My sister's is Nov. 27th and my cousin of the same age was born on Christmas day. My sister got a cake after Thanksgiving dinner about half the time, shared my bithday in August (which sucked for both of us), or had something the week before Thanksgiving. Until her teen years, my cousin had her birthday celebrations…

This always bothered me. His song "World's Greatest" was my HS graduation song in 2006. I told the team choosing songs about these events when they asked my group of friends for suggestions and told us what was leading. We wanted "Seasons of Love" from the RENT soundtrack, but we were drama club nerds and band/choir…

Have you met my sister? She told my mom to leave me in the crib and attempted to bury me in a pile of toys while I slept. This hate continued so strong that when she was 18, she was still telling me/my parents tthat I should have never been born and wished I would die* and meaning it. Last year she ruined my birthday…

I'm half-convinced my sister has narcissistic personality disorder (she has all but 1 of the markers, but I'm not psychiatrist/psycologist).

Ditto except I'm in California and she's in Texas. I never have cash to go visit on holidays (half excuse, I really just don't want to go). I thankfully (heh) haven't had a major holiday with her or my immediate family since 2005, but she ruined my birthday last tear, so...

Yup. I mean if your creator/CEO has an engineering degree from Stanford, I'm sure she's bright enough to not pull the feigning ignorance act and yet here we are...

Basically all of this. I'm annoyed at the Goldieblox team feigning innocence and placing the big bad Beasties in a negative light. I'm also annoyed that a toy like this is needed (my opinion on its quality an execution notwithstanding). Mostly I just am annoyed that something I backed ideally has a has some pretty…

I actually looked at the product quite a bit and almost donated to their kickstarter. I wanted to get a set for my niece but I think I might get her something with more pieces. I think many people, not just girls, could benefit from sstory-diven building play, but I don't think that's a gender/sex issue. I was in…

This. I like the general idea of Goldieblox despite the fact that it feels an awful like those pink tool sets "for her" I despise. I just used regular lego, kinex, and Lincoln logs in my day but I sort of see the idea -get parents to buy a toy that looks like it was made for a girl rather than just unisex or for boys…

This was my exact line of thought. I mean, if you're going to get in a soapbox about something, at least make sure your facts are straight.

Snaps for the reference.

It's pretty easy to find online to stream. I went through most of season 5 yesterday.

If my childhood memory serves, the "Latina" (aka a brunette version of Barbie with a slight tan) friend of Barbie was named Teresa. I had a few of those cause I didn't like Barbie's pink obsession. Most Teresa things were purple or orange, so not as horrid as hot pink.

Having killer anxiety, so I'm marathoning Degrassi TNG. Reliving my early teen years and the melodrama of made up Canadian teens.

Ah I love these comics! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is true of Charlotte and Emily Brönte.

I would love it if these whack jobs actually read what's in the damned constitution for once. But that would require then to get their heads out from deep inside the tea party's ass.

No problem at all. I rarely get to hear from someone who can relate to my life experience. I'm battling some insomnia issues thanks to anxiety. At least something positive came of it. I should probably try to force myself to sleep.

It's a tough battle wherever you fall on the spectrum. I got lucky that the health insurance offered to me by my school was very good and that my husband's insurance has covered most of my medical care since graduating—which isn't to say it isn't expensive or that I haven't dealt with money issues thanks to it, but…

From 12/13 until I got diagnosed and started treatment, I had an episode every two weeks: about 1 week of mania, a few days of in-between, and 2 and a half weeks of depression; 24 episodes a year roughly. Then I went down to 12 a year, but my episodes somehow got longer/worse initially starting treatment. My mania has…

I used to rapid cycle, but after a few years of treatment, depressive episodes were my major issue. I was hospitalized around the same time of year 3 years in a row for suicidal ideation. I would see if a dosage adjustment is all you need. Sometimes lowering the dose a bit will allow moods to elevate—my doctors in the…