If you come to this site regularly and you’ve been wondering where the hell I’ve been for the past few months, I apologize, but I got knocked up and stepped away from the internet for a bit. That’s not entirely true, but I was working full-time and didn’t really have the energy to keep my preggo vlogs going like I promised (sorry). Making a baby is exhausting! Not just the early months morning sickness, but all the research of baby stuff that you need to have, and how to actually give birth, and don’t even get me started on all the time we’ve spent trying to pick a name. My mother just sent me a book of a hundred thousand names! I’m tempted to just open to a page and point and call it a day.

Currently I’m about 6 and 1/2 months pregnant and feeling much better. I’ve cut down my work schedule a bit and am hoping to make some videos and do some writing before little “Gwendivere” (just testing it out. . . no?) arrives. Right now it’s 4:30 in the morning and I’m experiencing what’s known as “insomnia” or “time to read a thousand random posts on babycenter.com.”

If you missed the videos I did about the pleasures of early pregnancy, here they are!

I’m Pregnant!

Knocked Up and SICK!

Not sure if you’ve seen these actual commercials, but they crack me up. I wanted to post the original here, but it seems the corn syrup marketing geniuses have caught wind of the fact that they are being ridiculed all over the internet, and they have removed them. Too bad. I was curious why they making commercials for high fructose corn syrup at all, and who the hell is funding them? It just seems like an image enhancement…that inevitably goes awry because the fact is that shit is bad for you and making a commercial telling people “your body doesn’t know the difference” and “Corn syrup is good for you in moderation” is bullshit and people are smarter than to believe a friendly looking actor in a corn field. We are all aware that what ever is in that crazy processed mess they put in so much of our food, is causing diabetes and other health problems.

Anyways I made this spoof a little while back, it’s based on the real commercial, just with a couple little twist-a-roos.

The beginning of the commercial I was spoofing is seen in this video that has some nice actual facts about corn syrup.

Lucky for me, my mom was nothing like Mama Carol, but there is something really fun about a mom who’s not afraid to shake her butt in public. I hope to be a nice combination of my mother and Mama Carol someday. Please enjoy Jimmy Fowlie and Ilana Cohn (that’s me!) in this silly little trip to the Santa Monica Pier.

Hey sweet love bugs, thanks for checking in! It’s officially summer and Gina’s just giving a big lump of Jersey news. She’s always got a lot to say and she is certainly not afraid to open her mouth. She’s also not afraid to throw a bunch of cocktails in there. Let me know if you want Gina to report on anything in particular, she’s open to ideas. 

Mama Carol and her son Denny had a beautiful Mother’s Day weekend together enjoying Venice beach and all it has to offer. Here they are together at the skate park just doing their thing. Denny only started skating a few weeks ago, but with a little practice and a lot of encouragement from his mom, I’m sure he’ll do great.

If you’ve ever worked in an office then I’m sure you’ve overheard some dumb ass conversation that made you think a little less of the people you were sharing your work space with. I am that person. I’ve said some dumb things, I’ve thought some even dumber thoughts. I didn’t know how to spell “maybe” until I was 20-years-old. It happens people. Don’t get too down on yourself. After all, we’re only human. Here’s a nice little example of a couple of dummies having just a great little work convo. Happy Hawaiian Shirt day!

Hope you all have a Happy Mother’s Day! Here’s a little love from TheFunClub. . . Send it to your mother if you forgot to send her a card!