Acne FOR THE WIN!

[cjsmith]

It's 6:20pm and the doorbell rings. This is never a good sign. Sure enough, when I open the door, there's a lone young woman with one of those leather-like folders that almost always means magazine subscription sales. I begin to prepare my polite go-away response.

Much to my astonishment, I am greeted with:

"I'm sorry for disturbing you. Is your mom or dad home?"

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[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

And did you tell her... no?

Or did you tell her "I am my mom and dad!" which is the first thing that popped into my head just now? And gets creepier the longer I look at it....

I need sleep.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I told her no, which I figured was the truth as I was alone in the house... but on further reflection, it was 9:20pm on the east coast and they probably were home.

I have, in many ways, turned into my mom -- including the acne well into middle age. Fortunately, though, I don't have myself as a daughter. That would be a little bit much for my brain to cope with.

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

LOL. Congrats on being "carded" at home.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

"I am all the daughters of my father's house, and all the brothers too-—and yet I know not."

[bigjohnsf.livejournal.com]

Wow! She's good!

Is your credit card on fire?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

No, but I think my brain just exploded; maybe that's close enough. :-)

[eveningscribe.livejournal.com]

LMAO, my first thought was similar, "How many subscriptions did you buy?"

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Cool - what did you say?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

"No." :-) She went away and I told her cheerily to have a nice evening. WIN!

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Clearly, you are embracing the whole 'college student thing'.

[sharya.livejournal.com]

LoL I was thinking the same thing!

[antayla.livejournal.com]

Wow, acne is the source of the Elixir of Youth. Good to know.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Either that or the Elixir of Youth grants permanent acne. Hard to figure out which. :-)

Right now I'm worse than the pimpliest teenager ever to walk the earth. I wonder to what extent it's hormonal.

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I have to learn the latest vocabulary, then see if I can get myself carded at a bar. ;-)

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

*g*
That is a good feeling, isn't it?

I love it when I get asked what my major is.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It took me a while to figure out what to answer when asked what my major is. I'm finally saying the closest thing to the truth while also being immediately understandable: "pre-med". That's a better explanation than "Oh, electrical engineering/computer science, but that was twenty years ago, and I don't really have a major now, but I need to just get some classes out of the way...." They've wandered off by then. :-)

[eveningscribe.livejournal.com]

LMAO!

I bet you NEVER thought you'd ever say, "Acne for the win" in your lifetime, didjya??

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

A very good point. I'm in the middle of my worst breakout since my teens, and this stuff is NASTY.

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

I just found a sample of "age defying" skin serum on my bathroom shelf. 'Cause, really, I'd like my 32-yr-old still breaking out skin to look YOUNGER with MORE ACNE! I'm kinda ready for my skin to "grow up" a little...

[lauradi7.livejournal.com]

That beats the phone call I got yesterday, asking if I was "Laura's mother."
I'm a 52 year old college student (again) and I guess they assumed from my name on a list that I live "at home."

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when I was registering at DeAnza and buying obvious freshman supplies like a decent calculator, I was asked "do you have a high school senior?" Why yes, I keep one in my back pocket all the time. :-) I *am* the right age, though. When my mom was 41, as I now am, I WAS a high school senior. (Maybe junior.)