When DearSweetDave and I were married in 2000, NakedIan was one of my bridesmaids.
I wrote the following about him in our wedding program:
My brother, my best friend and my biggest cheerleader. There is absolutely nothing that I wouldn't do for him. When my life was its lowest he reminded me that "It's all good, Jen." How many times has he told me that? We've toured together, chased impossible dreams together, been stranded with nothing but the pink skirt that he was wearing...and through it all we've hugged and laughed and seen the brightest side.
So that's NakedIan. I will share with you that he's been NakedIan for a lot longer than I've been Nakedjen. A.lot.longer. I will also share with you that for as long as I've known him, and that's a very long time, NakedIan has kind of been my "project". I love the guy. 110%. And I just really want the best for him. So if that means helping him to find a place to live, or a job, or buying him dinner when he's a little short on cash, well, I'm always willing to do it. However, I do believe that the best gift we can give someone is to help them to help themselves. So my mission with NakedIan has always been to gently push him to be the very best NakedIan that he can be. Whatever his big dream is, I'm always there to support it, but I do think it's my job to also act as a bit of a reality check for him sometimes.
The good news is that we love each other so much that NakedIan knows, absolutely, that whatever I tell him it is coming from a genuine place of love and care. I only want what is best for him. Always.
In September I called NakedIan (IN SEPTEMBER!!) to ask him if I could have a standing date with him on Tuesday evenings to watch my beloved Gilmore Girls. NakedIan has a very nice HD television set-up. And now he happens to live very close to me after years of living in Bonny Doon. So I thought who better to share my Gilmore Girl obsession with than my best naked bud? But he waited until just last FRIDAY to call me back. It's a good thing this wasn't an emergency! I told him that I am not putting him down as the person to contact should something horrible happen to me. He'll wait three months to call the emergency staff back and by then I'll most certainly be dead.
Dead or not, I do have a pretty darn good offer from NakedIan to share with all of you. It seems that he's found the best source for cheap magazines…period. There are hundreds of the most popular titles to choose from and you can get five one-year subscriptions right now for just $29.95.
Now, here's the thing. We at ChezNaked only like certain magazines. And no, Playgirl and Playboy are not really among them. We do happen to be fans of Rolling Stone. Which we found on the list! We also really like Vegetarian Times. Again, it's on the list. And I have a bit of an obsession with Vanity Fair even if they do happen to sit around for months before I actually read them. Again, on the list! So we ordered. For ourselves.
But for all of you? The holidays are coming! Perhaps you have family or friends that you'd rather NOT just purchase another gift card for this year? Well, bingo! Get them a gift that will keep coming to their mailbox ALL YEAR LONG. They won't just thank you on Christmas morning, they'll thank you every single time that magazine appears in their mailbox.
I'm doing it. For NeverNakedBeth's family. There are four of them. They're each getting their own magazine. And then the extra? That one is for the WHOLE FAMILY. That family is always such a challenge because, honestly? They've got absolutely EVERYTHING they need. And I mean everything.
Anyway, I promised NakedIan I'd share his little find with all of you. So now, I've done my duty. And notice that I didn't wait for three months to do it. Now all of you, go play Santa. Even if it's just to fill your own stockings!
