Sometimes I think the best part of OkCupid is rejecting people.
Let me clarify...I hate rejecting people face-to-face, and I hate rejecting people once I’ve gotten to know them at all. But the skeezy guy who sends me a gross or pointless message because he happens to see I’m online at 7:00pm on a Friday? I love how easy it is to shut that down.
Occasionally I get a message that’s actually crude or offensive. Much more often I get...
Invisible Triumphs: the Quieter Heroism of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
by Tess Adair
(Warning: if you haven’t seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you should. Also, this will pretty much spoil the episode Anne.)
During my recent craft day [link?], I decided to keep Buffy the Vampire Slayer running in the background. Even though I’ve seen it so many times I recite the lines under my breath before they tumble from the screen, it’s still my favorite show in the whole wide world.
And while I watched the third season opener, Anne, I remembered all the reasons why.
When I decided to start putting up a new blog post every week day, I immediately knew I wanted to do two things with it: start a few traditions designed to inject some light-heartedness into my writing, and give myself a break to make it easier to post so frequently.
So I figured every Friday, I would just post a picture of someone I have a crush on, and maybe also some kittens. And I would write a little about one or the other.
This week, in honor of his 66th birthday, my crush of the week is...
I like pulling costumes together. It’s the only kind of crafting I actively seek out. So it follows that Halloween has always been one of my favorite days—it’s the only one with a ready-made reason to make a costume.
I tend to put a lot of thought into my costumes. I have never worn a costume that was completely store-bought, and I have never gone as a Sexy anything....
