and pedicures are always so nice.

Alibelle, pretty lady, where do you want to live/work? Do you want to stay in L.A.?

Plei! I'm sorry to hear your body is plotting against you. Is the baby still probably a girl? I haven't been keeping up in any of the threads, so I don't know any of the latest news. And pedicures are great. I love the hot water, and the foot massage, and the grooming. Good good fun. The polish is by far the least of it.

And I do want to stay in L.A., but I'm open to going to NY, if necessary. Do you have any ideas?

ETA:

P-C, you should work for the Department of Indian Transportation. That is an awesome story. You totally made me want to go see it.

Well, sort of. At least, in theory, and definitely more than anyone else has ever made me want to go see a scary driving place. I think it was the musical backing up details.

what's an extraction?

Squeezing out the blackheads. They wrap their fingers in tissue and shine the world's brightest light on your face and just go nuts.

Sometimes lance zits and get the infection out.

I like extractions. I like the unplugged version on my pores. But I am a strong proponent of no pain in my life, so I am willing to trade off brow wax pain and extraction pain for never having to wax my legs or bikini area.

Or, you know, exercise: the most awful pain of all.

My university web site was down this afternoon, too. I wonder if it's related.

I'm supposed to go have drinks, but (a) I haven't showered, (b) I'm broke and (c) it's cold.

I don't think I'm going. I have a bottle of Prosecco left over from New's Year's in the fridge.

Plei, you might have to say it over and over again to get no polish, but it's definitely doable. I say this because my father ended up with clear polish the first time he got a manicure. He just couldn't get them not to do it. And he's a dude.

Tell them you're allergic and would have to sue.

No polish. Easy.

Squeezing out the blackheads. They wrap their fingers in tissue and shine the world's brightest light on your face and just go nuts.

Okay. yuck and no.

I really want a dermo to take a look at my outbreaky skin. But honestly, I fear it's my diet.

Plei! I'm sorry to hear your body is plotting against you. Is the baby still probably a girl? I haven't been keeping up in any of the threads, so I don't know any of the latest news. And pedicures are great. I love the hot water, and the foot massage, and the grooming. Good good fun. The polish is by far the least of it.

She's still probably a girl. I can't decide if she likes or hates the hot water bottle I've been having to use to make the current side effect bearable, but it does make her kick a lot. Of course, that could just be that she's getting bigger, because she's kicking now, and there's no hot water bottle in sight.

And I do want to stay in L.A., but I'm open to going to NY, if necessary. Do you have any ideas?

Find a job that pays enough to live with roomies, but make sure it's one you won't feel guilty about leaving if you get a good job doing what you want to do. Make sure they're good roomies. Oh, and find the job BEFORE you have to move. Accept that the first year or so will probably suck, but consider it experience you can write about later in your blisteringly funny memoirs.

Plei, how far along are you? (I've been away a while...)

Hi.

Now I want to go to Burke Williams this weekend too. Mebbe not for a facial though.