So my bestie from Santa Cruz is coming to visit this weekend and the kids have been sick and I’ve been working full time and it’s been fun but crazy and I’m always tired and it’s in HR so I’ve literally found my people and I love it except I’m never around the kids and it’s just all very different.

But this weekend: no kids, bestie in Palm Springs ( Read more... )

Being the parent of a teenager is fucking awful because I was never very popular with teens even as a teen myself. And also very over the know-it-all tone every sentance is tinged with. Today she actually said “get over it”, and I 100% lost it. In front of her friends too, so I’m the real winner.

Not sure how I will survive. I’m already a mess most ( Read more... )

It has come to my attention that I have a folder of photos in my phone titled Bella, and that folder holds 84 photos of The Coolest Dog I Know.
I'm having a hard time narrowing down a favorite.

My heart is in pieces for Suzanne and her family. Life really is such a gift. Give somebody a hug tomorrow, be extra kind, say I love you. Because one day we won't be able to.
Another friend lost a dear aunt to MS and it's just making me realize that life really is about living, and not worrying and not hiding.

Probably a complete pipe dream but I did just send in a contact form to hopefully get a tattoo from Alice Carrier in Portland. I have the money for a plane ticket and the ink already in savings, so fingers crossed.
I'm sure she gets millions of requests so I'm not too hopeful, but stranger things have happened.

I'm watching the new 90210 and "going to Palm Springs" was a euphemism for losing one's virginity. Which is grade A irony if you grew up here. Then she chickened out and made him sleep on the couch of her grandma's fabulous desert house ( Read more... )

So I have this nail polish addiction. Right now they are in a box on my counter but I need them OFF my counter and on the wall. Should I just break down and get one of these clear acrylic wall mounts that salons use? Could I use a spice rack? None of my polishes are more than 3.5 inches tall, I'm wondering what else I could do. The acrylic stand is ( Read more... )

I know not everybody likes him, but I still think Harmony Korine is an amazing filmmaker. He can make me feel so uncomfortable yet so compelled to see the end of the story. I'm sort of embarrassed by how many times I've seen Kids and Gummo.
This post brought to you by Spring Breakers. I'm 8 minutes in an I'm truly excited.

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If you're a female, and you're voting for Romney/Ryan, can I respectfully ask you why? I refuse to be taken backwards by a patriarchal system who consistently shames women. Why aren't more women outraged at his audacity and by his smugness?
I said this in my Facebook but it bears repeating: even if I agreed with Romney on EVERY OTHER ISSUE, I still ( Read more... )