I've only been out of secondary school 9 years, but SO MUCH has changed in that time. They incorporated all of the Junior and Senior highs in my district, which eliminated the 8-10 and 11-12 system they had before. Budget concerns slashed the shit out of all elective classes - hell, they lost Geology from the senior…

I worry about this a lot. I'm a pseudo-only (I have two half-brothers that are 15 and 17 years older than me, respectively. We're very close but we weren't raised under the same roof.) and I genuinely enjoyed that aspect of my childhood. The cited negatives of only children don't seem to apply much to me - I'm social,…

Preach! Massive difference.

I tend to be instantly turned off by a dude wearing a fedora or a porkpie hat. CAVEAT: Tom Waits. Otherwise, it just makes me think of jerky manchildren. I don't find Hutcherson grotesque or something, he just very much looks his age.

Oh god, Josh Hutcherson is 100% coasting into Duckie territory.

I adore my Liberte IUD. It's what's superceded the Paraguard in Canada, at least at public health clinics like PP and OPTions. I got it in November, had a relatively painless insertion (I was offered both spray and injected anesthesia, both of which I went with). I bled for a few days and my first two periods were…

Oh! I remember you from a post on Offbeat Mama. You are one tough cookie, and a great writer to boot. I hope everything gets a little easier for you every day. <3

I can tell you that Lukas Silvera of the Cliks got top surgery but opted out of an ongoing course of T in order to maintain his singing voice. Hormones have a huge effect and if your voice is massively important, sometimes that has to come first. Not all trans people get surgery of any kind, not all take hormones.…

Straight up. The two best relationships of my life came from there, and I'm freakin' marrying someone I went on a "what the heck!" OKC date with.

That's pretty dickish. And being proud of your kid in a way that relates to the topic at hand has nothing to do with "mommyjacking", you're just pointlessly spitting bile.

TURTLE BACKPACK!

TOTALLY feeling the Kenneth Parcell. "Marriage is when an old man and a crying girl are pushed into the coupling shed together." (Paraphrased)

Most. Underwatched/Underrated. Comedy. Ever.

"You taste like a burger! I don't like you anymore."

You're... 83?

Nah, I took it first semester and Mary was my TA - she rocks my world. Seriously inspiring, and whenever I get frustrated with my GSWS major, she manages to restore my faith. I'm a 3rd year GSWS kid, active at Out on Campus. I'm kind of a den mother there because I'm one of the older students. I have fake-y bright…

Yep, I'm fucked. It's tragic - I have beautiful teeth (don't worry, I have low self-esteem about other body parts :P) but they're weak - I'm getting a lot of enamel loss and I'm not even 30 yet. But yeah, I love Coke Zero (really, most diet sodas) and all of the acidy food forever.

I've actually heard that you should wait at least an hour to brush your teeth after drinking soda, at least from my dentist. He says that if you abrade your enamel with the toothbrush/paste immediately after covering them with weak acid, you're doing a double whammy.

Huh, that sounds like an SFU course code - are you taking that with Mary Shearman?

I've gotten my Coke Zero addiction down to about a can and a half per day, but I'm still concered it's going to ruin my teeth.