How to frighten your boyfriend
Step One: Move in with him
Step Two: Subtly (or not so) start redecorating his apartment.
Step Three: Put an opened box of pregnancy tests in his bathroom, kind of hidden.
Step Four: Rent "Knocked Up"
Step Five: Watch movie with boyfriend. Let him laugh at movie. Enjoy movie, and display horror at birthing scene.
Step Six: At movie's end, turn to boyfriend and say (earnestly), "Let's have babies!"
I'm kind of amazed he's still letting me live there after that actually, but things are going really well. Yeah, we've had a few of the small "learn to share" scuffles, but for the most part...
Faking it
So, most days, I'm a totally secure, have my shit together, utterly confident and independent woman. Or at least I fake it very well until I believe it myself, which in turn creates confidence.
Not lately. No. Lately, I'm a suspicious insecure twit. Myspace -- I blame you.
Why? Because there are constantly half-naked women being added as "friends" to my boyfriend's page. I KNOW this is a stupid thing for me to care about. Please do not send me comments on how I need to lighten up, get over it, etc. Rationally, I know all this. Rationally, I know that these little skanks are all e-mailing...
Showing the crazy
Lately I've been so stressed out, I don't even know what to do with myself anymore. Work has been insane, but in a good way. Things are going well, I'm taking on more and more responsibility -- and all that means longer hours and harder work. But there are other things... big huge things.... that are currently eating up all of my energy.
MCC and I are moving in together. In September.
Cut to me, panicking in full freak out mode. I'm staring down at my renewal lease, my hand shaking as I check the box next to "I/We agree not to renew the lease agreement and I/We shall vacate the premises...
Getting it right
Congress has actually made progress on reforming the student loan crisis in this country. The House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday reforming federal student loan policies, which has a very similar version up for vote in the Senate. From The New York Times:
"It halves the interest rate on federally backed loans gradually over the next five years, to 3.4 percent from 6.8 percent, and would limit monthly payments to 15 percent of the borrower’s discretionary income.
The bill raises the maximum Pell grants by $500 over the next four years, to a total of $5,200 by 2011. It also...
