Oh I bet that that thing is gorgeous. But, yeah, not very convenient or portable. The GroovyStitch(TM) got relegated to a closet when I finally bought a fancy new Singer, but I can't bear to part with it.

Heh, I still have my mom's old sewing machine from the 70s, which is ivory beige with a burnt-orange and gold flower thing on the handwheel, making it look like the Partridge Family's backup van or something.

You're adorable, but I meant these things which don't really have a name:

In the past, I lacked self-confidence, but now I also lack money.

Plus I guess you get to use those scissors that make fancy squiggly edges on stuff you cut out? I don't know, I won't ever do a wedding binder. But I DO like those scissors.

wedding binder

No shade intended, but the title of this post is a perfect example of why the Oxford comma exists. I was totally expecting to read about a sassy six year old whose parents gave a very glamorous name! I was entertained and enlightened nonetheless.

That Sophia Loren one is the pinnacle of shade. The face alone is overt, but that definition is what shade is all about. I died laughing at "In my face you could see the fear." LMAO! There was nary a trace of fear in her face. That explanation was straight up gangsta shade. I'm here for that type of shade all day…

My 13 year old sister was visiting my apartment for Christmas, and after looking at my shoe collection (I'm a lady who likes some - to use a word from above - eccentric shoes) she turned to me and said, "Your shoe collection is..... interesting."

One time my boyfriend asked how come I don't wear makeup (note: not as an insult, we got into the discussion of it because some of his coworkers were getting in trouble for overdoing their faces) and I answered "Are you joking?! I wear it all the fucking time!!"

Shade Court is the single greatest regular feature of Jez: the Next Generation.

On Tuesday, while waiting as my tattoo artist prepped her station before inking me, a white man leaving the parlor/gallery with his girlfriend came up behind me and ran his hands through my afro.

Unfortunately, Harry Reid used the nuclear option on the filibuster and Republicans vowed he would rue the day when they returned to power in the senate. Well, that day has come, and the fillibuster is emasculated just in time for the shift in power.

The disconnect for the elderly crowd is staggering. They vote for candidates who want to repeal the ACA because it's "socialism" yet have Medicare pay their doctors bills. Truly the group of "I've got mine, fuck all of you".

This is highly likely. However, before this the President didn't have to do much to stop the Republicans because the Senate would reject everything before it got to his desk. Now, he will be forced to veto bills and potentially make a lot of policy through executive order (which he has been doing to some extent,…

CVS Lady: "Do you have a CVS card?"

I don't understand people who think like this. I really don't.

Well, if I had a nickel for every time I had to roll out my Fuzhou-hua while waiting tables, I'd never have to work again!

As an Asian-American myself this bringing back lots of memories of the casual racism I had to deal with growing up in a conservative small town. One of the worst instances was when we had a Chinese American family move in and open up a grocery store. My town had been without a grocery store for years and my family was…

I'm sure that there was totally a party whose names just happened to be Qing and Zhong, and the waitress just happened to speak enough Mandarin to try and guess at the appropriate tones to use for these names. I mean, that happens all the time at your average barbecue restaurant!