I've had a negative impression of Ashley Judd since I heard some stuff about rampant egotism on one of those charity jaunts to Africa, but my hat's off to her for the linked essay.
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 10, 2012 5:50:56 pm PDT #334 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Zenkitty - Apr 10, 2012 5:57:53 pm PDT #335 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It gets stale, because exposure to air dries out the oils that give it flavor.
So I should just throw out the three-year-old half-empty bag of Dunkin' Donuts French Vanilla and buy some new if I want to start drinking coffee again? Okay. Thanks!
§ ita § - Apr 10, 2012 6:18:51 pm PDT #336 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This might solve the gimlet wars!
Welcome to the promised land. I saved you a seat.
Hey, is there current propaganda for women coming of age touting g-spot orgasms over clitoral ones, or vice versa, or really do we not have any, or they're just not important anyway, silly ladies?
msbelle - Apr 10, 2012 6:24:37 pm PDT #337 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
40 is totally middle age. I have no intention of living to 80, so for me it is really more than middle age. I did not ream mac too much because tomorrow morning at 7am, he has blood drawn. seems like punish enough for the 10 year-old needle phobe.
-t - Apr 10, 2012 6:32:12 pm PDT #338 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, shoot, I knew there was something I wanted to do with all those limes. Cordial! And I just gave up and juiced them all yesterday. Oh well, there'll be more and this time I clipped the recipe.
I thought the latest thinking was that the g-spot was actually part of the clitoris, or all connected, or something. Advancements in anatomical knowledge, 3-D imagery?
Kat - Apr 10, 2012 6:33:52 pm PDT #339 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
40 is TOTALLY middle age. All of the annoying body going to shit stuff is happening now that I am turning 40.
I hate it.
Zenkitty - Apr 10, 2012 6:34:04 pm PDT #340 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm 48, and I totally intend to live to 96, so I'm middle-aged. That's okay with me. I'm also fat, gray-haired, and covered with cat hair, so I'm living the cliche!
Strix - Apr 10, 2012 6:35:54 pm PDT #341 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I will be middle aged in August, then. But most people think I'm about 33.
Good thing I just bought my first bikini today. I found an UNDERWIRE TOP for $6.98!!!! And it fit, and a friend gave me a too-small for her now little black swim skirt and I will be baring my whole damn torso this summer.
Scary, yet I can't WAIT for the pools to open!
Sue - Apr 10, 2012 6:37:07 pm PDT #342 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Now that I'm 40, I feel like "middle-aged" should be, like, 53. (I picked that arbitrarily.) Because my brain feels like it's 25. Seriously.
This 42 YO totally agrees.
I was chatting with my coworkers today, one is 26, and the other is 33. We hang out at work a lot, and get along really well. And then sometimes I am reminded that I am older than they are, like the time I realized that I started university 25 years ago. But today, the 26 year old started complaining about having to hang out with a 19 year old on the weekend. Considering she and I went to a movie the previous weekend, I laughed.
msbelle - Apr 10, 2012 6:45:12 pm PDT #343 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
My grandma, the one who was in the er, 98 years old...I remember her sometime in her 80s saying something like, her brain always feeling like it was 17 and not understanding the face that looked back at her from the mirrors half the time because she didn't think of herself as old. I get that, but I also get the tired and achey and things not working right anymore and everything just settling and finding new places on my body to shift (with NO DISCUSSION WITH ME) and the cane shaking OFFA MY LAWN.