Anonymous asked: favorite outfit?
Oh, this one. Pains me to say that dress is on its last leg.
Never settle for #1.
Start at the beginning.
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Anonymous asked: Can you honestly say you're friends with any of your exes?
Oh, definitely… 3, 11, and 57 are all people that I regularly talk to on the phone and see whenever we’re in the same town.
And I’m friends with like… at least 25% of the people that have been numbered. Gchat buddies, bar friends, texting pals.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
KIDDING. Some of them really are super.
Everything feels so silky.
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Pants & Shirt: pitaya.com; Shoes: Jessica Simpson
Well, broke in the new gloves after my chain decided to just… come off. Grease shows love, right?
Wind gusts made that a dirty, wild ride.
Anonymous asked: What's your astrological sign?
Capricorn with a sprinkling of Sagittarius… making me not only stubborn, but impulsive. Amazing combination.
“When you’re in a love drought, it can feel like a damper on your whole life, but try to think of it like this: one summer, it didn’t rain at all. Not one drop. Crops were dying and the weather station was forewarning the end of greenery. One more day without rain and the farms will never grow again! One more day without rain and we’ll dry out and fall like paint chips! You can be a doomsdayer, or you can be the person who every day makes plans that need sunshine. You can be on your bike, hiking, swimming, rafting, going to outdoor concerts, drive-ins, festivals, throwing BBQs, pool parties, and bonfires. Do all the things you can do only do without rain, because no matter what the weather forecast says, it will rain again eventually. Enjoy the freedom of sunshine while you have it.”
dudes you shouldn't marry
I was back on HuffPost Live today chatting about red flags, marriage, and my own personal status.
I really pipe up halfway through so stick around.
I don’t normally post stuff like this. I feel like it’s personal and I’d feel bad or awkward if the other person ever found out. But I thought in this case it was OK because this right here, is called being a great person.
I met the guy who sent this message at a bar recently. We ended up spending a couple hours chatting and he asked for my number and called me a few days later and asked me out. The date was fine and he’s a really nice guy, but the connection just wasn’t there for me. So when he asked me out again I ignored it. Two days later he sent the message above.
Guys reading this: do this kind of thing more often. It’s hard and scary to put yourself out there but it will pay off in the long run.
Also, ladies take note: love resolution #6 - don’t give everyone a chance.
“I wanted to be the cool bad girl. I wanted to writhe and do headstands in the hallway while singing songs and escaping the trappings of What I Was Supposed to Do. To be part of a crew, tied together by secrets and daring and adrenaline and beauty. This is how deeply the hooks of the Sexiness of Debauchery are lodged into my brain. All from being younger and remembering what it was like to lust after that smoky elusive forbidden thrill of doing that which you are not supposed to do. … Because when you are that young, unless you are given the gift of vision from someone older and who you respect and who gives it to you straight and who actually seems to be pretty fucking cool themselves, you will very often buy this tempting lie. … if you want to truly rebel — then get as smart as you possibly can. There is no rebellion like intelligence. None. Circling the drain of perpetual intoxication because you’re not enough of an interesting person to have a personality without it and you need that kind of courage will ultimately make the people around you pity you.”
— Mandy Stadtmiller on Spring Breakers - XOJane (via meredithbklyn)
“There really was something to this “playing hard to get” thing. Whoever said “if you build it, they will come” was wrong. Tear it down - they come running.”
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My new favorite show because PSA: high school never really ends.
