I finished Street Gang I think right after I posted about it. It was a reread, and I enjoyed it, but for some reason I kept trying to insert my own memories into sections where they didn't go. This is why I try to space out rereads more- I tend to remember whole chunks of scenes when read too close together. Also…

I did it because everyone else did! Peer pressure!
I'm 33. I won't be 34 until December 22. I win!

I'm an incredibly random, early 30s, single girl in the Midwest. I'm a pharmacy technician in retail pharmacy, which basically means I'm in hell with short vacations to purgatory. I'm a nerd. I believe in God. Reading is my lifeblood. I have nieces instead of kids, thank goodness. I sometimes can't believe how good my…

I know nothing about your route, but I can say with some authority, after finding out *after I was driving on it* that the only highway to somewhere I needed to be is over mountains- turnouts are your friends. Don't defend your right to be ahead of someone. Let them pass, this is what they do all day every day. Go as…

Don't hate, appreciate, @avclub-22eda830d1051274a2581d6466c06e6c:disqus !

I worked a 12 hour shift today, which was very annoying because of the two types of customers that come in on a holiday. The clueless 'wait, why isn't my doctor's office open today?' that are surprised that holidays are a thing. Or the other 'oh, you poor thing, working on a holiday!' condensing assholes. If you…

The new movies I've seen this year:
1. Star Trek Into Darkness

Do you have a dental school near you? They're less expensive, and they know what they're doing- they're in the final steps. As for the nervousness, if you can swing it, I'd go to a dentist that does 'twilight sedation' (they give you Valium before your appointment) so that you'll be to high to care what they're up to.…

Even as a kid, I always had other people's kids underfoot. I think that's why I'm childless now- too many years of diapering, feeding, and wiping noses has made me too aware of how much work children can be. I think for me, it's not so much that I have an inner child, it's more like I have an outer adult.

Being an aunt is the best thing ever. Remember how much you loved some childhood activity? Now you can do it again, and not look like a creeper! Right now, my nieces are pretty young, so I'm the cool aunt just because I take them to the park and bribe them with stuff. My own aunts and uncles have very odd…

I still how after coming home from being on the west coast for 2 months, and 5 weeks of that in Oahu, how I'd roam around my city late at night, wide awake while seemingly everyone else was sleeping. No fun at all.

I'd definitely hit the Navy Pier. There are all kinds of little things in there to explore. The last time we were there that was a random installation of putt-putt, churros and a motion simulator that splashed us. I love the Shedd Aquarium too, and of course the Museum of Science and Industry. The coal mine is a must…

Hostess, the company behind Twinkies, has a plant here and I guess we make Twinkies there. Anyway, people were rationing those suckers, hoarding them, complaining wherever, and you would've thought that someone would have perspective and step back. Nope, gotta have those terrible 'snack cakes'! Now that the plant is…

It's a tie between the Wilhelm scream and the Western gunshot sound. They both make me laugh whenever I hear them, hard.

I cannot help but laugh every time I watch that. It's super funny to me!

I've never heard of cauliflower rice, but everything else sounds delicious! 

Pringles are an abomination and must never touch my lips. Stupid can't even be called potato chips by law nasty snacks!

It's almost easier to name what kinda nerd (based on your definition- I'm so a knowledge gatherer of things useful and not so much) I'm not. I'm basically interested in everything- although I do have my obsessions. Music is a biggie. Reading, definitely. (whatever my newest obsession is, I have to read about it.) At…

Dude, I said the same thing. I bet we're in the last ten easy, and am almost as confident in last five.

Is it like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife?