On Never-Complainers, Workaholics, and the Balding-and-Manly
@Lily Rowan are law firms somehow exempt from labor regulations? This sounds awful! Especially because I keep hearing how many recent law grads can't get jobs, if they need round the clock lawyers why not hire two instead of getting one to burn out through workaholism?
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On Really Good Books About Real People: Part Four
West with the night is so f'in good. I first read it when I was in sixth grade and have been fascinated with flying ever since. (if I wasn't so lazy I probably would have been a pilot...) Totally inspirational for girls. Love it.
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On Not Chasing Amy
@swirrlygrrl I am no fun and proud of it. But thanks, I think you are awesome too.
@lighter fluid, I don't know, but it was kind of a surprise. I'm wondering if this person has a personal connection to the story? Maybe it's one of the "friends"?
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On Not Chasing Amy
@Xanthophyllippa I see what you are saying, but count two instances of commenters referring to "Amy' as a "sociopath." So, while it may no longer be considered a Medical Term, lay people still conflate "crazy" with "Mentally Ill" Anyway, it bothers me. When my boyfriend is talking about his ex (violent and violently jealous for no reason) It bothers me, I ask him to say one nice thing about her for every negative thing. I don't think holding onto that anger is a good strategy.
eta You know what really gets me about the use of the word "crazy"? It's that every guy who has ever been made to feel uncomfortable by a woman's display of emotion resorts to calling her "crazy." It is used all too often to invalidate a woman's thoughts and feelings.
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On Not Chasing Amy
I'm not going to ask, because it's obvious that I am the only one bothered by the use of "crazy" as a descriptor here. This man went from being unemployed to being an unemployed writer, he didn't happen to mention when he became a psychologist. I was totally on his side till that. He's not qualified to make that diagnosis, and it really sounds like ugly sour grapes. I'd say if he's still throwing insults around he's not over it, but that's no excuse to stigmatize mental illness.
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On Beauty Q&A: ID Photos, Gaudy Shoes, and Looking 10 Years Younger
@Gordon Bombay @Jane Marie so it doesn't go bad? I thought creamy things went bad? Can I ask another question? Can anyone recommend a good lasting foundation? That won't rub off (for reals, like smooshing my face in a helmet and all my makeup rubs off on the inside.. Is this just an impossible request? Can I carry foundation with me and touch up that's weird right?)
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On Beauty Q&A: ID Photos, Gaudy Shoes, and Looking 10 Years Younger
@sceps yarx Thanks for the recommendation! I'll look for those. I've only used the Dr. Scholl's gluey heel pads which tend to come unstuck and rub and generally fail...
@serenityfound I guess it's just because shoes that fit me in the toe are often loose in the heel. Like the boots in question, when I walk my heel moves up and down in the shoe(causing blisters ew!) The heel always seems to be a problem for me, but maybe my heels normal and my toes are just wide!;)
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On Beauty Q&A: ID Photos, Gaudy Shoes, and Looking 10 Years Younger
@MaryRichards that's an awesome idea! Ankle straps are super hot!
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On The Best Time I Watched TED Talks as Foreplay
@redheaded&crazie And scrub my back! Ok I know that's the opposite of sexy. But it feels so good. BF and I used to shower together and now our shower is too small to even hold the notion....when we get a house we're going to have one of those extravagant sauna showers.