#ThatAwkwardMoment: When the girl who has a TV show based on her life goes out with a guy who has a movie based on his
#RealDeal: That time I cold called the man that bought my life rights, trademarks, and intellectual property

#RealDeal: That time I cold called the man that bought my life rights, trademarks, and intellectual property

Remember, when the Talk Nerdy To Me announcement came around the first time - I was living on an island. I had walked away from everything choosing love (which was all I was after in the first place). That love unfortunately (or fortunately) did not last, and as I was standing in my new apartment's kitchen on June 30th, 2014, I got an email from my agents (who I had not talked to in over a year) asking if my blog was for sale.

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#NerdsUnite: A session in depression (with reality in question ... & one night at a gay country line dancing club)
Life, Adventures Jen Friel Life, Adventures Jen Friel

#NerdsUnite: A session in depression (with reality in question ... & one night at a gay country line dancing club)

I feel like I've been seeing my life happen in front of me instead of taking control and living it (mostly because I can't believe what I am seeing). I'm tired of being asked "how I am" and hearing the phrase "not good" come out of my mouth on an almost daily basis. I can't hide when I'm depressed, nor at this stage of my life would I actually want to.

I'm sick of framing shit thinking I can be optimistic about it, sometimes you just have to accept that shit is shit, and in this moment I feel knee-deep.

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#FyreFestival: Did I mention I know one of the founders & I'm now featured on their website?
#NerdsUnite: I'm a mistress in training, can you help me with my foot slave?

#NerdsUnite: I'm a mistress in training, can you help me with my foot slave?

Step one in exploring any sort of fetish is to decide what you are comfortable with. It's not easy in the beginning (because how do you know what you want/like if you haven't experienced it), but I promise you, this will get easier.

Each slave that I had had very specific and different fetishes (all under the umbrella of being a foot fetish). I have had 8 in total over the years (with one that I met with but did not accept).

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#BurningMan: That time being called a Virgin Burner was a "good thing" (kinda NSFW)

#BurningMan: That time being called a Virgin Burner was a "good thing" (kinda NSFW)

Besides, just because I made the decision to go to the Burn, didn't actually mean that I had any sort of ticket. Did I mention how difficult tickets are to get? (I actually learned that they release 50,000 tickets to any sort of "camp" that creates art ... tell you more about that in a second ... and the other around 30,000 to people who just want to attend.)

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#NerdsUnite: That time I got stiffed (instead of getting something stiff)

#NerdsUnite: That time I got stiffed (instead of getting something stiff)

Review after review spoke really ill of him. One review directly called him a "bully" and what a "horror he was to work for." Clearly, these are just disgruntled employees, I thought thinking the person I had just talked to seemed far from being a "bully." Depending upon how the date goes, I will tell him about his ORM (online reputation management) and offer help (if he asks), I thought.

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#RealDeal: I went to prom and took molly in front of Moby

#RealDeal: I went to prom and took molly in front of Moby

I then quickly slid the loose wristband off and walked back outside. Pro tip: when a bouncer of any kind is putting on a wristband, explain to them you feel "claustrophobic" if it's on too tight. When it's loose, you can slide it right off your wrist and pass it to someone else. Before you pass it though, make sure you say "one second, I'll be right back" to the security guard so they have a visual memory of you and you can reenter sans the band. It doesn't work every time, but 9/10, you're good.

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#NerdsUnite: A tale of three acid trips (& one very true story)
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#NerdsUnite: A tale of three acid trips (& one very true story)

I ate a dinner cooked by none other than Patti LaBelle. Independently an AMAZING sentence to write, but to be served soul food from a soul singer while in an EXACT MOMENT I was doing some soul searching ... that was awesome. (It's turkey leg and lima beans ... I'm not sure what else was it in, but it all ended up in my belly.)

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#NerdsUnite: An algorithm for happiness (an understanding of expectation vs reality)

#NerdsUnite: An algorithm for happiness (an understanding of expectation vs reality)

We then make the trek up the hill to my new friend's car, and I could tell within .25 seconds we were going to be friends. Out of everyone in the group, I could tell how down to Earth she was, and could intuitively tell she was going to utter the same sentence of "this isn't really me." I entered in the address quoting that we would arrive by 8:30 (FUCK ME, I thought but didn't say ... my stomach growling, I just want a burger ... and a glass of wine ...).

Before we hit the highway we had discovered that we're both obsessed with our dogs, and are both from back east (she happened to be from MASS and I'm from CT).

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