My mom was totally totally nice to us all last weekend, because she wanted to hold it against me later ( Read more... )

SO good. So, so good. It was almost totally ruined, because I'd been excited about getting to see Derik again for weeks and weeks, and the night before, his car broke down in Bakersfield on his way up. I was totally mopey all day because I was about 95% sure he was either not going to be able to get the car fixed, or was going to get it running and ( Read more... )

About dead mothers, as a trope:

"Missing Moms are almost always remembered in a positive light, unlike Disappeared Dads (although see First Father Wins). Expect the father to wax poetic about the times they shared, and to tell a female hero "You look so much like your mother." Death by Childbirth can be a cause of this. (By contrast, if the ( Read more... )

Derik is going to come up for my birthday. I can't even--aaauuhghhhhgagagagaga

Here is how I imagine a conversation going with this engineering candidate that just walked into the office:

Engineer: Hi
Carrie: ...
Engineer: So, what's your role in the company?
Carrie: ...I write things? And I make pretty things.
Engineer: ...ok.
Carrie: YOU'REPRETTY. OMGDIDIJUSTSAYTHATOUTLOUD? IHAVETOPEEBYE.

Susie: I watch too much Law and Order SVU ( Read more... )

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My mother totally told me to start squeezing out grandbabies already, GAWD.

Me: This is SO my child. Curly hair, and everything!

Danielle: It IS your child, lol.

Me: The curly hair genes are too strong to NOT get passed on.

Danielle: I can't wait for you to have a baby now. Curly-haired baby. Have one. STAT!

Me: My uterus has been extra needy as of late. Fucking springtime.

Danielle: lol. My cousin Taylor? Extremely cute curly ( Read more... )

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