A friend of mine had similar sparklies, and they were dermal implants. I feel like all-the-way-through piercings would be super inconvenient there, no? I would accidentally bite them all the time

Hah! I love all of this. Nothing says "PhD candidate" like condescendingly linking someone to Wikipedia.

That's exactly what I was thinking! Holy shit

I've never heard it referred to as a "team" before (we always called ours a "group")

No, it isn't. My Dad is from NY too (and he hates LA) but I love it here. It took a couple of years to grow on me, and you really have to find the neighborhood that's the right fit for you, but it's an awesome weird city full of quirky people, awesome food/bars and (believe it or not) a lot of natural beauty! You just…

So true. I live in LA and work in the SF Valley, and the difference between the two is immense. Don't judge a city by its weird suburbs.

Favorite. picture. ever.

Meghan McCain: secretly snuck? I might be nit-picking here, but is that a serious phrase that a college-educated woman wrote?

It sounds like you're saying that just because Facebook can't eliminate every instance of gender-based hate that they shouldn't try. I really hope that not's what you meant, because that's pretty terrible.

THIS! I want to be invited to this pool party.

You're measuring the average size of Americans in that time period by looking at movie extras? Probably not the best guide.

You. You're awesome.

Can we all just start posting pictures of our chihuahuas? This is Banksy.

Classroom control is the issue you took away from this?

My thoughts exactly. Shudder.

Dang. That seems like some pretty irrational Zooey D hate—I mean, I imagine she has more than one fan, since She & Him have 2 albums and lots of people watch the New Girl, but that's just conjecture. Did she kick your puppy or something?

Nope. nope. nope.

This just gave me chills. The really sad, creepy kind.

I'm with you. LEEEAVE BETSEY ALONE!

I'm still giggling at "introducing himself as 'Brett,'" like that's somehow a part of the creepiness, instead of his actual first name