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On Aideah and Sophayden
@HeyThatsMyBike "I can't die, my booboo's 'bout to have my baby [that I'll name Rayce]!"
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On Men Are Not Space Aliens, She Claims
@travelmugs I initially loved, & later hated, "She's Come Undone." but my issue with that book is in its melodrama, not necessarily Lamb's facility with writing female characters.
my favorite male-written female protagonist is probably Cayce Pollard from Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (which is also otherwise GREAT, by the way). she felt believable to me as woman, but also a unique character. there's actually a part (spoiler alert, haha, not really) where she gets her period in the middle of doing pilates, & it's perfectly narrated as this moment of "huh. oh, well, there's that."
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On Ask a Humanities Grad Student, Part One: Scotch and Lentils
@Ellie ...which, oddly enough, was not one of the (numerous, unrelated) definitions offered via google.
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On What Not to Wear to Madame Tussauds
@Megano! given her impending wifedness, "engage!" would've been equally appropriate.
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On Ask a Humanities Grad Student, Part One: Scotch and Lentils
@BosomBuddy it's also arguably true that "being in your 20s" often entails the incurring of debt (see: The Billfold).
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On Ask a Humanities Grad Student, Part One: Scotch and Lentils
@idizzle I feel like there's a bit of a Fight Club element to it, though. (remember how the inductees had to stay on the porch & wait out a few days of discouragement?) if you're really passionate about your topic, about becoming an academic, you won't listen to the naysayers. but the truth is that a LOT of people go into grad school with unrealistic expectations about what they'll get out of it, or about what it'll be like. if you're just looking to hide out from the proverbial real world for a while, then grad school probably isn't for you--& I think that's what the "stay away" comments are trying to help weed out.
if anything, the fact that you ended up going anyway, & are now really satisfied with your program, is evidence that the truly committed won't be deterred. :)
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On Ask a Humanities Grad Student, Part One: Scotch and Lentils
@Manatee *you're
#irony
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On Ask a Humanities Grad Student, Part One: Scotch and Lentils
@thebestjasmine Leila Sales rules!
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On Truly Upsetting
@QuiteAmiable I'm also sad that I've now missed my chance to see them live. MCA was my favorite, too.
I don't exactly remember my first exposure to the Beastie Boys, but the day To the Five Boroughs came out, my dude & I listened to it straight through sitting on the floor of our terrible basement apartment. it was one of those evenings where you're like "I'm creating a happy memory right now"--& I was, & so it remains.
rest in peace, indeed.
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On Ask a Clean Person: Laundry School — Lint and Static and Ironing, Oh My!
@boyofdestiny here's my dirty secret: you can buy a little plastic spray bottle & spray wrinkly things down with water. give 'em a few solid shakes &/or smooth them on the bed, et voila! no more wrinkles.
yes, this is lazy & borderline unseemly, but I've done it for years, & it works on anything that isn't, like, CREASED with wrinkles. back when I used to go to the gym, this nice older lady once asked what "amazing product" I used every morning do smooth out my work clothes, & she looked SHOCKED when I told her it was water--I think she would've been less surprised to learn it was battery acid or something.
so obviously ironing is better, but if you're not Someone Who Irons, you can do that instead. if you spray stuff down before getting in the shower, it's usually dry (enough) by the time you're ready to get dressed. (& if you're dealing with a garment that waterspots you can either sparingly spray the inside or soak it completely with water the night before.)
there, now you know one of the many techniques I'm using to successfully impersonate a responsible adult. (for what it's worth, I do OWN an iron. & a steamer, which I use in the rare occasions when the water method fails me.)