Why is she being made fun of when she looks gorgeous?

Hello, nice to see you again: that was me. Getting a *little* annoyed at all the comments here that imply being pretty means life is easier. I was absolutely friendless and alone in high school and my blonde hair and impeccable posture helped me NONE. The only special treatment I got for being attractive was that the…

I am SO TIRED of all leaders/visionaries/high achievers boasting about only sleeping four hours a night. That is a terrible habit to emulate/admire.

Oh, yah, I still yell "Eulalia!" when I achieve life's tiny victories (or "Jumanji!").

I think the trick to avoiding an overly popular name is to name your kid after the shittiest Biblical characters. The name'll be familiar enough that people can pronounce it most of the time, but other parents will think twice before naming their daughter after a truly pathetic doormat of a woman who appears for one…

That would be really cool, but I have nerdtacular reasons for thinking so... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulalia!

Or Blaise, the patron saint of throats! No, wait... never mind.

WHERE are all the Ariels? Have all the young mothers forgotten their playground oaths? Those are binding for life, girls.

My niece is in 5th grade and there are maybe four Sophias/Sofias in her class - not counting those w/it as their middle name. At least it's a pretty one, if there have to be a ton of 'em.

I'm glad my sister has the privilege of being the only Emma from the early '80s. My mom's a little proud of/snotty about being the "first" mom to name her kid Emma. It's kind of cute.

PRETTY! I think Nars has taken over MAC's throne. At least in my scene, it has.

I can't even remember the last time I had an adequate excuse to glue on some proper falsies! And the glitter! My glitter supply has remained at the exact same volume for YEARS. *snif*

Likewise. At least I can still weird people out by saying I'm off to "bail out the canoe" when I excuse myself to go to the washroom. That expression may always be mine.

True. My mother's gone through four surnames due to losing a father, gaining a step-father, and marrying twice. She's definitely an individual with an identity (though some of those separations have been very rough).

I like the idea of changing to Jane Doe Smith and also having my man change his to John Doe Smith. Seems like it would keep everyone out of our business if it we had it both ways, and it wouldn't be super obvious that he'd taken the very unusual step of adopting my name, if he kept his own, as well.

I dig the notion of becoming Ms. Defarge or Ms. Skellington.

I have a friend whose father is still writing checks to Miss Maidenname, and she can't cash those, either, since she took her husband's name - TEN years ago.

Well, you don't want to end up with "top front," her worst quadrant.

Thongs are really, really, ridiculously uncomfortable on my body, and I'm not fussy - I can be reasonably comfortable wearing a corset or dancing in pointe shoes. It takes a lot to make me uncomfortable, and a screaming perma-wedgie will do it.

Thongs must feel totally different on asses of certain shapes cos good GOD those things are uncomfortable for me. But it looks like a lot of people here on the Jez are all about the thongs. Bully for them, I guess?