@katherose: Me too. I think it depends a lot on your shape, which is why these prescriptive things are so ridiculous -- I'm pretty hourglassy, so horizontal stripes emphasize that and look amazing on me.
When I had a scare I went to a grocery store that had self-checkout and got myself a 2-pack of pregnancy tests and lots of comfort food. It wound up being unnecessary, but then it just turned into celebration food, heh, and I got to buy my pregnancy test with minimal human interaction. Things that people are judgmental about + social anxiety = not fun. Bless you, self-checkout.
@dellbot: Agreed. And she's probably my favorite character.
@Lizard in the Wires is Driving MizJenkins: Yeah, it's really a much smaller issue with earlobes. Still, the doctor's office is really the WORST possible place -- Claire's is probably about on par with them in terms of knowing what the fuck they're doing, heh -- and if you're concerned with hygiene, real piercer probably wins.
@MondayMondayMonday: Actually, not the best of ideas. Many doctor's offices use piercing guns, which aren't AWFUL for a basic ear piercing but... really aren't great. Do your research and you should be able to find a reputable piercer that's just as clean as any doctor's office and has far more experience in putting holes in people. The one I went to when I had my nose pierced was as clean and professional as any doctor's office I've been to, just with a little bit more interesting-looking staff and decor. :)
@tacoflvrdkisses: Dunno about Portland! I will say, living in Michigan -- we have SO MUCH craft beer here, it's fantastic. It's just kind of a thing. All over the state, wherever you go. It is sort of awesome. And delicious.
@Wandell: Just take the pie to bed with you! And sleep very, very carefully.
@theKP: FOUNDER'S. I think Bell's is overrated (I live less than a mile from it) but then, I'm not a big IPA fan and Oberon is overhyped to the heavens. Those big, thick, heavy delicious stouts from Founder's, though? Yes please.
@Wandell: That looks fantastic! :D Yay! I have a ton of apples and I want to make pie, but I'm going on a trip with a bunch of ex-Jezzies later in the week and I'd have to eat the whole thing beforehand... Unfortunately, whole pies don't generally pass for airplane carry-on.
@dellbot: I'm just starting on season 2! :) That was my plan for tonight, actually, haha.
Fuck you, weather! I do what I want! I'll make mulled cider even if it WAS 80 degrees today. So there.
@brittster: Thanks! It's actually my first crochet project ever, haha... I think little animals are really all that my crafting attention span has room for!
@brittster: I pretty much only ever crocheted tiny octopi. They were pretty awesome though.
@Lolabelle: I'm gonna say that's a totally legitimate reason to find someone less attractive. Especially the fan that he became a FAN of it.
@k8ertot: Yeah, I know people who've been absolutely destroyed by the utility bills here. I'm willing to pay electric, but heat? Hell no.
My last house was so not-airtight with such an old furnace that the (whole-house) thermostat was set to 78 all winter and ran full-blast just to keep the upstairs-most apartment somewhere in the 60's. I lived on the ground floor and it was a damn sauna in there all winter. It was insane. I can't imagine what those heating bills looked like but I'm glad they weren't my problem.
#groupthink
My last house was so not-airtight with such an old furnace that the (whole-house) thermostat was set to 78 all winter and ran full-blast just to keep the upstairs-most apartment somewhere in the 60's. I lived on the ground floor and it was a damn sauna in there all winter. It was insane. I can't imagine what those heating bills looked like but I'm glad they weren't my problem.
#groupthink
@k8ertot: I live in a town filled with houses built in the late 1800's. I absolutely refuse to live in any apartment where I have to pay for my own heat.
I've never had one where I got to control the thermostat, though. Lucky.
#groupthink
I've never had one where I got to control the thermostat, though. Lucky.
#groupthink
@Strictly For Pleasure: I found it far easier to pick up crochet with minimal guidance than knitting. I've dabbled in both and sort of let both fall by the wayside over the last few years, but if I were going to pick either up again, now that the girl who was helping teach me (who was a brilliant knitter) has moved, it would absolutely be crochet.
#groupthink
#groupthink
If they're going to strangely and needlessly photoshop her body shape, they should probably be a little more aware of that vertically-striped backdrop...
A cleaned-up Tucker Max essay and your daily dose of rape culture. Great job, JHU!
I am involved with someone who is rather a music snob and spent a memorable drive home from Ann Arbor on the verge of tears because he made me pick music and I was so worried he'd hate it. I have a deep, violent terror of being judged for my musical tastes. I refuse to pick music for parties and freak out if anyone tries to go through the CD case in my car or look through my iTunes. I think I'm too busy about worrying that my taste is a dealbreaker to worry whether anyone else's is. (And then, of course, my anxiety about this makes people suspect that I have worse taste than I really do, so I lose either way!)
