I was trying to find your formspring and I put in ‘green’ with a lot of different numbers of r’s. And then your username was laneia! Crazy.
that’s because riese set it up for me. she’s way direct.
she has a girlfriend. but i really like her! and signs point to her liking me back! what do i do, taylor?
hmmmm. this is a tough one! fuck if i know, but i do think this is how like ½-100% of relationships get off the ground. it’s a hard call, the tension between potentially devastating the life someone else has built and potentially denying your own happiness. life is both too short and too long, sometimes. you know?
but here are some practical steps any girl can take:
1. put on some really unflattering underwear
2. tell her you need to talk about it
I fell for my dear friend and she does theater with me. She says she is straight and acts like she isn’t. She has rejected me, but can’t keep her hands off of me and loves being near me. What do I do?
wait, is this highschool me? i think i’m having a moment
dear proto-taylor: stay hydrated, apply for more financial aid every year even though it’s a pain in the ass, write more, don’t mess around with coke, go for more hikes but keep your ankles thoroughly supported, kiss the girl
i’ve never been comfortable using pet names. i can’t take myself seriously and just wind up laughing. but she wants me to call her cute, warm, endearing things. but. i feel like a goofy fake clown. but also. i want to make her smile/happy.
yeah you should totally maker her smile. get off your high horse and stop feeling like a goofy fake clown! here are some names that we like:
babe
baby dinosaur
weirdo
tiny
boo bear
muffin
teacup
darling
dove
sweat pea
little foot
the thing about pet names is that you have to commit. you just have to commit to saying it all the way through. you can’t lose it midway, because then it’s over. it’s just over. so maybe you should practice saying the names out loud so you know what the end of the word will sound like when you say it with complete and total confidence.
What is grosser, beef jerky, or dip (smokeless tobacco)?
dip. beef jerky is good for extreme survival scenarios, like if the producers of the discovery channel ever kidnap you and stuff you under 10ft of snow in the Himalayas, you’re gonna wish you had it
how come you moved to portland from the bay area?
there are lots of answers to this question, but mainly to get away from riese. actually, that is not one of them even a little bit
but mainly: i’ve wanted to move to portland since i was 16…it always just sounded right
My girlfriend has gone home for the winter vacation and I won’t see her for a month! It’s a week in and i feel so depressed without her. How do I stop being a loser?
1. wake up earlier than you think is even possible
2. drink so much coffee that you can actually see through space and time; i’m talking like way more than you even think you *can* drink. wear a camelbak and hydrate thoroughly
3. make a list of 10 things you have been wanting to do for yourself but you just haven’t because life or inclement weather or fate or dating or somnambulism or perceived loserdom got in the way
4. do one to three of those things every day before the hour of 9AM
5. you become as a demigod
6. repeat
i am struggling with the fine line between self improvement and self absorption. any thoughts?
you know what gets me?
self-confidence
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I thought she didn’t like me anymore, but she just told me she’s driving (6ish hrs) to spend New Year’s Eve with me, because she doesn’t want to spend it with anyone else. Also, she’s baking me brie. I can’t stop smiling, Laneia!!!
oh yay!!
it’s a good thing she’s not making fondue because everyone knows fondue is classist bullshit.
How do I stop getting my hopes up?
i found that having my favorite person in the history of the world die when i was 14 years old enabled me to never get my hopes up, and i want to say like, that’s totally dramatic, and it’s not like i want that to happen to you, because as aforementioned, that’s THE WORST, but ultimately this is related, somehow, to my answer, which would be: just understand the possibility of a letdown. understanding it won’t make it any easier emotionally, when it happens, but it will be easer logistically. the thing is there were so many times since THE WORST TIME that i chose to be skeptical of anybody’s anything, and sometimes i look back on how those situations happened and wondered if some of it was my fault.
hopes get dashed like a motherfucker
charge on, you
charge on