LEAVE AMANDA ALONE.

My prom was a trip across country to NYC over the holiday break. I had no desire to go to prom. That NYC trip was the greatest night(s) of my life as it was life-changing. I credit that trip for fueling my courage and strengthening my resolve to move here.

My mother pissed off the prommunists right royal by saying something to that effect, that she hoped we achieved more than going to prom. All told, I spent 400$ and looked fan-friggin-tastic if I do say so.

Oh, Lord. I was such a stereotype for my prom. I could have BEEN a late 1990's teen movie. Got asked out by funny musician guy (I was new at the school my senior year), and we then started dating prior to prom. I had never dated anyone, had never been invited to a dance, and it was a BFD to me. Spent $97 on my dress…

$1100+ PER PERSON?!? WHAT?!? I can't even... How do people afford that? And that's the average, which means there are people who spend more than that to balance out us poors! MY BRAIN EXPLODED THINKING ABOUT THIS.

Did anyone else completely skip prom?

When I read this aloud to Mr. Pankhurst, he observed that hand-cranking is already a time-honored, tried and true method that does not require 100% recycled materials or a disassembled, low-packaging delivery.

Why yes, I do get off on being environmentally conscious. Why do you ask?

At the risk of sounding like a friendless middle schooler, I have to say I am pretty unhappy with the whole comment moderation thing. I see perfectly acceptable, non-troll comments (and lots of mine obviously) languishing in the grey zone and I just feel like it's made things overly clique-y. It's just not as friendly…

They were cheering for law enforcement's success, not the terrorist. If you don't understand why they were celebrating, you really don't understand their situation.

I am in total agreement that it's best he was taken alive only for multiple reasons. Not just for justice. Frankly, I don't care about that. If vengeance was all I cared about a fatal shootout with police would have suited me just fine. Or a suicide.

The cheers on NBC gave me goosebumps. I am so thankful for the opportunity for this person to stand trial for his crimes instead of killing himself to avoid it.