I went through that same fixation in college and it was terrifying. It was debilitating at points. I had terrible panic attacks, shortness of breath. I thought I was going to die. Had awful nightmares, too. It all started during summer school between my freshman and sophomore years at college. I stayed on campus…

Thank you for this, it's just delightful! Wish I could get it as an MP3.

I do gazelle-like, graceful ballet* leaps and twirls.

Enjoying single-ness too. My ex-fiance and I broke up in early October. I last saw him in late September & shaved my legs while he was here for that visit. I recently had to shave them for a job interview (pantyhose/skirt business suit & I figured my leg hair bush wouldn't be concealed by Suntan colored pantyhose.)…

You sound awesome!

I do this too, except with many, many, many miniscule bites.

I sing the Lazytown song "Cooking by the Book" when I bake. And then it's stuck in my head for days at a time. Here. Enjoy. You might appreciate it.

Smoking killed my dad too. :( For him it was COPD and its attendant complications, which were myriad and legion in the end. I quit when I saw what it was doing to him when I was younger, even though I was a one or two cigarettes a day smoker for most of the time. There are times I miss it, but mostly I just think…

It's okay, I'm convinced I have found my people from reading this thread. Many of these are identical, or nearly so, to many of my own food behaviors. I do what you're describing to candy bars. For example, I eat the sides of the chocolate off of a Snickers bar, then the bottom, then delicately nibble the top off…

I have to eat them two at a time and the two selected M&M's always have to be the same color. People are weird! :)

Yes, yes it was. And now I feel a little sad, but I still like my lungs too well to take it up again.

Bah ha ha. We might be related. See my post elsewhere in this thread.

Every pet I've ever owned has had their own song. Original, composed by yours truly, complete with words and melody. Past hits include "Stinky Poo Poo Dog" "Toohdey Oodey Loodey O'Blues", and "Meezer Meezer Boo." I am a genius of the highest order, clearly.

You know what, that's a brilliant idea! I hadn't even thought of it before, but it would be a perfect thing to do with it! And then it would be a family heirloom from that point onwards, which would be much less likely to happen with a wedding dress, despite the sentiment attached to it in that form. You are the…

Something similar to what you are attempting to do has been achieved in my area. Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio went through something along the lines of what your university is going through. Might be worth doing some research and maybe networking to figure out if anything from that occurrence might be…

Maybe not. Look up the revival of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. It's possible to do something like this if alums care enough and do the work required to revive the university.

Look at NARS lipstick in Dolce Vita. It's MLBB shade (my lips but better) that looks good on just about any complexion. It's a good lipstick for everyday wear and is very moisturizing. It's not a bold shade, is a bit sheer but still somewhat buildable so you can choose how much color you want to wear.

Thank you! Had I been you I don't know if I could have remained as gracious as you did, though. Everyone else that day was civil at the very least, I only had the one meanie to deal with. I can't imagine if my MIL had treated me the way yours did. I'm glad you got to have your elopement.

She was and her behavior that day was one of the factors that led to a breakdown in our friendship where I cut her out of my life for a few years. We're back on good terms now and she's grown up and matured a lot. So it's all okay now. But my photographer that day (who was also a mutual friend of both of us) did…

Thank you!