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I would rather receive a Pap smear from Captain Hook than venture out on New Year's Eve.
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I'm the person who says every single thing she thinks, sometimes to others' amusement, and almost always to my detriment.
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I never sleep on the plane. I have to be awake and using my mind power to keep it in the air
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I don't care how happily married you are or how deeply enmeshed you are with your children and family and career -- every woman needs a couple of chicks who'll break out the sangria just because you need to vent.
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I'm instantly mortified by my fat, uncontrollable mouth, but that's when it occurs to me that my humor is a self-defense mechanism. Even though I may come off like a stark raving asshat, being funny is the most important tool I have to stay sane. The ability to say what I think is the key to allowing me to feel in control.
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Fortunately, all it takes for us to be of one mind is some buttercream frosting.
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No, it's not a 'corpse thing.' I feel I lack the emotional capacity to deal with those in mourning...
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Fletch then kisses me on the forehead before opening the cabinet under the coffeemaker to grab placemats and napkins. Retrieving these items is his job because I kind of don't like to bend. I also refuse to carry anything heavier than my purse.
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Were I forced to describe this woman in one word, that word would be...herpes.
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Over the summer we chatted one night while Angie stripped a bed, changed wet sheets, comforted and repajamaed a toddler, and chased down a car of speeding teenagers while shaking a brick at them, never once interrupting the conversation or setting down her margarita. The only reason this woman isn't president of General Motors is because she's chosen not to be.
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Some people are destined to be deep thinkers. I am not one of those people.
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You know what it was like? It was like thinking I was heading to a surprise party and instead it was a surprise pap smear.
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I don't mean to get all religious here, but I'm pretty sure key lime martinis (with a graham cracker & sugar rim) are proof that Jesus loves us.
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Ambien might have mentally just tossed my salad. WITH CROUTONS.
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When I hug her, I notice she's still wearing yesterday's false eyelashes. Mom? You know those come off with a little makeup remover and a cotton pad?" I'm not taking them off." Why not?" I spent $180 on that makeup job and I refuse to wash my face until I get my money's worth.
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The living room is a monument to my impulsive spending habits. I've got more than two hundred DVDs, including cinematic greats such as Monkey Bone, Corkey Romano, and A Night at the Roxbury, leading me to believe not only do I have awful taste in films, but I also have a Chris Kattan fixation. What I don't have is $4000 earing intrest in a money market account.
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Despite my best efforts, I'm not quite perfect. Let's just say I'm like one of those Hopi blankets where they leave a tiny flaw so as to not affront the Lord.
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For the record? I have never been her baby. In fact, I reject the notion of coming out of her body. I prefer to believe I was hatched, or perhaps purchased.
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Owning a dog is slightly less expensive than being addicted to crack.
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Maybe I've moved to the dark side, but it's clean and nice and we never run out of toilet paper.
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This is terrific! What fun! Maybe tomorrow I can go to the prom with my brother. The day after, perhaps I can wear white pants and unexpectedly get my period.
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I'm busy sorting through our new collection of rhinestone jewelry. Should anyone be in the market for sparkly accessories the size of a hubcap, this is the place to get them. Earlier today, a customer picked up one of the enormous chandelier-style offerings and asked, 'Do those be genuine rhimestones?' I couldn't even begin to explain everything that was wrong with her sentence, so I simply replied, 'Yes. They do be genuine.
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Although I get a lot of specialty services like wraps, scrubs, and mustache removal, my favorite is the simple manicure/pedicure. They work on your hands and feet at the same time while you sit in a vibrating chair. I call it the sorority girls version of a threesome.
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I yearn to be a woman of more depth, but I'm not so fond of the path I'd need to follow to get there.
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Point? Maybe you aren't a Carrie or a Samantha or a Charlotte or a Miranda. Maybe you're just you.
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Jen Lancaster
Born:
November 5, 1967
(age 56)
Bio:
Jennifer Lancaster is an American author whose titles have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. As of August 2015, she has twelve published books.
Known for:
Bitter is the new black (2006)
Such a Pretty Fat (2008)
I Regret Nothing: A Memoir (2015)
Most used word:
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