I’m not talking candle-wax on the nipples. Necessarily.

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jenna @ 8:01 pm
November 20, 2009

(Mom, I hope you are not reading this.)

So you know how I always beg you to tell me your best-kept sex secrets? Well, that’s usually just for personal gain. This time, I want to quote you in my latest piece for SELF! The working title is “Real Women’s Best Sex Tips,” (or some such, because you know, we must distinguish yours from all of those alien sex tips we’re always running).

Anyhow, the key is… your oh-my-god-you-HAVE-to-try-this tip needs to be fresh, fun, somewhat original, not require superhuman strength and/or finances (I’m sure sex in the North Pole is consistently mind-blowing) and ideally, have an immediate payoff.

If you have the guts, comment below. If you’d prefer anonymity, feel free to email me at jenna@jennamccarthy.com. Either way, please include your age/city/state and let me know if you’re cool with using your REAL NAME or would prefer a pseudonym.

I really do love you.

What are you waiting for? Jeez. I said I loved you.

Spill.

Dead Pets* Society (*Not a Typo)

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jenna @ 1:27 pm
November 17, 2009

I am in the process of writing a column for Ladies Home Journal on dead pets. (I am not making this up.) Clearly not the best use of my snarky irreverence, if you ask me, but a paycheck is a paycheck, so who wants to help me bring home a little bacon? (And not the dead-pig kind, although it is sort of fitting to think about it that way. And my condolences if your pet pig died. Feel free to use the comments section to tell me all about little Babe.)

I need people to share their stories of beloved furry best friends passing on into that great green field/fishbowl in the sky. Specifically, I need:

* Advice on coping with the loss–did anyone say or do anything particularly profound that helped ease the pain?

* Thoughts on euthanasia. ( Are we having fun yet?) How do you make the quality-over-quantity of life call? How did you feel about it? Any regrets either way (i.e. not being there, waiting too long, letting a vet talk you into it too soon, etc.)?

* Cremation versus burial (versus, perhaps, flushing down the toilet). Discuss.

* Thoughts on re-populating with a new pet. (Of COURSE Fido can’t be replaced… but can another pet fill the void he left?)

* What NOT to say to someone who has just lost a pet. (Example: “He smelled really bad anyway.”)

Look, my dear friends. This is NOT a fun column to write. So I have decided to go for gut-wrenching emotional tearjerker.

Won’t you help me out?

I love you, really. But not in a creepy way. And if you ever need someone to help you bury a pet*, you can totally call me.

~Jenna

*unless it’s a horse or larger

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