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    Image of Cerridwen Cerridwen
    01:47 PM

    Ok, Jezzies. I have a question (a couple, actually). I am considering getting off the birth control pills I am taking. I suffer from acne and have been taking CyEstra (the generic version of Diane-35) to treat it. I love that it clears up my skin entirely (seriously, it has never been this glowing or clear) but I think it is making me crazy. Like, psychotic. I am like Jekyll and Hyde - rageful, anxiety-ridden, irritable. It's awful. Over the summer, I even ended up in therapy to try and deal with this incredible emotional instability. I also realized that it might be the hormones and went off the pill for about three months and I sincerely feel like my emotions levelled out and I became a happier person. But the trouble is, my skin got really bad again. (I am a dancer and I just hate having to perform with terrible acne on my back, it is so embarassing and awful.) So I went back on the pills and have been taking them again for about 3 months. My skin is clearing up again but I just cannot stay on this crap anymore, I feel absolutely psychotic and I am making my partner very frustrated with me.

    Has anyone here had the same reaction to CyEstra/Diane-35? Can anyone recommend a better birth control pill that wouldn't cause such bad mood swings? Or failing that, does anyone else suffer from acne and have any non-hormonal treatment suggestions that have worked (I have tried both topical and oral antibiotics in the past and the oral antibiotics worked for a bit the acne came back eventually)?

    #groupthink
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    Image of rd2uk rd2uk
    01:16 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    I'm not home for thanksgiving. Didnt make to take a 8 hour flight home for a long weekend. I am, therefore, sitting on my couch in pjs, eating brioche, while my whole fam is home and dad is frying up some turkey (southern folk, ya'll).
    Now excuse me while I go feel sorry for myself.
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    Image of AmbiguouslyStraightUno AmbiguouslyStraightUno
    12:33 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Unsolicited wine cake advice: if you don't have a bundt pan, don't use an angel food pan instead. It is not the same. Bad things will happen.

    However, sweet sherry is actually pretty tasty. I bought an enormous bottle for 10 dollars and barely put a dent in it for the cake. So I drank a bit and suddenly cared less about the cake disaster.
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    12:20 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It

    so... every time I see Jodhi May in a film, I can only think "Shakira"

    This is Shakira
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    12:21 PM


    @Ailatan: and this is Jodhi May (for her role as Mira in Daniel Deronda) Do you have lookalikes you want to share?
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    Image of duetoprivacy duetoprivacy
    01:35 PM

    @Ailatan: The lady in the chase commercial, where she buys the dress with their reward points, always makes me think of julia roberts. I can't find a picture of the commercial lady though.
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    Image of Armed with Vitriol Armed with Vitriol
    01:51 PM

    @Ailatan: Jodhi May looks like the character Alice from Last of the Mohicans (which is also one of my favorite movies). Must go to Wiki to see if I am correct since I have nothing better to do.
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    Image of Understater Understater
    12:10 PM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Mean people: Do you sympathize with them or just write them off as miserable, insecure assholes?

    (Raaaaaaaandom, I know)
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    Image of AnotherJenn AnotherJenn
    12:23 PM

    @Understater: I try to tell myself that it must suck to be that bitter and insecure. Not that I'm perfect at brushing off people like that, but I do try to remember that their behavior is more about their own insecurity than it is about the target of their meanness.
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    12:23 PM

    @Understater: depends, if they are mean in general or to particular people.
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    Image of indiciabrocade indiciabrocade
    12:24 PM

    @Understater: It depends on how much patience I have. Sometimes I can understand why they act that way, sometimes I am caught up in annoyance.

    But really, it is better to just kind of understand them, avoid them and not waste emotional energy on them. Imo, anyway.
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    Image of Understater Understater
    12:38 PM

    @indiciabrocade: Yeah, I'm sort of dealing with a habitually hostile and mean-spirited person who issues apologies for her behavior but doesn't seem capable of improving it. I'm pretty much sick of her bullshit, but at the same time can empathize with her using meannness as a coping mechanism.
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    Image of SomeAuthorGirl SomeAuthorGirl
    11:51 AM

    Random music goodness for cooking!

    #groupthink
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    Image of scarletbegonia scarletbegonia
    11:26 AM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    My brothers, mom and I just ran an 8K! My mom won her age group and got an apple pie. We now have three pies...
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    Image of thecameralovesyou thecameralovesyou
    11:36 AM

    @scarletbegonia: Well you guys have an excuse to eat all three! You just ran 8k! (Not like you need an excuse to eat 3 pies though...) Good job, and congrats to your mom.
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    Image of rah29 rah29
    11:11 AM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Guys, cleaning the kitchen after baking is way better if Journey comes on the radio.

    Just so you know.
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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    11:29 AM

    @rah29: I don't like cleaning unless there are power ballards and hair rock. I twirl my feather duster and pretend I'm a mad housewife on happy pills.
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    Image of vulcanized vulcanized
    12:04 PM

    @rah29: There is very little that Journey doesn't make better.
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    Image of angelina jolie-laide is a gaudy tulip angelina jolie-laide is a gaudy tulip
    11:07 AM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    I don't really like turkey. I want popeyes.
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    Image of SomeAuthorGirl SomeAuthorGirl
    11:05 AM

    I need to give some serious props to Sadie for the Wine Cake recipe. I made it this morning with some modifications, but I left a little bit out of the bundt pan to make in a small ramekin (gotta taste test, yo!)

    So... if any of my fellow celiac/gluten intolerant sisteres and brothers are reading:

    Make the Wine Cake recipe using Kinnikinnick white cake mix and GF vanilla pudding mix. I didn't have sherry, so I made the booze glaze with Frangelico. Add an extra 5 minutes or so on the baking (but that might just be my oven).

    Thank you Sadie!

    #winecake
    #cooking
    #groupthink
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    Image of dcdulce dcdulce
    11:02 AM

    Today means leftovers! Me and the GF had TG yesterday because she's a RN doing the midnight shift today. We went to the late showing of New Moon and laughed with the rest of the adults. Happy thanksgiving everyone!

    #groupthink
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    Image of SomeAuthorGirl SomeAuthorGirl
    11:11 AM

    @dcdulce: I love what you did! Maybe I can get one of my sisters to go mock New Moon with me after the old people fall asleep from too much wine.



    #groupthink
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    Image of dcdulce dcdulce
    11:25 AM

    @SomeAuthorGirl: seriously, the dialogue was hilarious...they all must've gone to the Hayden Christensen school of acting

    #groupthink
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    Image of SomeAuthorGirl SomeAuthorGirl
    11:30 AM

    @dcdulce: I relish some good simultaneous whining/acting-in-between-your-lines.

    [say line]
    [ACTING!]
    [say line]
    [MAKE FACE!]
    [say line]
    [EMOTE!]

    #groupthink
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    Image of KATE! KATE!
    10:42 AM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    so, apparently, you're not supposed to put potato peels down the garbage disposal. who knew?! not me. clogged kitchen sink, everyone arriving in a few hours. thanksgiving disaster 2009.

    whoops!
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    Image of duetoprivacy duetoprivacy
    10:49 AM

    @KATE!: Awwww. Well hopefully it will be something you can look back on and laugh. I am sure everyone will understand. Just try and get it to drain and tell people to not use that side of the sink.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    10:08 AM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Ok, I ran the Turkey Trot. I'm ready for 10 tons of food.
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    Image of duetoprivacy duetoprivacy
    10:50 AM

    @bluebears: I really want to develop a love of running. I dont hate it I just get tired after .5 seconds, winded, cramps in my side. Plus I get itchy itchy itchy legs whenever I spend any time outside. :(
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    bluebears promoted this comment duetoprivacy was starred duetoprivacy was unstarred
    Image of bluebears bluebears
    11:05 AM

    @duetoprivacy: you're probably starting too fast. you should be jogging at a "fast walk" pace to begin with (unless you're already in shape from other sports that incorporate running type cardio)
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    09:54 AM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Happy Thanksgiving to all the American Jezzies and Happy Thursday to the rest of you 'bels!

    #groupthink
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    Image of spamanda spamanda
    09:47 AM

    In reply to Stick A Fork In It
    Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm off to my mom's to gorge myself on turkey and dressing.
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