I just want ambitious teenagers to know it is totally fine to be quite, observant kids. Besides being a delight to your parents, you will find you have plenty of time later to catch up.

There Has Ceased to Be a Difference Between My Awake Clothes and My Asleep Clothes

We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a lot of women.

..I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks's "Landslide," especially the lyric: "I've been afraid of changing, because I've built my life around you." I think a good test to see if a human is actually a robot/android/cylon is to have them listen to this song lyric and study their reaction. If they don't cry, you should stab them through the heart. You will find a fusebox.

I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head.

Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but it's basically just nosiness. It also helps me gauge where I'm at: Am I normal?

I'm not overweight. I flucuate between chubby and curvy.