A treatise on cupcakes and identity politics

I went to school in Europe for a year, and the most important thing I learned while I was there is that Europeans hate it when Americans claim to be other nationalities. You know the thing we do, where a moderate helping of Gallic ancestry makes you "French," or, say, that a smattering of Scottish blood obviously means you are descended—loosely, of course—from Rob Roy.

My family says we are.

I learned this the hard way, by making a similar statement to a new Scottish acquaintance and having her look at me like she'd suddenly discovered gum under the doorknob.

The One Where We Dream About Our Future as Entrepreneurs

Katharine  3:29 PM

Did you hear about that Maine bed and breakfast that you can win with a 200 word essay?

Stephanie  3:29 PM

No, but if you win it, I will move and help you run it.

We can be whaler's wives.

Katharine  3:30 PM

I suspect they might be looking for someone who doesn't actively hate domesticity

Stephanie  3:30 PM

You don't know that.

Katharine  3:30 PM

Educated guess

Stephanie  3:30 PM

They could be looking for someone who wants to make a difference. Shake off the "stuffy B&B" stigma

Katharine  3:31 PM

It would be interesting to run a B&B known for its unmade beds, scuzzy bathrooms and breakfasts consisting of like, one giant pancake per diner.

It's like the baby of a B&B and a hostel.

"Katharine's Hostile Bed and Breakfast"

Stephanie  3:32 PM

The beds would be made, they would just be made like, by pulling up the mismatched blankets and calling it good.

Katharine  3:32 PM

Um

You are overestimating my bedmaking

Stephanie  3:33 PM

You don't ever just pull up the covers just enough so the cat hair mostly stays on the outside?

Things We Said

Stephanie  10:31 AM

I'm just saying, no one want to be the Beezus.

Katharine  10:31 AM
The world needs Beezus

NOTHING GETS DONE WITHOUT BEEZUS

....

Katharine   3:23 PM
Thanks for the zinc tablets. I just swallow them with water, right?
Stephanie   3:24 PM
You crush them up, heat them up in the bowl of a spoon with a lighter, then inject them.
Obviously.
Katharine  3:25 PM
Well, i just wanted to double-check. 
If I have saline, can I dissolve and inject?
Stephanie  3:25 PM
I mean, it's ZINC.  How else would you take it besides heating it up in a spoon and injecting it?
Katharine  3:25 PM
So...swallow with water?

Stephanie  3:26 PM
Yep.
Or you can also crush it up and mix it with cheez whiz, then lick it off your hand.

Katharine  3:26 PM
I'd have to go to the store though
Stephanie  3:26 PM
Peanut butter would work, too
Or you can just shove it into a piece of hotdog and swallow it whole.
There are a lot of options, really.
Katharine 3:29 PM
I will not be compared to a dog, even in jest, Stephanie.