March 30, 2025 • 24 mins
• Growing out natural hair color after 30 years of bleaching since 8th grade
• The secret to saving money: brunette hair is "cheap as hell" compared to blonde upkeep
• Dealing with the awkward growth phase and minimal gray hairs at 43
• Installing a dog door to prevent flies and HVAC issues from constant open doors
• Thoughts on Love is Blind Season 8 and the brilliant Severance season finale
• The strange interactions at European Wax Center and their relentless upselling
• My "secret wife money" system using physical checks from my part-time fitness job
• The mysterious case of weight data collected but not printed on Real ID licenses
• Adventures in joining Facebook air fryer groups filled with boomer cooking debates
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
What's up everyone, welcome to episode 13 of my
podcast, JennaPod.
Okay, people, I am almost atone of my download goals again,
so tell your mama, your grantee,your grantee, your granny, your
auntie to listen.
(00:30):
Does this goal get me anything?
It's just cool to see thenumbers go up, since I do work
pretty hard on this.
That's what she said.
Hmm, not a great one.
That's what she said.
I am recording this on Saturday, march 29th 2025.
(00:51):
March went by fast and I knowit's spring because flies are
back.
There are flies in my home.
That's the telltale sign ofspring.
I put up those sticky bugcatcher things in my kitchen.
It looks amazing.
(01:16):
I generally keep my back doorpropped open because of the two
doggos that live with me,specifically my German
short-haired pointer.
This propped open door is onthe completely other side of my
house from my fireplace roomwhere we generally hang in the
evenings.
This past winter was about allwe could take going and you are
(01:47):
bartering with your spouse onwho has to get up and neither
let in or let out the puppybecause he's going apeshit at
the door and it's 25 degrees out.
So we have another door at theback of our house that we hope,
sooner than later to install anactual dog door.
Later to install an actual dogdoor as in a brand new door with
(02:10):
the little opening.
My mother-in-law was visitingin December and got to
experience the magic and was soover it she said she would pay
for it.
We aren't making her pay for it.
If anyone has any advice onthese doors, please bring them
my way.
I know this installation willbe a luxury, but we need it.
I can't handle another summerof 1,000 flies in my home and my
(02:36):
HVAC wondering why the backdoor is wide open.
Did I mention the puppy canopen the back door coming in if
it isn't locked?
Also, who do I use Home Depot?
Help a girly out?
The Cincinnati Reds opening daywas Thursday.
That's all I got on that theylost.
(02:59):
I didn't watch an ounce ofcontent besides what was on
Twitter or Instagram.
I got to go to a Reds game thesummer of 2023, and I do miss
them.
It was very fun.
It's just so different than anNFL football game, I think.
If Nashville does get a team, Ithink the name they're throwing
(03:23):
around is Nashville Stars.
No clue where they are in thatprocess.
I'd be down to go to games, butnot if they put a stadium
downtown, I think it's a greatlocation for tourists, but not
for me.
My friend Ann was drivingthrough Nashville for, I assume,
spring break last Saturday andyesterday and she texted that it
(03:47):
took an hour to get from thesouth side of the city to the
north side of the city on aFriday at 1 pm.
Like, yes, if you live here,you know, and that's why I don't
go to the office anymore.
So, anyway, put the newbaseball stadium next to my
(04:09):
house so I can be the old ladythat's been going to the games
for 40 years.
If I was that close, maybe Iwould work at the stadium.
Just kidding, mama wants a coldbeer, multiple cold beers.
Season 2, finale of Severance.
(04:30):
I laughed, I cried, I had myhands over my mouth, stressed
the hell out.
I loved it and I thought it wasone of the best episodes of a
show I have ever seen in my life.
God bless the man who created,wrote and produced the show.
(04:52):
His name is Dan Erickson.
He's 41.
Okay flex, the pilot script forthe show has been around since
2016.
2016.
He really didn't do anythingbig.
Before Severance, he was awriter for Spike TV's Lip Sync
(05:13):
Battle pre-show.
According to Wikipedia, thatpilot script was recognized by
the Blood List.
Now, the Blood List was anannual survey of the best
unproduced horror and thrillerscreenplays, as voted on by
industry officials.
The list ran from 2009 to 2022.
(05:37):
Eventually, the severancescript came across Ben Stiller
and his production company tookit on.
Script came across Ben Stillerand his production company took
it on.
So I guess the lesson is keepworking hard and maybe one day
(05:58):
Zoolander comes across yourwriting and makes you a lot of
money.
I finished season eight of Loveis Blind.
Spoiler alert.
Only one couple got married.
When Devin and Virginia brokeup at the altar, I was so mad I
turned the show off.
Devin was crying and I was sosad.
Now, at the reunion show, whyare all of the girls dressed
(06:21):
like they are going to theOscars and the men look like
they are going to a casualwedding?
Either tone the girls down ortone the boys up.
Who out there would go on thisshow?
I do see the next season isfilming in Denver.
Nashville would be an amazingshooting location for this.
(06:43):
Anyway, it's the only realityTV I watch and I love it, and
this Cincinnati girlie lovessome Nick Lachey.
Back in 2013, when we went tothe Reds when they were playing
the Giants in the playoffs.
We went back for two games andwe were outside of a bar and my
(07:05):
husband's best friend said NickLachey's in there and I had
never moved more quickly in mylife.
He was doing a radio show.
I was tickled.
Nick Lachey is 51 years old, sohe fits in category Babe.
What do we do if Wikipedia goesaway?
(07:27):
Like, is someone copying andpasting all the articles on
another web page?
Is AI taking over?
How we will get information?
Yes, I am the generation wherewe had to go to the library to
look something up or grab anencyclopedia, or you ask someone
(07:48):
older than you.
Now we just wiki it.
I keep Siri on my cell phonebecause I ask her a lot of
questions as I'm wanderingaround with my earbuds in and my
thumbs not on my cell phone.
I mostly utilize her becausewhen I lose my phone, I yell hey
(08:08):
, siri.
And she says what girl?
And I'm like bitch, where did Ileave my phone?
Another reason I keep her isbecause I feel I'm going to need
her in a 911 situation someday.
I'm going to need her in a 911situation someday.
(08:29):
I told you the last episode.
I always have my earbuds in.
Someone breaks into my home.
I'm going to tell Siri to call911.
Now I know the Apple Watch candetect if you are in a car wreck
, but I don't rock smartwatches.
So as I'm hanging upside downin my car I'ma say hey, babe,
siri, can you get me some help?
(08:51):
I asked Siri something recentlyand after she answered I said
thank you and she said don'tmention it.
Is she my new best friend TBD?
Are we still doing thank younotes?
Are we doing them?
Thank you notes are big in thesouth.
(09:12):
Now I I am not hating on thankyou notes at all.
I enjoy getting them.
However, as a minimalist, I amnot keeping them.
If you send me a gift, can Ileave you a voice memo back
instead?
I feel that that is just asintimate as a thank you card.
(09:35):
Stamps are 73 cents right now.
50 years ago they were 13 cents.
Also, I'm left-handed and mostlikely to smudge what I'm
writing anyway.
I mean, if I went to someone'swedding and received a
personalized voice note, I wouldbe delighted and it confirms
(09:59):
you received the present.
I guess what I'm saying is youdon't have to waste 73 cents on
me.
Hell, you can call me while Ianswer 50-50 if I'm in the mood.
This is a pro voice memo.
Thank you podcast mood.
This is a pro voice memo.
Thank you podcast.
I will be starting a new journeythis week.
(10:22):
As I type this, I have a freeair fryer coming from Cincinnati
.
I've never had one.
I didn't jump on the craze.
My kitchen is teeny, teeny,teeny tiny and there's not a lot
of counter space, so I'm goingto have to leave it out in the
way or put it in my pantry everyday.
(10:43):
Does anyone have an aunt or afamily member that just gets
free shit, sometimes legal,maybe sometimes illegally?
Shout out to Aunt Linda forthis new activity coming my way.
My mom has been using an airfryer forever and is pumped.
(11:04):
She is so excited.
She sent me an invite onFacebook to a public group
called Air Fryer Daily Recipesand Tips.
I have not joined becauseFacebook is where crazy people
hang out.
There are over 556,000 peoplein this group.
(11:25):
Now I get weird like what if Ijoin this group and a crazy
person finds me?
Also, I can just Google recipes.
I will say in this group youcan search.
So I tried it out and Isearched burger.
Because I'm thinking, with thisair fryer I can cook more
protein, because I have neverlearned to grill.
(11:48):
If you are a woman who grills,you are a far superior species.
I have cut the grass threetimes and I do feel like a
colonial woman when I clean outthe fireplace.
Okay, back to burger search.
A couple recipes show up andthen it's like Boomer Central
(12:09):
with this post.
It read do you take turkeycrown out of the plastic bag to
defrost at room temp nightbefore?
So A, this has nothing to dowith burgers.
I opened the post and fivepeople asked what the hell is a
turkey crown?
Someone said it's a turkeybreast that still has the bone
(12:32):
on, with no wings or legs.
All this to say I just want tomake some burgers.
And now I'm deep in a boomerthread of people arguing on how
to defrost a turkey.
Another woman named Karen saysI have been defrosting full
turkeys at room temperature for50 years.
Never killed anyone.
(12:53):
Yet Okay, slay, avoidingmanslaughter.
And then the next post is Suesaying please defrost in the
fridge, it's too risky.
There are 72 comments.
Also, everyone is posting airfryer as AF, so I keep reading
it as fuck.
(13:13):
Anyway, I could have an entirepodcast about this Facebook
group and maybe I will it's toogood Call into the show and tell
me your favorite air fryerrecipes.
So I've reached a point in mylife that I never thought I
would get to and as a woman itcan be very rare and that is I
(13:37):
do not need a hair appointment.
Right now I'm going to say thatagain, I don't need a hair
appointment and I don't know thenext time I will need one.
Two years ago I decided theblonde was enough.
I have been coloring my hairfor 30 years, since 1995, when I
(13:59):
was in 8th grade, and bycoloring I mean bleaching my
brunette hair blonde.
I was born a cute little blondegirl.
In a middle school that allstarted to fade and turn dirty
blonde, my mom said, hell, no,not my baby blonde doll, we are
taking you to a salon Now.
(14:21):
Twice in those 30 years I boxdyed my hair brunette and then I
always went back to the hotmothership of blonde Love being
blonde.
So anyway, two years ago I waslike I can't do this anymore.
My blonde hair is gross, it'scrunchy, it looks like hay, it's
(14:43):
horrendous.
So I started the process ofgrowing it out.
And when you're blonde and yourroots come in, you're like, wow
, my hair grows so fast.
But then when you start growingout your real color, you're
like, oh, this is going to takeyears.
When I cheered for the Titansthe first year I was porn star
(15:06):
blonde.
Now I will say, my first littlegray hairs didn't start coming
in until I was 41.
And at 43, I still really don'thave a lot.
I think they are cute.
They look like those littleshiny glitter extensions all the
young girls are putting intheir hair these days.
(15:27):
I used to get my hair done atthe Dillard's at Tri-County Mall
when I was in high school.
Like Dillard's had salons, wasthat everywhere?
To this day I am a departmentstore girl.
If I'm going to the mall, I'mgoing to Macy's and Dillard's
first, because that's the Ohiogirl in me.
(15:48):
So I know gray hair is a factorfor some of you ladies right
now.
And you're like bitch.
I've been dying my hair darksince I was 20.
I've learned my natural colorgoes better with my complexion
and I do feel my makeup is a loteasier and I can make it more
(16:09):
natural.
I was supposed to have a hairappointment here in two to three
weeks and I just canceled itbecause there's no need to just
go in and spend money for thefun of it.
Does my husband understand howmuch money I am saving this
family now on an annual basis?
Being and maintaining blondehair has to be the most
(16:33):
expensive hobby out there,because you have to go every six
to eight weeks or you lookratchet.
If you are currently growingout your natural color and need
a support group, I'm here foryou, as I've had other friends
do it.
I've had to send voice memos tothem like I can't do it anymore
(16:53):
.
I can't, I look fugly.
My friend, kelly Cooper, keptsaying trust the process.
You got this.
Another catalyst for growing myblonde out is that at an acting
class maybe two years ago, wegot to do on-camera work and the
color of my hair and my rootslooked so whacked I had a
(17:16):
come-to-Jesus meeting withmyself.
Now I'm not trying to putanyone out of business, but
being brunette is cheap as hell.
The past couple weeks I havebeen doing a lot of driving for
work and Pandora withCommercials is really changing
up my ads.
One of those ads has been forAbercrombie and I'm like well,
(17:40):
abercrombie is cool, so theymust think cool people are
listening to Pandora withcommercials.
Therefore I am cool.
The ad was like come toAbercrombie, our suits are on
sale.
I said suits.
When in the hell didAbercrombie get suits?
I just learned my closest malldoesn't have Abercrombie anymore
(18:03):
.
Are these suits in stores orjust online?
Thursday at the gym, when I wasthinking about this ad on
Pandora with commercials, Ithought for me the
quintessential hot guy is thelate 90s.
I'm thinking a 1998 man in allAbercrombie, not American Eagle.
(18:25):
I'm talking a polo, those darklong cargo shorts with a million
pockets for me to put my stuffin, maybe some flip-flops or
your cool Jordans.
You've got on some nice cologne, a backwards hat, a hemp
necklace.
Okay, I feel like a lot ofwomen in my cohort of life could
(18:50):
appreciate just the aestheticof that hot guy at school.
Oh, and if you are popping thatpolo collar, I 100% popped my
collars in college.
Never did the double poppedcollar, but I like it.
So if anyone ever gets me astripper at a party, just be
(19:11):
like she would like a Retros 90Abercrombie man.
Update on the Real ID story.
If you are new here, you willneed to go back and listen to
episode 9 with my story aboutgoing to the DMV to get my Real
ID.
I went to the DMV Friday,february 28th and I finally got
(19:35):
my Real ID Tuesday, march 25thso a solid month to get the new
ID in the mail.
It is completely different thanmy old license.
If you recall the story, theguy doing the final paperwork
was like do you still weigh thisamount?
And I was like no guy, let'sadd some on.
(19:57):
And I gave him a number.
There's no fucking weight on myID.
It has my height.
There was no weight.
So was this guy just fuckingwith me?
Or is the government collectingall of our weights and they're
in a database and they're doingsomething with the weight
(20:18):
numbers because there is noweight on my real ID?
Now, hold on, I have my old IDin front of me and it doesn't
have the weight on it either.
What the hell have they beentracking our weight since we
were 16?
And they're like oh look, whathappened to Jennifer?
Like I don't need AI knowingwhat happened to me personally
(20:41):
over the years.
Ai doesn't know my muscle massor body fat percent, it's
fitness level Suck it.
So I hope I never make the newswhere the police are describing
my weight If someone still hasto go through this process.
Will you ask someone at the DMVfor me?
Will you ask someone at the DMVfor me?
(21:02):
This is very important.
Do any other states have theweight on it?
Anyway, conspiracy.
I had one of the oddestinteractions with a human.
On Friday I was checking out atEuropean Wax.
Now there's a sponsor to getbecause that shit is expensive.
(21:23):
So I go to check out and what Iassume is a Gen Z girl says you
were Jennifer, right?
And I say yes, and she askswere you in a frat?
At this point I'm so confused.
Well, the answer was no, Iwasn't in a fr frat.
(21:44):
But then did she mean to sayGreek?
And then I thought does shethink I'm a man?
She said, oh, your name soundsfamiliar.
And I'm like did I say my namewas Jerry?
Now, listen, I had a man withlatestage Alzheimer's at my
first job out of college.
(22:05):
Tell me I was a handsome manand I thanked him.
So I'm not offended, I was justconfused.
And then, if you ever go toEuropean Wax, they attempt, like
car salesmen, to sell you a waxpass.
They are like if you give us$900 right now, it will save you
(22:26):
$37 for the year and I'm like,what if I die?
Does my husband have to call?
He has to go into my Excelspreadsheet and call European
Wax and demand my prepaid waxmoney back.
They are relentless.
So back to Gen Z girl.
She was like I know you knowthe speech on the wax pass, but
(22:51):
seriously, why don't you do it?
In my head I'm like bitchbecause I don't have hundreds of
magical dollars sitting aroundfor this first world problem
hobby of mine.
So let's talk about secret wifemoney.
I work a part-time fitness jobwhere I get paid with a check
Checks, Please google the SNLskit called checks.
(23:13):
So I get a small check everytwo weeks and mama goes and
cashes that at the bank.
Yep, no direct mobile deposithere.
My husband actually just foundout about this like three weeks
ago.
I've been doing this for years.
I'm not stopping.
It's my secret wife money to dothings like I said wax, get my
(23:34):
hair done, facials, tj Maxx,what have you.
So I look at Gen C baby and sayI work a part-time job and when
I have the cash I come here.
She said, yeah, my parentsstill oversee my checking
account and I had to get cashout the other day to go get
another tattoo.
(23:55):
At this point I'm like pleaselet this interaction be over,
because I can't handle itanymore.
Be over, because I can't handleit anymore.
I keep saying I'm going toleave European wax because of
how much they harassed me forthe wax pass, but I love their
app for booking the appointments.
So what's a girl to do, ormaybe what's a guy to do.
(24:19):
Thanks everyone for listening.
Have a great week.
Thanks everyone for listening.
Have a great week, thank you.
What's up everyone, welcome to episode 13 of my
podcast, JennaPod.
Okay, people, I am almost atone of my download goals again,
so tell your mama, your grantee,your grantee, your granny, your
auntie to listen.
(00:30):
Does this goal get me anything?
It's just cool to see thenumbers go up, since I do work
pretty hard on this.
That's what she said.
Hmm, not a great one.
That's what she said.
I am recording this on Saturday, march 29th 2025.
(00:51):
March went by fast and I knowit's spring because flies are
back.
There are flies in my home.
That's the telltale sign ofspring.
I put up those sticky bugcatcher things in my kitchen.
It looks amazing.
(01:16):
I generally keep my back doorpropped open because of the two
doggos that live with me,specifically my German
short-haired pointer.
This propped open door is onthe completely other side of my
house from my fireplace roomwhere we generally hang in the
evenings.
This past winter was about allwe could take going and you are
(01:47):
bartering with your spouse onwho has to get up and neither
let in or let out the puppybecause he's going apeshit at
the door and it's 25 degrees out.
So we have another door at theback of our house that we hope,
sooner than later to install anactual dog door.
Later to install an actual dogdoor as in a brand new door with
(02:10):
the little opening.
My mother-in-law was visitingin December and got to
experience the magic and was soover it she said she would pay
for it.
We aren't making her pay for it.
If anyone has any advice onthese doors, please bring them
my way.
I know this installation willbe a luxury, but we need it.
I can't handle another summerof 1,000 flies in my home and my
(02:36):
HVAC wondering why the backdoor is wide open.
Did I mention the puppy canopen the back door coming in if
it isn't locked?
Also, who do I use Home Depot?
Help a girly out?
The Cincinnati Reds opening daywas Thursday.
That's all I got on that theylost.
(02:59):
I didn't watch an ounce ofcontent besides what was on
Twitter or Instagram.
I got to go to a Reds game thesummer of 2023, and I do miss
them.
It was very fun.
It's just so different than anNFL football game, I think.
If Nashville does get a team, Ithink the name they're throwing
(03:23):
around is Nashville Stars.
No clue where they are in thatprocess.
I'd be down to go to games, butnot if they put a stadium
downtown, I think it's a greatlocation for tourists, but not
for me.
My friend Ann was drivingthrough Nashville for, I assume,
spring break last Saturday andyesterday and she texted that it
(03:47):
took an hour to get from thesouth side of the city to the
north side of the city on aFriday at 1 pm.
Like, yes, if you live here,you know, and that's why I don't
go to the office anymore.
So, anyway, put the newbaseball stadium next to my
(04:09):
house so I can be the old ladythat's been going to the games
for 40 years.
If I was that close, maybe Iwould work at the stadium.
Just kidding, mama wants a coldbeer, multiple cold beers.
Season 2, finale of Severance.
(04:30):
I laughed, I cried, I had myhands over my mouth, stressed
the hell out.
I loved it and I thought it wasone of the best episodes of a
show I have ever seen in my life.
God bless the man who created,wrote and produced the show.
(04:52):
His name is Dan Erickson.
He's 41.
Okay flex, the pilot script forthe show has been around since
2016.
2016.
He really didn't do anythingbig.
Before Severance, he was awriter for Spike TV's Lip Sync
(05:13):
Battle pre-show.
According to Wikipedia, thatpilot script was recognized by
the Blood List.
Now, the Blood List was anannual survey of the best
unproduced horror and thrillerscreenplays, as voted on by
industry officials.
The list ran from 2009 to 2022.
(05:37):
Eventually, the severancescript came across Ben Stiller
and his production company tookit on.
Script came across Ben Stillerand his production company took
it on.
So I guess the lesson is keepworking hard and maybe one day
(05:58):
Zoolander comes across yourwriting and makes you a lot of
money.
I finished season eight of Loveis Blind.
Spoiler alert.
Only one couple got married.
When Devin and Virginia brokeup at the altar, I was so mad I
turned the show off.
Devin was crying and I was sosad.
Now, at the reunion show, whyare all of the girls dressed
(06:21):
like they are going to theOscars and the men look like
they are going to a casualwedding?
Either tone the girls down ortone the boys up.
Who out there would go on thisshow?
I do see the next season isfilming in Denver.
Nashville would be an amazingshooting location for this.
(06:43):
Anyway, it's the only realityTV I watch and I love it, and
this Cincinnati girlie lovessome Nick Lachey.
Back in 2013, when we went tothe Reds when they were playing
the Giants in the playoffs.
We went back for two games andwe were outside of a bar and my
(07:05):
husband's best friend said NickLachey's in there and I had
never moved more quickly in mylife.
He was doing a radio show.
I was tickled.
Nick Lachey is 51 years old, sohe fits in category Babe.
What do we do if Wikipedia goesaway?
(07:27):
Like, is someone copying andpasting all the articles on
another web page?
Is AI taking over?
How we will get information?
Yes, I am the generation wherewe had to go to the library to
look something up or grab anencyclopedia, or you ask someone
(07:48):
older than you.
Now we just wiki it.
I keep Siri on my cell phonebecause I ask her a lot of
questions as I'm wanderingaround with my earbuds in and my
thumbs not on my cell phone.
I mostly utilize her becausewhen I lose my phone, I yell hey
(08:08):
, siri.
And she says what girl?
And I'm like bitch, where did Ileave my phone?
Another reason I keep her isbecause I feel I'm going to need
her in a 911 situation someday.
I'm going to need her in a 911situation someday.
(08:29):
I told you the last episode.
I always have my earbuds in.
Someone breaks into my home.
I'm going to tell Siri to call911.
Now I know the Apple Watch candetect if you are in a car wreck
, but I don't rock smartwatches.
So as I'm hanging upside downin my car I'ma say hey, babe,
siri, can you get me some help?
(08:51):
I asked Siri something recentlyand after she answered I said
thank you and she said don'tmention it.
Is she my new best friend TBD?
Are we still doing thank younotes?
Are we doing them?
Thank you notes are big in thesouth.
(09:12):
Now I I am not hating on thankyou notes at all.
I enjoy getting them.
However, as a minimalist, I amnot keeping them.
If you send me a gift, can Ileave you a voice memo back
instead?
I feel that that is just asintimate as a thank you card.
(09:35):
Stamps are 73 cents right now.
50 years ago they were 13 cents.
Also, I'm left-handed and mostlikely to smudge what I'm
writing anyway.
I mean, if I went to someone'swedding and received a
personalized voice note, I wouldbe delighted and it confirms
(09:59):
you received the present.
I guess what I'm saying is youdon't have to waste 73 cents on
me.
Hell, you can call me while Ianswer 50-50 if I'm in the mood.
This is a pro voice memo.
Thank you podcast mood.
This is a pro voice memo.
Thank you podcast.
I will be starting a new journeythis week.
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As I type this, I have a freeair fryer coming from Cincinnati
.
I've never had one.
I didn't jump on the craze.
My kitchen is teeny, teeny,teeny tiny and there's not a lot
of counter space, so I'm goingto have to leave it out in the
way or put it in my pantry everyday.
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Does anyone have an aunt or afamily member that just gets
free shit, sometimes legal,maybe sometimes illegally?
Shout out to Aunt Linda forthis new activity coming my way.
My mom has been using an airfryer forever and is pumped.
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She is so excited.
She sent me an invite onFacebook to a public group
called Air Fryer Daily Recipesand Tips.
I have not joined becauseFacebook is where crazy people
hang out.
There are over 556,000 peoplein this group.
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Now I get weird like what if Ijoin this group and a crazy
person finds me?
Also, I can just Google recipes.
I will say in this group youcan search.
So I tried it out and Isearched burger.
Because I'm thinking, with thisair fryer I can cook more
protein, because I have neverlearned to grill.
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If you are a woman who grills,you are a far superior species.
I have cut the grass threetimes and I do feel like a
colonial woman when I clean outthe fireplace.
Okay, back to burger search.
A couple recipes show up andthen it's like Boomer Central
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with this post.
It read do you take turkeycrown out of the plastic bag to
defrost at room temp nightbefore?
So A, this has nothing to dowith burgers.
I opened the post and fivepeople asked what the hell is a
turkey crown?
Someone said it's a turkeybreast that still has the bone
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on, with no wings or legs.
All this to say I just want tomake some burgers.
And now I'm deep in a boomerthread of people arguing on how
to defrost a turkey.
Another woman named Karen saysI have been defrosting full
turkeys at room temperature for50 years.
Never killed anyone.
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Yet Okay, slay, avoidingmanslaughter.
And then the next post is Suesaying please defrost in the
fridge, it's too risky.
There are 72 comments.
Also, everyone is posting airfryer as AF, so I keep reading
it as fuck.
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Anyway, I could have an entirepodcast about this Facebook
group and maybe I will it's toogood Call into the show and tell
me your favorite air fryerrecipes.
So I've reached a point in mylife that I never thought I
would get to and as a woman itcan be very rare and that is I
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do not need a hair appointment.
Right now I'm going to say thatagain, I don't need a hair
appointment and I don't know thenext time I will need one.
Two years ago I decided theblonde was enough.
I have been coloring my hairfor 30 years, since 1995, when I
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was in 8th grade, and bycoloring I mean bleaching my
brunette hair blonde.
I was born a cute little blondegirl.
In a middle school that allstarted to fade and turn dirty
blonde, my mom said, hell, no,not my baby blonde doll, we are
taking you to a salon Now.
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Twice in those 30 years I boxdyed my hair brunette and then I
always went back to the hotmothership of blonde Love being
blonde.
So anyway, two years ago I waslike I can't do this anymore.
My blonde hair is gross, it'scrunchy, it looks like hay, it's
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horrendous.
So I started the process ofgrowing it out.
And when you're blonde and yourroots come in, you're like, wow
, my hair grows so fast.
But then when you start growingout your real color, you're
like, oh, this is going to takeyears.
When I cheered for the Titansthe first year I was porn star
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blonde.
Now I will say, my first littlegray hairs didn't start coming
in until I was 41.
And at 43, I still really don'thave a lot.
I think they are cute.
They look like those littleshiny glitter extensions all the
young girls are putting intheir hair these days.
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I used to get my hair done atthe Dillard's at Tri-County Mall
when I was in high school.
Like Dillard's had salons, wasthat everywhere?
To this day I am a departmentstore girl.
If I'm going to the mall, I'mgoing to Macy's and Dillard's
first, because that's the Ohiogirl in me.
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So I know gray hair is a factorfor some of you ladies right
now.
And you're like bitch.
I've been dying my hair darksince I was 20.
I've learned my natural colorgoes better with my complexion
and I do feel my makeup is a loteasier and I can make it more
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natural.
I was supposed to have a hairappointment here in two to three
weeks and I just canceled itbecause there's no need to just
go in and spend money for thefun of it.
Does my husband understand howmuch money I am saving this
family now on an annual basis?
Being and maintaining blondehair has to be the most
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expensive hobby out there,because you have to go every six
to eight weeks or you lookratchet.
If you are currently growingout your natural color and need
a support group, I'm here foryou, as I've had other friends
do it.
I've had to send voice memos tothem like I can't do it anymore
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.
I can't, I look fugly.
My friend, kelly Cooper, keptsaying trust the process.
You got this.
Another catalyst for growing myblonde out is that at an acting
class maybe two years ago, wegot to do on-camera work and the
color of my hair and my rootslooked so whacked I had a
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come-to-Jesus meeting withmyself.
Now I'm not trying to putanyone out of business, but
being brunette is cheap as hell.
The past couple weeks I havebeen doing a lot of driving for
work and Pandora withCommercials is really changing
up my ads.
One of those ads has been forAbercrombie and I'm like well,
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abercrombie is cool, so theymust think cool people are
listening to Pandora withcommercials.
Therefore I am cool.
The ad was like come toAbercrombie, our suits are on
sale.
I said suits.
When in the hell didAbercrombie get suits?
I just learned my closest malldoesn't have Abercrombie anymore
(18:03):
.
Are these suits in stores orjust online?
Thursday at the gym, when I wasthinking about this ad on
Pandora with commercials, Ithought for me the
quintessential hot guy is thelate 90s.
I'm thinking a 1998 man in allAbercrombie, not American Eagle.
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I'm talking a polo, those darklong cargo shorts with a million
pockets for me to put my stuffin, maybe some flip-flops or
your cool Jordans.
You've got on some nice cologne, a backwards hat, a hemp
necklace.
Okay, I feel like a lot ofwomen in my cohort of life could
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appreciate just the aestheticof that hot guy at school.
Oh, and if you are popping thatpolo collar, I 100% popped my
collars in college.
Never did the double poppedcollar, but I like it.
So if anyone ever gets me astripper at a party, just be
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like she would like a Retros 90Abercrombie man.
Update on the Real ID story.
If you are new here, you willneed to go back and listen to
episode 9 with my story aboutgoing to the DMV to get my Real
ID.
I went to the DMV Friday,february 28th and I finally got
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my Real ID Tuesday, march 25thso a solid month to get the new
ID in the mail.
It is completely different thanmy old license.
If you recall the story, theguy doing the final paperwork
was like do you still weigh thisamount?
And I was like no guy, let'sadd some on.
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And I gave him a number.
There's no fucking weight on myID.
It has my height.
There was no weight.
So was this guy just fuckingwith me?
Or is the government collectingall of our weights and they're
in a database and they're doingsomething with the weight
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numbers because there is noweight on my real ID?
Now, hold on, I have my old IDin front of me and it doesn't
have the weight on it either.
What the hell have they beentracking our weight since we
were 16?
And they're like oh look, whathappened to Jennifer?
Like I don't need AI knowingwhat happened to me personally
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over the years.
Ai doesn't know my muscle massor body fat percent, it's
fitness level Suck it.
So I hope I never make the newswhere the police are describing
my weight If someone still hasto go through this process.
Will you ask someone at the DMVfor me?
Will you ask someone at the DMVfor me?
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This is very important.
Do any other states have theweight on it?
Anyway, conspiracy.
I had one of the oddestinteractions with a human.
On Friday I was checking out atEuropean Wax.
Now there's a sponsor to getbecause that shit is expensive.
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So I go to check out and what Iassume is a Gen Z girl says you
were Jennifer, right?
And I say yes, and she askswere you in a frat?
At this point I'm so confused.
Well, the answer was no, Iwasn't in a fr frat.
(21:44):
But then did she mean to sayGreek?
And then I thought does shethink I'm a man?
She said, oh, your name soundsfamiliar.
And I'm like did I say my namewas Jerry?
Now, listen, I had a man withlatestage Alzheimer's at my
first job out of college.
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Tell me I was a handsome manand I thanked him.
So I'm not offended, I was justconfused.
And then, if you ever go toEuropean Wax, they attempt, like
car salesmen, to sell you a waxpass.
They are like if you give us$900 right now, it will save you
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$37 for the year and I'm like,what if I die?
Does my husband have to call?
He has to go into my Excelspreadsheet and call European
Wax and demand my prepaid waxmoney back.
They are relentless.
So back to Gen Z girl.
She was like I know you knowthe speech on the wax pass, but
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seriously, why don't you do it?
In my head I'm like bitchbecause I don't have hundreds of
magical dollars sitting aroundfor this first world problem
hobby of mine.
So let's talk about secret wifemoney.
I work a part-time fitness jobwhere I get paid with a check
Checks, Please google the SNLskit called checks.
(23:13):
So I get a small check everytwo weeks and mama goes and
cashes that at the bank.
Yep, no direct mobile deposithere.
My husband actually just foundout about this like three weeks
ago.
I've been doing this for years.
I'm not stopping.
It's my secret wife money to dothings like I said wax, get my
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hair done, facials, tj Maxx,what have you.
So I look at Gen C baby and sayI work a part-time job and when
I have the cash I come here.
She said, yeah, my parentsstill oversee my checking
account and I had to get cashout the other day to go get
another tattoo.
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At this point I'm like pleaselet this interaction be over,
because I can't handle itanymore.
Be over, because I can't handleit anymore.
I keep saying I'm going toleave European wax because of
how much they harassed me forthe wax pass, but I love their
app for booking the appointments.
So what's a girl to do, ormaybe what's a guy to do.
(24:19):
Thanks everyone for listening.
Have a great week.
Thanks everyone for listening.
Have a great week, thank you.
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