Problem with that side is the Jesus fever in everyone's eyes. I grew up in Ephrata and boy howdy was it a bit shocking to go back as an adult.

Poulsbo/Kingston area.

I live right across the water from Seattle when I'm not stuck in this PA hellscape, and it's a weird feeling watching people talk about the city. Seattle's the place that wants to be big but despises all the trappings of a big city. We'll take our trophy and go home to polish up our rock collections, no worries.

I am a natural blonde with dark eyebrows. We do exist.

A good friend of mine once received a nice shock while working in unsafe conditions. Besides the less fun nerve damage, he also now has a huge, wizardy white streak through his beard. Electricity: great for permanent, crippling body modification.

About a month ago, I lost my three-year-old dog to a car while my parents were watching him for two weeks. I had raised him from a puppy and was three days away from being able to pick him up. According to my dad, he spent all of his time sitting on the couch staring out toward the road after I left, and when he saw…

There's no need to divorce ourselves from femininity in order to be taken seriously. Without knowing her personally, I'm willing to bet that Anna Fisher embraces her title of "mom" as much as she does "astronaut." Since this is a picture of her kid, it would seem remiss not to talk about, you know, her motherhood and…

Supported by elephants or donkeys?

Before my boyfriend and I started boyfriend-and-I-ing, we went to movies, went hiking, hunted for cool rocks, read books together, grabbed dinner, etc. and never called them dates. Apparently after hanging out with him and his brother one night, said brother asked him if we were getting together. Boyfriend responded,…

A major award, you say?

Just got out of a five-year relationship with a hard-right conservative. We got by by never, ever discussing politics. Or anything tangentially related to politics. Or anything, really. But, in the end, it was really obvious that all he cared about was his guns and that he would always see me as a woman instead of a…

I thought it was "Took" to the point that I vaguely wondered if she had married the guy who played Pippin and was about to spawn wee Tooks all over the place. Then my brain kicked in.

Teenagers are super, super annoying, so don't feel bad if you, well, get annoyed. It's even more distressing when you see someone you care about being a little shit for all the world to see. Just take comfort knowing she will probably come out of this as well-adjusted as anybody does, and she'll have you around to…

Generally, no good comes of trying to interfere with another person's parenting. There's a very high chance that this girl is going to go out into the world and realize that no one actually gives a crap, and it's going to hit her hard. If she has had a basic moral foundation installed when she was younger, she will…

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Honestly, I wouldn't give him the idea by bringing it up. Drop all contact, hope he forgets about you. Trying to prevent having nudes posted online is not worth letting him get leverage and if he is going to, you won't be able to stop him. And don't beat yourself up; just be proud you got yourself away from him. :)

Congrats! I have two papers, one portfolio, and two exams due Monday. Then one last exam on Friday, because, hey, balance is important. Good luck everyone!

I have two papers, a portfolio, and two exams due Monday. Hnnnnng. Right now I'm knocking out a five-pager on Larkin's "Aubade" and also eating sausages and peppers (mostly eating sausages and peppers). My other paper is a bit longer, but it's about an issue of Transmetropolitan, so I can't complain. Yay undergrad…

I thought the same thing, but as long as they aren't endorsing the church or anything I would like to consider them innocent of all ickiness. That way I can continue my soulful howling whenever I'm feeling homesick.