*awkward cough* No, that's not my cat in my avatar...

OH GOD YES, TOAST. And slap some super-salty butter on it? Heaven.

Lots of sugar usually helps me. On my birthday last year I got extremely drunk- I actually passed out at a bar and had to be dragged home. I'm really ashamed about it, and the next morning I had the worst, most punishing hangover ever. I could barely sip water, because lifting my head out of bed was agonizing. I ended…

I've been on various meds over the past five years or so for high blood pressure. It does run in my family (both of my parents are on multiple meds for it) but I also think that I'm just really sensitive to stress. I was originally on varying doses of HCTZ, up to 40mg daily but it didn't really do much for me, I was…

In commercials Toucan Sam is voiced by a masculine-sounding voice actor and is referred to with male pronouns.

You're a geographer too? High-five!

The L Word, seasons 1-2. There's an arc about a miscarriage. Tina loses her baby after about 12 weeks and is devastated. Her partner, Bette, is supportive, but tries to be very strong and stoic- in one episode she admits that she hadn't yet cried over her loss. She later breaks down on TV and cries. Tina ends up…

Sometimes I just wish that a bystander would speak up and say something, even if it's just "hey, leave her alone". No one did anything in the situation I described (aside from laugh), nor in the other small handful of times I've been put into uncomfortable positions (like the time a guy on the bus wrote and loudly…

Thanks, I'll definitely have to check that book out.

This makes me feel so nauseated. I've been a victim of someone's wandering hands before but I've always been fortunate to have the option of getting off a bus or train when it happened. What on earth would I do if this happened to me on a plane? It's not like I can just open an emergency hatch, jump, and hope for the…

This winter I've almost exclusively worn a dark blue, almost black, from Essie. (Don't know the name of the shade, but it's totally awesome and was one of my free monthly items from Birchbox). I have always worn a lot of polishes in the cooler color spectrum- purples, blues, and greens, so this spring I think I'm…

This. It's $4 to wash/dry a load of stuff in my building.

There were no witnesses, actually. He just cracked under the pressure and confessed to me when I asked him about his new profile pic.

My now ex boyfriend once spent an hour staging a self-photoshoot for himself because he wanted a new Facebook profile picture. He put on a button down shirt, his Ray Bans, lit one of the tiki torches on his deck, set his camera on a tripod, and leaned back, and pretended like he was at a party. His remark to me? I…

It's definitely expensive. Consider broadening your search to the Baltimore metro area. The two cities are pretty well connected via interstates and the MARC trains. Areas like Catonsville/Halethorpe/Arbutus are pretty decent, as are Ellicott City.

A coworker told me once that I had a pretty face but that I was "Adele-sized." I think she meant to be snarky but I took it as the best compliment ever.

When I was in high school a friend and I used to do this, but we'd use the guy's initials as a basis for nicknames. My friend liked a guy with the initials K.K. which led to "Krispy Kremes" which then just turned into "Donuts".

Good to hear. Just yesterday I ordered five pairs of sunglasses to try on. In August I got a nice pair of (SALT. brand) regular glasses from a local shop but my insurance only covers one pair of frames/lenses a year so I thought I'd give WP a shot.

My favorites right now are Chambord and lemon-lime soda, gimlets, and kir royale (which is nice when I want something other than a mimosa with brunch).

Last Valentine's Day my parents' cat, Socks, was put to sleep. She was about 12 years old and had cancer. My parents didn't want to tell me and ruin my day (since it was the first Valentine's Day I ever got to spend with someone) but I ended up calling them, not knowing. My dad answered the phone and told me, in tears.