Looks like the event got cancelled?

No way, man. We don’t want to be trapped in here with this guy.

Back in the day my family and I got stuck on the old universal “King Kong” ride. It was one of those rides with a guide “driving” the tram and the busted when we were in the middle of it. They gave up on fixing the ride and flipped on the lights and the guide just ended up explaining all the effects to us on the way…

It’s actually sold as “shower powder” by some brands because you’re supposed to power yourself after a shower. I grew up in the south and my mom taught me to put it on my sweaty, chafey bits to absorb sweat after a shower (underboobs, thighs, etc.)

The really sad thing is I found that fabric sample at a website called dogbeds.com.

Oh god. My mom sews. I grew up in the 1980s. You don’t want to know how many of these sofa-fabric vests she made me. I had one with teddy bears kinda like this:

He just needed to get through midterms, man.

It’s sad, but it’s very hopeful overall!

I watched it alone at home. I had already read the book so I was at least prepared, but... :(

Haha yeah. The other books did deal with some sideplots that were a little darker: Samantha made friends with a sad poor child factory worker I think? And Molly had an English girl come stay with her who escaped the London bombing and was worried about her dad dying in the war? But they were definitely side plots to…

I’m glad to hear that! I used to really love it too.

They were actually pretty decent about addressing some Scary History back in the day I thought. The books had war, escaping slavery, immigration and child labor! No idea how much that’s been sanitized over the years though, the brand was pretty “educational” back in the day.

I read all the books as a kid (late-80s, early-90s so first-gen American Girls) and I kind of retroactively respect them for attempting to bring some intense and unpleasant history down to a little girl level. I don’t have kids today so I have no idea what the brand is like now, but when I was a nerdy little girl I…

Yeah, I mean trying to understand the backstory of someone who committed a crime is a fairly standard journalism trope. The problem is that this guy did it in a way that was nakedly sympathetic to the convicted rapist, and just kind of repeated anecdotes about what a great guy he was as a narrative.

Yeah. My boyfriend cooks and his dad cooks. My mom used to give me shit for being totally disinterested in cooking by telling me someday I’d have to learn to cook for my family. Thankfully, I moved to south Louisiana where a lot of Cajun men enjoy cooking. TAKE THAT MOM.

So sorry Rich! I really empathize with your jerk-cat love. I live alone with my two cats now. My boyfriend and I adopted them together, but we broke up. Ever since he left they’re up in my shit 24/7 when I’m hope. Wailing like they’re the loneliest animals on earth, sitting on me the instant I sit down, following me…

I think they’ve definitely struggled with incorporating gender-fluidity into the show, but I agree with you that it makes the show more interesting. But I’ve always been fascinated less by the glamour/pagent queens and more by the fashion/performance queens.

I like it, but its definitely not for everyone. It’s another show about Upper Middle Class White People problems, but it’s also a really well written, well-acted portrayal of mid life relationship problems in the context of aging and family that doesn’t hesitate to make people realistically selfish and unlikable. So.…

omg, “Not great, Bob!” is my ruffled response anytime I’m stressed and someone asks me how it’s going.

Oh shit man. You just gave me a flashback. We had potpourri all over my house in the 80s/90s too.