On Why Do We Still Live Here, in This Repulsive Town?
@Woman Laughing Alone With Boas Oh man, you are right on the money with those two. I will also add Amy Millan's "Baby I" to that list.
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On The League of Ordinary Ladies: Women of Little Significance
@smartastic Seriously, what is with this tactic? Do they honestly think that you will suddenly, thanks to their insight, come to some grand realization about yourself and fall gratefully into their arms? Uh, no.
A guy at my local bar pulled this on my a couple months ago. When I declined to make out with him, he started saying that I was "just afraid." He then also upped the ante by telling me that he had seen me kissing a guy who works at the bar (the insinuation being that I was already kinda slutty so....) He then topped it off by dropping the c word. Amazing. I was too flabbergasted to do anything other than laugh.
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On The Brigitte Bardot Makeover
@Party Falcon. Ooh the hotel bar idea never occurred to me. Mostly I am just having some wine by myself at home and then get the genius idea to experiment with ALL THE MAKE-UP and then I end up at 9pm with no where to go, but about a metric ton of eye-liner on. Your idea sounds like so much more fun.
@everyone, I am also a member of the uncooked turkey complexion club, and seriously, the prospect of breaking out the shorts in a few months is kinda terrifying.
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On Friday Open Thread
@Laura Yan@twitter I am strongly in favour of drinking whiskey in bars and starting up conversations. I have met many interesting people this way. And some total weirdos, but hey. And this CAN lead to adventures that might make you feel less boring, but the often involve serious shameovers the next morning.
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On How the Internet Changed Solo Travel
@Pitch Blease GO! Paris is fantastic alone. Just walking by yourself is amazing - there is always something fascinating to look at. One of my favourite discoveries was this tiny tiny store on Ile de la Cite that just sold fancy jams, preserves and mustards. It was the size of a closet and floor to ceiling dark wood shelves and so old-world amazing. And the jam was really good!
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On Friday Open Thread
@Daisy Razor Loved that movie! Except for when it turned into a crazy slasher flick in the last 20 mins - I was really enjoying the psychological drama of long-term deep-space journeys!
Rose Byrne's character was the pilot. And seriously, how gorgeous is that woman?!
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On The League of Ordinary Ladies: The Bad Hat
@likethestore Your local bar. Provided that it attracts the type of clientelle you would consider dating, and is somewhere you feel comfortable going by yourself. It also helps if you make friends with the bartenders, as they can help you screen potential candidates. I met the current boyfriend at mine (he is in a band with one of the regulars) as well as a number of enjoyable flings.
I don't understand the grocery store thing though. Every time I ever tried to eye-flirt with a cute guy at the checkout, his girlfriend would turn up.
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On The Best Time I Ate So Many Cookies I Went to the Hospital
@Nicole Cliffe Oh man, the first time I ate pot cookies I too did the "I'm not feeling it, I'm gonna have another" thing. Amazingly the experience did not turn out as badly as you might expect. I definitely felt like I was WAY TOO HIGH, but the evening just ended with myself and two friends having a contest to see who could do the most push-ups, and then I dragged the guy who I was sleeping with at the time home with me. Let me just say, that was FUN (totally not being sarcastic).
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On Why Do We Still Live Here, in This Repulsive Town?
@cmonster Good call! I just came across them last week, and gaaah. It has been two years!! since the ex and I broke up, and that still gave me a twinge. But the song is so good that I can't stop listening to it.