I really need to get my eyebrows threaded, but it's too hot to leave the apartment. Must I suck it up and pluck? Is there no justice in this world ( Read more... )

I need a short-sleeved cardigan to wear with a dress I just bought. The dress is black with white flowers and stuff embroidered on the skirt. Thus I turn to you, Fashionable Ones, with two questions:

1) Where the fuck can I get a short-sleeved cardigan? And not pay like $100 for it? It doesn't have to be cashmere, guys. In fact, even tho I love ( Read more... )

I watch American Idol by myself every week, b/c the only ppl I know and like who also watch it are my mom and sister, and they're thousands of miles away in MA. Every season, M watches with me up thru Hollywood week, but once the actual singing contest starts, and the probability of various ppl crying or singing horrendously during the show goes ( Read more... )

Flicking through channels I just caught my first episode ever of America's Next Top Model, and for a moment was like "YES! Now I can join conversations about the show and talk about who's gorgeous/ugly* and what aspects are interesting/ridiculous**," and then, as the marathon continued (which I watched THREE EPISODES IN A ROW of, OH MY GAAAAAAH) ( Read more... )

I don't know why I keep dawdling about typing up a detailed report of our vacation. It's not like I'm avoiding anything -- it was all good stuff (except maybe for the flat tire we got on the way to Houston, when we were already running late and both wearing white; but even at the time, that was kind of funny). I just can't focus lately ( Read more... )

As most of you know, I'm a freak who happens to dislike Halloween, but if I were going out to any parties or clubs (ew, I'm not, but I think I am going to watch a zombie movie and I did buy my students candy) I think I would dress up as a MySpace photo: so, basically, I would wear sunglasses and make the "Blue Steel" face all night. I'd also wear a ( Read more... )

Today at the grocery store, I bought some tomato soup. This isn't the kind of thing that's notable for most people, but it is for me b/c I've never had tomato soup before.

I haven't tried it yet, but it got me wondering: what kinds of common foods have you, for whatever reason, never eaten?