Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

Damn, was I the only student not to grow up in an upper class white Mormon bubble? I think this quote from Ginevra King about Scott Fitzgerald sums up my feeling at BYU: ''She said he was always on the outside, looking in.''

This is definitely coming from a Den of Apostates perspective, so if that is not a place you want to go, consider this your fair warning. I'm so damn angry and bitter at a lifetime of sex negativity and not-even-subtle misogyny and creepy af messages about "Jesus watches you at all times" ...

Craig Jessop wrote:Love is dead and I will die alone.

Craig, like me, is straight. And it struck me that this might be the closest us straight folks can come to that feeling ... the feeling immediately after THE WORST BREAKUP OF YOUR LIFE

EVERY DAMN DAY

:-S

... functioning instead. There are some overlapping symptoms and comorbidites with ADHD. Huh. I didn't know that. (I think the stigma of BPD is pretty damn bad, though, and I've never heard it treated as a learning disorder for scholastic/job purposes, when it comes to that.) Do you think there's a ...

... situation. Rubio's offhand joke about death threats sounds like a VERY BAD IDEA in a potentially abusive situation -- ironically, about the only damn time a sibling or parent is really justified sharing an opinion. (With their loved one; not the bf!!) Everything from being "given away" ...

I don't want a high-pressure corporate career, OR kids, and this is the best damn advice I've heard. None of my boyfriends have made major career changes because of me. None have expressed the least self-doubt over their marital status. (Some have about finding ...

... he sees the world in shades of black and white with little grey. Considering the hard data on a gaping sex ratio imbalance, not to mention pretty damn grim employment prospects for ALL young people, I think that compassion and nuance is warranted when addressing young Mormon people. I think that ...

... on (a) Constitutional Law (b) the experience of being non-straight. I'm not an expert on either, it's okay! But the implication is pretty damn strong that there's only One True Way to "follow the prophet," and frankly, I do not envy anyone who tries to go against the grain on ...

... taking a man's spot when you belong at home?" When you say, "they were like," was it implied or stated aloud? If the latter, HOT DAMN.

... bliss. If you can't be quoted in the New York Times about how your destruction of the Mom & Pop business is disruptive, get to the back of the damn line, woman. Who are you, Meg Ryan? You're Tom Hanks. BE TOM HANKS. 4. Again, obvious, but don't take anybody's crap. I suggest an internship with ...

... of ink, which is a dilemma, because my roommate, my boyfriend, and my BYU friends are obsessed. GoT (the HBO series) was good but still pretty damn sexist.

... with some of my goals, like travel, and establishing credit history to be able to finance graduate education in the future. (I still don't give a damn about mortgages.) The conditions seemed reasonable, and auto-pay sounds like the way to go. Baby steps to adulthood!

... I feel like saying "what beautiful splitting!" Is that bad? :-P I'm worried about meds because I'm usually depressed (frequently pretty damn depressed) and that hypomanic episode was basically the person I want to be - more outgoing, more focused, energetic, more compassionate even - ...

Considering that no fewer than four men in my office (and I like my office! everyone is great!) have been repeatedly referring to "babysitting" their own damn kids, this is an uphill battle. :-(

... week I had a classic hypomanic episode. That can't just be a coincidence. I'm worried about meds because I'm usually depressed (frequently pretty damn depressed) and that hypomanic episode was basically the person I want to be - more outgoing, more focused, energetic, more compassionate even - ...

... on is educational. I have been vocal in my opposition to mortgages, and perhaps fortunately, promissory notes aren't as easy to get these days. Damn, am I going to be legally responsible for my father's medical debts, or is that his new wife's problem? O_O

... DOLLARS. And that's not even counting baggage fees. If there's ever a time I've felt like an idiot, it's that I didn't ship or donate every damn thing before this wedding of my dads. Flying back and forth is ruining me.

... *board writers are hot, but their best friends may be even hotter. i've probably made out with him, so sorry about that. they live wherever they damn well please. *wanting a hot guy and NOT wanting a tool is kind of a contradiction in terms. it's like wanting a hot girl who's not high-maintenance. ...

... on a silver platter. I am very much looking forward to people-watching in the Wilk. If I do succeed as a journalist/novelist (which is the whole damn point of going to college, for me at least), I feel like the social education I got at BYU will be ten times more valuable than anything I ever ...

... oldest pliantly going along with a tyrannical regime, and the youngest rebelling. I guess when she screams at me, I'll just have to ignore her. Damn, when I talked back, I got grounded SO fast. My grandma (I am sort of my grandma's pet, tbh) asked me if she had ever been punished. I said "no," ...