no boys allowed in the room!!!!

My only Xmas present (apart from plane ticket) $50 from best friend's mom.

my in-laws have 3 sons so they like to spoil their DILs which is totally awesome imo

wow that is an awesome bunch of gifts, j! you wld seem to have the elusive dream in laws. wows

(hairdryer will dry yr hair so fast you'll be like whoa)

yah i am already in love with it - it was on my wishlist!

John's dad sends us a package from a "gift meat company" every xmas, with a little (typed on the invoice) note that says "A little taste of Texas, from Dad." Same gift package every year:

That's it, but it's a different company. (Not Omaha Steaks, but another one that I can't recall.)

I just snapped the underwiring on my one remaining comfortable bra :(

trying to figure out measurement instructions now. so many different sets of instructions which completely contradict each other. like, the first one wants me to measure under the bust and not add any numbers, then the next one wants me to measure in the same place and add 4... well, that's already a pretty big difference, how are these both supposed to be "right"?

I've bought from figleaves.com before but their fitting guide is pretty damn unhelpful, it gives some instructions for finding the band size and then goes "ehhh guess randomly at the cup size based on your last bra", like, oh, the one where the label has faded in the wash and which probably didn't fit right anyway given that it just snapped?

</rant>

i got a really good garlic press for xmas. before i just had a rusty target one i got on sale and it sucked. i tried it last night, i just put the garlic in and squeezed the thing and when i opened it i was like whoa there's nothing left in here. so i made some nice garlicky tomato sauce.
no garlic crusher though, lol

A have a garlic press and I love it! It does the job of a knife, garlic crusher, and stainless steal soap all at once because it peels, crushes, and keeps your hands out of the garlic.

I am so sympathetic to the bra thing. The difference between band and cup plus four has always given me absurd results that do not bear out in the real world. This is just super annoying because, as I have mentioned before, my tig ole bitties mean I have to buy bras online since only $$$ specialty lingerie shops carry my size, and there is only one speciality lingerie shop in Chicago that I can afford and they pissed me off a couple of years ago and I can hold some serious retail grudges. You actually might be able to guess based on your last bra because if the tag is that faded, the underwire breakage was probably due to age rather than poor fit.

I like herroom.com a lot and recently ordered from biggerbras.com (after confirming that they would not send a package that read "BIGGER BRAS" to my husband at work, which is the only secure place we can receive packages, although they did send one bra in a really big box and I was like... bigger, yes, but not like, the size of microwave). My honest advice to you, if going into a store and trying on a shit ton of bras to find your size (and then ordering the same bra cheaper from somewhere on line) is to pick a place with a good return policy and order two or three bras in varying sizes, then return the ones that don't fit. It's a hassle, but it's pretty surefire.

Herroom.com has a good fit guide, as well, that can help you determine whether your bra fits you correctly or not. They also have really good customer reviews.

Two or three of the same style bras in different sizes, I should say, since size will vary between manufacturers and styles. That's another thing I like about herroom.com. They have a nice chart that will indicate what size you wear in an Elomi bra if you normally wear a different size in some other brand. Also, they have "fit tips" that will tell you a particular style in one brand differs from other styles in that brand. Like for my favorite bra (this one - http://www.herroom.com/elomi-1220-Smoothing-Foam-Underwire-Bra.shtml) the fit tip is that the cup size runs bigger than normal, which has proven true in my experience.

Two or three years ago I basically dedicated three months of my life to finding my proper bra size and The Perfect Bra that I could buy for the rest of my life* and never have to worry about it again, and this is why I have so many bra shopping-related opinions.

*Or for as long as wearing ones boobs round, high, and tight on ones chest is fashionable, I suppose.

after confirming that they would not send a package that read "BIGGER BRAS" to my husband at work, which is the only secure place we can receive packages
oh jenny
this is the sort of thing we shouldn't have to worry about, but totally do. also this made me lol for reals Or for as long as wearing ones boobs round, high, and tight on ones chest is fashionable, I suppose.

in personal adventures in feminism news, i schooled my dad about sexism the other day and it felt really powerful

just wanted to put that somewhere, pls continue talking about bras

The stuffed log kit from which I made the log I carried around on Halloween came in a lavender bag that said "My Invisible Boyfriend" on it and I thought Jeff was going to divorce me.

I would like to hear about you schooling your dad about sexism!!!

no way
that is the funniest thing on earth

i would totally hit your shoulder with an exuberant NUH UH if you were here
jesus christ that's funny, knowing your husband

ok in several parts,

we went to breakfast and were having this horrible conversation about teen mothers (mostly my mom talking here) and my dad tells me about this time he called out some coworkers for latent racism, and he wanted all of this -- i dunno -- praise for having done this, as one of those boomers who has dedicated his life to public service and promoting sociopolitical engagement, you know the type. my parents are kinda like that, and since you all don't know them, they are good people. they have good intentions and have done good things with their lives.

however, as a person of a younger generation who is tired of the boomers expecting to receive a brand new prize every time they do something good, i recounted some events of the last few months for me at work to give him an idea of what total sexist bs i have faced on a daily basis. instances have been...numerous. i gave examples and explained why this is important too, and still a major problem in {b}today's workplace{/b} and why he should care.

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anyway, at some point during my tirade, i grew a little embarrassed about this outburst (i have these kind of a lot around my parents) but i just finished what i was saying and waited for him to respond. it's possible that i should have just let my dad be proud of himself and continue to gnaw on my oatmeal. but that's not how it worked out and there's nothing i can do about it now.

he kinda seemed to get it, but i always wonder how much of what i say just vaporizes because it is coming from me, and i will always be a petulant teenager to him.

My parents tend to dismiss any similar experiences that i relate to them as being the result of living in a Large City, where bad things happen to good people. Because there's no sexism at all in Southern Bumblefart, Delaware.

I think it's great that you laid it out for him. I get tired of people (albeit well-meaning, kind people) with privilege wanting cookies every time they don't act like assholes, too.

It's cool that you can talk to your dad like that. I bet he doesn't see you as all that petulant anymore.

xp

i should also note that i am an only child, and the only real experience my dad has with children since he was a kid himself.

i think he will always see me as someone who knows a shocking amount of things for a 13 year old.

i mean, w/e could be worse nbd but
you know

he doesn't get that i could talk about really serious things while still making jokes and being informally myself. he still sees informal behavior as "unserious" and "childish" when really, i am not about to adopt some fucking academic tone over breakfast just because i am talking about serious things.

haha yeah I know what you mean. My dad tends to be over-serious and gets heated easily. I usually keep my mouth shut about things around him but I've adopted his ways to a limited extent with others.

My mom and step dad are better about joking around. Whenever I get caught up in things and get too serious at the dinner table or wherever, my step dad waves his hand says in a haughty tone, "You have become tiresome" and I can laugh and check myself.

aw, see, that's nice

Hi Jenny! Thanks for awesome bra shopping advice. I went to the shop and tried on a bunch in the sale and came away with a couple of new ones but I am still not 100% sure I got the best fit, so I'll be doing it all again soon.

Have been u_u lately at hearing a few intelligent and (previously) seemingly nice guys declare that sexism doesn't exist any more and women are just prissy bitches for making a fuss about it. Or the little things like being called at work to fix a problem with two guys from my team, and the men form a little circle to talk about the problem and don't let any women into it - not as a conscious thing, just always standing right where you can't get into the conversation. But, oh well.

spacecadet, i'm another person who's had an Epically Long Bra Quest (took me a few years, tbh), and this fit/measuring guide is really good, though the website is not so pretty: http://breakoutbras.stores.yahoo.net/noname1.html

when you get a truly good fit, you will be amazed. i was, anyway.

Another tip: DD is the largest standardized size. Anything larger than that is a crapshoot.

And on the teen moms note: Anyone else notice that 18-19 year old women are starting to be included in the "too young to have babies or sex" age list?

dryer sheets and other products for the home lol

― harbl, Saturday, June 20, 2009 9:42 PM (1 year ago)

i still love this post just so much

it makes me lol every time i run across it

"the home lol" -- is it warm like a hearth?

i went to ikea and got some home products, like candles and clips to put on bags that are open. also i got some pillows. i feel like i am finally becoming a lady

bc i spilled some coffee on my carpet and used baking soda to clean it up but now it smells kinda vinegary in here, which doesn't make sense but it stinks

Coffee is an acid and baking soda is a base, so you may be smelling the product of a chemical reaction. Did you see any bubbling or feel any heat after you applied the baking soda?

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/00d8bf6a82/christmas-greetings-from-the-franco-s

if u dont want to click, that is an xmas vid of james franco's grandma telling people that if they dont see 127 they are pussies

a girl in my totally snoozeworthy econ class that i have never spoken to (no one in the class speaks tbh) but have exchanged loling looks w/ when the teacher says something ridiculous - she just started her period i guess while we were on a 10 min break and came into the classroom and asked me if i had a tampon - i was the first person she asked and that made me feel really good=

i really need some girl friends yall, lol

awwww

Speaking of which, do people really ask you to pay them when you ask them for a tampon or a pad, or is that just a joke? It seems like such an absurd thing to do.

My last girl BFF was when I was 9, and the last girl friend I had was 15 years ago when I was working at Wal-Mart.

And yes, it does get lonely sometimes.

Hahah Roxy I can totally understand why you wd be all awww <3 at that!

o people really ask you to pay them when you ask them for a tampon or a pad, or is that just a joke?

Wow cant say Ive ever had this happen!

Some people probably seriously do, but those people are assholes. IMO.

Thats like asking someone to pay for a cigarette. Karma, man.

Who the fuck asks for money for menstrual products besides the manufacturers of these
http://image.ec21.com/image/faradayozone/oimg_GC04637338_CA04638157/Sanitary_Napkin_Vending_Machine.jpg

they should be distributed gratis to all womankind.

I like roxy's story – I would be touched too! Women are awesome.

You mean the ones that steal your quarter 75% of the time, unless you're lucky enough to find one that's been forced/left open?

I'm lucky if I can ever find a ladies room that even HAS sanitary prod vendo machines.