The grotesquerie in that image is instilling a great desire to vomit

Like nursing school wasn’t ruining my life enough, you had to put THAT terrifying image up for Saturday night social?

I don’t remember the commentary being quite so obvious or prolific.

It’s not hard to avoid commenting on a person’s appearance! They have all of her AMAZING accomplishments to discuss—- amazing floor routines! all those gold medals! —-why pick her appearance?

I’ll say the unbelievably sexist commentary was my major take-away from this Games cycle. From the World Record swimmer having her glory given to her husband/coach, to the talking heads demanding women athletes put rouge on their lips and cover their zits, it was .....difficult to listen to.

Squee! The cheeks on your baby!

Nursing school started this week, and my brag is that I didn’t run screaming from the auditorium on the first day out of complete and utter terror.

That sounds tasty! And after a long time without avocados that were worth buying, that might just be the ticket to go with dinner tomorrow!

Now that sounds MUCH better than what I tried to make tonight.

Oh my goodness, this is so heartbreaking to read. I have no good things to offer, only my sincerest apologies that you are dealing with this after having a childhood touched by this same type of crime.

I got my hair balayage-ed yesterday, and while I’m quite pleased overall, its much....blonder than anticipated. I’ll be adjusting basically all of my makeup as necessary for the next few days. It’s good to swap things up every so often and the natural auburn-brown was desperate for an update.

Dinner was a giant fail. Tried a new recipe and it was a letdown, so I’m drinking a bottle of wine and calling it a night. Anyone have any recipes they love??

Someone on this thread a week or two ago mentioned a vitamin c (20%) serum and how much it changed their skin for the positive; forgive me, I’ve forgotten your handle. I started using it three days ago, and already see changes in the brightness and overall even-ness of my (sun damaged) skin. Thank you, kind internet…

I’m glad you mentioned that Virginia would be able to retain a Democratic seat in the Senate; it had not occurred to me that the nation might lose one when Clinton’s choice was announced.

This actually made me cackle. Well done!

We’re renting “old” horror movies on Amazon tonight. First up, is The Faculty. It’s easy to forget how many big names are in some of these old horror movies!

It’s hard to be in a place you detest alone, while your SO is off at work. I am there myself. I hate living here. I haven’t made any friends in the year we’ve lived here. Frankly, many of the people I’ve met have made me want to be a mole-person and hide from the rest of humanity forever.

I figure the best thing to do is the same as you would with any large noisy party: invite the neighbors; let them know there will be food or noise or lots of people, and in this case, backyard fireworks at [X time]. Most people will opt out and thank you for the invitation. The key in this circumstance is that your…

I haven’t, but that’s an idea I hadn’t considered. I’ll have to go to Ulta or Sephora and have them match me with a good concealer.

That is a HORRIBLE way to treat their neighbors; I hope that those people in the backseat are proud of themselves.