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Weather or not! (see what I did there?)
I know. It's not clever. Sue me. It's late, and I still have to do my hair and be up wicked early. But I did want to write ( Read more... ) -
You take the good, you take the bad, you take em both and there you have...
This is what my days have been lately, very mixed bag. Or maybe I'm just getting better at finding the good ( Read more... ) -
On the naming of cats
Ok, not cats. Babies. Offspring. Spawn.
I suppose this is as close as I'll get to having a biological clock, which I actually think has more to do with social conventions and subsequent pressure than biological imperative, but what the hell do I know - I'm just a uterus with tits.
I like kids. I'd like to be a mother...SOMEDAY. Some faraway (though ( Read more... ) -
Turn Turn Turn
People say that there are no seasons in LA. That it's just one big long endless summer. Don't you believe it. The leaves do SO change, and there's that unmistakable bite in the air that heralds fall. We just don't get long, damp, grey winters. Which is totally okay with me because snow SUCKS. If you have a life to live and can't hunker down for 6-9 ( Read more... ) -
Blessed are the meek, not blessed are the doormats.
I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I "discovered" the book Lamb: The Gospel according to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore because of an LJ icons community, but there it is. The book is now one of my favorites, as is it's author. So here's a favorite passage of dialogue between the titular Biff and Jesus Christ. Enjoy! "How are ( Read more... ) -
In which I say something unpopular and use lots of parentheses.
This Anti-Bullying stuff has gone too far for me. With all respect to Lady Gaga - Federal Laws? Come on. We have laws on the books. Let's enforce them and not just keep writing new laws for the cause celeb ( Read more... ) -
I swear, I used to be fun!
I did! And this journal - it used to be fun and interesting and full of ideas that didn't involve depression and anxiety and hurt feelings. I'm getting that BACK, dammit. I feel like I'm no fun at all lately ( Read more... ) -
My piece of advice to the world
This came up at lunch w/a friend today, and I happen to think it's a good idea and not just because it's mine ( Read more... ) -
Unless you are a cannibal, I am not food.
There are lots of food related nicknames for people. Sugar. Honey. Cupcake. Dumpling. I don't know why - but I'm starting to get REALLY irritated by the use of the word "chocolate" to describe black women...and men too I guess. But I don't really hear it used to describe men - Chocolate Rain notwithstanding, and really, who talks about that guy ( Read more... ) -
I don't need to use the spoiler icon, do I?
...I mean, it's obliterated box office records at this point ( Read more... )