I let this kind of thing slide a lot, but you can't ever assume you know where a stranger comes from. Read more

Please see the above comments — I misstated that, there were pretty serious family issues surrounding my grades that my mom got involved in because I wasn't in a good mental state to deal with anything. Read more

Totally agree — I was just really shut down at that point and assumed the grown-ups at my huge public school weren't really listening, but that's the better way to go. Hindsight's 20/20 Read more

Yeah, I got lucky with the teachers who were understanding. I came from a lower-middle-class background that isn't traditionally considered "indulgent," but my dad is mentally ill and had just been hospitalized that year, so my mom was aware of how real that could be and how much it could effect my performance, if… Read more

I misstated that — reworked the sentence, it was a little more complicated Read more

There were some extenuating circumstances with family issues during that time that had an influence on my grades, which is what she told the school. I think I oversimplified that. Read more

Haha, I think I may have exaggerated the "frequent" part — I got Fs in (if memory serves) gym and math. There were some depression/anxiety family-problem-related issues I was having at the time, and my mom tried to make them understand it, I guess, and get me retests and things. Read more

YOWZA. fixed! thank ye. Read more

MAJOR DERP MOMENT thank you. Read more

:DDD Read more

if writing bill clinton fanfic was a job i'd be doing it full-time. even if it didn't give me insurance. Read more

i jumped the gun and posted too early! it will come back! Read more

this is god's work you guys are doing. Read more

+10 Read more

harlan pepper. :D Read more

every single day someone in my family quotes to me: "Pine nuts... pecan nuts... green pistachio nuts... all-natural white pistacio nuts" Read more

hahaha. samesies. Read more

she was on breaking bad and that's what happened to her character. Read more

I LOLed at "the google." I heard that movie was excellent. Read more

literal LOL. i think he has polio? Read more