You sound just like me! I'm not great at it yet, but I find that suggesting an upcoming activity/event that you heard of that reminded you of a potential new friends' interest (that you also share) is a good way to cross the line, and give a few options of specific dates/times, so it doesn't stay vague.

Susan Cadogan's "Hurt So Good," from the album of the same name. '70s pop reggae, low key, nice and summery!

Happy hour. Happy hour is always the answer. Invite people from your class, or suggest to a more outgoing in-class friend that you guys hit up the bar around the corner because you hear they have great specials!

One of the things I love about living in New York is how, at least in all the professional circles I seem to run in, no one gives a shit about looking tan, except maybe as a fun novelty in the summer. That, plus the popularity of more "natural" looking hair and makeup looks. Some of the most glamorous people have the…

"Poorly written satire" = the new "lentils"

Ok ok you're right :)

Ohhhh lord. I wasn't gonna snark...

Their singing style is very indie-pop. I wonder if one of their parents is a musician or producer or something? Especially with those microphones. Beautiful voices, regardless!

HOORAYYYY! It's like a Gift of Jezebel Past! I can't even handle the nostalgia.

Same same! I so feel you! I've never been in an actual relationship at all, though. It totally feels like like my window of opportunity to try out having a couple serious-ish (without having to really think about marriage though) boyfriends before "settling down" is closing so fast! I suck at this stuff already, I am…

Ah!!! At 25, THIS is my fear of what is to come.

I feel so, so bad for all the restaurant workers who are going to have to deal with all the excess ketchup everyone is going to think they need and who will have to refill those things every 20 minutes.

Tracie,

I'm concerned that there are certain stages in my future baby's life that can only be illustrated with a tiny chicken!

The only reason this issue is getting any ground at all is because extremes=high stakes new stories.

Those of us bangs-havers for life sometimes feel very attached to them! It's a big commitment. I hear you, Zooey, and am forever jealous of your bangs.

Miley looks hot! T. Swift looks like an icy glamorous underworld queen, in a good way. Katy Perry managed to be one of the only people I've ever seen put purple color in dark hair without looking like a bad combination of rebellion teen + Manic Panic.

Whatever dude. Two awesome celebrity parents who love each other, their work, and their kids? Sounds great to me. Especially when one of them — who is already actively vocal about women's rights/LGBT issues — takes what is probably a comparatively low-paying movie role that helps get a film about feminism into the…

Yeah, indie movies like Hysteria are NOT big paychecks.

Things are happening. When powerful people and organizations go out of their way to make statements like this, even if it's something seemingly obvious to us (and not necessary to "declare" formally), it opens the door for conversation among regular people.