and could hear the way that he said it both times within 5 minutes, you'd be laughing too.  It was almost like he busted out a british accent. idk.  I had to stop mid-convo to gain composure! Let's just say the kid is hilarious when he's passionate about something. nuff said.

"Gossip keeps me alive!"

-Hyrum during our gossip sesh on fbook that was long overdue.

we could gossip for hours.  seriously.  ahhhh, I totally miss his face! 

...ok, clearly I interact with more guys than girls.  awesome.

 Oh, and Congrats to Heather for not making it on here for a third week in a row with a rude comment to Willy that has something do to with the color of his skin.  Woot, YEAH! :) haha. jk.

Ben Sherman Boy

So there's this boy.  No. Scratch that.  There's this man.  I mean, guy? Guy/man? ...Whichever.  He's beyond trendy and pretty much looks like he stepped right out of a Ben Sherman catalog every time I see him.

Let me just give you a taste of what he looks like everyday.

*Note* the guy pictured below is not the guy I'm talking about, even though it's pretty close.  This is Simon.  You can find other pictures of him in different styles on the Ben Sherman Website---------->Here!

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I'm not even joking when I say that this guy dresses just like Simon. 
BE STILL MY HEART!

 Here's the problem, though.  I've only talked to him once aside from awkward stares, smirks and the notorious "Oh, Heyy" comments at the printer...and I see him almost every day! [embarrassing].  I'll admit that I do appreciate the fact that my desk has a clear view of the printer just because I can secretly peek around the corner for a looksie to analyze what he is wearing. ridic, I know.  I just like well-dressed men.  Sue me. 

Why don't I talk to him more? It might have something to do with the fact that he's so good looking and his style is so slammin' that I know if I open my mouth it will most likely come out like word vomit. *Ew.  Even more embarrassing.*

Please tell me I'm not alone in this and that you have a Jcrew boy, Dreads girl, Jamba Juice Hottie, Bagel Boy, Zumiez Guy, or Front Row of Business Class Babe or something!?!  One that you see all the time but for some reason can't talk too even though you are good at talking to everyone else!?!? Just admit it so I will feel better. 

It happens. Beautiful people happen. haha

Goal--Choke down the word vomit, strike up a conversation, and just make friends with the Ben Sherman Boy...or whoever it is in your life ;)

Oh, and when you're done, share the story with me!

Cheers (and jeers) to the Freakin' Weekend

Did I mention that I love Fridays?! Especially when the coworker brings in Bagels from Einsteins. Mmm. I melt. Well, first I really think about the consequences of eating it and THEN I melt.

Well, here some "cheers" and "jeers" to send you into the weekend
1-Cheer. I'm seeing this movie tonight with some of the crew:

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I can't wait!  I love, love.  And it. looks. fab.

2.) So this has nothing to do with a cheer for the weekend, but it's basically the weekend and I'm making an announcement so... cheers to this:  See the picture below. 

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Yes. New York FREAKIN City, people :) and I'm goingggggg!!!

Ok, it was seriously the quickest trip that involves flying that I've ever booked...and It's still a month and a half away.  It went something like this, "Let's go to New York." and today..."oh wow, we're really going to NYC!!" It was so fast but I'm so excited to go since I've never been.  Many thanks in advance to Nieko for showing us around his "favorite city" on October 6-9!


Anndddd. I get to go during my most favorite season of all--Fall, which, makes me 10 times more excited to go:)

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3.) Here's a Jeer.  Not that it will effect my weekend [hopefully] but when I found this pic last night on Pinterest I was beyond freaking out:

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Don't worry.  I googled it for like 15 minutes and this "German Giant" breed of rabbits is legit real. WTH!? It seriously gives me a whole new perspective on the Easter Bunny.

My thoughts on the topic: (to be read super fast because that is how things go through my head.. fast!) I don't want my kids to ever think that something like THAT is leaving them candy and gifts.  It's weird and creepy.  Whatever happened to the cute little bunnies?  Or chickens? What about chickens? I mean, we all know that the cadbury eggs and the reese's eggs are the best Easter candies anyways.  Yes, EGGS! Not candy in the shapes of little naked rats (have you seen what newborn bunnies look like?..sick!) So why a creepy GIANT rabbit that leaves eggs for children?  It just screams THIEF and KIDNAPPER (or eggknapper.. you get the point) I guess I just think it should just be a little chicken that is leaving eggs instead--it's less frightening and it makes since.  But I guess I can't raise my kids thinking that it's an Easter Chicken instead of an Easter Bunny.  They'd get super confused and kids totally get pushed down on the playground for crap like that.  

Ok, obviously, I'm just distraught over the whole thing... My mind was just blown by the pic above.  Look at those feet!!! *chills. I suppose I will just keep believing that a semi-cartoon version of the EB is the real thing and that he's just super nice and brings us candy in the shape of eggs from his chicken friends who generously donated them.  That way I can at least sleep at night!

omg. I just re-read that and thought , "I'm so dumb."  haha. But I'll leave it and just wrap it up with hopes that everyone enjoys their weekend.  Especially since it's the last weekend of the summer for some of you who are starting school....barf... Just do something fun.  Plan a trip. See a movie. Run around. Get crazy.  You could even come help me bake cookies on Saturday for the Ward Linger Longer ;) haha. Just make it count.

"Cheers to the Freakin Weekend" [and to me not having to start school!]
Heck.  "I'll drink to that... yeaaah yeaaahhhhh!"
Drink of course? ..Water on the Rocks :)

Wednesday's Witty Words from the Week.

"I'm really proud of myself for not falling last night.."
-Deena, Jersey Shore
The funny thing is that she probably wasn't even embarrassed after watching herself in this episode when it aired...even though she fell down at least 4 times!

"Everyone wants some when Jenn holds it..."
-Nieko, referring to the Jiffy Pop.
The kid loves his Jiffy Pop. But who doesn't? Sooo good!

"I wanted to barf and I laughed out loud when Kasey made his tattoo beat"
-Friend, Savanna during our Bachelor Pad recap.
hahah. amen sister. 


"Just listen to Jenn and do what she says; It will work."
-Easton
Ahhh, that is so nice, pal :) ..For the record though, I'm not always right! haha.

"These are like weird strawberries. Are these good like this?"
"Yeah those are, like, raspberries."
-Sammi and Deena, Jersey Shore.
Really, Sammi?  I'm pretty sure raspberries are the same in Italy as they are in America. And why didn't Deena make fun of her for that super dumb comment?  I would have been peeing my pants laughing.

"This is the car of trust, joking and weirdness.."
"You should write a book--Nieko and Jenn's Guide to Dating and Life."
-Easton's younger brother, Ryan
Listen--the car of trust works and if we did write a book, it would be dang good, slightly inappropriate, and you'd probably buy it!

"Where's the Pearl of Great Price?"....."Wait, so what is the book of Abraham a part of?"...."OHHH, that makes since. I thought it was weird that the Pearl of Great Price would only be one page."
-Excerpts from my convo with a 29 year old, pretty, ditsy blond girl in my singles ward during Sunday School.  Name: Unknown.  IQ: Possibly the same as the number of pages in the POGP...
omg.

"Liz? Do you consider Marijuana to be a real drug?"
"Liz? Do you prefer Chicken or Beef?"
"Liz?"....
"Liz?"......
-Only a couple of Nieko's super random questions to Liz during our movie last night.
The chicken or beef question had me dying...  He's pro at being random.

"You can't have that." *insert super serious face, no laughter*
-Heather to Willy after previously telling him he could eat her leftover Red Robin wrap.
Picking on Willy again, Heather?  what's new.  hahhaha.  j/k Heather :):):)

"HAHAHAILOVEFJDKLASfGJKAJKAJDAJKLVJVCDHAHAHAHA"

-Amanda talking about a part of the movie she thought was funny.
"umm. I have no clue what you just said." bahahaha. The girl gets SUPER excited. So funny.

Even the issue-solvers have issues of their own

Today at work I participated in a training that was all about Relationship Trust [hence the super late lunch break].  In the training we talked about lots of great things.  Trusting yourself, trusting others, many different kinds of trust, how to gain it and how to balance it. 

One of the things we briefly talked about was "confronting reality."  This isn't always the easiest thing to do; to be honest about where you really stand and what is really going on in your life. 

A friend said something to me recently that got me thinking.  My response, yet honest, made me feel extremely weak.  This really bugged me; I am not a weak person.  So, in hopes to prove to myself that I wasn't weak, I spent the last two days really reflecting on my response from the weekend and trying to really resolve the issue(s) I'd been putting off for so long.

Today during the trust seminar was the "AHA" moment.  The moment I decided that I'm ready to confront reality.  It's been long past due.  I thought that I had been protecting myself by my actions all this time but in all actuality I was only hurting myself by not letting myself progress. I guess I just didn't have enough trust in myself that I would ever get over it and be "OK."

After the last couple of days I can now say that I really know where I stand with certain things in my life. I know what I'm capable of and I, without a doubt, know what I deserve.  I'm done protecting myself from the chance of being hurt or failing and I'm truly over those things that I've needed to be over.  Sure, my realization doesn't just make it all go away but I'm in a good place with it all and that's HUGE! I now know what I need to do.[Take that Reality!]

The reality of it is that there are so many things that will happen in our lives that we won't want to face.  We'll want to push it under the rug because it's easier and say, "I just need more time" or "not now, I'm not ready" or "oh, it's not a big deal."  But sometimes, if we're not careful, that can turn into years of a negative attitude and many wasted opportunites and realtionships. 

Don't let that happen, people!  Confront it.  No more excuses.

Trust yourself :)

Oh, and if this doesn't apply to your life right now--Brava! Thanks for the vent-sesh.

Dear Ames

Dear Ames,

In my opinion, you are proably one of the most awkward contestants to ever come on any of the "Bachelor" series.  But when you chased after the Limo for your recent love, Jackie, and left behind the chance to win $250,000....sigh...

You won my recently not-so-romantic heart.

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  Thank you for that. xoxo

Love,

Jenn Iknowit'sarealityshowbutIstillcan'tgetoverhowcuteitwasandhowmuchilovelove Hansen