Live Laugh Blog

hello friends, if you haven't been to the site in awhile, honestly same. i had to take a break for a whole salad of reasons (what's your excuse???)

in an effort to make my etsy stop showing me a cannoli dildo (true story, and no i won't link and ruin both of our recommendations), i organized my favorites and started searching "pretty pins" and other queries that would save me from the algorithm. in t…

content warning and disclaimer: this is a brief post about a health issue, specifically autoimmune hair loss. i'm not soliciting diagnoses, treatments, advice, apologies, sympathy, or proof-of-work cryptocurrencies. i'm overdue on an update about my alope…

...and all i got was an increase in my thyroid medication dosage and dns issues. nevertheless, i'm so glad i'm done "being 36" and highly recommend skipping that year if you get the option!

in my last blog i said i booked a hair appointment, and i'm happy to report that i followed through in that i've since had that hair appointment. i told the stylist "i want a dramatic change, but on my own terms" which she totally understood, both having…

content warning and disclaimer: this is a brief post about a health issue, specifically autoimmune hair loss. i'm not soliciting diagnoses, treatments, advice, apologies, sympathy, or proof-of-work cryptocurrencies. alopecia areata is an autoimmune skin d…

...haha jk. my pal tyler kellen is, though!

today is halloween and, no, i do not have a costumed addendum to my costume roundup from last year. i did wear a wig that i recently got so i could see what i'd look like with long blonde hair, though. this look gets 4 out of 5 pumpkins 🎃🎃🎃🎃 i had no plans

i'm having an awful time and also i don't want to talk about it - i just don't want to create the perception that my life is perfect right before i show you this siiick dollar store haul, made between two shops in sunnyside this week. a sudoku book. if you

first off, i learned how to type “smart quotes” at work yesterday. i gotta be honest, it’s an awful lot of work!

this month sucked, which is why i have been hella logged-off for a lot of it. things seem to be headed in the right direction, though, so instead of dwelling on negative stuff i want to focus on the following foods which have been a great comfort to me th…

it's been, probably, years since i've painted any pixel art. yes, i've had artist's block for a long time!

i don't think i've ever officially "gardened." i was simply never told that it was a thing i could even ever do. several years ago i lived in an apartment building with a grassy front lawn in montclair, new jersey, and during a visit from my uncle vinny,…

"getting married" is not something i want to do ever, but that's not to say i am against marriage. all the weddings i've been to were fun as hell!

last night i sent a newsletter after about 5 months of elecronic mail silence, hehehe whoops. a couple of folks wrote back asking for me to send pumagreg updates. for those who do not know, pumagreg is a black cat i adopted about 6 and a half years ago, a…

it's a new month. it will be a true blessing if it's even only 99% as aggravating as july was for me. for a better chance of that, i went into it with a fresh haircut and looking like a living, breathing doodle. the gel set was done at chillhouse 10 days…

this was a notification i got yesterday: but i had already blogged yesterday and, as you know, the olympic committee made it illegal to blog twice in one day. so i'm writing this today: happy first birthday to this happening: until now, only one other soul

my adhd is making things very difficult this month, and it honestly took me five (5) times to search my email client for a receipt because i couldn't remember what month i bought my remarkable 2. i bought it in february. another device photo showing low b…

happy july!

my hair is fantastic. i appreciate it and love it every day, except the day before my period when i hate everything about myself!

when i was little, my best friend got something called "chicken pox" and i was extremely jealous of the days off school, attention, and lemon cupcakes he got. the cupcakes, probably from a box mix, were baked for him by my dad and were the most delicious…

i love candles, you know this!

content warning: nude pixel art you better believe it, this blog turns 1 year old at the end of the month!

a couple of weeks ago i embarked on an exciting new journey for live laugh blog (that’s the blog you’re reading right now): an extreme platform migration and custom built theme to celebrate its upcoming 1st birthday. i love tumblr, but the post editor is…

when i was a teenager, my father once joked that my freshly painted red nails made me look like a “lady of the evening” which i only realized later on meant “whore.” i imagine that any color would have offended his sensibilities, but that’s his journey!

andy got me a candle making kit and we spent the weekend watching a bunch of videos and this one is my favorite: london’s videos are so comprehensive and filled with good tips, i spent a good chunk of live laugh yawn earlier this week on the bramble berry…

hello livers, laughers, bloggers. hello gamers. hello streamers. hello candle makers. hello dolly. a few weeks ago i started streaming tuesday mornings at 8:30am et on twitch before it’s time for me to do Real Work™. it’s a variety stream, mostly me chatt…

it's been a couple of years now that i've been an ep at women's prison association so it only makes sense that our stars would align in just the right formation to bring a partnership with a candle company!

you don't become a year older just on your birthday, it's something that happens continuously throughout the year – unless you're me, who literally stays the same age all year round but then ages a year on my birthday. this phenomenon happened again a cou…

day one of my period and i think pumagreg is feeling it too. hope you’re having a cozy saturday, without cramps. xoxo jenn

you may have recently seen a video of a woman making a "spaghettio pie". i won't try it, i honestly don't think it will work. i also, not to get too high off of my own supply, own an actual rolling pin. i do get what she's trying to do; she wants to take a

i am almost 2 months away from 2 months of alcohol sobriety — so in this household, tiki mugs are for holding flowers. lavender freesia, to be exact. how do you add an extra pop of color to your work day?

a couple of weeks ago i was off of work and trying to check some items off my todo list. one of them was canceling my manhattan gym membership. i am happy to report that they received, and understood, my letter: xoxo jenn

wow, friends, would you look at that incredible nail art - the colors, the variation in style and shapes!

i wanted to share this photo i just took of pumagreg mid-snore. when i take calls from my kitchen (like i did this morning) i will put my cushion on the table so i’m at a better height with my macbook camera – and so he’s got a little bed to rest on that’s

of all my opinions on skincare, one of them is that you should wear spf every day. that’s easier said than done - your complexion, skin type, budget, and even which country you live in all have an impact on what your best options are. i’m still figuring it

every month or so when i am feeling destructive, i’ll run a script to delete all of my tweets – except for a choice few, of course. this year i’m going to avoid doing that, but just in case i want to immortalize a “gratitude thread” thread i made on new y…

last month we had a special stanksgiving episode on hoobastank 2 (a cool twitch stream i co-host). all the guys were bringing “cursed foods” so i decided to bring a vegan version of baskin robbins’ thanksgiving turkey ice cream cake – and vlog through the…

i got dressed to go to duane reade and use my “$7 off purchases of $25 or more” coupon on allergy medicine but then it immediately got dark outside so i changed my mind and changed into my pajamas. guess i’ll try again next year 😏 button up from everlane,…

it’s a beautiful day outside here in jersey city, one after a few weeks of what feel like gloom but which were probably my own brain’s weather forecasts. it feels really good to, after a long walk and some chores, sit by an open window and blog!

a couple of weeks ago we did a halloween episode of hoobastank2 where pj vogt of reply all came on and talked about the spoooky topic of improv comedy – it was really good, check out the interview here. the show was so chill that it ran pretty long so i v…

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i just read through 3 months of magazine subscriptions and realized that i'm long overdue on sharing some lifestyle happenings on this, my lifestyle blog. september brought everyone an extra amount of bullshit that we're still seeming to process on top of…

the last day i stepped foot into the gym was on february 24th. it was the second week i was “back in the gym” after a 3-month upper respiratory infection took me out. i did a HIIT workout and ran a mile, i felt good, and took a selfie after as i usually d…

i've been going through some non-contagious health issues over the past week and today i finally worked up the energy to do some chores!

a few days ago i was sitting outside the pharmacy waiting for a prescription and as one does decided to match my mental pain to the physical by going on twitter. sure enough, the first thing i see is a viral tweet of a young woman calling another young wo…

basketball, which is basically the perfect sport and something i am quite fond of, was paused during the quarantine for obvious reasons. fortunately, the nba figured out a way to bring it back safely via a resort bubble in cahoots with disney – someone pl…

for the longest time, i've been pressing tofu in a completely inefficient and painus-in-the-anus way: putting the tofu block on a plate, putting a plate on top of it, and then putting a cast iron pan on top of the plate. i'd have to stay in the kitchen to…

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as a student of sustainability on a quest to become more of a friend to the planet than a foe, i made it a point in 2020 to stop buying new clothes. i make exceptions for underwear, bras, socks, masks (🙃) and merch that supports artists and organizations i