My interpretation: The left is her Targaryen roots, but the right is horses for her marriage into the Dothraki, and accordingly, those are for Drogo, her Sun and Stars.

Two of the three guys have on homemade war bonnets, so it's a little more than face paint.

Backbone. (Corollary for weakness: Spineless.)

This will probably get lost in sad sad gray land, but: can you guys PLEASE stop with the unnecessary digs at virgins? Virgin =/= insult.

These are in storage in my mom's garage, otherwise yes, I would comfort-read the shit out of them. I also had a serious soft spot for the Final Friends trilogy. Pike really knew the workings of my teenaged soul. Good call!

In addition to the poor quality of its content, it's also just a miserably constructed sentence. The first thing Mindy needs to fight against is the writer's abuse of hyphens.

Yay! Chocolate for all!

You're so welcome. I haaaaaaate networking — I feel so fake when I'm doing it, but it really truly does open doors, and if I'm honest, I hate writing cover letters, too.

Sitting in the hot shower feels AMAZING, doesn't it? Hot steam is good for breaking up mucus; I take ridiculously long showers when I'm sick, just enjoying those few moments of relatively easy breathing. I'm not sure, actually, whether a dehumidifier or a humidifier is what you need. More moisture = break up mucus,…

It's smack in the middle of the city and huge and beautiful and...sigh. Yes, that is where you should go. Cold and wet be damned. You can stay in a youth hostel and feel young & edgy, then visit the castle by day and get your fill of old stones and battlements. I took the train there from London (not sure where you're…

As far as timing goes, here's what I understood from what you said:

If by "into it" you mean "own 3 pairs" then yes. :) I had to shift my wardrobe somewhat to include a few more basic tops, since normally I wore plain pants and funky shirts. Totally worth it, though. Leopard print jeans + black tee + funky necklace = happy writer.

I was unemployed for over a year after grad school and it fucking, fucking sucked. I am so sorry that you're going through this. Depression is awful. I remember thinking, "Everyone keeps telling me that I'll get a job someday, but I just don't see how. I don't see this ever changing. What if this is my life forever?"…

Did your move halfway across the country take you anywhere near valley fever? Not every doctor thinks to check for it, it's treatable with the right meds, and it presents symptoms like what you're describing. I had it a few years ago and it laid me out for months.

He's not the doctor for you. (He's not the doctor for anyone, but you can't do anything about that.)

Charisma. It's not necessarily about any of his facial features or his body, which I agree aren't hubba-hubba-worthy to an extent that would justify his stardom. In his younger roles especially, he oozes confidence. He's the man who walks through the room like he can have anything/one in it. There's something very…

A friend of mine spent a week in Prague once over Christmas and just raved. Apparently there were Christmas bazaars everywhere and she just wandered from store to store buying hot chocolates and watching the snow fall. But I can also say from personal experience that Edinburgh is AMAZING. Plus, giant castle dead in…

I once took a writing course titled Moral Fiction on works involving abuse, race, homophobia, and other heated topics. The issue we-as-writers returned to again and again was whether we have the right to approach material that isn't our own and explore it in fiction. IMO, there are so many problems with requiring…

Aw, no mention of the Giant Impact Hypothesis? It's my favorite of all the solar system origin stories and it seemed so relevant here.

I love, love, love being an ice queen. It's like being a brick wall and just watching the other person dash themselves to pieces against you. So empowering.