Yeah, my antidepressants keep me from orgasming on the regular too. But I'd probably be dead if I didn't take them so it and the getting fat are the grudging trade-offs I've deemed acceptable.

When people talk about the golden age of television starting with The Wire/Sopranos, I'm like, do you people not remember the 90s? There was a time when Homicide, X Files, and The West Wing were on during the same season. All of those were high quality, massively influential shows that pushed the boundaries of what…

Not all of us, but yeah — there is no one way a person who is clinically depressed acts!

I know nothing about rave culture and I had no idea this came from rave culture? The kids I knew who supported this were in a totally different subculture. It was boys dying their hair black, wearing eyeliner and girls' tight pants while listening to bands like Panic! At the Disco.

I never made that connection, probably because being the nerdy awkward non-religious Jewish girl I pretty much was oblivious to anyone else's religion unless they were really actively broadcasting it.

Well, to be fair, Homicide: Life on the Streets was basically the dry run for The Wire (and a pretty good procedural in and of itself, Andre Braugher totally deserved his Emmy for it)

2006 is very close to being 9 years ago soooo...

This organization is still around? I remember it being the thing "scene kids" supported to pretend they cared about people about 10 years ago. Haven't heard much since.

I never finished season 5 because despite being super careful about spoilers (and have avoided them in my bingewatch of the first 4 seasons), SOMEONE MENTIONED IN A COMPLETELY UNRELATED ARTICLE A CERTAIN CHARACTER'S DEMISE and I ragequit because goddammit I so wanted that person to make it through.

That is too adorable for words!

Travel is always worth is and it seems like it will be a wonderful memorial to your grandfather.

That is fucking horrible and you didn't deserve that. At all.

Congrats! :)

Happy Holidays everyone! I've just climbed into bed and am typing from my fabulous new phone, courtesy of Guyden, who totally surprised me!

Feeling super awkward now because that shirt wouldn't even come close to covering my areolas if I was in her place.

Plus it's tarring all mentally ill people with the same brush — that we are violent monsters who you should be afraid of, when it's really us who are much more likely to be the victims of violence.

Mental illness is not an excuse or a reason for assholes being assholes, or monsters being monsters.

Sweet! My BF and I live in a soap opera!

True, but in their case it rings hollow because in the US their brand of Zionism and Jewish identity has been the only game in town for a very long time.

I don't know how to help, except to say that I am sorry you are feeling so stressed and miserable.