None of these idiots should actually get married. Why? Because communication is the foundation of a good relationship. You wanna know if your dude sees a long term future? ASK HIM. You want to know if he's planning to marry you or not? ASK HIM. I straight up told my now husband after we'd been dating over a year, "You know, I wouldn't keep dating you past this point if I couldn't see myself marrying you someday." I wasn't pressuring for a proposal, and we didn't get married for a couple of years after that, but I wanted to make sure we were on the same page. If the dude's worth marrying, he's not going to be freaked out by talking about where you see your relationship going. No proposal should actually be a surprise-- you should have been talking about your future and what you want out of it for a while before anyone thinks of purchasing rings and saving a date.
LOVE Girls Gone Child. Found out about my twins the day Rebecca birthed hers and felt it was some sort of sign from the universe that things would be OK.
So, what should I ACTUALLY wear? I just found out I'm having twins, and at 8 weeks I'm already rocking a bump that resembles what all those cute lifestyle mommy bloggers are bragging and cooing over at 12 weeks. I'm joking with my husband that I'm going to start telling people I'm 16 weeks pregnant because I've got twice as much baby as the average bear. Like, do I need a maternity coat if I'm going to be pregnant all winter? How do I know if I want full panel or underbelly pants? And should I be trying to get tops that are nursing-friendly so I can maybe wear them after the babies arrive? This is all so difficult.
I love Black Honey. Even love the limited edition Black Honey eyeliner they come out with every so often. But I totally feel all the ladies bemoaning the whole "but it looks good on everyone!" thing when it doesn't look good on them. People say the same thing about NARS Orgasm, and that stuff looks awful on me. Too dark, too shimmery.
Here in the humid south, my face is pretty much oily all summer long. I mean... I glow... right? Anyway, I use this, but I "set" it with powder after applying. Works great!
I'm a new Tarte Cheek Stain convert. I tried that Nars Orgasm stuff. Way too shimmery and the total wrong shade for me. Magazines LIE when they say that stuff looks good on everyone. Tarte, however, smells delicious and looks natural. I'm obsessed. Now if only I could settle the perfect mascara question once and for all.
Lit scholar chiming in: The OED doesn't "make words real." It doesn't "decide" what "counts" as "real words" or not. The English language, living and changing thing that it is, only has rules insofar as we, the speakers, make them. We made these words real by using them. The OED simply records that usage so future scholars who encounter them in texts (or tweets, or news pieces, whatever) as they study us for literary, cultural, or historical reasons, will be able to look up "sexting" and "jeggings" and figure out what the heck we were talking about.
I'm not a teenager, but I buy underwear from Aerie. Their boybriefs are the comfiest undies around. And the bras are nice too. Teen girls can already buy padded bras at Victoria's Secret, whose PINK line is clearly marketed to teens as well. Why are we yelling at American Eagle about this and not VS?
What I'm asking is, are they required to have ALL channels open to all constituents all the time? If telephone, mail, and in person visits are open to all constituents, is it really so terrible if we can't access them 24/7, 140 characters at a time? I'm not defending Rick Perry, I'm seriously asking. On the one hand, he's a douchecanoe and I totally agree that it's undemocratic to block constituents, but on the other hand, plenty of politicians don't even have Twitter at all-- we don't have a right to be able to tweet at our representatives.
I absolutely get the point. I'm just saying that there's an easier way than all that logging out business. As to the real point, it's interesting-- but I mean, if Perry still has to answer his phones and mail and see constituents in person, does he also have to see all of their comments on Twitter? Is Twitter now an official means of contact by which our representatives and officials have to respond to us?
Also: Gertie of the New Blog for Better Sewing is so much cooler than the chick profiled. I basically aspire to be her in her vintage-pattern dresses with awesome tats and feminist sensibilities. She's a total Jezzie fo sho.
Wish I could come over and help you with that skirt. Just started sewing this summer, and have, finally, mastered the skirt. I'm insanely proud of it. I basically walk up to strangers like, "You like this skirt? Cute skirt right? Well, I MADE IT ALL BY MYSELF!!!"