I just realized that these are two different productions... but regardless i still think that there are some productions that are just best left to moulder in the history books and this musical is one of them. I won't be watching and even with an American Indian consult i'm still cynical that the problematic bits…

Dangit all my fluffy hug gifs are on another device!! Kids are hard because your body changes soo much after you have them and i've noticed that they tend to bring up long hidden issues and cultural baggage. It's just hard....

Hugs... sounds like your mom was emotionally abusive. My mom was similar but in different ways. It took a lot for me to work through it. I wish i had magical fix it advice for you, but the only thing that helped me was years of therapy and really good friends...

It sounds to me like your neuroticism is a bigger issue than your introversion. I'm an introvert who gets chatty when anxious, so people always assume I'm an extrovert, add in ADHD and I just confuse people. I can go out there and socialize and be with groups of people because I don't have social anxiety, I just need…

Happy birthday! I miss the bay area, and have a safe trip. I think it's supposed to rain up there!

I just checked the updates too. I'm not in LA but I am in SoCal. :)

I hope your sister is safe!

Are you in LA?

Just FYI protesters have shut down the freeway in LA you can watch the live stream of it here: http://abc7.com/live/

Sheesh, could you put a trigger warning for these pics?! That's too gruesome for a monday night!!

I think the key is being blue collar, your folks didn't have enough money to really enforce those gender roles they both had to work to keep you all fed. :)

You're right... hrmmm would a taser be ok?

Every time I read these stories I think of this famous image and it just frustrates me that women are still dealing with this... I need wine!

I'm a bit similar too. I always attributed it to my cultural background. My grandmother's tribe is matriarchal and my mom was definitely the head of the household. But also being rural, women needed to be able to do some physical labor to help with the household chores so dressing all pretty was normally reserved for…

To add to the creep factor,Cosby's shirt in that picture says ' Your good friend' in Chinese. This whole thing makes me sad...

I'm so, so sorry.... And now i have a vision of you living someplace like middle of nowhere vermont (i spent a summer there, and yeah...). Sadly 99 Ranch doesn't deliver. :(

My inner californian recoils at this... but having lived abroad and seen weirder things i can only shrug. Plus i'm married to a chinese man who has to put up with panda express...

LoL, nice! So can the follow up be a timeline of dangerous backsides? I submit exhibit A for your consideration:

Nope, he's mine!! Just don't tell my husband. ;)

Yup, time and again I've had people argue with me, go back and watch them walk away stunned that they'd forgotten those bits...