Awww, that makes me so sad to think about! That's not the first time I've heard people say things like that. Why do adults do that to kids? Why can't they just be encouraging?

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Re: the Vera Wang thing, you are apparently ignoring the fact that it is ONLY the China store which has this policy. Other Vera Wang stores do not charge a fee to try on wedding dresses.

No, you're not required to fill out the FAFSA. They can't make that mandatory. She might have filled it out because in most schools, filling out the FAFSA is listed in the "steps" they provide for new students, since most students need to. It sounds mandatory, the way most schools present it. But if you bypassed the…

Wonderfully said.

He's talking about closet smells that come with excess moisture. When clothes become moist because of humidity and don't dry, they start to smell. The chalk helps by going to the source of the problem, the moist air.

Baking soda is not going to absorb moisture out of the air, use chalk for that.

But in Chinese Astrology, aren't you supposed to avoid the number four at all costs? I thought four was the big bad.

It's actually pretty easy not to piss on your own shoes (actually, it would be very difficult to piss on your shoes) while doing this. And if she lifted the seat, there wouldn't be much room to balance on the rim. But she should definitely be wiping down the seat after.

I can confirm, the writing is incredibly awful. Parts of it were so bad I became physically nauseated.

What a bitter response to a funny comment. Need a little sugar in your life?

Well unless you got arrested for it (or some type of academic discipline) or you did it recently enough to show up on a drug test, you should probably do what everybody else does and lie when the application asks "Have you ever done drugs?"

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When I lived in Busan, I would go to Fukuoka every chance I got. 3 hours by ferry or 30 mins in the air and the trip was cheap either way. It was my "perfect" city... nice art museums, enough greenery, relaxation, and entertainment. Met some great people there, too. I tried to get a job in Fukuoka, but it didn't work…

The last time I was there with my mother, we were supposed to make a stop at Hiroshima/Miyajima after we left Kyoto, but we were a bit exhausted, so we skipped it in favor of getting to Fukuoka and having a little time to rest before continuing our manic tourism—I still say the extra mealtimes spent chowing down on…

Moisturize—use thick lotion, or even oil. When I do peels, to get my flaking skin to lay flat, I use oil; slather it on and then blot off the excess. You can put on your foundation over it, just apply a bit more. It depends on how severely you're shedding, but that should hold for a few hours. You won't look radiant,…

From my experience traveling with a DSLR: they can be kind of draining to travel with. They're expensive, so you might feel some anxiety about protecting it, not to mention on day outings, you start feeling the pounds you're lugging by the end of the day. Mine has a mostly metal interior, so it's not light like some…

With your education and skills, it sounds like the foreign service would be a good fit for you. Have you checked it out?

Japan is so lovely... one of my favourite countries. What city(s) are you going to? Making any plans to try and catch the cherry blossoms?

Drink more.