*Steels resolve* Thanks! Will dip my toe into it then. Sounds like I can cope. ;)

That's all you CAN do. Kudos. :)

That is so fucking sad. And I hate that every word you write is ... so true. :(

You should see if you can institute a 'dress up' box at your place. :)

God, they turned. They so bloody turned and I seriously had no idea how. Not that I have my finger to the zeitgeist, but it was so ... sudden! And irrespective of my personal feelings about Anne (um ... don't have any, though I wouldn't mind a pair of sparkling eyes like hers!), I thought it was wretched the way the…

I'm still scratching my head over someone wanting to be pink and sparkly at 23. Most of my friends — who did that — made the decision WAY earlier than that! Ha ha!

Dear Anne ... Which 'long time'? The bit when you were everyone's favourite person or — I'm thinking — the time around about Les Miz when you chopped your hair off, emoted too much, got thin and the meeja treated you like shit? And I mean, absolutely eviscerated you just for sneezing or walking across a street?

My dad was like that too. Bless him. I wasn't at all sporty — well, I tried to be but I was never going to be an Olympian — but he roared from the sidelines whenever he could (and it was rare, because I was at boarding school).

Oh fuck. Please ... is this going to be an utter hate read? I mean: if I check out that link? Sigh. Forewarned is forearmed ... and all that. :/

'cept I forgot to put ICE-CREAM in the recipe. Fuck.

Absolutely! Me too!

Yes! Shortening + chocolate = high gloss factor! Word!

Oh god ... that is TOTALLY MY FAULT! Aaagh! Not your problem at all! Shit. Sorry.

I wear earthy tones now (as well as the standard blue) and a lot of white in summer ... when it's warm. I love white. Couldn't wear it until I hit my 40s though because I'm a chronic spiller. ;)

Unhinged. That truly is.

Recipe for best chocolate martini + swizzle stick dessert ever. You're welcome. :)

I am speechless. I am without speech.

Yeah, I've heard there are certain occupational hazards to having one. ;)

Aw, it's not the same unless you can hop in with your thoughts whenever you feel inclined! Welcome. We don't bite. Much. ;)

I HATED pink when I was little. Hated it. I wore blue predominantly throughout my childhood — thanks for allowing ME to choose, Mum! — until I graduated to black in my late-teen years.