@Sweet Panda Love: Actually, when I was younger I had a vicious hatred for pandas. I think it stems from a documentary I watched when I was very young, which involved a baby panda being born (slimy, and screaming); and also I was incredibly weirded out by the fact that pandas need SO MUCH HELP to reproduce.

I'm slowly becoming friends again with one of my exes, after over a year of no contact. The first time we spoke again, I cried. I completely agree that you need a significant cooling-off period before a friendship can even be attempted. Another one of my exes - we were good friends, then he went a little psycho on…

best christmas present this year: a sweet North Face jacket that I could never have afforded on my own, from the boyf. I have a fairly large family so we always go in together on presents for the others, which is nice as you get a) better presents without b) having to actually spend more money. Oh, and I also got my…

If you have to take painkillers, the best thing is to take it *before* the pain gets really bad. Especially with menstrual cramps - if I take it first thing in the morning on the first day, at the most I get a twinge; otherwise I'm calling my mom and telling her I'm dying, please arrange the funeral.

All this complaining about feeling fat/brown/ugly in Los Angeles really makes me curious about where on earth everybody else's Los Angeles is, or what the hell is wrong with people's vision. Maybe it's because my job gives me a unique view into the "hidden" side of LA (i.e. the vast majority of it, which is…

@JamieSommers: I called a few of the advertisers already, they've received a few phone calls about it already. There seems to be some concern about a contract they signed with Drew Advantage, but they definitely do not sound happy about the situation. One person said that he didn't think that the Drews could keep…