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Forensics major (from over 10 years ago now) here: agreed.

I saw her on that tour last year! It was divine. Her voice is incredible, still. I just love her.

He is dead now! So, there’s that.

I’m late to this post, so I doubt anyone will see it, but this is an easy one for me. I used to work on Sunset in West Hollywood, and there were always a ton of great cars driving around — Lambos, Maseratis, Ferraris, the Batventador was always around, even saw a few McLaren P1s; I loved car-watching while cashiering…

Fair point! I was born and raised there, so of course my perspective would be different. (That is, I’ve always been spoiled by SoCal climate and weather, so it was easier for me to be worn down by — during my years there, anyway — a truly terrible job market, far too many awful conservative people in charge, and too…

Any time! You are genuinely one of my favorite commenters on any of these sites, so it’s easy to do. :)

Yeah, I have a strong suspicion I’ll never lead a comfortable life, at least not when it comes to financial stability. (Then again, I feel like I’ve been worrying about money, in either the front or the back of my mind, since I was 15, and probably even unconsciously before that — because my parents always were, and…

Seems like a worthwhile thing to look into. That said, I grew up there, spent 26 years there, and you could not pay me to ever live there again. I have a... complex relationship with it, to say the least.

I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to afford seeing Beyonce live (and I can’t stand festivals/hanging out in the desert for days, so something like Coachella will certainly never be for me, plus that’s even MORE expensive), which I wish weren’t true, because she really is something, clearly.

Ugh, yes. That’s why I get so, so pissed when people (sometimes on here, sometimes elsewhere) act all high and mighty about how, if you are at all vulnerable to disaster, you’ve been stupid or must automatically be irresponsible. Like, fuck no. Unless you have got SERIOUS money (or friends/family with it who are…

I totally get what you mean.

Yes! I certainly wasn’t homeless (very fortunately), but my family has always been working poor, and the things I was able to do thanks to being a part of the Girl Scouts as a kid were things I never, ever would’ve had the opportunities to do otherwise. Riding horses and vaulting! Camping! Working with animals!…

I come from a working poor family, and we couldn’t really afford to do much, other than file an official complaint (which meant jack shit). Otherwise all we could’ve done, really, was sue the school, but (a) it was a football school (that’s where most of their money went, and what the main priority of the…

Fair enough; I don’t live there anymore, and I never cared much for spending time downtown, so I really don’t pay any attention to what’s being built down there anymore.

This doesn’t shock me at all, it just makes me both angry and sad.

Thank you again! Bibliophile suggestions are by far the best ones for me (haha obviously; that would probably be true even if I weren’t a bookseller/publisher at this point).

That final long shot of Pam Grier singing “Across 110th Street” to herself in the car as she drives away is one of my favorite parts of probably any movie.

“I’d really feel better if you took some more money.” “You’ll get over that.”

This is such a wonderful tip specific to my interests, thank you! (I’m actually friends with one of the Penguin/Random House sales reps out here in CA, so I’m sure he’d get a kick out of me going there. Hell, I can maybe use that as an excuse for hanging around, haha!)