Is there anyone in the office you could have lunch with? That's how I made most of my friends I've made as an adult, through work. They've all abandoned me here since then, but we're still friends.

Sooo jealous! Love Punta Cana! Bring lots of sunscreen! And remember to put it on your ears and the tops of your feet!

I hope she had pliers or something. I don't think my fingers would be strong enough to untwist a wire hanger.

I was always afraid of the same three covers — Monkey Shines, Fright Night, and maybe it was called April Fool's Day??? It had a lady with her back to the camera and her hair was braided into a noose and I think she had a knife in her hand. It scared the crap out of me for some reason. I think all three of those were…

I wasn't allowed to watch this, because http://en.wikipedia.org/wik… traumatized me so much. I don't remember much of it, just sobbing on the living room floor and my mom had to sit with me and reassure me that the cartoon cat and dog were going to be ok. I was so worried about Odie.

I loooved the Mr. Boogedy movies, but my mom thought they were too scary, so I was only allowed to watch them, not tape them. I am still unhappy about this. I probably would have driven them crazy though, every other Disney Sunday night movie I had on tape I watched over and over and over again, often in one sitting.…

I agree, but in past seasons there were elements that were meant to be scary even though they mostly turned out campy. Ryan Murphy found them scary. In other hands they might actually have been somewhat frightening — institutions, serial killers, houses of murder, high school shooters (that flashback was legit scary…

I'd really rather watch a whole show at the Mott home. Everyone else is pretty much a snooze this season.

Such a good movie. I didn't think it would be that scary since I had seen the remake first and it wasn't at all scary plus I'd read the book. So I sat down with my sister who was about 11 at the time and we watched it. About a third of the way through we were somehow wedged in the same recliner, terrified.

I'm in. I rejoined Weight Watchers last winter after a mild freak out over Christmas pictures. I lost about 20 pounds, but my 6 months ran out a while back and I have kind of gotten back into a few bad habits. Still eating ok, but haven't been to the gym in a while. Need to get back on board. My goal was this…

Many years ago I was playing Catchphrase with a bunch of new friends, and the word was lobster. The clue one guy gave was "It wasn't a rock…" and everyone yelled "LOBSTER!!!" That was when I knew I could be friends with them.

That scene where she shows Wallace the laptop is easily the best in the series for me. Love it. I was so happy when that happened.

I know. I'm feeling moderately guilty for sending my sister away from our watch party with strict instructions not to return next week unless she's watched Zodiac. Then I rewatched part of it and remembered how unsettling it is. Then I sat up part of the night imagining Twisty sitting on the brand new bench in the…

I have not seen any of these and I watch a LOT of television. It's possible I've tuned them out though. Living in a city that borders two states means twice the political ad fun. I'm really enjoying the Illinois gubernatorial spots as well as one of their other races that keeps running spots with the opponent…

Yay for homemade hummus!
I am going to try to recreate my favorite sandwich from a shop near me. As it is mostly sautéed veggies with goat cheese on a pita, I think this should be easy-ish. I also have two spaghetti squashes waiting for the weather to get slightly cooler so I'm ready to turn on the oven.

They're both pretty fantastic. I think The Haunting of Hill House is a good starter if you're a horror/thriller fan, as it is so frequently cited as an inspiration for other writers.

I've just started Broken Monsters, by Lauren Beukes. I don't know what I think so far, although I'm not very far at all. I haven't reached the point in it yet where I can't wait to read the next page, but I think I haven't been in the proper reading mindset.

As someone who is less a Cardinals fan and more of a St. Louis resident who goes to games if it's free, I'm rooting for the Cardinals because as long as they're playing I get to wear jeans and a Cardinals shirt to work on home game days.

I heard something on the radio this morning that Jessica Lange supposedly brought the idea to Ryan Murphy, because of her lifelong obsession with carnivals. But I think we all know that she's secretly a commenter.

I saw The Princess and the Frog in the theaters with my sister and started ugly crying when Ray the lightning bug becomes a star. I was 30. I tried so hard to not let anyone see that I was full on sobbing that I started to choke and my sister had to pass me her soda.