I believe nutella and graham crackers can be a perfectly acceptable dinner.
Last week when I was on a hike, I thought I heard a mountain lion so I sat down on a rock and pretended to be invisible for nine minutes. Turned out, it was just a squirrel.
I eat the skin on both kabocha squashes and kiwis. Sometimes it feels weird, but I just go with it.
After drinking two large glasses of wine and watching four episodes back to back of Mad Men, I created a verb form of Don Draper. An example would be “Gosh, you’re really don drapering that, aren’t you?”
If I were a boy, I would eat fried chicken and waffles every single day. I also would grow a mullet and go alligator hunting. Just kidding. Sort of.
Lady Gaga scares me. There. I said it.
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LOL LAdy GAGA scares me too!!!! and definetely agree with the : if I were a boy part
More please
Nutella should be acceptable for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or in my case, the occasional 12am snack.
can we please please get “don drapering” added to the dictionary!? i want to start using this verb.
i eat the skin on almost anything. it’s got extra nutrients, right? i’m also too busy (um, lazy) to peel.
I can’t handle kiwi skins! You are brave.
LOL A mullet? Really? Thank goodness you’re a girl hehe
Lady Gaga annoys me more than she scares me.
hahaha love this. I agree with most of it – especially the nutella and graham crackers part. I also love that picture of you!
Excellent. But why would you have to be a boy to eat fried chicken and waffles? Unless we’re delving into the complexities of social acceptability/propriety.
If I were a boy I would eat Nutella and graham crackers every day.
I don’t quite get Lady Gaga. I like her music, but she is just out there. And nutella + graham crackers sounds amazing now.
jenna, you’re beautiful and all, but i just don’t see you as a boy with a mullet. maybe the chicken and waffles thing, but probably not the mullet.
that is all
nutella with a spoon is a meal in my opinion!
I have to say, Lady Gaga might be out there, but I love her music and she puts on one hell of a show. Also, you know mullets are available for ladies also. I think it could be be a new chapter of your blog – the hair chronicles.
its called the femullet! (pronunciation guide: fem-mullet)
I love the squirrel/mountain lion confusion, I think I would have done the same thing
That first picture is amazing.
How have I never tried Nutella with graham crackers??
How is it that I AM in possession of graham crackers and NOT in possession of Nutella?!
My world is so upside down these days.
Let’s just say, I’m glad you’re a girl. And Nutella is acceptable for all meals.
My favourite part of this post is that its tagged as “awkward humor, random musings”
These posts brought a much needed smile to my day! Boy or girl… do what you want! I think girls have a better appreciation for the bliss Nutella brings to one’s life.
Wait, someone actually thinks nutella and graham crackers is not an acceptable dinner! Personally, when I need extra protein I favor pecans dipped in Nutella
You’re on your own with the mullet though . . .
I would eat nutella and graham crackers for dinner any day. Love these confession posts!
Haha, oh man. This was funny. I love these confession posts. Can you have, like, eighteen parts??? lol
That mountain lion/squirrel story is just about the funniest thing ever! Sounds like something I would do!!
Hmmm let me try to develop a dictionary definition for “Don Drapering” or “to Don Draper”…how about: “to steal one’s heart by being the most perfect, handsome, dashing, and studly male creation ever to exist despite numerous shortcomings in the dealing-with-emotions and respecting-women departments (because I can separate those realms, can’t you), with apologies to all boyfriends, husbands, and men who are not Don Draper out there”?
Yesterday my husband and I were hiking in TN and heard A LOT of noise. I froze, thinking it had to be a bear or a mountain lion. I was pretty sure Reader’s Digest “Drama in Real Life” was about to become my life. No, it was too fuzzy little deer who bounded off all white-tailed.
Love your confessions! I just want your boots though. So badly!
The photo of you is awesome, too!
When you hear a mountain lion, you’re supposed to make yourself as big as possible, not small! I googled it on my way to camping in Big Sur once. It suggested getting on a friend’s shoulders and flapping your jacket like a giant totem-bird monster. Seriously.
I eat kiwi skin too!
Once when my husband was out of town I woke up early to quiet voices in the living room and had myself CONVINCED people had broken into my third-floor condo. You know, so quietly I didn’t hear them but they then proceeded to talk in hushed towns for several minutes. I was TERRIFIED and couldn’t move. Finally, I got up, and it turns out my TV had turned itself on and the 5 am news was on. Our first flatscreen would do that sometimes before a firmware update. Still creepy to have a self-turning-on TV, but we laugh about it now.
Haha you’re so awesome!
What a fab post!
Nutella is the best!! Lada Gaga is so strange… but she’s great to workout too
Lovess it!
Glad I’m not alone! Lady Gaga gives me the heebie jeebies.
Nutella and graham crackers are acceptable ANY time of the day
hahaha…my five year old baby thinks that lady gaga is the coolest thing since sliced bread because “shes a rock star mommy! she can wear whatever she wants {even if its real slabs of meat..niccceee} ‘!! …dont judge my parenting skills on this one please!
Haha!
There is a street by my house called Draper Pl. I always think of Don Draper and how I plan to make him mine some day. Actually, not Don Draper, but Jon Hamm.
lady gaga is the shiz. (:
Nothing wrong with eating the skin of kabochas…but do you eat the skin of acorn squash also??? I am baking one tomorrow night and I am trying to decide if I should leave the skin on or not (I cannot remember if I have eaten the skin of one before.) Any thoughts?
LOL! I love it.
Yes….I thought so…may as well try the rind along with the kobabocha! Thanks! ha!
haha, would the sight of Gaga nearby make you want to be invisble also?
Yay! Thank you for bringing this back! Love it <3
AND i'm pretty sure I hold Nutella in it's own food group. Right next to awesome and peanut butter. Yup, they're definitely some shining stars. My kind of soul food for sure!
i really enjoy these posts!
Being a fellow Californian, I understand the mountain lion fear. It would have been funnier had it “just been a kitten” lol.
Is the “read more” feature a permanent one? Not a fan. Feels likes you’re just trying to eke out more page views (ie once for just going to ELR dot com and once for the ELR dot com slash xyz). Just my opinion.
And no reason you can’t do the chicken/waffles/crazy haircut/alligator thing as a female… no need to have man parts for that, no ma’am.
I think it might stay….blogging is my full time job, so like any business woman, I try to maximize certain aspects of my job that, in turn, pay my bills. I don’t partner with any companies anymore and therefore, my only source of income is the revenue earned from this blog. The design you see right now though is temporary as I work on launching my new redesign…and I’m not sure exactly what that new design will look like yet.
That’s the best justification I’ve seen for this feature yet – I respect that explanation, Jenna. While I normally find the “read more” button annoying for some reason I have not felt that way yet with Eat Live Run. I think it’s because the beginning of your posts are interesting enough that they grab me and I don’t mind clicking the button!
I don’t have a problem with it either way but I will say that I thought you were having shorter posts or something I didn’t even notice the read more button at first and didn’t realize there were more to the posts. But i’m blonde so I may be the only one who though that.
I, too appreciate your candor, Jenna. Personally, I wasn’t aware of the reasons behind the double-click feature, nor did I find it annoying, but thanks for the open dialogue. Honesty is always best in my view. (Love this “confession” series!)
Just curious – do you get revenue from Google Reader posts?! Not sure how this all works!
No, I don’t.
Thanks for the reply– I definitely see your point from a money-making standpoint.
I also think “read more” is annoying, but you know what, I totally respect your honesty in this answer. Makes sense & not that big of a deal anyway.
If you click over from Google Reader, you can skip the whole “read more” and go directly to the post. I read in Google Reader but always come over to comment and/or read comments.
Your blogger confessions are my favorite posts!
Is it just me, or is having a stiff drink while watching Mad Men a requirement?
bahahaha. love the don draper verb.
I also eat the skin of kiwis, as I also do with most all fruits. About the only time I don’t is if I am dehydrating them.
Need to buy some Nutella….can you believe I have never had it?! I think Gaga is just strange! Music is catchy, but she is just too out there for me! And can’t picture you as a boy with a mullet! (Only have girls please!) If you love Fried Chicken and waffles, eat it every day! You eat enough good stuff to counteract the bad! I can eat some skins but not all! I can do Kiwi, don’t think I would do squash!
I eat on the skin on kiwis and squashes too….glad to know I am not the only one. My husband thinks it is gross! What does he know.
Lady Gaga IS terrifying!
i feel like you and i would be really great friends.
Lady Gaga is a character, to say the least… but I have to agree with you.
- Vanessa
mountain lion story just made me laugh. thanks, i needed that!
I think I would have that same facial expression if I were sticking my fingers in bison’s nostrils! I will eat the skin of the kiwi as well–it is just easier!
Next time I visit, let’s have nutella & graham crackers for dinner instead of going to Millennium.
Love the socks sticking out of the boots
Come on… you didn’t like the meat dress?!
Loooove this. Nutella is just amaaazing. It’s a socially acceptable way to eat candy for breakfast. haha Also – loooved Mad Men…more specifically, John Hamm…so adorable!!
I also eat the skin of kiwis….not a bad thing! And Lady Gaga IS frigtening!
lady gaga is creepy! not a fan.
Haha love that squirrel story! It reminds me of the time I was home alone and heard a noise, so I crept around holding a lamp as a weapon. It turns out it was just my door creaking.
I love your confessions of a blogger posts – they crack me up and make me love you that much more!
lady gaga is odd but sure can she sing.
i love your confessions, sooo much.
i always eat kiwi skin, no shame!
I like Lady Gaga, actually, although she is really, really weird. She can definitely sing and I appreciate her creativity even when I don’t “get” it.
Nutella and graham crackers reminds me of the times my mom would buy a can of chocolate frosting which we’d spread on graham crackers. Yum.
Lady Gaga scares me, too.
LOVE this series!
This may be the best edition yet!
My boyfriend and I totally say things like, “That’s so Draper.” <3 Madmen. We don't have cable, so we are anxiously looking forward to the time when our Netflix Queue has Mad Men Season 4 in it.
I used to dance and sing to gaga’s music in the privacy of my own car and home. After seeing her perform at Lollapalooza this summer I now stop and pray an angel didn’t lose it’s wings when I hear her voice.
My dinner tonight? Graham crackers smothered in peanut butter and chocolate chips for dinner. Healthy? Not so much. Yummy? Absolutely. And hey, it’s not actually my fault… A certain blogger said it was okay
Graham crackers with Nutella is amazing. Pretzels dipped in Nutella are pretty darn good too. Tastes sort of liked chocolate dipped pretzels (one of my favorite treats) without the work of melting/dipping/waiting for them to dry.
I am a big fan of the Don Draper verb– definitely going to have to find some way to put that one to use. As a character, I find him so interesting because he’s a sort of anti-protagonist with surface likeability (because of his good looks, intelligence, and high level job) yet so many deeper aspects that make him loathable. Definitely keeps me watching!
Yes, lady gaga scares me too.
Nutella+graham crackers+marshmallow roasted over a gas burner on a wooden skewer=indoor s’mores. And dinner tomorrow?
haha I love these posts!! And Lady Gaga scares me too. I honestly don’t see what all the fuss is about.