That's what I keep telling her. She was never out of work for year like this, and by the time she was my age she had a job with health care and that gave her a good pension, plus she was married to a doctor. She's never been this financially insecure.

Before grad school I worked taking reservations at a restaurant, and then as a nanny, and when I finished school I worked part time doing office admin. But I was so tired and depressed at the end of the day that I couldn't devote time and energy to looking for work. So I feel very damned if I do damned if I don't.…

I know she means well and that she just wants to help but ARRGGHH! Good luck with your situation!

I love my mother and I know she means well, but every time she talks to me about my job search I get ragey. She's so insistent that if I just do something else I'll find a job. But all the something else's she recommends are either things I'm already doing (ie: networking, contacting the Career Center at my undergrad…

On the one hand, if it means smoother sailing for gay rights then I don't really care why they're doing it. On the other hand, their economic policies and their misogyny are still terrible, so I really don't want people to suddenly start thinking it's ok to vote for them.

Yeah, everyone kept saying it was a traumatic ending and yeah it's a BBC show but I was like "it's for kids/families. How bad could it be?" And then a thing happened that was sad, and I was like that sucks but I can live with it. But then the actual ending happened! I hate the BBC.

Depends on what you mean. I started watching it because it was cute and funny and Giles from Buffy was in it and then I got attached to the characters. And then more and more handsome knights started showing up and that was quite good. But it's meant to be a family show so it's not as sophisticated as what you might…

Just finished the last season of Merlin. Realization: The BBC doesn't give a shit about your feelings.

And here I always thought Charlie Hunnam wasn't that photogenic. Jesus!

1,000% on board with a Guys and Dolls remake, as long as the casting continues to be that solid.

Why on earth does this say that wearing a kilt LOWERS the chances of getting laid? Add an accent and a kilt to an otherwise average looking man and watch him reap the benefits. I may or may not (definitely have) gotten with some guys who I might not otherwise have for those very reasons.

Interesting. I see how you could feel that way about the video itself, but the tone of the Jezebel article I think was more mean spirited.

Sure, lots of people would admit to not knowing a band. And lots of other people would lie. But it's not like they're lying about something important - and everybody from time to time 1. lies and 2. does something silly to protect their ego. I think it's mean to make fun of people essentially for being young and not…

I think it has a lot to do with the fact that loads of celebrities started going. It feels like the past few years it has gotten a lot more attention than other U.S. festivals, plus it tries to get the buzziest hipster-iest bands, and it has somehow come to be seen as a more exclusive festival. Personally I think it's…

I doubt many people would react much differently to being put on the spot and having a mic and a camera in your face. I just don't like going after easy targets like that.

Bikinis on kids don't bother me. I can remember being like 7 or 8 and always wanting to wear a two piece or even wanting to take the bathing suit off entirely just because water feels so nice on your skin. But I do have a problem with marketing it "for kids who want to look like adults." That seems like a more…

Truth. I just watched the Andrea Arnold version of Wuthering Heights in a last attempt to enjoy it, but it was terrible. Jane Eyre FTW!!

So my friends and I bought vouchers for the Durham Bayou Festival yesterday. It was supposed to entitle us to all you can drink. When we got there the lines for drinks were about 45 minutes - 1 hour long, plus they had run out of food at a lot of the booths. And LivingSocial won't give me my money back. I am so…

Yay another Jez Madridista! Sergio is pretty much my only real football crush (well, I have a thing for Granero also but it doesn't approach my Sergio love) but I love the crap out of the rest of the team in a platonic way. Ozil is adorable. And he kicked ass today!

So, who bought what at Record Store Day? They didn't have what I really wanted (Frightened Rabbit's new pressing of The Midnight Organ Fight) but I did get the Shearwater/Sharon Van Etten 7" and Christopher Owens solo album. On CD. It's been years since I bought a CD - my computer does not like it.