I had this great idea. Forget lab rats and stray puppies. Let's test stuff out on human beings! For example, if we want to know about the effects of pesticides on people, we can pay poor moms to spray the chemicals around their house. Then we can give their babies things they like to stick in their mouths, like toys and food, which they'll be ( Read more... )

Ithaca, N.Y.: You answer this question all of the time, but I'd like the reassurance. What do you do when you just turned 24, are now two years out of college, and feel like you are constantly stumbling, especially compared to classmates?

Carolyn Hax: Spend some time with people who aren't 24 and college educated and ambitious and American and ( Read more... )

wow, there's another Colombian girl out there with my first AND last name, spelled the same way as me, with even the accent over the "O"! check her out!

this thing doesn't really feel comfortable these days. you should probably log in if you're trying to read anything interesting.

things i need to buy ( Read more... )

it's too hot to post anything.

argh! kind of feel like i'm reliving scenes from my terribly-drawn zine that i threw together a long while back.

sucks that i'm the kind of person who is too much of a shithead when she's in a bad mood for anyone to feel sympathetic for her.

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I was recently discussing hip hop slang on the porch with Taylor and Ed, when we all admitted to having no idea what the word "crunk" really means. I suspect we weren't the only ones.

I found the answer buried in a movie review in the most recent Independent Weekly"Hip hop with a distinct Southern accent--known as crunk--has been booming of late ( Read more... )

i'm currently living with about half the people on my friends list. but i guess i never really wrote in this journal for my friends list anyway ( Read more... )

i woke up at 6 a.m. to eat toast and jam with my roommate eric before going to work. we sat in the kitchen and boiled tea in a saucepan and he told me about huntington, west virginia. i mean, really.

in the spirit of not taking things too seriously, here is a short list of things that have annoyed me this morning (i haven't had coffee and i'm very sleepy cause i slept on the couch cause elvis tore my room apart while i was gone over the weekend ( Read more... )