On Beauty Disasters: How to Cover Up Almost Anything
Question tangentially related to nail polish dings: has anyone tried nail polish drying drops? I have sooooo many polishes and I can't help but think that I would use them more often if painting my nails didn't mean a forced* 30 minutes of sitting not touching anything and praying that I don't get too hungry or need to pee or need to answer the phone or something. Am I right or would it just be another unnecessary nail product??
*Naturally I can spend hours laying around not doing anything, but when my nails are wet suddenly I have 48392058 things I NEED to do with my hands. Typical.
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On Ask a Humanities Grad Student
@Petrichoria I am going to lib school starting in the fall (archives concentration). I've been interested in this for ~5 years by this point and that entire 5 years everyone who knows the job market for librarians and archivists has basically told me that it's a terrible idea.
I'm still doing it because I love it and I can't imagine anything else I'd like to do. And ultimately that's the litmus test for any crowded job field. If it's not your life's passion (ugh I hate that word but I guess it applies), if there's anything more stable/easier to break into that you could see yourself doing...do it.
Otherwise I look forward to all y'all joining me in the unemployment line. XD
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On The Reproductive Quadratic Equation
I've been wondering how the recession might affect my generation (I finished college last May) having children. There are all the childcare/work questions that other comments have raised which are all exacerbated in a recession, and then there's just the fact that I'm staring down an undetermined number of years in my 20s which will probably involve a lot of sacrifice/being prudent/hustling and I can't imagine that when I finally get to a point of financial comfort that my inclination will be to throw myself back into financial/emotional drain by having kids.
Although now that I'm writing this out I feel like this is just illuminating how I personally would be unwilling to sacrifice for the sake of having kids, since really we all make choices about our financial priorities and give some things up for the sake of others. Still, I think maybe the choice here is getting a little starker for many people.
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On Friday Open Thread
@mascarasnake oooh I loved Amsterdam. We went to the Van Gogh Museum (okay) and the Anne Frank House (awesome). We also went to Keukenhof which was great but will take you out of the city. It's really walkable so I would say just wander a lot! Oh, and we got bread, cheese and olives from a farmer's market and it's still in like my top ten of meals ever, so do that!
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On Friday Open Thread
@thisisunclear thanks for the link! Unsure whether I'm going to have a car. And I like all those things (because WHO DOESN'T honestly)!!
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On Friday Open Thread
@Angry Panda I feel the same way! Even though 90% of the time I just get a trim on the same style I already have, I always feel all refreshed and happy.
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On Friday Open Thread
@Heygirlhey Over the summer sometime! It's going to be my first time in a big girl apartment (lived on campus all through undergrad) so I am Excite.
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On Friday Open Thread
@Heygirlhey ahh no tell me all the things! this is exactly what I want!!! (Hairpin seems to have eaten your first comment? But I still have it in my inbox!)
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On Friday Open Thread
@nevernude cutoffs Dancing? lots of options there (ballet, hip-hop, belly dancing, dancing in your room in your underwear to 90s songs, etc).
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On Really Good Books For People Who Are Reading a Lot of Articles About Girls
@Interrobanged I LOVE Born Confused!!! It's one of my favorite books. It makes me sad that no one else on earth seems to know about it (except you apparently!).