*turns towards the window*

I didn't feel like an adult until I hit 30, three years ago. I miss how open my heart felt back when I was still in my teens and early twenties. Music had a bigger impact back then, and you actually had time to connect with friends more deeply.

I had that crush too. Lita was *my* sailor scout, back when I was a 14 year old dude realizing how cool anime was. I still carry a torch for a sailor Jupiter cosplayer I knew back in the early aughts. We both had a crush on eachother, but circumstances made it so we couldn’t move forward on it.

You and your friend sound super cool. I wish we could have all gone to the same high school.

If celebs are involved, I can see why you've had to sign NDAs.

So you are saying these girls have sex, but pillory the girls who imitate them?

Just pretend it happened 20 years ago, and remove the anachronisms.

I miss all those old Sierra games, Freddy. Remember Quest for Glory?

I’m sure Natasha is gratified that you feel her piece of journalism was too bloviating to be worth your time to read, but that the picture at the top redeems it. She probably just views her scribblings as a silly little hobby, anyway.

Jezebel should do one of those things where they ask for horror stories. This time with a daycare theme. If they do, I hope you will dish.

So Pauly D wasn't too busy for this? Wow!

I think it’s hard to predict. I wish I could account for why a movie like “The Color Purple” wasn’t ignored by white people, but “Beloved” played to crickets.

One problem is the friggin audience. Most people seem to reject movies unless they are marketed in a way that confirms their basest stereotypes about the “other”.

Some great excerpts from Eric D Snider’s review of the movie:

pleading temporary insanity

I used to watch BET Comic View back in the nineties. This woman (and to a greater extent) Clinton was the topic of most of the jokes one year.

It would appear that the unicorn lady's pictures have been dismissed as spam. Don't worry. You aren't missing anything. Just a lazy trolling attempt.

You do have a right to be proud. A good, interesting article I’ll read; but when the author also knows how to turn a phrase, then I’ll kiss the hem of their garment. Why say “he couldn’t control his addiction”, when you could instead say “he was never able to outrun his appetites”?

I sure hope the girl and the mom are more upset as a matter of principle, rather than crestfallen that she won't be part of one of the many apparatuses in place that serve to heap worship on a bunch of guys because they are good at throwing a ball around.

Congrats getting out of the grey void!