This is what *swoon* looks like in real life.  

So much this!

I hear ya on that. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the pregnancy takes care of that for you!

The Current is also doing a Prince Birthday Dance Party until 5pm Minneapolis time. It’s funky.

I endorse this Chris!

If I’m not a person, can I stop paying taxes?

I had one in the last state I lived in and now my current one is gold. As is her PA, who I see until I start to have serious issues again then the gyno will come back in. But I love them and recommend them anytime I can. I’ll be 45 next month so I’ve got about 27 years experience now. The one I see here, though, is by…

Has your doc ever suggested you start taking the ibuprofen a day or so before, to get ahead of it? Assuming yours is fairly regular? After my last appointment mine suggested that and I tried it and it made such a huge difference.

Mine prescribed heavy duty ibuprofen and some other drug to help with the level of bleeding, neither of which was a HBC, and some over the counter tips and tricks.

Seriously? Now I appreciate mine even more. Mine talks to me about my relationship, any questions I may have about anything that may be going on, when I needed an ultrasound the tech even talked to me about what she was doing in detail and answered all questions.

I should give it another chance, too. I found the premiere to be boring and sorta blah and depressing. Not at all endearing, as the ads made it seem.

According to historical paintings, I am super sexy. History is important!

And now I’m even gladder I’ve never watched one second of any of these dumbshit shows.

It doesn’t sound authoritative to me, though. It makes the speaker, imo, sound ditzy and I find it hard to take them seriously. I tried to listen to a podcast on a subject I am very interested in but the hosts’ speaking (valley girl-ish/vocal fry) absolutely ruined it for me. I, too, am very judgey.

Hi, neighbor!! I grew up south of Beckley.

I think you’re explaining it well, it’s just more that I don’t know that I’ve experienced/heard this vocal affect in the wild as of yet. But if there is that deliberate type pause between the “Cli” and the “in” then, yeah, I can see how that would be grating or odd to listen to. Those of us with the lazy pronunciation…

I hear people just in general marry the vocal fry with the uptalk. Like, I think most of us will use uptalk when we’re looking for agreement, as this article indicates. But when every single sentence sounds like it ends in a question mark is what I consider uptalk and not what the article is really talking about. I…

Aaaaaaaaaaah! I see. And I disapprove. I’m using my lazy pronunciation to tell these kids ta get offa mah lawn.

Very true. And I’ve been sitting here trying to casually say Clinton and Trenton and I’m pretty sure they both turn into Cli’on and Tre’on with my accent, as well.