On What Old Book Do I Read If...
@lobsterhug Funny story - my dad LOVES Diana Gabaldon. Like, at dinner one night, he started monologuing about who he would cast if he got to cast the movie. He threw one of the books at me a few months ago and was like READ THIS and I opened it right up to a sex scene and was mildly scandalized.
I'll read it one day but um. Still a little scandalized that my dad enjoys reading about sexytimes. He CLAIMS that he's in it for the biology afficionado solidarity (Gabaldon was a biologist before she was an author? I think?) and the historical fiction BUT I KNOW HE'S IN IT FOR THE SEXYTIMES.
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On What Old Book Do I Read If...
@rayray I most certainly shall! Friday Open Thread, you got it.
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On What Old Book Do I Read If...
I! Have a hundred! Pages! Of Villette to go! And it is so good and I am so excited and at first I was like Lucy Snowe why you such a snob but now I am like LUCY SNOWE PLEASE BE MY SPIRIT GUIDE. And oh my GOD John Graham, Lucy > Ginevra and I mean I like Paulina but Lucy > Paulina too.
ALSO - what are other people's thoughts of M. Paul? Because I dunno. He's so weirrrddd and if I met a dude like him IRL I'd be like DUDE STOP YELLING AT ME AND STOP SPYING ON ME JUST KNOCK IT OFF OKAY.
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On Beauty Q&A: What's That Smell?
AHHH! THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE HAIRPIN POST TO DATE!
My dad got into this habit of buying me a new perfume each time my heart got broken (aww) so here are mine:
Gucci Flora Smells like flowers, obviously. Light and springy? (This sounds like I'm talking about wands not perfume but oh well! Ollivander's Perfume at your service!) Heartbreak: 12 hours crying in bed. 2 weeks actually being sad. Then - so so over it.
Armani - Acqua di Gioia Summer all the way. Sharper, more noticeable. Makes me think of beaches? Heartbreak: My best friend mutilated my heart by rebounding with me after his gf cheated on him (and I told him what she was up to). 1 year of heartbreak. Over it now, still occasionally suffering the pangs bc we no longer talk/clearly we are no longer best friends/even though we live 1 block away from each other and I bumped into his sister the other day. Waiting for summer before wearing this perfume again.
Dolce and Gabana Rose the One First grown-ass-lady perfume I bought for myself! No heartbreak necessary, just being confident and awesome. Scent is very subtle, and you need a couple of spritzes to really get it to stick (I'm the type of person who likes to smell my perfume all damn day, so I have to basically mist myself up all over with this one) but it's fresh and lovely. Seems a little wintry to me, but that's because I bought it in February I think. Could also be an autumn perfume, maybe? (Why do I categorize my perfumes by season?) And the box is metallic pink! Love love love this perfume.
Chanel Allure Dad bought this for me for Valentine's day, because I mentioned it as the runner up to Rose the One. No heartbreak attached to this either. Such a good winter perfume, kind of musky (not in a gross way?) and smoky and spicy. Gonna have to stop wearing it soon once it gets warmer out, but the best thing about this perfume is that you spritz on a little (once on your neck, once on one wrist then rub 'em together) and you will smell like a sex kitten all damn day.
LOVE THIS POST SO MUCHHHHH.
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On Friday Open Thread
I was having a rough day, and then a patient brought in boobie cupcakes. With aureolas made of fondant and nipples made of gumdrops and everything. And they're strawberry flavored. And it made all the other patients laugh. And now my day is so much better.
(I work in a breast cancer clinic.)
HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYBODY!!!
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On The Five Stages of Seeing These Booties
@She Saved The World, Alot Ugh, linking things.
Love the color, though.
I am wearing the H&M Version of these today.
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On The Five Stages of Seeing These Booties
How do you even walk in these?
Like, how does your leg/foot go into that shoe??
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On The Five Stages of Seeing These Booties
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On Solo RSVPs and the Crypt Keeper of the Bride
@miwome Hahaha minus points for "why not?" because I hate when guys do that! Because I said so, that's why! Like, do you really want me to explain WHY NOT? I would neeeever wanna know the why not! For me, the "no" suffices, knowing the why not would make me be all BUT! BUT! [Too much coffee this morning for me, clearly.]
But plus points for "because no?...okay" and the no sulking.
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On Mini Ask a Lady: Teenage Tattoos
@curlysue Agreed! When I was 18 I wanted a pink unicorn. I'm glad it was vetoed. Granted, at 20 I got a blue footed boobie on my ribs, which may or may not be sillier than a unicorn, ymmv, but I'm pretty silly and I love my boobie. Then I got 2 birds of paradise on my 21st birthday, and they're beautiful, and I love them. I'm, uh, 23.
YAY TATTOOS EVERYONE GET TATTOOS (if that's your thing!) but YES think about them THIIIISS BIIIG and also spend at least a year (my rule, anyway) pondering the what and the where.