I'm roughly your size, and I agree about most Korean clothes assuming that hips=waist, but I've actually had fairly good success at H&M. The waist is a little big on me, but I had that problem even in America so it's not a big deal. But I've only tried their skinnies, so I'm not sure what the fit would be like in…

I stole all of these from my father's bookshelf when I was in elementary and middle school. Podkayne and Have Spacesuit especially stayed in my book rotation all the way through college. They'd still be there if I hadn't had to leave all my books when I moved overseas. sad

I took Latin in high school, and in years 3 and 4 we basically just sat there translating the classics (Homer, etc). It's one of my favorite memories from high school, and somewhere I still have the notebooks where I translated the Odyssey.

Got stung by my first (and only!) jellyfish when I was 8, a week after moving to a new state and visiting the ocean for the first time. It hid in my hair and sat on my shoulder, stinging the hell out of me while everyone tried to figure out what was happening.

This should not be a thing unless you have an abnormal growth on your forehead or a delitating skin condition or something.

Yeah, I'm in my mid-20s and grew up in the South and I always got made fun of too. Everyone I knew aways had tans (fake or real) and super-blonde hair (mostly fake). (I'm a natural blonde, but it's kind of a dirty/dishwater/caramel blond so I got judged for that too.) It didn't stop until I got to college and became…

I volunteered at a local hospital during college, and I got assigned a night shift (9pm - 1am) in the ER. After my initial interview and the day where they took my photo for my ID, I never saw anyone from the volunteer office again. The regular ER staff hadn't even been informed that there would be a new volunteer,…

I cracked open a bottle of wine with Hubs and then skyped my parents who live on the other side of the world.

Yeah I'm used to it, and you're right that a lot of them do rock their names. (Filbert is the Filbertiest Filbert to ever Filbert and I love him for it haha.)

I wish I could pack my lunch! The English academy* I work at is run by petty cheapskates, so I either eat the swill they have catered for the kids (which I'm pretty sure is less than hygienic to begin with — I've found hairs in the food multiple times, and once a couple of kids ended up with food poisoning) or I have…

Ratchet is a five-year-old boy, so no, lol. He has no idea where his name came from though, so maybe his mom has a sick sense of humor.

I work at an English kindergarten/academy in Korea, and I can always tell what names are gaining popularity back home by the names my new students get. "Okay, three new Emily's, eight versions of Sophia (Sophie, Sofia, etc), several Olivia's... Looks like I can't name my child ANY OF THESE." It's been pretty accurate…

Not me or my parents, but my grandparents met and got married (first marriage for both) when they were in their 40s, in an era when everyone they knew (including their 9 brothers and sisters on each side — big family) got married in their 20s. They proceeded to have three lovely children who all went on to lead happy…

Only slightly related, but I've always been so grateful that my birthday is in June. I get presents every six months! I do, however, still have to share the day, since I somehow managed to be born on my mother's birthday. It's great now that I'm older, because starting in high school we always just did mother-daughter…

Are you my ex-coworker? Because that's exactly what my current workplace is like. I'm getting ready to leave and I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT.

Our situation was similar, except that we'd been dating for a couple of months and my visa was expiring, so we just got married instead of having to deal with the hassle of waiting and getting a new visa and whatnot. Only been a year and a half for us, but still going strong! :)

Um..I did! And it was an international marriage too. ;) But we're unusual.

Wow. That is incredibly daunting.

Haha I sympathize! I lived near Charleston for 10 years or so growing up, and I only remember it snowing once or twice the whole time. And then I went out of state for college and my parents called to brag about how they finally got some good snow.

I loved the miniseries when my mother brought it home one night, but I keep forgetting it was a book too! I'll have to hunt it down.