Sex is a funny thing. It’s incredibly important; without it, none of us would be here, it can make or break a relationship and it just feels so damn good. But then sometimes it's awkward, uncomfortable, totally goofy. To me, the funniest thing about sex is how little the actual intercourse matters sometimes. Often it's the build up, the pleasure ( Read more... )

 So, yeah, I am a little late seeing this movie.

I finally watched it last night. My reason for renting it a year after all the buzz died down and one of the stars actually died was because on Friday someone told me the movie was BAD, really bad, and I decided I needed to see for myself.

We have Brokeback Mountain on DVD at my little library branch ( Read more... )

 Every read Louis Sachar's Holes?? It is an amazing book. I read it back in Lib School for a YA lit class. Sachar wrote some of my favorite chapter books as a kid, like the Sideways Stories From Wayside School series.

The movie is on Disney right now. I went to see it in the theater when it came out a few years ago and it was awesome too. The story ( Read more... )

 Balancing personal expression and friends-list sensibilities in determining content.

In college I wrote a paper about identity. Specifically, how I found it scary to just be myself and much simpler to slip, chameleon-like, into the colors of the people around me. I was proud of the ability, if not the social anxiety that predicated it, but my ( Read more... )

Just when I think I am getting into a routine with the full time job and taking the kids in every day...my best mommy friend has to have an emergency C-Section!

Renae's baby - her third, but also her first girl - was due Feb. 3rd but she has had placenta previa throughout the pregnancy and they finally scheduled her c-section for January 29th. We ( Read more... )

Teeth brushed? Check.
Lipstick on? Check.
Outfit cute but not so cute it looks like I was trying? Check.
I had to look great because today I had a date. And I had even asked her out, so that upped the ante immensely.  I glanced out the window as I grabbed my keys and cursed. Damn, I hope it doesn't rain. Then I'd totally have to change my plans. I was ( Read more... )