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    LOREM IPSUMAimée Lutkin
    2/20/16 7:08pm

    Hey Jezzies, whatcha drinking? Straight Vernor’s for me tonight. When I move away from here, I am so going to miss this ginger ale. There’s really nothing like it. Cindymoo’s working a twelve until 3:00, so it’s just me, the kitties, and you fine people this evening. I finished my paper for my class today! It was one of the easiest papers I’ve ever written, and probably one of the best. Still, it’s nice to have it out of the way.

    Now, for another selection of Mindymoo’s Mixtape, here’s a little ditty by that guy we call Frank Zappa. After learning so much about entertainment, this is the song that’s on my mind.

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      Myra FlectionLOREM IPSUM
      2/20/16 7:15pm

      Hey Moo ! 60 minute Dogfish Ale.

      This weekend begins a 2 1/2 week vacation !!! Woohoo. Flung to Florida on Wed. I love the winter but it will be nice to be in the land of palm trees.

      Saw Zappa once. His band was so unbelievably tight.

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      LaChavalinaLOREM IPSUM
      2/20/16 7:15pm

      Zappa! Good call. I’m having malbec from a box. My life is full of questionable choices at the moment. Congrats on finishing the paper!

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    crankylittlephotonAimée Lutkin
    2/20/16 7:36pm

    Anyone get any awesome makeup/beauty stuff this week? I snagged a Jeffree Star Androgyny lip after it had been backordered for weeks (before the website crashed) and splurged for a ridiculously expensive yet unbelievably effective Skinmedica HA5 moisturizer. I am deeply satisfied.

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      Socks Are My Favorite Clothescrankylittlephoton
      2/20/16 7:42pm

      Yes! I got a cheek tint in my Birchbox this month that I am obsessed with. I normally hate those gel cheek tints because I inevitably end up looking like a clown, but this one gives me just the barest hint of what looks like a real flush and I couldn’t be happier. It’s the little things, you know. :)

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      NewPhoneWhoDis(SantaClausa)crankylittlephoton
      2/20/16 7:43pm

      I get those monthly beauty boxes- Allure and Dermstore. I think it was Allure who sent the Kevin Murphy hydrate me shampoo and rinse? My god. By far the BEST stuff I have EVER used on my hair!!!! It smelled incredible and it made my hair so soft, shiny, and pretty (I have really thick hair, pretty wavy/curly, but I like to straighten it). I don’t wash my hair daily, but to me, it’s been smelly lately. This stuff fixed that. I also was able to let my hair air dry, and it was really pretty wavy and curly. Normally when I want to let my hair be natural, I have to use tons of products and put my hair in a few buns for hours. Kevin Murphy is golden!

      It’s more on the pricey side, so I'm debating if I should put the money down and get it. I know it's worth it, I'm just a bit of a cheapskate.

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    iseedeaddaleksAimée Lutkin
    2/20/16 7:09pm

    How is everyone tonight? I’m feeling super accomplished and adult-y. I’m starting my new job on Monday, so I spent all day prepping meals and they smell delicious and I want to eat them all.

    I also finished a tube of Chapstick without losing it for the first time in my life, and I might actually be as proud of that as I was the day I graduated from college... okay, high school. Either way I shouldn’t be this proud.

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      mscoffeeiseedeaddaleks
      2/20/16 7:11pm

      I recently finished one of the EOS eggs and felt similarly accomplished.

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      miss_cheviousiseedeaddaleks
      2/20/16 7:13pm

      I also finished a tube of Chapstick without losing it for the first time in my life,

      I didn’t even know this was an option! I salute you on your heady accomplishment. #newlifegoal

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    Annie from the Grog BoothAimée Lutkin
    2/20/16 7:16pm

    And yet, I’m only voting for Hilary because we are both women.

    I just saw this on Instagram and it made me so angry. Support your candidate, but fuck if this isn't sexist as fuck.

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      The Real JanelleAnnie from the Grog Booth
      2/20/16 7:18pm

      Oh God, are you fucking kidding me? Some people are fucking gross.

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      yeayeaokayAnnie from the Grog Booth
      2/20/16 7:20pm

      So sexist! And so many people are posting it! It makes me so fucking angry.

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    mscoffeeAimée Lutkin
    2/20/16 7:07pm

    Story time! Last week, after I posted in SNS, I got a call from a real-life friend asking, “are you mscoffee on Jezebel?” We knew we both posted occasionally, but hadn’t yet spotted each other. Now I’m obviously paranoid that I have left a string of doxxing breadcrumbs in my comment history... (But it was fun to find each other! Hi, friend!!)

    Has anyone in your life recognized you from your Kinja comments? How have you handled it?

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      iseedeaddaleksmscoffee
      2/20/16 7:11pm

      ooh, weird. I haven’t been caught yet, but I’m more paranoid about it than I probably need to be.

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      mscoffeeiseedeaddaleks
      2/20/16 7:13pm

      yeah. she did say she wouldn’t have assumed it was me if she hadn’t already known that I post here, so I’m probably okay also :)

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    AllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdoAimée Lutkin
    2/20/16 7:13pm

    I was laid off last night from the production company I was working for last night.

    Rationally, I knew this might be coming as they have laid off a bunch of people from post-production since January, and also I know that I didn’t really want to continue in this job forever. But I thought I was guaranteed at least a couple of more months with the show I was working on (so I wasn’t actively worried or looking for something new). Then suddenly, yesterday, it’s over. I feel like I have no right to be surprised but I am. And sad.

    Hopefully with unemployment, I’ll have some time to write (even if things will be tight financially) and actually find a job I’m passionate about but...I’m still really bummed. And really anxious. I really didn’t think that I’d turn 30 and be this unsure about everything in my life or this financially unstable. You spend your early 20's thinking you have so much time to figure it all out, and then you just....don’t. I feel like I passed the invisible line where I was supposed to hunker down and get it together without even realizing it, and now, I don’t quite know where I am anymore or what I’m doing.

    And I can’t figure out how to put myself on a path to something anymore. It like I can hear the cheering as everyone else runs the race but I’m wandering in the hills above the path like tripping over tree roots and wondering what I’m going to do when it gets dark. Also, I’m wearing some sort of clown suit and why didn’t I put on normal running clothes in the first place if I knew I was running a race? Who puts on a clown suit to go running? This is why I’m going to fail at everything.

    Okay-done with the heavy handed metaphors, I promise....no more...I’ll just finish with the thought that I’m a plastic bag in a world of paper only in the wind just rolling down the sidewalk adrift at seas without a lifeboat, a kitten without a hat.....ooof.

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      CarrieA6hatesportmanteauxAllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdo
      2/20/16 7:18pm

      I’m so sorry! I’m older than you and have been underemployed for a long time, and it sucks. I just got another rejection yesterday, after 2 rounds of interviews.

      Good for the writing, though. I love your writing including the heavy handed metaphors.

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      JillJitsuAllieCat ❤️'S hats on cats-is probable weirdo
      2/20/16 7:19pm

      I understand how you’re feeling; I am feeling that quite a bit lately myself. I wish I could offer you some comforting words, but all I’ve got are platitudes like “You’ll figure it out” and “It’s never too late.”

      Being laid off is terrible; I’m sorry.

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    HarvestMoonAimée Lutkin
    2/20/16 7:07pm

    Obama and kids! Have you seen this amazingness? This girl who will miss Obama as our president gets me.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2016/02/19/lit...

    And his response to her? Swoon!

    “...tell her to dry her tears, because I’m not going anywhere. Once I leave the White House, I’ll still be a citizen just like her,” Obama wrote. “And when she grows up, she can get involved right alongside me. In the meantime, I’ll keep an eye out for her letter, and we’ll always get to celebrate our birthdays together!”

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      MayotonillaHarvestMoon
      2/20/16 7:12pm

      That’s exactly how I feel.

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      HarvestMoonMayotonilla
      2/20/16 7:15pm

      I kind of hate how the word “blessed” is thrown around. But we have been blessed.

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    Butter Nutter MilkshakeAimée Lutkin
    2/20/16 8:03pm

    Emily has no worries in her life. Little does she know vet appointments are coming.

    I have a bit of a dilemma on the financial front.

    The last of my student loans can be paid off by my birthday in April, but I will have to dip into my savings to do it. On the one hand, I would be broke for a while and risk using a credit card for unexpected expenses. On the other hand, I will have about 1000 total saved in April and I can save at twice the rate without that debt. 1000 money isn’t a lot to have saved but it is a lot to owe.

    Opinions Jezzies?

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      Star Trek Book of OppositesButter Nutter Milkshake
      2/20/16 8:10pm

      I don’t know what you’re saving for at the moment, but if you can manage without big expenses I say get that shit paaaaiiiiiiid! Fuck load debt, add a gold star to your credit score, and put yourself in a sweet financial position when it comes to getting a mortgage loan, car, massive cat castle with a drawbridge, etc.

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      SignalLostButter Nutter Milkshake
      2/20/16 8:13pm

      Pay it. I used a bonus a few years ago to pay off my outstanding car loans (my student loans are a different matter ENTIRELY) and it feels SO good to have it paid off, plus you have a bump to your credit score for paying it early, if I recall correctly. If you can manage to pay it off without serious risk of everything going to shit, do so.

      Also, I still want to eat your cat like a cookie.

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    whore d'oevreAimée Lutkin
    2/20/16 7:10pm

    Okay, so I got stood up today. By some guy I met on tinder. We had plans to get coffee but he just stopped texting me and left me to freak out over the whole thing. Now I’m just sitting in my dorm room listening to Bikini Kill for the first time since I was 14.

    What really strikes me is how little regard for someone’s feelings you have to have to stand them up. Maybe its just that I’m a woman and was therefore socialized to give a shit about other people, but I would hate myself if I did this.

    Anyone have any tips on overcoming my newfound hatred of men? Or stories about getting stood up?

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      LaChavalinawhore d'oevre
      2/20/16 7:21pm

      I don’t have a getting stood up story, but I got asked out by a guy in the grocery store today. Here’s how things went:

      Him: I just got back to town, so I’m trying to find a job and meet some new people.

      Me: Oh? Where were you?

      Him: Prison.

      I still let him give me his number. I haven’t had a date in 13 months now.

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      Jennifer Wilsonwhore d'oevre
      2/20/16 7:26pm

      He's an asshole and you dodged a bullet.

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    Cherith CutestoryAimée Lutkin
    2/20/16 7:15pm

    I always liked this pic when a crying baby settles down for President Obama after she wouldn’t with Michelle. I like her faux offended face.

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      CarrieA6hatesportmanteauxCherith Cutestory
      2/20/16 7:21pm

      In the video his smug face is nearly as good as her faux offended face.

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      Cherith CutestoryCarrieA6hatesportmanteaux
      2/20/16 7:22pm

      Truth! The whole thing was pretty cute.

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