The other day, I got a Lyft driven by a woman when I requested one at close to midnight. I remember that I couldn’t help thinking the same thing, that she was risking more herself.

It’s the way I feel whenever I request a rideshare and the driver is a woman.

Hah. I use those coupon newspapers that always come in the mail. Or the free city newspaper I can pick up at the bus stop.

The subtitles had me rolling.

I have a colleague whom I get along with fine professionally, but I’m glad I don’t work that closely with her. The problem is that she has tried to be friends also. I don’t want to be friends because she is exhausting, and a friendship with her seems like it would devolve into something toxic.

Laksa - in most of its variations- is the noodle soup to end all noodle soups for me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laksa

Ugh, how awful.

I also never buy clothes from places that don’t offer free returns or have a brick and mortar store near me. I don’t like wasting money on return shipping.

I often shop at Nordstrom Rack online, with the clothes sorted by Best Value. I get some really good deals that way. This works well for me because my size is easily available. A brick and mortar Nordstrom Rack is available right near me, which means I have 90 days to return anything that doesn’t work. I’m good about…

You could ask your management company if they’d consider hosting a social in the lobby. If they don’t bite, you could host it yourself and put up invitations in common areas.

The one that always backfired!

Yeah exactly, and Changi too. But I hear you about wanting time to lounge in Narita. The ONE time I had a long layover in Narita, I had become horribly sick during the journey so all I could do was pass out on a lounger near the McDonald’s.

I’ve done a 70—minute international layover in Narita. It’s not ideal, but an airport like Narita is probably a good bet to chance a short international layover.

I also like to ensure that I’m not connecting late at night in an unfamiliar airport/country. If I do end up missing my connection, I’d like for there to be…

I used this photo as inspiration for my own wedding dress.

Yeah, they only slightly addressed it when Monica chewed him out for being jealous, but he continued being possessive. And there was an episode about her wanting a tattoo and Ross being opposed to it. Phoebe told her to do whatever she wanted, to hell with what Ross thought. And then she got the tattoo and it was a…

And for fuck’s sake, please don’t post some stranger’s photo on the Internet without their consent. I know someone who is trying to make it as a travel Instagrammer, and she posts photos of random people from her travels all the time. The other day, she posted a photo of a group of naked children bathing in a river.…

This rewatch is cementing how big of a creep Ross was. The whole possessiveness around her getting that job and him wanting to “mark his territory” was really creepy.

I’ve been rewatching Friends (for no good reason) and asked my husband what life would be like if two of our friends lived next door, and his sibling and another of our friends just hung out at our place all the time. I love my friends and family, but that is Too Much. I mean, in Friends, they are even over at Rachel…

The soundtrack too, is brilliant.

I travel internationally about 5-6 times a year, 1-2 weeks at a time and for both business and pleasure. I have a US green card. I’m also brown with a Muslim name.
 
I often get pre-check on the way out of the US and SSSS on the way in. A couple of years ago, I got SSSS 4 return journeys in a row.