I went to my tenth and felt instantly transported back into my fat girl with glasses persona. It seemed the cliques just re-formed, as if the last ten years hadn’t happened at all. I think I stayed long enough to eat dinner since I’d paid for it and hightailed it out of there.

“It’s for gay men.”

Please no. The last thing we need as a society is Madonna attempting to caterwaul her way through “Rose’s Turn.” Evita and Breathless Mahoney butchered Weber and Sondheim enough as it was. 

Don't cryyyy for me nine2fiiiive....

Madonna already ruined one musical. Let’s not let her do it again with an even better score.

OH MY GOD

I went to a really uncomfortable Dr. Who-themed shower that was in a ramshackle American Legion Hall for a work friend. Her sister had created all these goofy bridal shower games that were also Dr. Who related (including one involving wearing a fez? also there were quotes from the show printed out on slips of paper…

Yeah, I’m not American either, but they’re definitely a thing in Latin America, especially the upper-middle to upper class brides which is what I guess most of my relatives would qualify as. They have multiple showers, with a registry for every one. It is fucking ridiculous. I spent my formative years in Europe and…

Are you being judgmental towards NWH for being judgmental? LOL

For those wondering, Crew is short for Crewstopher.

Agreed on “Shallow”. “Remember Us This Way” is also way better than “I’ll Never Love Again.”

I like “Shallow” about a 1000x better. “I’ll Never Love Again” is bland and overprocessed. I wondered if that was actually part of the (meta) point - Ally’s “sound” at the end had grown past the vulgar crap her manager was pushing but didn’t have the heart of her earlier music with Jackson.

And Judith Krantz!

xojane turned into an absolute shitshow at the end of it’s time, but there were some decent articles for a time. I think it’s a shame the archive was deleted.

It’s a fairly common experience, but it may be a discussion for another day.

i miss Gawker http://defamer.gawker.com/the-sad-truths-behind-the-l-a-party-scene-that-took-do-1567145397

When she laughs and points at him, saying “I remember YOU at that age”, his eyes went a little cold- triggered, maybe?  He wasn’t gonna play anymore.

You do give a fuck but not that much

She reminds me a bit of one of those all-in-one griddle/coffee pot/toaster oven pieces you used to see in Sky Mall magazines (come back Sky Mall!) in that she’s got all the components of something you had high hopes for regarding usefulness, but just ended up being an ineffective piece of equipment that you never used…