One: A glowing review for my first novel has made me an extremely happy cat.

Two: This is freaking hilarious

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So I'm playing FFXIII like everyone else in the world. Initial thoughts: Amazing to look at (and I mean AMAZING), not sure how I feel about the combat system yet though. Story-wise the premise is very cool but slightly hampered by the fact that I had to dig through menus to read what was actually going on. Pro tip, Squeenix: introducing a new and ( Read more... )

Boring mom stuff post, skip as needed!

(For those who don't know, I had my baby a bit ahead of schedule. You can read the story here, if you like. Nate's youtube channel is here! Click for tiny cuteness.)

Nate facts:First off, his full name is Nathan Aaron Bach (useewhutwedidther), and he was born on December 20th, 2009 at 4lb 1oz. He's only just ( Read more... )

The one that will appear at the back of my first book. God, I sound like such a nerd. Well, I am a nerd, but I was hoping to come off slightly cooler than reality. So much for that ( Read more... )

I know! 2 posts in 1 day! But seriously... Diane Savino is my new girl crush for life.

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Lately I've been getting all these weird "RACHEL! GET $3000 RIGHT NOW! NO CREDIT OR EMPLOYMENT CHECK!" mailings. I never used to get them, now I've gotten 4 in 1 week from four different companies (or 1 company with 4 different names). Is anyone else getting these? Is there some sort of loan sharking boom? Of course, with most of the country broke ( Read more... )

When you are pregnant you can not sit in some booths at restaurants because there is not enough room. This is horribly embarrassing, especially when the cute, thin waitress ignores your cries to just stick you at a table and tries to find a booth large enough for your bulk.

I got my table in the end. My pride is still up for debate.

First, since I promised I would post the link:

Michelle Phan's make up tutorial videos. I don't even wear makeup, but I watch her ever week. It's always a thrill to watch someone who's so good at what she does! All her videos are pretty good, definitely worth a look, even if you don't like makeup ( Read more... )

So now that being broke is hip, there's been lots of news stories about "super coupon clippers." These people (all women) spend hours scouring the web and buying 12 papers a week to get coupons which they then use at multiple different stores to get things super cheap or for free ( Read more... )

First - The bad things ( Read more... )