Welcome to No, Seriously...
Hi. I'm Jen Logan. I'm a punk rock mom and wife of a seriously skilled creative man, who we should probably call St. John. I am a mental health therapist and CPA and I used to own a record label. I have had a few careers, and worn a lot of hats in my life. I have been married for almost 21 years now, and my daughter is about to turn 14. She doesn't like me to talk about her much because she hates to be in the spotlight which is kind of weird for a kid who is on stage all the time between theater and her rock band. I am really close with my parents, probably to a point of co-dependency, but that's okay. I love them. They are the two people who told me I could be anything I wanted to be and encouraged me to take chances.
The one thing that has been a constant in my life is punk rock music. I can tell you what I was listening to at most points in my life. I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when I learned that Kurt Cobain died and I remember when a girl was struck by lightening at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in DC. It isn't a wonder I married a musician and hear music in my house consistently.
I like to tell stories about my childhood, and my family, and the weird encounters I have in the world. These are mostly just my thoughts written down in a place my kid can one day discover and learn a little more about me. Did I mention I have a pretty high opinion of myself?
Punk Rock Kitty Cat
Our not-so-little furball is two years old today. We actually are not sure about his real birthday since he was a rescue, but the vet picked early August as an approximate time and he was given this day to celebrate. I bought him a new harness and longer tether so he...
Running Up That Hill
My daughter started watching Stranger Things last month and has become completely obsessed with it. I can't say I'm mad about this, as I usually get pretty stoked about her liking the same things I do. The scary part, however, is realizing that she is closer to being...
Catholic School Girls Rule
My daughter has been out of school for a few weeks now and I am already thinking back to the good old days when I learned all kinds of interesting things in…
Stay Together For the Kids
Theme parks really bring out the worst in people. Half the people are wandering around clueless and lost and the other half are running you over to get to the front of the line. For those of us in the middle of these two groups, it's a bit of a war zone. We spent...
Too Cool for School
I just went to parent/teacher conferences and was reminded just how much my kid and I are alike. She has been talking for weeks about her Latin teacher and how cool he is. When I met him, I couldn't help but notice he was a lot like her dad, both in looks and sense of...
Rebel Girl
My child has taken up roller skating. This is an unexpected turn of events since she went to a roller skating party once in the second grade and hated every second of it. She had not tried it again until a few weeks ago when a friend asked her to go skating....
US Out of My Uterus
I get some weird junk mail and spam mail. A few years ago I received a handwritten letter by someone I had no recollection of that claimed to have been a classmate in high school. Since I also have a limited recollection of my high school days, I took her word for it...
Happy Holidays, You Bastard
I don't know if I mentioned this before, but my family does everything a little over the top. We are an all or nothing kind of family which means I don't sleep from Halloween until about January 3. My husband literally packs up the hand painted trunk or treat...
Daddy’s Girl
When I was little, my dad and I were part of a dad/daughter group called "Indian Princesses". I'm not sure what the organization's purpose was, but our group was under the impression the goal was for young girls to get into trouble while their dads drank heavily and...
Terrorize
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. I mean, what's not to like about free candy and having an actual reason for peeing your pants in public. I have always decorated indoors, but since we are rarely home on Halloween night, we have not done much...
Queercore
While my daughter was doing volunteer work at school last week, the organization they were working at passed out a survey to get some background information about their volunteers. While in theory, this is a good practice, the volunteers on this day were fifth and...
Let’s Go To The Mall
Apparently I have not been out of the house in too long and life has changed quite a bit while I was taking this self-isolation thing to a whole new level. My daughter dragged me to not one, but two malls in 48 hours and I have discovered many new and horrifying...
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