Sarah

I know it's only been two months, but it's really a drag reading all the Batman comics without Damian in it. Everyone else is so... boring.

When do you think he'll be returning, and how's it going to happen?

I know a lot of people ask just to trash it.

I'm pretty liberal, and got into an argument with my friend (who is a libertarian) the other day about politics. She told me that she was a member of the Tea Party, and I was more than a little shocked.

I know that the Tea Party has such a bad stigma attached to it, when I think of Tea Party I just think of backwards republicans talking about legitimate rape (etc, etc, etc).

So, could someone give me an honest view of the Tea Party? (As in, not "the Tea Party is America's last hope!" or (more likely) "the Tea Party sucks!") but what does the Tea Party actually stand for.

I was at a bar two weekends ago with one of my friends, and this guy came up and starting chatting with me.

He was pretty cute and bought me a drink, nothing weird.

I did notice he was getting really touchy feely (for example, asked me if I had any piercings and then tried to lift up my shirt to see my belly button ring). I assumed he was just drunk and didn't think too much of it, but I left right after because I was starting to feel uncomfortable.

The next day he found my facebook page and tried to friend me, which I ignored.

He then starting texting me (I'm not sure how he got the number, maybe my facebook page shows it? I didn't give it to him).

I didn't answer a few of the texts but by the third one (in so many hours) I was definitely weirded out and texted him back, "Hi, you seem like a cool guy but I'm not looking for a relationship right now."

He then called me (I didn't pick up) and left a message (which I deleted before listening to it).

That was yesterday, and he called me twice more since then.

Does anyone have advice on what to di?

I don't want to sound like a mega-jerk, but this is weirdly aggressive.

My best friend and I both got a double helix piercing on Thursday since we're about to graduate.

I came home and showed my roommate, and she was like, "oh, that's interesting." (side note - she's a jerk).

So I was on facebook the next day, and a mutual friend of mine and my roommate's had posted her update as, "with (my roommate) at the piercing studio, getting her double helix pierced!"

Normally when she comes home she hangs out in the living room all day, but when she saw me she skittered back into her room like a spidering spider-thing.

So my question is, should I call her out on getting the same piercing?

I mean, I wouldn't have been NEARLY so annoyed if she had said something to me like, "oh hey, I was thinking about getting that!" or "oh, that looks awesome, maybe I'll get one!"

But the way she tried to do it without me noticing seems really shady.

I just got my frontal helix double-pierced yesterday (yay!) but it's much more tender and sore than any of the other piercings I've gotten.

Can anyone give me an estimate on how long it's going to be highly sensitive for?

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Ok, so I've had my ears pierced since I was 10. I'm 22 now, so... you'd think they'd be in good shape.

However, there's a hard lump in each piercing. The only earrings I can put in without getting a horrible infection are silver ones (even then, some pairs infect them anyway).

Is this constant ear infection just something I'm going to have to live with the rest of my life?

I love earrings so I don't want to let the holes close up, but it's getting to the point where it's not even worth it to wear the earrings anymore.

Do you have any recommendations for clearing the infection up for good?

My roommate hasn't left the apartment in 5 days (literally), and I've decided to (very maturely) drive her out by putting an obnoxious song on repeat and leaving the room.

Hit me with your best annoying songs.

Hi. I've been living with my current roommate for a little over 6 months, and I've finally reached my limit with her laziness.

She only leaves once or twice a week to run to the grocery store, the rest of the time she's firmly plastered to my couch watching the Disney channel and online shopping.

It's gotten to the point where I grit my teeth before coming home because I know when I open the door she'll be there... doing nothing.

She went to class in the beginning of the school year, but has since dropped all her regular classes for online ones. She doesn't have a job, so the only time she actually has to leave is when she gets food.

Now, I could probably deal with this if she was being productive around the apartment. However, she leaves her dirty dishes lying in the sink for days, piles up the trash until it's literally falling out onto the floor ("the trash itself is full, but the bag still has room" is her excuse for not taking it out. Seriously?)

Her complete lack of any sort of life is starting to wear on me. She resents me for not taking her out with my friends, but they're just that... my friends, not our friends.

Can someone help me with how to handle this situation? I realize she's socially not very aware, and she might not even realize how much her presence bothers me. I don't want to hurt her feelings, but I'm about to snap. As I'm typing this I can hear Spongebob giggling in the background while she chomps popcorn. All I need is an hour or two every couple days without her in the apartment and I could unwind.