Spirited Away is my go-to movie. I tend to like escapist fantasy stuff, and somehow watching a youngster overcome huge struggles with the help of friends is always heartwarming. :')

Ugh, ever have one of those days where you're not really doing much, so your mind starts to wander and focus on every single terrible thing that you've done or that's happened to you recently (or not recently, even)?

Regarding crime dramas:

Having finally experienced the burn of seeing your ex having the best time ever while you're... really not, FB is officially the worst.

I've yet to have that "come to Jesus" moment, I guess. :P

Oh, and might as get out a complaint about my dad while I'm at it.

Ugh, post-relationship drama...

I went to a neighboring high school and this was all over the news during my last year there.

Holy crap, I'm so sorry that happened. Worst friend ever. :(

Aww, thank you! I'm doing much better now. I'm meeting with the church counselor regularly and we're discussing a plan to get our church pastor involved with some kind of intervention for my dad, and I've also been working on documenting things that are happening for when I continue counseling at school. My sister is…

Seconding non's post - perhaps you can ask around coffeehouses, etc. near your area if they do gallery shows - from what I know places like that are really supportive of local artists. There are also websites that have "call for entry" listings for galleries all over the US, it could be worth a shot to send in your…

My grandma has five sisters who look like less gray-haired clones of her. Seeing them all together, with the same permed-hair-and-muumuu older lady fashion, is really surreal.

That earring is a very famous Van Cleef & Arpels design. Their smallest pieces cost thousands of dollars, though.

(I accidentally deleted what I thought was a double post, so here it goes...)

Double post oops.

I've been reaching out to my closest school friends and spent a few weekends visiting them recently. My ex kind of adopted my friends when we started dating, so I was afraid there would be some side-choosing and whatnot. Their continued support has been really helpful. (Making fun of his cliched breakup lines was…

Perhaps we do. My dad isn't a minister but he is an extreme evangelist.

Thank you for that. I've only recently started to realize that the problem is with my dad and not me - I was a "problem teenager", and I just chalked it up to cultural differences. (Growing up, my friends would tell me "Of course your dad beats you all the time, you're Asian.")

That's certainly a possibility.

Thanks. I guess what I meant was that I feel like he wants to reintroduce me into his life as some kind of supporting character - before we started dating he would confide in me about all sorts of things, and I would do my best to help. I don't know if I could go back to being a friend to someone who couldn't handle…