Melissa Li's story really struck a chord with me. Back when I was housekeeping at the rest home I work at, I had this conversation:
Resident: So, what happened to my old housekeeper?
Me (awkward, shy, takes a moment to answer):
Rez: Well?
Me: I'm sorry, sir. To be honest, I'm not sure what she's been up to as of late,…

Here are just a few good toys (that please my cat, Empress Kiku):
-Plastic ties, the kind that hold price tags to clothes
-Twist ties, like the kind you find in the produce in the grocery store
-Balled up paper
-Plastic circles-the ones that come off of platic dinks
-Striiiiiiiing
-The errant hand that decides to pet her…

My feelings about my looks are.....complicated.
I was never photogenic (I hate having to fake a smile for them, too, always, ever since I was a kid), and I've never been the type to turn heads, or get compliments from strangers. I've always been heavy, and I think I always will be. I have a round face, thin lips, an…

I can't wait to see more of this series!!!!
I don't expiriment much with makeup, so I feel like this will help me to be inspired.

I had stood straight stock still in the middle of it. I don't recall anything going off XD

Power to the Navajo Nation. I wish them good luck on this endeavor.
If I could, I'd buy all the Milky Way Midnights just to give those community projects a jump start. Also because MMM's are the shiz.

*Takes a bow* :D
I've told them that if they used product or something, they'd totally look like they'd be ready to hit the Disco. They'd be so damn fly, but they're just like, "Naw thanks, sis. We're just gonna play Skyrim."
My hair would be just like theirs if I hadn't gotten it chemically straightened in high…

Oh damn, my brothers have hair like that. And we're Mexican-American!
They like to grow their hair out too, like sheep that belong to a lazy farmer.

I only have about 5-8 CD's, all of which I bought when I was in middle school. They remind me of a simpler time in my life, when I was (more) awkward, but more hopeful.
But, um, I do have something I need advice on.
There's this dude I friended on Facebook a few years back. We met on a dating website, but have always…

As the Avatar, everyone ought to know about your amazing ponytail by now. Er, actually, perhaps they should know about your current lack of ponytail.
Some person upthread was trying to say it's rational to search people's hair, and I made the same comment about vaginas being Nature's Pocket. Then again, I've also been…

Did you know that vaginas, which are nature's pockets, can hide stuff too?!
One can't really claim sexism when one is part of the only sex who *can* do this thing they need to watch out for.
Actually, women also have anuses. And hey, so do men!!!!
Maybe everybody should just undergo a full body cavity search?

Speaking of ridiculous TSA stories (but no where on the level of fuckery that is racist hair searching):
A few years ago, I was standing in line to be searched by the local TSA agents. I was wearing shorts, sandals, and a simple t-shirt. I hear a loud, "HEY! YOU!!"
I, like everyone else, turns in the direction of the…

Really? The last time I had to fly, a metallic sparkle on my shirt set the damn thing off, and the people were inspecting my chest area. They explained that it was probably the pain on it, because the "sparkles" themselves are plastic. Like, what? I'm latina, and I was flying out of Texas. I think that had to have…

How does one base their selling technique based on the buyer's gender?!
Like do men get a free wrench set with every five purchases or something? Do you have to neg women? That guy sounds like the worst.

If my boyfriend made a Spicy Latina Joke about me, I'd SHOW him Spicy Latina!!!!!
Ugh but seriously, that stereotype is so fucking grating.

"I was partying with my friends"
-My ex, after I waited the whole fucking night on him. We were supposed to go out and have dinner, and hang out, which we hadn't done in a while-and I was so excited, that I went the whole nine yards, and wore makeup and looked nice and shit.
All for that stupid motherfucker to stand me…

Have a guinea pig at the ready!

Linden Flower tea, perhaps?

RoseKnight and I have talked, to a certain length, about our exes. We just got curious and asked-and handled i

You brilliant raptor.