@AlbertaMakudonarudo: @laetitiae: Amen. And the frozen macaroni and cheese? That's some hard core comfort food.

@GirlFailer: Yay! Let us know what you think.

I have the grad school bug, but I'm seriously stressing about choosing the right program. My undergraduate studies were in English Lit & Theater, and I'm searching desperately for a PhD program that allows SOME official cooperation between departments.

@GirlFailer: I thought it was hilarious...wouldn't categorize it as a chick flick at all.

@Rosaxé: My cat would try to shred the pages. She also had an uncanny ability to find the problem I was working on and sit on it.

@rah29: Interesting analysis. I read an article ages ago (probably on Jezebel, now that I think about it) that discussed the importance of praising the work involved with an accomplishment rather than making "you are" statements. "You studied very hard for that test and I'm proud of you" rather than "Gosh, you are so…

@Lizard in the Wires is on Rails: Upon reading it more closely, the quote is actually "care more about doing well than about actually learning." The issue is more the motivation, not the outcome. So the risk averse behavior described by @TheFormerJuneBronson would be a symptom of one who is in it to "do well" rather…

@Lizard in the Wires is on Rails: "Doing well without actually learning," is a bit unclear.

Did everyone see Beyonce's response? Total class.

@Opti-Miss: Misa polishes are actually phtalate free, as are many of the major brands of polish. Not like I know or anything...

If anyone was wondering the background music for this scene is a choral arrangement of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. It's one of my all time faves.

My husband's family had my brother-in-law convinced that the phone book was actually his birthday present from the phone company because it always arrived the week of his birthday. For the first few months he was really possessive of it, to the point that they had to ask him to use it.

I was doing a play w/a pretty skimpy costume, which I was totally rocking. Enter Mom: "Wow...you're looking kind of full through the stomach."

Vote: BeenUp2.com. It's like a really cool combination of flickr and twitter.

I am planning my escape as we speak. I had to explain to my boss why it is weird to ask other men "does your wife work outside the home?" And one of our major investors brought a blow up sex doll to the christmas party as his date. that's the short list. does. not. compute.

Oh yeah...therapy makes me so hot.

Hmm. Traineo=completely overwhelmed by the crazy new year's resolution traffic.

I just watched this episode. It made me feel young and hopeful. Which is exactly how it didn't make me feel the first time around. It was just thrilling to see someone angsty on TV.

We have one too, but only because we never use our home line. Emergency power outage phone for the win! I love how short the cord is when she finally gets back to the base...