Puerto Rico,
You lovely island . . .
Island of tropical breezes.
Always the pineapples growing,
Always the coffee blossoms blowing . . .
~West Side Story

Is that true about Puerto Rico?  I’ve no idea.  But I’m going to find out.

I’ll be back in a few days.  Feel free to use the comment section for lurid propositions and dangerous rough-housing.

PS.  Burglars?  My house will be protected by my large, bohemian father who is frighteningly unpredictable and likes to shoot things for fun. 

scaring-the-crap-out-of-his-grandkids1.jpg

And yes.  That really is my father.  And yes.  He really will kill all of you.

PS.  So far there’s only one real bid on my child’s quilted-vibrator-for-charity-art-piece.  Really?  You guys are going to let Oh My Stinkin Heck walk away with this gem for 5 bucks?  Shocking. 

Comment of the day:  You suck.  Don’t have fun. ~ Immoral Matriarch

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1 Tonya April 16, 2008 at 5:27 am

Your dad is hot. Maybe we could go shoot prairie dogs together?

Tonya’s last blog post..The Downside of Child Labor

2 Hairy Weisenheimmer April 16, 2008 at 5:39 am

I’m with Tonya, your dad is a hottie! How does he feel about neurotic redheads??

Hairy Weisenheimmer’s last blog post..One Good Chair

3 Jill/Twipply Skwood April 16, 2008 at 5:39 am

Yeah, your dad looks like a lot of fun! Are you only giving out your address to burglars?

Jill/Twipply Skwood’s last blog post..Just Call Me Martha

4 Maggie, dammit April 16, 2008 at 5:59 am

What is this “unplugging” you speak of?

I don’t get it.

Maggie, dammit’s last blog post..Am I doing it all wrong?

5 Maria April 16, 2008 at 5:59 am

You suck.
Don’t have fun.

Maria’s last blog post..Move Bitch!

6 Chris April 16, 2008 at 6:39 am

Awesome! Have fun! And if there are coffee blossoms blowing around….mail me some! ;-)

Chris’s last blog post..Because after 11 years What else would you text about?

7 Bill Shirley April 16, 2008 at 6:51 am

Re: PR
Yes, the first three lines are accurate.

8 pookie addams April 16, 2008 at 6:59 am

puerto rico. nice work if you can get it.

pookie addams’s last blog post..Dixie Chicks “Not Ready To Make Nice” at Grammy Awards 2007

9 Gretchen April 16, 2008 at 7:05 am

Pwerto Rrrrico? On my list. Someday.

Have a wonderful time. Don’t forget your bikini!

10 Sayre April 16, 2008 at 7:05 am

Dude… not only will Jenny’s father shoot you, he will stuff you and leave you as a present for when Jenny gets home.

BTW – I’ve never been to PR, but I have relatives from there. Forever longing to return.

Sayre’s last blog post..Up in the Air

11 Jenny the bloggess April 16, 2008 at 7:24 am

Oh he doesn’t stuff people. Only animals.

(He can’t get the eyes right on people.)

12 furiousball April 16, 2008 at 7:25 am

Have fun in Puerto Rico and by “Have fun in Puerto Rico” I mean that I want you to have fun in Puerto Rico.

furiousball’s last blog post..There’s plenty of fish in the oh go fuck yourself

13 PENSIEVE April 16, 2008 at 7:27 am

AHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Read THIS as an appetizer to your trip! Are you staying on the coast or venturing into Old San Juan? Cause you HAVE.TO. go to OSJ. YOU MUST!

Crap…IT’S AMAZING AND I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON, but I won’t. Go see the stuff I mentioned. Walk a lot. It’s one of the most beautiful cities on the planet (and while I really haven’t visited many cities on the planet, I KNOW this to be true!)! The people there have so much PRIDE in their home–they LOVE to talk to you about it (even if you can’t understand a word sometimes).

I cannot wait to hear what you think after the fact…call me, we’ll chat.

Oh……and I just upped your kid’s art. It CAN’T go for $5 on my watch.

:)

PENSIEVE’s last blog post..Standing sentry, Doctor’s top

14 Kyla April 16, 2008 at 7:32 am

You mean unplugging in the theoretical sense right? Because ACTUALLY unplugging would be CRAZINESS. How does one survive without the lifeblood of the Internet? ;)

Kyla’s last blog post..Unofficially.

15 The Introvert April 16, 2008 at 7:53 am

I guess you didn’t listen to the rest of that song…

Puerto Rico . . .
You ugly island . . .
Island of tropic diseases.
Always the hurricanes blowing,
Always the population growing . . .

Have a lovely time! Don’t come back with jungle rot!

The Introvert’s last blog post..open letter to proactiv

16 Houston April 16, 2008 at 8:11 am

Tonya….

No discussions of “Prairie Dogging” please.

GROSS!

Houston’s last blog post..Rangers Losing (Suprise)

17 imelda April 16, 2008 at 8:11 am

You are SO lucky to get to go on vacation. I SO need one of those. Have a great trip!

imelda’s last blog post..links for 2008-04-15

18 melissa April 16, 2008 at 8:25 am

We have the same dad? Weird.

19 jac April 16, 2008 at 8:54 am

dude, your daddy has really nice teeth!
enjoy PR and bring back lots of pictures and stories!

jac’s last blog post..snip.

20 liv April 16, 2008 at 8:54 am

when she says he’s bohemian, she really means it. err…at least that is what the holographic image of Jenny told me.

21 Jen O. April 16, 2008 at 9:01 am

He scares me. And I don’t scare easily.

Jen O.’s last blog post..4:30 a.m.

22 Johanna April 16, 2008 at 9:12 am

You Go Girl!

Enjoy your break and have an extra beverage for me!

Johanna’s last blog post..Lessons from Elementary School

23 Kregg April 16, 2008 at 9:14 am

let us hope your trip does not resemble the second verse of the West Side Story “America.”

Puerto Rico, you ugly island,
island of tropic diseases,
always the hurricanes blowing,
always the population growing,
and the children crying,
and the bullets flying.

That would suck.

I’m just jealous…kick ass Puerto Rico. Your dad looks like he would be fun to rob a bank with. You’d be all

- c’mon Pa, it’s time to vaminos.

and he’d be all up in a bank tellers face like,

- Do you believe in heaven son?

Awesome! I bet he is a very sweet man.

24 Becky Mochaface April 16, 2008 at 9:14 am

Puerto Rico’s amazing! Was there last September and had a great time! Be sure and visit the forts because they’re incredible. Can’t wait to see the crazy posts that are going to come from the trip. You know we’re expecting them!

Maybe your dad will catch that leprechaun for you and stuff it while you’re gone.

Becky Mochaface’s last blog post..Hump Day Humor: Adventures Off the Pill

25 Karen Sugarpants April 16, 2008 at 9:14 am

That quilted vibrator could be the next Flat Stanley, mailed out to mommybloggers everywhere and we all take pics and stuff.

Karen Sugarpants’s last blog post..Mixed Feelings

26 Kimberlee April 16, 2008 at 9:22 am

Dad’s cute. I suppose he’s taken by Mom. *eyeroll* isn’t that always the way? PR is hot and gorgeous. Ramble around old town and go to the fortress, pretend you’re Bloggess of the world and not just the internet.

Kimberlee’s last blog post..blogophobe to blogaholic.

27 ali April 16, 2008 at 9:40 am

Have fun!!! Drink lots of rum!!! Run around in the sun!!! Don’t swim when they’re throwing chum!!! (Because it attracts sharks.)

Those are all the “uhs” I can think of.

ali’s last blog post..A BLATANT CHALLENGE

28 Sayre April 16, 2008 at 9:41 am

The burglars DESERVE to have fucked up eyes. Besides, THEY don’t know Daddy doesn’t do people…

Sayre’s last blog post..Up in the Air

29 OMSH April 16, 2008 at 10:02 am

What? I’m not good enough for the hodge podge penis?

OMSH’s last blog post..So much to say…all the time in the world to say it.

30 Jennifer H April 16, 2008 at 10:10 am

Think how much you could get for that collage if you could only see the Virgin Mary somewhere in it.

Although the art in itself might have taken care of the Virgin part.

Jennifer H’s last blog post..Fireflies

31 Carrie April 16, 2008 at 10:11 am

Have a great time in Puerto Rico . . . totally jealous!

Carrie’s last blog post..Baby on Board

32 Anglophile Football Fanatic April 16, 2008 at 11:55 am

I love Texas! We get to have fun with guns & everyone supports us.

Puerto Rico, huh? Dirty whore. I’m freaking jealous as all get out.

Anglophile Football Fanatic’s last blog post..Where’s Mr. Roper?

33 anne nahm April 16, 2008 at 12:00 pm

Why are you not taking us with you? You no love us?

anne nahm’s last blog post..Pregnaphobia

34 Sensitiva McFeelingsly April 16, 2008 at 12:05 pm

Dude! I am so jealous. Not about the Puerto Rico thing (because when I was there I was bitten, oh, 96,000 times by these awful no-see-um bugs and I scratched my legs to a pulp – awesome) but about the “your Dad could be a pirate” thing!

My Dad could never be a pirate. Unless pirates suddenly becamse mild-mannered republicans.

Wait, that’s even scarier than regular pirates! Argh!

Hey did you ever hear the one about what the pirate said at his birthday party?

“Aye matey!” (Pronounced I’m Eighty)

Best. Joke. Ever.

Sensitiva McFeelingsly’s last blog post..Weekend Update

35 flutter April 16, 2008 at 12:38 pm

I would SO not screw with your dad

flutter’s last blog post..I want it

36 Lawyer Mama April 16, 2008 at 1:24 pm

Is he bringing the dogs? Maybe I’ll send a few people I hate on over to your house….

Now how the heck are you going to stalk Jen from PR? Oh wait, is she going too?

Lawyer Mama’s last blog post..Who’s Going to BlogHer?

37 clickmom April 16, 2008 at 1:39 pm

Spent a good chunk of my childhood in Puerto Rico. San Juan to be exact. Wish they still had bull fights. I only have one bad memory, but don’t think it is likely that you will be bit by a shark. My advice: swim where it is crowded.

clickmom’s last blog post..dear kitty kitty

38 Greta April 16, 2008 at 1:40 pm

The kid’s got to start somewhere. You should give her one of her actual vibrators and let her decopage (no friggin’ clue how to spell that…probably ‘cuz I’ve never doen it…it’s v-i-b-r-a-t-o-r rigt…what did you think I meant?)

Greta’s last blog post..Biggest Loser Final Three

39 warcrygirl April 16, 2008 at 1:48 pm

Oh trust me, if they offered a Platinum Ticket I’d have bought it, especially if it offered a private date with Oliver. The twins give a lot of the money they make to charity so I’d be doing it for the kids!

Yeah, right.

Have a fruity-umbrella drink for me. Oh hell, just hit the rum.

warcrygirl’s last blog post..Well, it IS called Phelps Anonymous?

40 Mr Farty April 16, 2008 at 2:28 pm

Is PR ready for the Bloggess? Enjoy!

Mr Farty’s last blog post..Religion, Politics, Stupidity

41 Jenty April 16, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Enjoy your holiday :)

Jenty’s last blog post..Seaside here we come!

42 Biddy April 16, 2008 at 3:26 pm

i hate you.

take me with you?!

who is up for wild sex on jenny’s desk while she’s gone!?

Biddy’s last blog post..it’s probably a good thing i’m not catholic…

43 Biddy April 16, 2008 at 3:30 pm

p.s. how do you feel about me being your step mom? just curious ;-)

Biddy’s last blog post..it’s probably a good thing i’m not catholic…

44 Kevin Tumlinson April 16, 2008 at 3:40 pm

This is Kevin’s auto-robot commenting system. You are awesome.

Message complete.

45 The Pear Lady April 16, 2008 at 3:45 pm

awww..you’re leaving without me again? What am I to do now? Think I can buy your dad off with cookies? >;-]
*sings to you on your way out*
“I like to be in A-mer-i-ca! okay by me in America! everything free in America!…for a small fee in America!” :D

The Pear Lady’s last blog post..Fun With Letters – A Game for all

46 Sandy April 16, 2008 at 3:48 pm

and after he kills you, he will stuff you! or save you for Hailey’s first science project…

Sandy’s last blog post..Fun Monday – The Nekked Edition

47 jmav_goddess April 16, 2008 at 4:12 pm

Have fun!! Have a drink (or two) for me!!

48 amanda April 16, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Puerto Rico…because of a trip I made in middle school, will always carry with it, for me, a soundtrack of Jody Whatley.

Ok, because of the trup and because I am a big ass dork.

amanda’s last blog post..Public Service Announcement, or Bitchy Pregnancy Rant

49 shuttle mom April 16, 2008 at 7:40 pm

Have fun! I’ve always wanted to go there, but have never known anyone who’s actually gone. Let us know if it’s all that’s it’s cracked up to be. Hubby owes me a vacation without kids.

shuttle mom’s last blog post..Spring Cleaning Time

50 Jerseygirl89 April 16, 2008 at 8:02 pm

I think your dad was my philosophy professor in college.

I think I am violently jealous that you are in Puerto Rico.

I think I’m sad that I have nothing lurid to say.

Jerseygirl89’s last blog post..Coming Soon To A Playground Near Me

51 Holly April 16, 2008 at 8:29 pm

I pronounce it Pwerto Rrrreeeko too! Have fun!

Holly’s last blog post..Wordless Wednesday

52 Pamela April 16, 2008 at 8:35 pm

Then he stuffs and mounts. I’m not burglarizing anything, thats fur shur.

Pamela’s last blog post..Wordless Wednesday -Cherry Blossom Blizzard

53 MammaLoves April 16, 2008 at 9:23 pm

I’ll miss you.

Don’t stay away too long or despair will set in, the skies will grow dark and the dinosaurs will become extinct.

What?

They are already?

Oh, well, have a great trip I guess.

MammaLoves’s last blog post..The Lesser of Two Evils

54 Tiffany April 16, 2008 at 11:02 pm

Yeah. He definitely looks like a piss collector. I can see it.

Tiffany’s last blog post..Shut the F**k up already!

55 Kylie April 17, 2008 at 2:48 am

Have a good trip, and don’t mind what everyone else says. Stay gone as long as you want. It will give the rest of us a chance to take over the blog world:).

Kylie’s last blog post..Wow! Is it Wordless Wednesday already?

56 piglet April 17, 2008 at 7:27 am

your dad is awesome, can i share him with you? is he worthy?

i love his parenting style, i strive for this myself.

piglet’s last blog post..this is ira glass, isn’t he a peach?

57 pookie addams April 17, 2008 at 7:57 am

Hey, didn’t i see you at Peter Pan at the Miller Outdoor Theatre yesterday? I thought you were in Pureto Rico sippin’ cuba libras through phallyc shaped silly straws!!!

pookie confused.

58 Sara April 17, 2008 at 8:58 am

I am incredibly jealous of 1) your vacation to Puerto Rico and 2) your ability to create such an interesting conversation among your commenters.

This is entertainment.

Sara’s last blog post..I Could Date A Doctor

59 shuttle mom April 17, 2008 at 11:38 am

I am so jealous. I only get to go to South Padre in a few weeks.

shuttle mom’s last blog post..At middle age +, I haven’t seen it all, until now

60 Sayre April 17, 2008 at 2:46 pm

Checking out your dad again – he looks suspiciously like my cousin Stan. Complete with hat. If I didn’t know better, I’d say we were related (through my randy grandpa). Hmmm… maybe I don’t know better. That guy’s been just about everywhere. Who knows how many relatives I’ve got?

Sayre’s last blog post..Thank God It’s Over

61 Velveteen Mind - Megan April 17, 2008 at 10:06 pm

Jenny, I am a master bidder. I’m not going to tip my hand early. I want this thing cheap.

Then again, anything that includes your autographed vuh jay jay is worth a lot to me, er, I mean, to the charity to which I will be donating it. I’ll pay out the nose. For the kids. Or for the earth. What the hell is this for again?

Velveteen Mind – Megan’s last blog post..Mommybloggers, Business, and why Parents Magazine hasn’t hired me. Yet.

62 M April 17, 2008 at 10:11 pm

Dude its totally you as #2 on Boobs, injuries, and Dr.Pepper’s 80’s contest. I’m right right? Tell me Im right. It looks like your commenting on the photo so im just throwing it out here. Ya Im right.
Linky~>
http://bidrpepperreviews.blogspot.com/2008/04/80s-90s-its-all-bad-fashion-all-time.html

Is it still a link when all you know how to do is copy and paste?

63 Maggie, dammit April 18, 2008 at 8:02 am

JENNY! JENNY! JENNY!

[jenny! jenny! jenny!]

ECHO! ECHO! ECHO!

[echo! echo! echo!]

*sniff*

Maggie, dammit’s last blog post..Honk if you?re an egomaniac!

64 Eighty eight April 18, 2008 at 8:20 am

Lurid propositions and rough housing, I have been waiting for an invitation like that! Love your site. Have a great trip! It will give me a chance to read back. Thanks Maggie, dammit for the referal…

Eighty eight’s last blog post..Confession – I have a blog crush

65 pookie addams April 19, 2008 at 1:24 am

C.H.U.D.

pookie addams’s last blog post..Praise The Sweet Baby Jesus.

66 pookie addams April 19, 2008 at 2:14 pm

i am loitering in your comment section. malingering. skulking. lurking. lollygagging. doing something close to nothing but, different from the day before. being a bit too leisurely.

pookie addams’s last blog post..Praise The Sweet Baby Jesus.

67 Marmite Breath April 19, 2008 at 7:09 pm

Jennnnnnnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

Come baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack, you saucy minx, you!

Marmite Breath’s last blog post..Stuck Damn Record

68 Beth from The Funny Farm April 19, 2008 at 8:35 pm

I HOPE YOU HAVE A BLAST!

Love that picture of your daddy!

69 jen April 20, 2008 at 7:20 pm

get your ass back already. i’m lonely.

jen’s last blog post..adieu (the path)

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