As do I! I read that and sort of went:

FUCKING "PAN." You know his real name is Michael or Stephen or something mundane like that.

I am now sobbing. Maybe I should enter into this contest the fact that I sobbed at an Internet stranger's story. You just keep being strong, GURL.

One of my last semesters in college I had let my roommate talk me into renting an apartment at a really weird apartment complex in Austin called the Metropolis which was painted psychedelic colors and housed a lot of artistic and obviously drug friendly people. I was a middle class kid from a small town and a huge…

"Angry, I was now drinking to get shitfaced. And it worked."

This is a story of how one of the worst days of my life ended up reaffirming my faith in strangers and in the human race in general.

My first semester of law school, final exams. I was so stressed, I wasn't eating. In fact, I weighed less then than I had since middle school.

as a too-old-to-throw-tantrums child, 8 or 9, after a day hiking, Dad would not let me bring my walking stick home in the car. My filthy, rotting, branch I'd been using as a walking stick. Complete meltdown, screaming sobbing in the mud;

Am I living in an alternate universe from the rest of society? Peppermint and menthol-infused products dry and irritate my lips atrociously, and I actively avoid any lip balm that has it. Am I the only one?

Am I living in an alternate universe from the rest of society? Peppermint and menthol-infused products dry and…

The term comes from an Alexander McQueen book and spanned his entire collection up till that point, and it comes from his designs and textiles using a lot of natural and wildlife influences.

"Savage beauty" is a common phrase. Using the adj. form; it's literal meaning is "ferocious".

If the theme of the show was appropriating someone's cultural dress for their own means, that would be racist.

Cuteness fatigue. It's real.

He's not running away because, holy shit, it's SO FUCKING SOFT!

I'll never forget when I was kid and my mom went to clean the tub and screamed. I was surprised because my mom is a tough broad. She's not a screamer, but she was very surprised by the chipmunk running around in the tub. My cat (I forget which one ... Misty 1 or Misty 2? (I had a lot of cats; I was lax with the…

Exactly. At least they won't have to burn a pretty blanket.

This would be more adorable without the distended cheek pouches. Either way, it's only cute until that thing shits on your bed. :(

Yeah, far too much yawning. Get it together, chipmunk!

I'm sure they'll eventually learn to rub on you like a kitten and jump on your shoulder and generally turn your life into a Disney cartoon...a Disney cartoon with rabies.

US the country where violence is ok to show but anything sexual is taboo.