Oh god, that's terrible. I'm so sorry.

You're doing the best thing for yourself. I've been where you are, and honestly, learning to enjoy my own company has probably been one of the greatest joys of my adult life. I've learned how to spend time with myself being alone, but not lonely and afraid of missing out on stuff, and assess myself more accurately. As…

Not silly at all. I cried over Television Without Pity even though I hadn't been an active member there for years, but it was a huge part of my high school and college experience. And I've cried a little over this, because I lurked here for so long and was so amazed by how quickly I was accepted into the community.…

I love the Ronettes. The first concert I ever went to was Ronnie Spector, when I was 13.

Aw. Good to see you too.

Oh, just generally because I'm an outspoken feminist, I have a target on my back here for the people who take offense to my refusal to shut up.

Weezer - No One Else
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - A.C.D.C.
Depeche Mode - Dream On
Wings - Silly Love Songs
The Doors - Ship of Fools
The Kinks - Supersonic Rocket Ship
Le Tigre - Sixteen
George Harrison - Here Comes the Sun
Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Song With No Words
A.A. Bondy - There's a Reason
Big Brother & The Holding…

Good point!

Yo, fuck 'em.

Don't worry. They'll make sure to find you. They always do.

I only do because I'm a federal contractor.

New Yorkers complaining about their subway crack me up because this is the everyday shit I've been putting up with in DC for five years. Not that it doesn't suck for y'all, but it's just nothing new for us.

Well, this writer got mad because I raised a legitimate question re: the YA author's rampant homophobia that she doesn't even bother to hide, and said something shitty to me. So I said "fuck you, [writer's name]," because it was fucked up of her, and she deleted my comment. God forbid I question the sacred cow of…

Dupont Circle's BRAND NEW escalators keep breaking down. Also, they haven't had air conditioning in the station for something like 2 years now because it broke and nobody's bothered to fix it.

Columbus Day, where we celebrate the systematic decimation and genocide of a native people by having stupid Italian-themed parades.

Buddy, I work in DC, where half the escalators and elevators are either broken or shut down for years at a time to repair, the tracks are on fire approximately three times per week, at least 25% of the train cars have no working air conditioning, and the station managers sleep openly in their booths and yell at people…

We already reached that point like five years ago.

Don't think they aren't looking into that shit.

H.L. Mencken was a mean, misanthropic son of a bitch…who was right.

My dad last night joked about getting an old-school bomb shelter and my mom and I were like, "Um, maybe we should because the storage closet isn't going to help if we all get nuked."