The only laugh I can do on command is an evil, megalomaniac's laugh. It always feels good, like letting out the real me.

I don't think I can laugh at will. I can make some sounds that sort of sound like laughter, but sounds phony. But I don't think that's the same thing as actually 'laughing'.

I feel you. I am a Chloe, and I live in Miami, so when I introduce myself, I have to brace myself for people to vapidly ask, "Oh, were you named after Khloe Kardashian?" (We're the same age)

I wouldn't call Brave "a little girl's story". Merida is a (young) woman of marriageable age.

Elizabeth Taylor gave the bracelet to the nurse.

You realize that doesn't make sense? If everyone around me was aged and weathered, Eastwood-style, she would appear younger in comparison, not older.

SO MUCH WIN

Are you saying that she looks young? Because she looks about 35 to me.

Yeah, but somebody would have to be dead before a wrongful death suit. The purpose of a permit/inspection is PREVENTION.

Actually hijabs do not cover the whole body. Hijab (while it also refers to modest dress and deportment) generally refers to the covering of the head and neck (head scarfs, basically). I think you're thinking of a burqa, which is the full-body, head-to-toe covering.

Say that when you get stopped by a truant officer demanding to know why you're not in school. Trust me, not fun.

Ugh, no, not true at all. I'm 29 and a teacher, and it is extremely frustrating, because it's difficult to get people to take you seriously, or leverage your experience (people forget I have experience when I look like I am fresh out of college, at the most.) Over the holiday, I actually got asked by a friend of my…

There is also the fact that whether or not you are combat personnel, when going into a war zone, you run the risk of being killed or captured. People in the military are aware of those risks.

I never would have known from your writing that English was your second language. You don't have any of the little grammar or syntax problems that I commonly see in less-fluent ESL speakers. What's your first language, if you don't mind me asking?

Well, what about getting a job overseas? To be honest, I don't know much about working in New Zealand, but I know there are many, many places looking for ESL teachers that will hire you with little or no experience (lemme know if you want more info on that, I worked as an ESOL teacher for two years in Korea), and that…

Don't take your family or friends' rejection of you as a measure of yourself, take it only as a measure of them, as in, they are terrible people for mistreating and abandoning you. Your alternative, leaving, is a very good one. I was once in a situation where I woke up every day depressed—I won't go into details, but…

Hahaha! That just made my evening!

Is it possible that you have received cards printed at Vistaprint (with no watermark) and simply not known? I mean, without the watermark, I doubt you can look at a card and say, "Yep, definitely from Vistaprint"

That is truly terrible.

But now that they're hiring all those WOMEN why do the male cops need to be concerned with justice for women? That's what the women cops are for. Clearly, dealing with lady-problems is a job for other ladies. /s