@Shancan: Props to you for being able to fire a client. A lot of freelancers I know (including m'self) have a hard time turning stuff down even if we KNOW it's going to be a disaster. Bravo!

@Chryss: THANK YOU ALL!!!

@margeh: ARRGLE BARRRGLE TOTALLY JEALOUS I mean I'm really happy for you I hope you have a great time ARRRGH ARRRGH ARRRGH

@rixatrix (jezebel kink squad junior member): I AM IN!!!!!!! As soon as I figure out how to make an addition to my name, that is...

Yes for my sister's wedding in early November? Not dressy enough?

@ravella_the_riverboat_queen: I have no idea but HEYYYY how do I get in on this?

My in-laws came! My in-laws went! I made them dinner of Parmesan chicken, baked potatoes and salad! We swooned over Trader Joe's and talked about Thanksgiving! I am all out of exclamation points!

@paperymoon: No, no, I think he was recounting his comeback to the other couple and got cut off before his punchline.

@hayleymar: That's what I was thinking!

@EllenRose: Completely accessible, and compulsively readable. Thanks for posting this excerpt here, because if I had bought this and gotten...this...I probably would have exploded with rage.

Beatrice: you will go very, very far. Badass.

You mean, "Chryss's boyfriend, Alan Cumming." There, fixed it for you.

"I said, 'MASSAGE TIME NOW!' Bish, get over here!"

I love this man. LOVE. THIS. MAN. Mick! You rock til the breaka breaka dawn!

I'd just like to say that his quote made me laugh like a loon. Well played, Mr. Oliver. Well played.

@Chryss: I am crazy with the excitement. CRAZY, I TELLS YA! Of course now I'm obsessing over what to wear to the in-person interview. Suit with very subtle pink and lavender pinstripes, or classic black blazer/white shirt/black skirt combo?

Y'all, I had a great phone interview with (Ivy League college) and they might be flying me out for an interview soon! AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!

@Peppermint: THANK YOU! That's what I wanna see at my opera openings, not simple Calvin Klein-style minimalism! Bah humbug!

@so5minutesago: Ground rules:

@so5minutesago: My undergrad is in Creative Writing, and the program was mostly workshopping. We were NOT ALLOWED to workshop a story until we learned how to behave in a workshop...it sounds as if your class needs to be smacked around.