I fully admit to being a crazy music person. I went to Bonnaroo as a single female person because I yearned to see so many live musical performances in one place and had no friends who enjoyed prolonged camping. Holy shit, but the live shows for Cut/Copy, Classixx, The Naked and Famous, Phosphorescent, Die Antwoord, …

Really, everything I listed is super easy to make because quality ingredients mean less actual cooking skills to amplify the flavor. You can easily do it, too!

I agree, except that I find musical tastes to be a great way of defining people—so long as they are honest.

My roommate issues were more akin to becoming super hurtful and trashing prior close friendships through passive aggression.

You can actually dine as a gourmand very frequently on a limited budget, if you prepare it yourself and avoid restaurants. People think certain foods are only for the rich, but you can get a lb of crab legs for $5.99 when it's on sale at your local Kroger or a dozen oysters in the shell for $6. That is less than a…

HamNo covered this on Saturday morning. At that time the commenters delved deeper into the fine print and realized that TGIF is only giving free refills on one (1) appetizer of the limited list you order from.

I'm sorry but handwritten notes should always be written for graduation and wedding gifts. Someone just gave you something you really needed at a time in your life when you needed, after you sent them a written announcement about it. Can you really not be bothered to thank them for that? I mean we keep up all kinds of…

Glad to hear a positive story on gawker; although, it necessitates a business put edible food in the garbage, but at least people who needed it had access to uncontaminated food.

Imports may be affecting this particular statistical result, but considering that the UK and EU are currently clamping down on allowing USA foods into their borders because of strong disagreement on food oversight, I believe that the real reason is that it is much cheaper to produce lower quality food.

The answer as to why the US spends less on food is because it has the least amount of restrictions on food and has no long term interest in the populace's health.

I just posted a comment on the fact that in many communities it is actually illegal to donate prepared food to soup kitchens or food pantries. I applaud both that NY apparently doesn't prevent this and that the caterers took the time to make sure that the extra food wouldn't go in the garbage can.

What disgusts me is that there are numerous local laws circumventing food donation.

I know that this is weirdly one week past when you would expect responses, but I wrote this post when you wrote yours and have been trying to make kinja work from then until now. Thankfully, all of kinja is now working for me and I can also share with you a very late post, which is copied below.

Thanks for your continued support and interest in helping me. I will check out the book you recommended from the library.

I feel you completely. When I was in law school, I had no undergraduate debt because of scholarships, which prompted my parents to help out with my post-grad costs. Due to this, my overall debtload is/was greatly beneath my peers. However, I am not in the magical trust fund space of a few of the people we went to…

All of my replies have advocated therapy, and I know that is truly what I need. However, from my standpoint it has been really hard to accept that because it feeds into my feelings of being a bad daughter who is selfishly waiting for her mother to die and wanting to live her own life. Making an appointment is a much…

I am especially taking your advice to heart because you mentioned irregular hours. The biggest cycle that I cannot seem to break is staying up until 3 or 4 in the morning every night and sleeping until at least 10 am if not later. In college I worked out religiously and had semi-decent sleeping and eating habits. Now…

I appreciate your support. All in all, I know in my heart that I need to address my issues with a therapist but have been stuck on doing it because of my cultural baggage which is telling me that going to therapy is akin to failure as a person. My mother went only one time after her brother killed himself two years…

Moderation is definitely the healthiest option; of which, I believe you are on the right course. From personal experience I went into healthy eating as a magical prescription that had to be adhered to 100% of the time. 80/20 thinking is far healthier. Good luck to you.

Yours is the answer that I was hoping was untrue. In theory I know I would benefit greatly from therapy, and that anyone in my situation would.