I arrived in Boston yesterday and found my way to a Store 24 to pick up a copy of Boston Metro. I had an interview with a writer last week, and yesterday it was supposed to appear. When I grabbed the paper (and hoped my car wouldn't get towed while I parked in front of a fire hydrant), I saw me staring back at me! My pic was on the front page. So I raced to my car and turned to page nine for the interview. And then I saw what a complete babbling idiot I sounded like.

See, that's the thing about doing an interview over the phone while you're hanging out in your PJ's eating Special K. You get lured into thinking it's all casual and everything you say will be taken for what it is - idle chatter. When you're on TV you know that everything you say will be scrutinized. Phone interview, not so much.

I tend to not hold back when speaking (which accounts for the frequent presence of the word "crap" in my written interviews). I just start talking and don't stop until they raise a white flag. You'd think by now I'd know better (I'd think I'd know better). But, no. During my Boston Metro call I said hello and my mouth was off and running.

One of the questions was: "What is the biggest mistake women make in relationships?"
My answer: "Oh my god, if I knew that, wouldn't I have the perfect relationship? Wouldn't I tell all my friends? I'd be a hell of a lot richer because I'd share my secrets with people in a self-help book. I have no idea." Who am I to give relationship advice, isn't that what Dr. Phil is for?

But here's how my answer started in the article: "Ohmigod..." I mean, they might as well have just prefaced the sentence with here's where Jennifer stares off vacantly into space and gives us her best Valley girl imitation. Come on! I'm sorry, but I think there's a difference between saying "Oh my god" and "ohmigod." Am I right?

Fool me once, shame on you. Make me sound foolish because I don't choose my words wisely before speaking, shame on me. From now on my interviews will include bland answers designed to give away nothing. I will pause thoughtfully like a beauty contestent (minus the Vaselined teeth) - and then my standard reply will be "world peace."