I won the debate if you decide without watching the totally one-sided “spin” that followed. This despite the really bad microphone.

Completely agree. I wouldn’t go back to my twenties, thirties, or forties for anything. Sixty is grand.

Yeesh: your twenties are for having fun. Honestly, wait until your thirties to worry about settling down, having kids, etc.

Not sure if this should have gone in the crafts/projects thread, but OH WELL it was a huge undertaking — I finished painting my kitchen cabinets! It took two weeks of kitchen disarray and lots of sawdust but they are finally done, after/before pictures below:

Oh man my mid-twenties were absolutely riddled with doubt, unanswerable questions, second-guessing... ugh. I bought (and read!) self-help books, went back to school, got a new degree (that I don’t use)... I was spinning my wheels and it was a waste of time, resources, money and life. Instead of questioning everything…

I get to fill in for a paralegal next week, in court, on the last three days of our trial. I’m so excited. I’m a mere legal assistant, but they’re letting me help in court, and I’m getting more in-depth case work lately. This is great timing, because I just came to the decision NOT to go to law school. But I’d…

I’m a bank teller (or a Personal Financial Aide, if you prefer).

Last Sunday, I tried on my long dress pants. Half of them didn’t fit because they were too big. I’ve been doing weight lifting and I’m starting to see results. I had to buy some new pants and some new exercise equipment because its time to add new exercises and up my routine.

Oh as for a my own brag...well I was thinking I didn’t have anything, but I met with a teacher who I didn’t think was too keen on me this week, just a check-in she wanted to have about my semester-long photo project in her class...and she was really supportive and encouraging! She WANTS me to do *more* on the subjects…

I got my kitten spayed today. I took a picture and she could be on a poster for animal abuse.

HI INTERNET FRIENDS!! I’m back on Jez after a brief hiatus to go be a productive person (I was only partially successful). The comments sections are awful different post-Gawker and I’m not sure how to feel about it. On the one hand, there are lots of new, awesome, funny Gawkfugees here (yay!), but it also seems like…

Whew, I was worried there for a minute. Yay SNS!

In particular, I’m looking forward to:

Here’s this week’s plant thread, as suggested by TheForestTree if anyone wants it.

It’s really a betrayal to vote for him. I understand that as women, we’re not a hive-mind, but this man has said nothing but hateful, awful, sexist, misogynistic, abusive things for years and years. A woman’s value to him is her fuckability. That’s it. How any woman could think that he has their best interests at…

Hillary brain ninja’d the FUCK out of that diseased orange with that comment about his dad giving him money. He was in control up until that point, subdued and a little boring, and then he immediately began to unravel. It was beautiful.

If Judge Judy moderated, this debate would be SO MUCH MORE FUN!

What’s making me happy is after years of wishful thinking, I decided to take up archery. I seem to have some skill and potential. I am excited to see how far I can go.

What made me happy this week is that after weeks of practice I’m finally making progress on the Chopin piece that was giving me so much problems. It’s still rough but I’m getting there.

I’m closing on a house. It’s a lot smaller than I had wanted, but am excited - and stressed - about it. Should know for sure on Friday. Eek!