They weren't joined by Here Comes Trebel?

Um, Dragon Boat team? Luuuucyyyy, you got some 'splainin' to do!! (Because if it's half as awesome as I'm imagining, just . . . yeah.)

I think why I "noticed" it at all is that there really AREN'T many commercials (that I can think of) that depict a biracial family. There are white families, and black families, and . . . well, to be honest, I can't think of commercials right now with any other racial/ethnic families. (Not saying they don't exist in…

I don't know what I would have DONE with myself had my law-nerd side been able to fully embrace & interact with my band/choir-geek side. I feel cheated. I also fully love almost ALL of these a cappella group names!

I remember when I first saw the commercial. I was like - "Hey! National recognition of an multiracial family!" And that was about it. I *now* get the larger implications that has. I guess I just had more faith in humanity at large that it wouldn't be a huge stink of a deal to make a normal breakfast cereal…

*initiates slow clap while trying to contain levels of fan-girl-dom*

Fennel and apple salad with steak prepared to just warmer-than-rare via this method.

Ah!!! I used to devour RL Stine books, too . . . then be crazy tired the next day from staying up too late reading/scaring myself. Good times!

This was me as a child (and it makes my heart SO happy to see another little with a voracious love of reading)!! My mother had to nearly pry books out of my hands to get me to focus on eating dinner with the family. I kept a flashlight in my room to read after bedtime. "One more chapter" usually meant I was going…

I will take a pair of these. Preferably in Not Impossibly Tiny.

Ok, NOW Bynes is starting to make me think of that kid from Intervention that was on bath salts. I don't say this to make light of her situation, but good Lord. Someone please help this girl!

Pretty much my first thought, too. So pretty!

Man, Minnesota is winning ALL THE THINGS lately. (A bit bitter about last night's baseball extravaganza.) Whatevs - happy for my friends living there!

Agreed, but I have to give Courtney credit for attempting to call out the people that are just piling on Bynes. That girl needs some serious help, and soon. I hope she gets it.

Just when I think I couldn't POSSIBLY fit anymore *DUMB* into my day, I read this article.

Come oooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn people. Could we trying rational thinking for oh, I don't know, a half a second before doing stuff like this?!

That's kind of what I was thinking. I was a total NERD to the MAX all throughout school. I never really did the "play dumb to be popular" thing because I was so FAR removed from being popular that it was a waste of energy.

The nice thing, though, is I found my own little nerd clique (band/choir geeks, FTW), so I…

*LOVE* the screen name!

I do ALL my own laundry, and there have been a few occasions where I've accidentally thrown a shirt in the dryer that I didn't want to. I don't have enough "line dry only" items to make a whole separate load for them, so sometimes it's just a matter of bad memory. I can see where this trick would be useful (though I…

So, I've been dropping comments occasionally how I broke up with my most recent . . . thing, and I've realized one thing: *FINALLY* being able to let go of him has created so much room for so many wonderful things in my life. Seriously, I've had an onslaught of generally good news lately (or if not me directly, my…

HATED running, started, learned to love it. Went to law school, let everything slide, including running, didn't like it when I tried to pick it up again. Graduated, moved home, learned to love treadmill (!!!!!) running. Got a job, moved, gave up running (I was "too busy!!!111!!1!!!!1!), so I'm currently trying to…