it baffles me how so many people in the general public don't realize that there are alcoholics in literally EVERY walk of life. my mom is in recovery and i've gone to some speaker meetings where i hear things that just blow my mind. the fact that some people are still alive is sometimes pretty amazing in itself.

oh i did. did that matter to them? did i even get cards? no.

excellent rant. i think most people are ok, until they decide to buy something from craigslist and turn into shitbags.

oh yeah. because heaven forbid that baby wear hand-me-downs (even when the kids have been mostly boys). i've managed to luck out on not going to these events, due to the whole being away at college thing.

and this is one instance where the cash is actually the wrong option. cash will get spent on bills (rent, car payment, STUDENT LOANS) instead of getting some of the stuff that it would be really nice to have, but that you would feel guilty about spending money on yourself.

babies and marriage are definitely the only things in my extended family that matter for gifts. i've got several never-married cousins with multiple children who all get fancy baby showers, but when i finish undergrad and grad school in a total of 6 years, hardly anybody even says congrats. granted, none of my aunts…

oh right-wingers. i wish i could just ignore them and hope they went away. but that really is not the way to deal with things... right?

or on the inside of a fresh clean pair of jeans? it's a pretty amazing feeling.

i currently live in a halfway large statistical area (hard to call it metro, although that's probably technically what it is) and i have never heard of, and highly doubt, that there is a take back the night rally here. i would have no idea what it was if not for my college town.

i'm having a hard time deciding if you're a troll or not...

i definitely finished grad school two weeks after turning 24. but i went straight through from undergrad. which had the effect of not making me ever go back to school ever again, so i think i dodged the "grad school until 38" bullet.

i take a generic of seasonale, so i only have to worry about it every three months. and at that rate, a box of tampons lasts me essentially a whole year

shit, that would suck. especially since i imagine you had to find this out the hard way....

nope, thankfully.

i'm pretty sure you only have to be worried about TSS if you like NEVER take your tampon out.

i don't even have a fragrance allergy, but walking past hollister or abercrombie in the mall makes me feel like my throat is closing up and my head is going to explode. i can't wrap my head around how they're allowed to pollute the air OUTSIDE their stores like that. look, if people want to shop in that funk, more…

pretty sure this is a pic from the met gala a couple weeks back, where the theme was "punk"

check out capitalhillstyle.com. belle's kinda snarky (which seems to be a majority of jez readers) and she lives and works in DC, so her suggestions are somewhat more formal, but i think of it as a really good starting point.

oh my god. yes. the jeans issue is the worst.

i'm on the every three month pill, and my mom is still convinced it's not good for me. i just don't even bother arguing about it with her anymore.