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On We're Really Taking This 'Lean In' Thing Too Far
this made me laugh out loud. that is all.
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On The Man Who Wept Ink
ahhh, I saw something like this on that Lockup show (why I as watching it, I can't explain or defend).
the inmates did it with ballpoint pen ink & were ridiculously proud of themselves (& also hilariously inept in their attempts to pretend it "just happened"...because clearly there's no relationship between their suddenly black, red, or blue eyeballs & the fact that those were the the colors of the pens found in their cells).
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On What Your Gap Fragrance Said About You
this spoke to me.
...let's just say that I still have a half-full bottle of Grass (which I only stopped wearing because it made my college boyfriend* feel allergic), & that my mom resorted to calling bras "top underwear" because I was otherwise unable to discuss them even when we were actually in the lingerie section.
*said college boyfriend is now my husband, & I just started laughing out loud upon asking myself the question, "& why are you saving that bottle of perfume, exactly?" I kind of love the idea that, if I'm ever single again, I'll immediately hit the town redolent of stale Gap perfume.
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On Ask Polly: How Do I Stop Panicking And Crying Over The Slightest Criticism?
two things:
once again, HH has knocked it out of the park on both of these responses.
&
for LW1--I think of myself as a pretty well-adjusted person, but earlier today I dropped my lunch all over the floor of my office suite while taking it out of the microwave & my toddler's-ruined-ice-cream-cone reflex was so strong that I honestly wanted to burst into tears. (& then I started being an asshole for myself for almost literally crying over spilled [leftovers], & had to consciously shift my thinking to keep from making it worse.)
sometimes these emotional patterns are so deeply ingrained in us that it takes a LOT of work to overcome them--particularly if you begin beating yourself for feeling that way in the first place.
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On 'Crash': The Most Loathsome Best Picture Of Them All
@Lionel Mandrake the other day I started crying while describing that scene to someone else--& I haven't seen the movie since it came out. that's some successful filmmaking right there.
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On How To Give Birth To A Rabbit
I learned something new today! & I enjoyed it tremendously.
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On Ask Polly: I Can't Resist Great Sex With My Crazy Ex!
@rich bachelor but wasn't it, though? in a way, it's a synecdoche for both questions: "can you fix my problem (that I myself caused, & which has a fairly simple solution)?"
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On Nation Sets Aside Low-Level Resentment Of Simon Rich To Enjoy Story
indeed; this is great.
"It is not good for her to stand outside in the cold, dressed in nothing but her prostitute clothes."
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On Ross Douthat on Abortion: A Case of Op-Ed Malpractice
it's only a matter of time before I get an email from one of the more conservative members of my family that cites this faulty reasoning--so thanks for preemptively helping me argue against it.
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On Ask Polly: Jesus, My Struggling Writer Friends Never Shut Up!
@Anarcissie "yes but" is also a good way to start every line in an improv scene if you want the other performer(s) to completely hate you.