it was all fun and games until those penguins got on my bad side TEAM OCTOPUS

Your life event is just as valid as their life events. Unless the boss can/will poison the UK branch of the industry you work in against you (and hopefully she is not THAT evil), don't mold your life to fit their needs.

Here's a story about dolphins riding whales. I collect happy sea mammal stories for this very purpose. I AM THE HERO THE JEZEBEL COMMENTS NEED.

First, hologram Tupac... now, hologram MJ???

Today I made a catbus. I haven't filled in the ads on the sides yet (I think one will be "Edward for Mayor"). There's even a little steering wheel, but I expect that will be eaten by Monday. Edward, how will you drive the bus if you eat the steering wheel?!?!

He's trying to get you to quit so they don't have to pay unemployment/deal with insurance/not be assholes. Don't fall for it.

I LOVED Sister Wendy and her fabulous lisp. I watched them in high school in my art class and now as a teacher, I show her to my students when we study literary movements. Come on, how cute is she?

Like many people I've followed your story with L over the past months and I'm glad you are taking some steps to move on - but I also think it will be important for you to get therapy to better understand why you have been so drawn to someone who has given you so much pain - and still think that you are the person who…

Went home this weekend to visit two very important people. First was my mom to wish her a belated happy birthday and spend some time with her. Bought her a new television since the one in the living room was on the fritz. Of course, she complained telling me that I needed to save my money for myself. She still…

Okay, warning, this is going to be A LOT of information!

I visited the school and love the people in the department. Didn't get much of a chance to get to know the kids, but they seemed respectful to the teachers I was shadowing that day. And I really love the upper school chairperson. She's the one that called me in the airport to let me know they wanted me for the…

It sounds like there are a lot of really great positives - fewer preps? Awesome. More pay? Awesome. Less standardized testing? Awesome plus.

a plug for Busty Girl Comics, which is amazing...

"and then I saw (famous person), and we're really good friends…" x 1000

Cameron Diaz is aging so wonderfully with the best little laugh lines; it's really bumming me out (but not surprising me) to see them airbrush her so heavily here.

it's so cute how innocent you are. That sounds pretty fucking awesome to me.

"Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!"

What I just wrote on the GT rant thread (don't judge me for the length, I've been watching this show since I was 14. 14!!!!)

Wow. That's the worst acting I've ever seen! I'm so glad I didn't watch that movie.

For the puberty discussion, check out the American Girl series, The Care and Keeping of You. These are wonderful books that helped me many years ago with all the questions I was too embarrassed to ask. I think they have several different books in this series now.