when we weathered huge life changes together and still came out disgustingly, weirdly into each other, which i think also shows a compatibility of life goals and life styles. we met in college, and most of our friends who were in relationships broke up shortly after graduation, but at this point we've gone through…

yay cattle dogs!

my heeler did that the first time he saw the ocean!

eyebrow pencils! i'm pretty low maintenance and anti-"done" makeup, and i always thought eyebrow pencils were for the sort of person who has tadpole eyebrows, but seriously, half-assedly drawing on eyebrows in the shape i want them makes me looks SO MUCH MORE PUT TOGETHER. i use it when i don't bother with other…

me too! this hit a little close to home...i have a lot of piles. and an aversion to paper mail.

I'm planning on going to an upscale-ish, well-curated vintage shop and getting a 50's New Look cocktail dress. Fancy enough for my haphazard wedding plans, and a good excuse to spend ~$250 or so on ludicrous vintage formal wear.

the first one would be all kinds of awesome set to this:

A couple of years ago, my fiance and his brother woke up to stockings full of Newports and novelty letter. I don't know what is funnier, my future mother-in-law insisting to two guys well into their twenties that "Of course Santa came for you, look at zee stockings!" (she's french) or the idea that Santa would bring a…

seconded. almost every woman i know of a certain age defines herself as a mother rather than a woman, and the husband-wife relationship reflects that. thank god misterparade is european and a firm believer in lifelong sexytimes. his mother is in her sixties, puts thought and effort into her appearance, and her husband…

when i was in high school, prom king and queen were brother and sister out of a set of triplets. it made the mandatory dance a little awkward.

this one is the best.

In general, same-sex friendships are much more intense in situations where opposite-sex relationships (platonic or otherwise) are not an option. When I lived in a deeply conservative country where male-female friendship was frowned upon, my relationships with other women reached a depth of intimacy that I have never…

Surprisingly large holes can shrink dramatically over time, especially if you maintain the flexibility of the skin by moisturizing the earlobes and stretching slowly. They won't ever go back to wire-thin regular earring size, but will get small enough not to be completely obvious. Mine were >3/4" and have gotten down…