My criteria is pretty open, though. The children thing is my only dealbreaker. Aside from that my preferences are: within 50 miles of me, aged 27-37, and at least 5'8". That's really it. I kept my preferences pretty wide open deliberately because I'm new to the area. Perhaps the issue is more that people focused on…

Ugh. Last month, a friend and I took advantage of a Groupon to sign up for a month of Match at a deeply discounted rate. After years of OkC and occasionally Craigslist, we had heard a lot about how the paysites were so much better, and the people were all more serious about dating, etc etc.

I was all excited to have a weekend of Doing Stuff in my new state - even had two dates lined up for my evenings - so of course I woke up at 5 AM yesterday by vomiting on the floor. I spent the rest of the day in a pile of blankets on my living room floor, watching Netflix with hourly breaks for more vomiting.

I just moved to the east coast after living in Austin for 6 years (and in the hill country just outside Austin for my whole life before that). As I was preparing to move, I mentioned my plans to a stranger in a store and he stopped what he was doing to stare at me.

I've never done Coachella, but I'm a long-time veteran of SXSW and I heard this year there was particularly balls as well. I'd believe it, too. My friends and I used to have an annual tradition of walking down 6th Street at a peak time of night just to people watch and check out the random out-of-towners... last year…

I have one particular mole on my right arm that a long dark hair grows out of, while all my other arm hair is blond. So I have to shave just that little spot.

I am an only child and my mom has some mental health issues (anxiety and depression diagnosed) and refuses to take her meds. Normally I call her about once a week and call my dad about once every month or two. But I just moved out of state and she's gone off the rails. In the last week she has called me 5/7 days and…

Hey! Sorry I just got this. They killed the ability to DM on here sadly. My blog is locked down for job reasons, but if you give me an email address I can email you copies of the entries - I did it for a couple other Jezzies.

As far as books go, I'd recommend The Mysterious Benedict Society. I love them as an adult, but they're meant for 8-12 and if she read Ember she can handle them. Although the POV character is a boy, the cast is 50% female and definitely has important female characters that are strong and smart.

I don't really understand the vomit noises and freaking out over this. Either periods are a normal, natural thing that most women deal with every month, or they are disgusting and vomit-inducing.

This fits well with why I don't call guys back, actually.

A formerly thriving evangelical church on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain

I think I can handle that. I've never been a big fan of swimming in ocean anyway. I think it's better for laying around or walking around than swimming.

I'm a weird person when it comes to Harry Potter by pretty much all standards. I read the first book when I was 14 and didn't like it. I resisted the series a few years until my house was flooded and I had to stay with a friend for a week, during which I read the next 3 books, but I still wasn't a big fan. I don't…

I have some of those things, but most heavy-duty winter stuff just plain isn't available in Texas. Those coats that look like sleeping bags? Don't exist here. I have one pair of long underwear I got in high school and can't find any more. When I go looking, the stores tell me they don't carry it here due to lack of…

Yeah, I grew up in the hill country in a house without heating or a/c. Never had a car or home with air conditioning until I started college, which did sometimes mean nights below 20* in winter and days over 108* in summer, so I figure I'm maybe more prepared than a lot of other Texans would be... but I find the idea…

I have lived in Texas my entire life. It's in the 70s and 80s and sunny this week. I've seen snow like 3 times in my life, all on trips out of town. In two weeks, I'm relocating to New Hampshire. How fucked am I?

I'm 27 and my mom still credits breastfeeding with everything positive about my life. If in a conversation anything comes up about my academic success, strong personality, general health, or pretty much anything else, she will always, always point out that a) she breastfed me for 18 months and b) she read to me every…

That's funny because Austin is my current city. I guess I got plenty of those douchebags here too, but since I wasn't actively looking to meet an entirely new social group when I got to Austin (I already had lots of friends here) I didn't usually even read the messages, just deleted them.

In college, one of my roommates was a huge Bright Eyes fan. She was obsessed. She dated this stereotypical emo kid named K and they lay around our apartment listening to vinyl and painting trees on the wall.