@TheVeganChick: I'm not worried, and I have a cousin who was completely grey by 19, so I knew I couldn't get too freaked out. But I did allow myself a few moments of whining. (I still have not dyed the hair. It's named Amelia.)

I live 3000 miles from my parents, on my own, and sometimes I would think, "I own a car and am responsible for two cats. Who the hell let that happen?" But then about a year ago I had the "I'm a grown-up" epiphany. I had just turned 30, but that wasn't it: I had an Etsy store, and was working on a custom order. And it…

@seresy: Are there pictures you can share? A photographer friend introduced me to the concept and now I absolutely. Must. Do it. It looks like so much fun!

I have many aspects of my hypothetical wedding planned, and I don't have a boyfriend. However, this is because I live 3000 miles away from my family and what I really want is to host a family reunion, and this is the only way I'll get them out here. But I'm figuring on another reception (which my parents can plan) for…

I fell down in my living room yesterday. Well, I fell from my living room to my patio. I bruised my knees very badly and it hurts, but I turned it into a funny Facebook status. And do you know who "liked" it? A quadrapalegic. Enjoyed my joke about tripping over my own feet.

@effgeevee: I know. I'm pretty sure according to this study, I'm scheduled to die yesterday.

@MsAvignon: I just finished reading Reading Lolita in Tehran, which might be a good starting place because the novel starts in the "Westernized" Iran of the 1970's, which would largely be familiar ground to us, and then progresses through the revolution and women's rights being taken away.

@Cactus: Joe Francis has been brought up on charges for just this reason, actually. There's a terrifying article about it: [www.latimes.com]

@lilyHaze: Me too! Plus, for the next six months my nails are super-fragile and split way too easily.

@lorem oopsum: "Categorizing terrorists is a waste of time. Terrorists are evil, and therefore we should just bomb them all."

@sensitivitycop: 10 true facts about Do-Si-Do cookies:

My favorite: "The U.S. Government has actually issued us two patents for weight-loss. Two!"

I just realized I'm missing an important part of my homework. I have my characters and setting, but I'm missing the actual STORY part. I may need to turn this in late (tomorrow).

@Tropicalicey: Times like this, I highly recommend Doctor Who.

@voteforme: I've wondered about the population thing. You figure Harry's dorm had five students, and they were pretty evenly divided in terms of gender/house/age. So we can extrapolate 40 students per grade, times seven grades, 280 students. It certainly seems big enough for that. I sort of figured the population…

@leytpr4: I think that's how old I was when my mother explained the Cold War and nuclear arms race. Oh yes, the world was going to end at any minute. I could feel it.

@SUNNY1: Mildly related, but it always drove me crazy that when Harry was trying to figure out which NEWT classes he should take and what his career path should be, he never ever ever asked what his parents did for a living. A lot of people will insist they were aurors, but that's not in the books at all. Wouldn't…

@SmillaSnow: Dad: (mumbles something)

I tried to go to a Zumba class tonight but I couldn't get there from work in time. Stupid traffic. I has a sad. My lower lip is actually sticking out in protest.