oh 100% without a doubt, and i think part of the coping mechanism i’ve seen among myself and my friends over the last two years being slapped in the face with how fucking racist this country is (like we knew, but now we KNOW, you know?) is this quiet dissection of where it’s all coming from in order to not just scream…

i honestly feel like it’s partially because there’s a warped perception of chicago being this relatively friendly midwest city (and especially the neighborhood he was attacked in— very shishi, RICH and well-heeled, so how could it happen there). i grew up on the east coast, mainly in philly, but lived in chicago from…

seriously. this was garbage filler on a show for people who live in small towns and want to smirk and feel superior to “all them city folk” which...i say we dump them at the 42nd station profiled, or down the street at the port authority with $5 and see how well they manage. 

yeah i saw comments on wapo and vulture that were like “oh my god, calm down, it’s just jokes, worry about something real” and while i refrain from clapping back there, here i’ll say that that’s not why people are mad— people are mad at him for masquerading as an ally and progressive and the second he gets called to…

did mine nearly three years ago— here are two tips i wish i had before going in and am glad i can share with you before you do. wait. three.

as a fellow egg allergy person, i can eat them baked and my allergist encourages it— it changes the protein to make it digestible and by exposing yourself to it in that form it can make incidents of full out anaphylaxis from other forms of exposure far less severe

oh that’s quite good, i’ll remember that! 

cousin’s husband, the issuer of the ban, and his father (also in attendance) are police. thin blue line and all of that, innit?

i actually suffer from biphasic anaphylactic reactions, which my allergist taught me how to recognize (by not dismissing symptoms less than asphyxia) and to treat if if i didn’t add everything up in the window of time an epi-pen would be effective. the initial reaction is a mild throat swelling, but never enough to…

two thanksgivings ago was the first time i had been with my family in ten years. i have a lot of food allergies and i gave my cousin a list and asked if she wanted help cooking (i had been laid off and had shit tons of time) but she refused. she made a big production of showing me everything i could eat, how she had…

i’m the black sheep but i think it kind of turned into an ouroboros where they labeled me and then i embraced it? also, do you reckon there’s any possible way to make a gluten free pierogi? i am so glad i have a celiac diagnosis because i didn’t know how sick i was everyday until it stopped and i’ve made peace with…

i saw malia obama downtown, standing outside a bar smoking a cigarette (the bar was next to my apartment) and it was like midnight so i was taking my dogs out for their final wee of the night and i froze and wanted to say hi but also was like “she deserves a normal life” so i just gave a quick wave and she waved back…

i love the amazing randi almost more than i can say. have you ever seen the chat he had with penn and teller and he’s in tears describing a televangelist bilking people out of their money (i think it was an extra on a penn & teller BS dvd)...he has the biggest heart and when i first encountered his work (probably…

also the comma errors

that’s me every summer i lived in philly (i’m in nyc now, not much better but i like ragging on philly)

i never thought of myself as a chihuahua person either (i have a jack russell and a dachshund and have had jack russells since middle school) but my neighbor has a teacup chihuahua and i watch her when he’s out of town and i’m head over heels for that dog-- we’ve been hanging out more just so the dogs get to see each…

oh my god no you don’t have to return them. my ex had a thing for prostitutes...like a lot of them, and sometimes you have to get a little even and if sheets are the worst thing you do, that’s ok. i wanted to flush his dead dog’s ashes but was talked out of it. i was given permission to repeatedly drop his toothbrush…

OH LAWD HE COMIN

last year i was walking my dogs downtown and i was looking down and talking to the one for a second and i bumped into a dude and i looked up and said OMG you look just like riz ahmed! and he said ...cause i am? [both parties smile, end of interaction]

i made it in just under the age 26 cut off line ten years ago (and i was like yeah but i...and the planned parenthood lady was like DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE ACTIVE, GET IT NOW, PROTECT YOURSELF and i was like, you have no chill but i like that about you, ok), but just so you’re ready, it is the most painful vaccine…