i've been getting a slow creeping feeling for the past few months that i'm a hipster, but your comment has me confused now. am i a hipster if i sincerely like the things i like?

happens to me all the time.

heh heh. you said 'erector set'.

while any jewel tone is a step up from tangerine, i'm still keeping my fingers crossed for the perfect shade of amethyst to become popular.

ooh. yes. good point. i wonder if a deep amethyst color will also end up being popular, because that's kind of my signature color.

keep an eye on pinupgirlclothing.com.

if they make some sort of essentials make up case in emerald green and silver i'm gonna buy the shit out of it.

i had similar feelings about a teacher who marked our papers in purple.

lemon essential oil is great for brightening whites and cleaning things like tile and countertops.

HOW DO PEOPLE KEEP BABIES ALIVE?! Seriously, it seems like everything in the world was designed to kill babies.

WOW. usually when people tease celebrities about being orange i think to myself, "ok, obviously they've been hitting the tanning beds too much, but he doesn't look orange to me." but Valentino actually looks like a creamsicle drowned in bronzer. yowza.

no worries, i didn't take any offense.

what is a heptathlon? suddenly i want to train for one.

oh my god, high school gym. what a fucking nightmare. i thought i hated exercise for the longest time, then i realized i just hated gym class.

i'm reading a lot of comments from people saying that they get crap for trying to be healthy. i'd like to know what your experiences are with this. let's say you're trying to limit unhealthy food, so you turn down dinners out or birthday cake at the office party or grammy's butter casserole. maybe you decline an…

haha, i appreciate the advice. i'll definitely take it into consideration.

about a year ago, i went to the doctor and she did some blood work. she said everything was normal and that i was healthy, just on the big side. i was born a big baby, that turned into a big kid, that grew into a big woman. i think it's just my lot in life.

one of the most mind boggling moments of my life was when i realized how much time and energy i had spent hating my body. all i could think was, "my god, i could be fluent in ten languages by now if i wasn't so damned concerned about my stretch marks." seriously, my body has done amazing things and i'm pissed that it…

stop judging this woman for being fit. if she were a fat woman, you'd think it was spelled correctly.