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Life Update + 10 Favorite Things

  • 3 days ago
  • 3 min read

99.99% of the time when I say "long story short," I end up talking for 1,299 seconds. But I'm using all the willpower left in my frail mind to briefly tell you what happened last week.


  1. I found out my position at BigPxl was eliminated at 12:30 PM on Monday.

  2. Norman got sprayed by a skunk at 3:00 AM on Wednesday.

  3. MTV True Life: A Skunk Annihilated My Home and Destroyed Every Ounce of Hope I Had Left In Life


girl holding vintage ash tray in front of gallery wall
No ifs or ands—only butts.

Pretty terrible series of events, if you ask me. If I had to rate last week on a pain scale at the doctor's office, I would give it a 20/10.


Anywaaay. I would love to dive into all the details, but for now, let's discuss the skunk situation. My brain wants to use bullet points for this.


  • If one more person asks me about tomato juice, SO HELP ME GOD.


  • This is my first "my dog got skunkified" experience after having dogs for nearly 20 years. GrEaT TiMinG.


  • Norman, bless his heart, ran straight to my bedroom after he was sprayed. Naturally, he jumped on my bed and rolled around like an absolute psychopath before doing the same thing to a huge furry rug in the backroom.


  • Skunk spray is a chemical weapon, IMO. This stuff is far worse than I ever imagined. It literally permeates into any and ALL porous materials in your house. If it exists, it gets in there and doesn't leave (souls included).


  • I've done at least 20 loads of laundry since last Wednesday. If I could put Norman through the gentle cycle, I would.


  • Why 3 AM? Well, Norman loves to wake me up to go outside at the same time every morning. And I do it because he controls my life. Skunk + yard = one sprayed & unfazed Boston terrier.


  • The only. And I mean, the only thing that has helped get the horrendous smell out of my house is an ozone generator. Before you ask, yes, I followed all "ozone machine protocols" and my lungs are fine.



girl wearing pink sweater taking photo of bathroom mirror
Everything will be OK!

A few days before all of this happened, I had a Serenity Method session with my friend Lynette. We were talking about inner-child work and the importance of self-love, and I taped a photo of my 3-year-old self to the bathroom mirror. Welp. The timing is uncanny.


After I received bad news on Monday, I wrote "everything will be ok!" (in rainbow colors) on a piece of paper and taped it underneath the photo. Is it helping? YES. Everything will be fine, etc.


I mean, I've gone through this before, and I came out ahead. I can only imagine how much better things will be this time!


Mic drop, moving on to 10 Favorite Things in 4, 3, 2, 1...



  1. I've become an official vintage beaded fruit enthusiast after finding one deadstock kit at a flea market. It took me over two hours to "make" this lemon, lol. Worth it.

  2. PSA: You can connect a VCR to a laptop with a $12.00 adapter. Why would you want to do this instead of hooking it up to a TV? I'm glad you asked. Imagine watching a home movie from the 80s on your laptop, recording it (via QuickTime), and watching it anytime you want, or watching literally any VHS tape from a hammock in your backyard. Pretty neat, huh?

  3. My friend Locke gave me the easiest, most delicious homemade spaghetti recipe over the weekend (it was his grandma's). I can confirm that a mountain of spaghetti is the first step to healing ALL woes.

  4. If you hate bras as much as I do, try this one. I haven't worn my super-thin sports bra thing in weeks!

  5. Mood.

  6. I can't recommend this book enough. Or can I? If you're even slightly curious about attachment styles and how they affect relationships, please, for the love of God, read it. It has been a game-changer for me.


  7. I know "protein" is the most annoying word right now, but my favorite protein bar brand released a ridiculously delicious new flavor, and I want to eat 10 of them a day.

  8. This shampoo is pricey, but it completely transformed my dry, sad hair after one wash. I'm trying to conserve it as if it were made of liquid diamonds!

  9. My brain loves to match things like velvet scrunchies and socks to my outfits. It's a disease. But it's a healthy one, so it's okay!

  10. I shared 20 random facts about myself a couple of months ago, and boy howdy, I have more to add to the list. Stay tuned! Haha.


Real talk. I LOVE ALL OF YOU, and I'm thankful for this little space on the World Wide Web. If you need me, I'll be on spaghetti mountain.


xoxo, Jacki

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