@Bethanylcm: I can understand it in that context, as an easy snack when you really need one. . .that's basically a granola bar with some extra nutrients. It's the way these diet plans present it as "food is bad for you, don't eat it. Eat this food-like substance instead and you will be thin!"

I can't imagine having any faith in a diet plan so transparently created to convince me to eat only one company's products.

@unhingedfelineenthusiast: Indeed. I think it's kind of adorable when they look at you with the same baffled determination they'd have for a leaky faucet. Unless they actually try to fix it with a wrench.

Hey, suddenly my tendency to date fellow members of the Tribe seems like a great plan!

I was terrified of networking until I realized that I'd actually developed an extensive network without even realizing it. I've just never done it through 'network-ey' conversations, I'm just my awkward self and end up having a real bond with relevant people because we got drunk and thumb wrestled or something. Point…

"Don't think I'm overly interested in you, but if I knew your address I'd be at your door with a crossbow."

Isn't early menstruation more common in girls who are obese? Overweight=bullying=depression. Might be a confounding factor.

People who are offended by this article: I agree that the first sentence is off because it uses the terms 'average-weight' and 'overweight' as if there's some gold standard weight a healthy person should be at. But other that, it's focus truly is on health, not weight. While I agree that weight obsession is incredibly…

I spend about 30 minutes looking through Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" at the beginning of every week (I am so platonically in love with that man. I wish he would be my roommate) and find a few things that he's flagged as good to make ahead. I make a double recipe of it and eat it all week. Like…

@bigazzkid: It's not that people have a problem with it, it's that they see it as somehow less important than a romantic partnership. Like it's assumed that we're not making life plans around each other, or that our romantic partners would naturally have more sway over our lives than the platonic partner. Less of an…

She seems a little weird, but I think she's getting at something interesting with the concept of platonic companionship.

I'VE GOT THAT. Can I get prescribed something fun?

@toxicrocker: is an EGALITARIAN!: I don't think there's any limits on membership and it's not usually miserably crowded. There aren't that many machines, so sometimes it's a wait, but not much worse than other gyms I've been too. It's a little. . .dingy, to be honest, if you're used to fancier gyms. But it's not a…

NYC people: find out if you're near an NYC Parks Dept. Recreation Center. An adult membership is $60/year. I go to the one on Bedford Ave and it's got all the standard fitness equipment and a pretty nice pool. It's not fancy but it does the job and it's sooo cheap.

@NewWaveBatMitzvah: Hush you.

OK One more then I swear I am DONE.

Agh, this is way too much fun. Here is one in picture form.

One more short one. On my 21st birthday my friend held a party for me at his apartment. As I had started drinking around noon, I passed out pretty early at the party, in his bed.

And another! Last NYE I was staying at a hostel in Lima, Peru. Went out with my travel buddy and two people we'd met at the hostel. Much drinking later, we ended up talking to a group of EXTREMELY rich kids from Iowa, two brothers and a sister, who were there with their parents. We kept drinking with them and they…

The first time (out of two ever) that I ever threw up from drinking: