Dante.Oh,Dante.Seal me!Seal me so hard!.He grabs my hips andpumps his toward mine.Oh,Dante! You're so hot when you seal souls.I shove my idiot-of-a-best-friend off me and laugh.What the hell was that? I ask.My new move.

Female friendships are important because they help define us in a particular time and place.

Dante.Oh,Dante.Seal me!Seal me so hard!.He grabs my hips andpumps his toward mine.Oh,Dante! You're so hot when you seal souls.I shove my idiot-of-a-best-friend off me and laugh.What the hell was that? I ask.My new move.

I wonder what it would feel like to laugh like that, with complete abandon.

If my hair gets any frizzier, I'll shave it to the scalp. Or light it on fire. Whichever is easier.

Everyone wants to play. They're just afraid of looking stupid. But you know what's stupid? Not trying. So just...try.

When I look back at high school, or college, or when I was getting married, it's the girlfriends I had then that give substance and joy to that point in my life.