Just Misty

One of my girlfriends is visiting LA this week. I got to spend some time with her last night. She was saying how she came here solely to see four people.  She lived here a year and a half and four people is all she wanted to see.  She said it in a tone that made me interrupt her... she sounded embarrassed almost that she didn't have 95 million friends to see.  I looked at her with my furrow that I know I was doing, and said, "seriously, as we get older it is about quality, not quantity.  You should be happy that you have kept the four people you care about as friends and gain something from them (me being one of them...;)) enough to want to keep in touch at this point in your life."  She looked at me and told me I was absolutely right. I remember when I first got social media sites, like MySpace and Facebook, all during college and it was all I could do to add as many people as I possibly could.  I wanted to have 100's of people as my 'friend.'  I remember h

I am no feminist, or at least not an activist for feminism, but I just read the most interesting article.  Someone started a tweet chat where they asked men 16 questions of situations that women experience nearly on the daily- down to texting your friend that you got home safely, because this legitimately is something that women have to do.  It was so interesting to me to see how these things are actually ever present in my everyday life. Being a woman- means you DO have to watch your back, you do have to carry pepper spray, or even a small knife with you.  It means walking on streets late at night that there is a chance for something bad to happen. It means that people can blame your emotions on "that time of the month." THIS is a big one for me.  I am allowed to be upset, cry, or express anything I want via tears or with haste if it is upsetting, and NO it doesn't mean it's that time of the month. It means there is a chance that your ideas at work may be looke