i am having a scotch and watching In The Loop how have i never seen this movie before why didn’t you people tell me

UGGH the “it’ll happen when it’s meant to happen” people are the WORST. I was told this after I got an offer rejected (then picked up, then it turned out that was a lie to help with negotiating with the other offer, and then I told the crazy person we were dealing with she could fuck right off when she suggested maybe…

Buying a house is so, so hard. And so often well meaning people simply cannot understand anything personal you’re going through. At any rate, I hope you find a house before September, I hope it’s a house you like and in your budget. If you do not, I really hope everything works out in a good way.

I loved Pennsatucky’s backstory, she went from a character I sort of hated in some ways (though she has always been entertaining) to one of the most relatable, sympathetic characters for me. Boo’s intervention was super problematic, but quite powerful and clearly got through to Pennsatucky, which was needed. It was…

I finally finished Season 3 of Orange is the New Black!! Who wants to talk about it? I’ve got some thoughts to get us started but I’m way down to talk about anything you want to.

That was the worst clip of TV I’ve ever watched. And I watched the whole thing and loved every minute of it.

Sweet Valley High brought us this.

my favorite part is the theme song “Could there be two different girls that look the same at SWEEEEET VALLLEY SWEEEEET VALLLEY HIIIIIIIGGGHHHHH” yes that could be. It’s called twins. The whole show is just based on how unbelievable twins are.

Right? Kylie’s Europop material may be light as gossamer, but it’s, y’know, actual music. And she’s got a great set of pipes! She can really sing.

Kylie’s so great.

So Kylie asked Chris to come into her world?

Chris Martin andKylie Minogue

(“Fingersmith” is a term for a pickpocket so cool your jets.)

A LOT of people. Smart, aware, worldly people too. Because the screeching train wreck between who you thought a person was and who they suddenly show themselves to be is so crazy and disjointed you think it can’t possibly be real. The more elaborate the lie/scenario, the more that thinking kicks in—”this is so bizarre…

The clash between inner and outer reality is the hardest thing ever to grasp. For instance, picture somebody in your life that you know very well. Known this person for a long time; they’ve been to your house, babysat your kids/pets, you have a history, you know their family.

I sincerely believe it’s got nothing to do with how smart you are. I just had no experience dealing with pathological liars, and no frame of reference for this behavior. I thought how it goes is, you lie, you feel guilty, someone finds evidence of your deceit and confronts you, you cave immediately and start…

And I'm sure it matched his thermos perfectly.

I’m feeling Mara Wilson today. This is an epidemic problem in my social group lately, and somehow I have to be the voice of reason that ‘alone and over 40’ is better than ‘shit on by some asshole'.

LOVE Fingersmith. Read it years ago when I found an old advanced reader’s copy left in a locker at my local NY Sport Club. Had no idea what to expect and couldn’t put it down. Tipping the Velvet was bloody good too.