@femme-bot: You've got to get those little test-tube thingies full of candy-flavored liquor. Chuck a couple of those in your purse and pour 'em into your soda once the lights go down (my personal favorite recipe is two tubes of Mango in one half-full bottle of Sprite Zero). Tasty and stout.
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@the glamwich: Hah. I got though "Sex and the City" with a biiiig water bottle of vodka. It was the only way I could convince my man-friend to come with me.
@femme-bot: I told my mom I wouldn't see it with her unless we smuggled in booze. I had to concede on it being a cosmo, but since my mother's version is about 10 times stronger and 100 times less sweet than any cosmo on the planet, it was still as win.
@ErinLovesYou: So true! Junior Mints are one of the healthiest candies around, fat-and-calorie wise. Even better than Raisinets or Three Musketeers. And zero cholesterol. Plus a serving is SEVENTEEN Mints, which is awesome, and a lot.
(I'm the world's biggest Junior Mint fan. I keep a jumbo box by my bed at all times. Seventeen (or an approximate handful) per day keep me from craving other, less harmless chocolaty treats, which has really improved my life, believe it or not. They're the best!)
@girlscoutcookie is back from hiatus: I rarely have it but I am a big Junior Mint fan. Probably because it is so minty I never in my life could eat 17 in one sitting. I love candies that pretty much require me to have portion control because they have such a strong taste.
One time I was in line at the movie theater concessions and the lady in front of me says to the worker, "Yeah... can I get extra grease on my popcorn?"
Oh great. Next you're gonna tell me that McDonald's double quarter pounders are bad for my health, and drinking a 12 pack for supper isn't good for my liver.
Listen, Science; If I've had a rough day, and all I want to do is eat Buncha Crunch and popcorn for dinner while watching an impossibly good-looking man fall for an impossibly good-looking and quirky woman on a ridiculously large screen inches from my face, then that is exactly what I'll do. So you can just shut it with your "scientific studies," because you DO NOT CROSS A SUGARBAKER WOMAN!
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@Mary McCarthyite: You go girl! In high school, I worked for the movie theater chain owned by Viacom's Sumner Redstone. As a concession worker, we had to refill the popcorn bins and "butter" machines. The industrial tubs we poured into the "butter" dispensers were labled "Durkee Flavor-All". In addition to that crap, the popcorn was sprinkled with "Durkee Flavor Seasoning".
I haven't eaten movie theater popcorn since 1982 and I never will. I either make it at home and use REAL organic butter, or I don't eat it.
@Mary McCarthyite: That's why air popped at home is so much better for you. They're not air popping plain popcorn at the theater. I'm going to start making my own and smuggling it in.
What gets me is that air popping pop corn is not rocket science. They could very well offer that at the theater as an alternative.
@Mary McCarthyite: I stopped eating the microwavable popcorn (which wasn't particularly great anyway, but in some of my friends' houses, there wasn't much else to eat) because I found out that butter flavouring is giving the factory workers lung diseases. And causing deaths. Blech.
I was excited for an instant when my eyes fixed on the tub in tubular shape, being more tub shaped than hour glass myself. Then I realised it was tubular as in straight up and down. The time when apple shapes are finally given their moment in the sun cannot come fast enough for me. #bodyshapes
Maybe we should just aspire to not describing ourselves using inanimate objects and fruits as descriptors. (i.e. apple, pear, hourglass, tubes, inverted triangles etc, etc.)
@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: we're not referring to "you" as that, just your silouette. I never heard of inverted triangle, was just always easier to say "V" shape.
not trying to start an argument, but its hard to paint a mental picture without some description like this. I have used it only for convenience and never for offense. #bodyshapes
@10pninjas: A body is a body. All of the descriptors sort of give an impression that one may be better than another and that's simply not true. It's a body. Bodies are different for myriad reasons: genetics, exercise and eating habits etc. I think we should probably grow beyond this. If you defy labels than they really won't apply. And the inverted triangle part was a joke. #bodyshapes
@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: if the descriptors gave that impression, yes, it would be far from untrue. I've known that enough by my own attractions. I've been attracted to women of many body types including one more masculine then my own, most simply because i love the person more then the body. But if you're describing it just to describe...
its just hard to see that just describing how something looks it hurtful. i mean, sure...point out cellulite, crows feet and other hurtful specifics, that i can understand. But giving a decription of general height, weight, color and build...i think if you found neutral descriptions offensive, you should work on changing them if you can. On the biggest loser, these people are still big but they appreciate every pound lost, they are working to make a difference. But thats only shame on the offended if they take offense to neutral and do nothing about it. People trying to make a difference can still be hurt by malicious words.
my bad on the inverted part. you're still funny, i just wasnt quick enough to catch it. #bodyshapes
Yeah, tell me something I don't know. I find this out anew every time I try to shop for clothes and can only find pants that fit over my rear if I can stuff my four-year-old child into the waistband with me. #bodyshapes
@redqueenmeg: both Gap and Ann Taylor have a 'curvy' fit that helps with that. But, yes, I feel like enlightening someone to the fact that I have hips and a waist and that they are not the same size. #bodyshapes
@banana_grabber: I'll check Gap again after I'm no longer pregnant, but every time I've tried there before, since about 1992, I've found the same waistband problem. :D #bodyshapes
@redqueenmeg: It's a relatively new line. And I just recently got a pair of wide-leg trouser jeans at Goodwill made by Banana Republic that fit like a dream, so you might try there (BR) as well. #bodyshapes
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I only eat kettle corn, now.
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I love it.
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i'm not saying that that's the only reason i sat through 2012...but i'm just saying...
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True? Or false? Either way, movie food is delicious.
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(I'm the world's biggest Junior Mint fan. I keep a jumbo box by my bed at all times. Seventeen (or an approximate handful) per day keep me from craving other, less harmless chocolaty treats, which has really improved my life, believe it or not. They're the best!)
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As it is, I'll enjoy my popcorn and large extra cheesy nachos in PEACE, thank you very much!
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At least she realized it's not really butter.
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O/T: I dislike popcorn in all of it's forms, buttered or not.
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I really like cheese popcorn. A little too much. I might go buy some later.
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PLAIN POPCORN - NATURAL AIR-POPPED
Nutrition Facts: Serving Size: 6 Cups (30g) Servings Per Container: varies, Amount Per Serving: Calories 80 from Fat 10, Total Fat 1g (DV 2%), Saturated Fat 0g (DV 0%), Trans Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg (DV 0%), Sodium 0mg (DV 0%), Total Carbohydrate 21g (DV 7%), Dietary Fiber 6g (DV 24%), Sugars 0g, Protein 4g, Vitamin A (DV 0%), Vitamin C (DV 0%), Calcium (DV 0%), Iron (DV 4%) *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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I haven't eaten movie theater popcorn since 1982 and I never will. I either make it at home and use REAL organic butter, or I don't eat it.
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Same with chocolate "drink" (in place of chocolate milk).
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What gets me is that air popping pop corn is not rocket science. They could very well offer that at the theater as an alternative.
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not trying to start an argument, but its hard to paint a mental picture without some description like this. I have used it only for convenience and never for offense. #bodyshapes
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its just hard to see that just describing how something looks it hurtful. i mean, sure...point out cellulite, crows feet and other hurtful specifics, that i can understand. But giving a decription of general height, weight, color and build...i think if you found neutral descriptions offensive, you should work on changing them if you can. On the biggest loser, these people are still big but they appreciate every pound lost, they are working to make a difference. But thats only shame on the offended if they take offense to neutral and do nothing about it. People trying to make a difference can still be hurt by malicious words.
my bad on the inverted part. you're still funny, i just wasnt quick enough to catch it. #bodyshapes
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