That looks amazing! I really need inspiration to cook. I used to love doing it and trying out new recipes, but nowadays it’s such a slog for me to even go to the grocery store. I’ve seriously been living on prepackaged greens, shakes and rotisserie chicken.

Hooray beauty thread!

Reading this made me a bit nervous for you, especially the not driving thing.

A hot 28-year-old guy took you there for a first date?! Teach me your ways.

I’ve noticed it as well. I’ve been seeing lots of complaints of SNS being posted really late, and wondered if the inconsistency with timing has been a problem for the regulars.

So glad to hear that you got out and that you’re doing well! This is amazing that you’re having all the sexy (and healthy) sex in a dream apartment!

I’m 39 years old, and I confessed to a friend (who is the same age as me) that I had never seen The Goonies and his mouth fell open. As an ‘80s kid, I honestly have no idea how in the hell this happened. I also never bothered to catch up on it as a teen in the ‘90s.

I’ve been missing SNS ever since I moved because of the time change, but I still want to catch up on beauty threads!

I’m an editor (minus all the glamour the Miranda character has), and when I was younger, I unfortunately dated more than one man who wasn’t supportive of my career, at all, and just didn’t get the hours it demands. When I was at a daily newspaper, they complained and couldn’t understand why I wasn’t able to leave work…

Were you looking to leave SoCal entirely? If not I was just going to suggest San Diego. It’s a much slower pace than LA and feels like a small town in comparison. Really easy to talk to people and make friends there, since just about everyone is from somewhere else. My friends who have left LA and started new lives in…

When I have those nights when I really can’t bear to cook, I make ramen. Not the college dorm room Top Ramen — I use the Korean Shin (spicy) ramen or the black ramen, which is so good! I throw in an egg, some veggies and whatever leftover meat I may have around. It’s comforting and filling, but I try not to do this…

The LDS has a strong presence in my otherwise Democratic home state and I can’t stand it.

It has been around in Hawaii for generations, that’s where the term originates from. It’s a Native Hawaiian word, and originally was used to refer to people who were part Native Hawaiian (indigenous) and part Caucasian. Over the years as the racial makeup of Hawaii changed (the state is predominantly Asian and…

I’m going to have to steal that line from you and use it next time. It’s perfect: not only does it point out the truth and shut the person down, I like that it can’t really be viewed as an antagonistic response. To me, it’s like giving a bad driver on the road a thumb’s down instead of a middle finger (even though…

I’m hapa (half white, half Asian) and have an Eastern Europe last name. My favorite moment of othering and anthropological curiosity occurred when a man asked me if I was sure about the origin of my last name.

The way you articulated this is perfect and amazing. It really sums up where these types of people are coming from — they’re essentially users, and they don’t see those they hurt as people who have feelings, boundaries and rights.

I was recently at a hotel that had an optional donation fee for charity, but I think they handled it well (and I donated in the end).

Ouch! That sounds exceptionally brutal. I studied abroad while in college too, so I totally get why this hurt. Not everyone from my trip kept in touch over the years, and I didn’t manage to maintain friendships with some people that I made strong connections with while on the program. But, I’m pretty confident that if…

I’ve been called anti-social before because I’ve opted out of spending my free time with co-workers, even though I’m someone who goes to a lot of work events in the evenings, and I do my best to go to happy hours when invited. I felt it was really unfair — we’re already in a field where people are easily putting in…

This is great advice. In my 20s, I had a huge problem with boundary setting, which led me to having toxic friends and boyfriends in my life. Many times, I’ve helped people I didn’t want to help.