What?! They're demolishing the downtown mall? Holy moly.... That sucks. It's not even that old, if I recall correctly. I could swear it opened around 1998 ish.

I cry when I get so angry that I can't take it any more. I feel like it's almost the socialized female response to stress, like guys are "supposed" to hit walls.

Copied from another reply upthread, so WinglessVictory is targeted:

Oooh, hey, hiya!

I learned to dive in the "Gin Clear" unicorn waters in De-Fuk-We-At (hahahahahahahaha that is awesome and will now be used forthwith). I never understood that. Gin Clear. why? There's NOTHING ELSE on earth that is sparkling and clear? Like glass or crystal? Nope, lets make it sound like we're olives in a…

Hah, that's funny. I left here about 2 years ago, moved to San Francisco, and after bouncing around a few states for work stuff, now I'm back. We should have hi-fived on the way through Texas.

Ah hahaha, I haven't heard that one before!

Is your mom from Crestucky? :-)

HA, I live nearby too! I was coming here specifically to see who else is in this area! Hey neighbor. 'Sup? :-)

I like your style, very much indeed.

Completely off topic - I love your name. Podkayne is one of my favorite characters.

Guess what is already sold out? Dammit.

WTF is that?! And where did it come from?

Just my unsolicited 2 cents - there are a lot of canned, flavored, unsweetened fizzy waters on the market now. I particularly like LaCroix grapefruit, berry, and coconut,and the Dasani berry. There are tons of other flavors and a few other brands. I like them, they're like virtuous soda. And I get sick of plain…

Ugh, that is awful. A few months ago I was crossing the street and these two guys going the opposite direction made some kind of boob comment, to each other, like "hay man check out those tits". As I walked on , without tuning, I shouted out "I also have ears and can hear you, asshole".

Well screw nurture, I want to decide what I feel for myself, based on my experiences and actual values, not "theirs".

That is kind of interesting, now that I read what you wrote. It's seems to me, in my experience, that abortion is automatically and by default "a thing that makes you sad".

oh, those lips....sigh. Poetry in flesh. Can we get Elizabeth Barrett Browning's ghost to write an ode to those perfect, heartbreakingly lovely lips?

See, that's when smoking is useful. Most retail/food service places don't bat an eye at letting someone nip out for a smoke or 7 during shift, but "taking a break" isn't always as easy to do.

I see where you're going with this, but your starting point isn't totally correct.