I shamelessly share your unabashed adoration of Martha. I have converted my husband, attempted with my bff, and have sworn for YEARS that I will end up a swaggering, pseudo-crazed WASP a la Martha, Lucille Bluth or Malory Archer. She is a national treasure.

That sounds horrendous :( I’m glad you all are doing much better!

Married at First Sight is good if want the same kind of entertainment that you get from Married by Mom and Dad. Another TLC favorite of mine is 90 Day Fiance, which is just utter garbage. Such amazing trainwreck tv.

I think the premise of this show and Married at First Sight are completely bizarre, but also fascinating. That’s probably why people tune in- having your parents pick your spouse nowadays isn’t terribly appealing, because most people tend not to have an open and stable relationship with their parents that would…

John definitely receives botox. And his first date was so cringeworthy. I found it odd that he talked about her as though they had a genuine connection, because they definitely didn’t seem to spark to me.

Awwww thank you.

I have this really guilty habit of watching the crappiest possible reality shows. I’ve made my husband into my tv-buddy for most of them, so he’s seen his fair share too.

Thanks for telling me this. I can swallow without pain and it doesn’t appear that my lymph nodes are particularly swollen. I’m thinking I have a really bad cold or sinus infection. Just with every possible symptom.

Not sure what it is. My throat hurts, my stomach hurts, my head hurts, I have a fever and chills, and I’m tired. I didn’t think it could be the flu until about an hour ago.

Can I ask what your symptoms are please? I am pretty sick and trying to figure out if I want to head into Urgent Care or not.

I feel like absolute crap. It’s as though my body said “I’ll take ALL the symptoms!”

Anyone here writing or researching anything interesting? I’m exploring higher education trends in Africa for one of my classes this quarter.

Thanks. That particular professor is awesome and my current favorite of the crop I have had recently. She tends to use films to teach us, which really brings the material to life.

I need to clean my apartment too. We’re having cleaning people come to take care of the bathroom and vacuuming. They advised me to move things out of their way in order to save money. Stupid illness.

I’m catching up on the newest ep of “Married by Mom and Dad” instead of finishing analyzing a movie and writing a paper for class. I’m sure I’ll get around to it shortly.

I turn into the whiniest sick person ever. It seriously brings out this completely helpless side of me. Earlier I was inconsolably sobbing on the couch because I thought I had a bad case of strep and didn’t want to go into Urgent Care to hear that diagnosis :(

My stomach has declared open rebellion against the rest of my body. Alright stomach. You win this round....but not the war.

I went back to the store for help with that because the idiot tech at Verizon said it would be easy (I know, I know) and of course it wasn’t so I needed their help to transfer my phone and videos to my new one.

Yes, I moved 3200 miles for a job. I looked around virtually and leased an apartment before moving - maybe not the best idea, but at the time it made sense. My job actually set me up to stay with some coworkers for awhile, but I have always had this thing about sharing a bathroom/exposing other people to my bodily…

We’ve been marathoning Archer which is our newest obsession. It’s pretty awesome.