Seems someone (MISTI) miscounted. Just to set the record straight, I take:

Daily:
1 clarinex (for allergies)
1 vioxx (anti-inflammatory for smushed siatic nerve)
1 prenate (prenatal vitamin)

Weekly:
1 allergy shot

That is quite a bit fewer than one million. You are just acting like your grandmother, it's in your genes to go to the Dr. and have a laundry list o' drugs ;).

The sheer idea that someone would find it "funny" is offensive to me. It may have been written on a satirical website, but it is something that is really going on in our society. There are little 80 lb 16 yr old girls that feel they will just die if they hit 100 lbs (talked to one today, in fact). Could it be that they grow up in homes where their mother's are obsessing about their own bodies...poor body image is a learned behavior. There is a multi-billion dollar diet industry out there that encourages women to look like Calista Flockhart and Lora Flynn Boyl who are absolutely not realistic roll models in any form or fashion. We, as stupid Americans, have fallen for this idea hook line and sinker...but if you stop and think about it...does the weight loss industry *really* want us to loose weight?? Hell no, then where would they get their billions??? But we keep trying, keep feeding the industry. More Americans are on a diet now than ever before in the past, yet we are fatter than ever before...um, duh, it is because dieting makes you fat.

So why is this particular thing offensive? Because it's really, right now, today happening...women want to be as thin as possible to fit it...this fictional women was excited about looking sick...that IS reality, it's not a joke. And the fact that someone would even take the time to joke about this phenomenon is repulsive.

I love the Onion, I read it often...hence how I found the article. It's fun to joke about politics, Martha Stewart, or the latest scientific research. Joking about something that is real but most people don't realize is real is not.

Unfortunately it's not an issue that most are passionate about or even understand, but as a fat girl who has recovered from an eating disorder, I do and am and absolutely don't appreciate a poke being made at something this serious.

The Onion | Actress Excited To Land Eating-Disorder Ad

This is fucking sick. Tell me we don't live in a pathetic society. I am so glad that I am not this sad sad girl.

Ugly Wedding Dress of the Day

I don't know if I've mentioned this guilty pleasure of mine here before, but I thought since they've recently moved I'd remind yall that it's there. It amuses me so much. If it wasn't already being done by someone, I'd do it.

Obviously, we made it back from the wedding safe and sound. Thankfully, Andrea's dress is/was NOT on the fore mentioned site. It was a nice wedding. But in case anyone is curious, I HATED the Lodge where it was & we stayed.

I love history. I love culture. I love New Mexico. But I want to shit, shower, and sleep in something that was built after we landed on the moon...and for damn sure after the turn of the 20th century. It is NOT neat to me at all to have to stay somewhere that my great-grandfather used to say was "old and worn out." Of course, I didn't find that out until my grandmother told me upon my return. Vic saw the room and instantly started to whine. "Why are you doing this to me, Mic?! I saw a sign for a Fairfield in Ruidosa...can I pleeeeese call them?" If it had been one of his friend's weddings and him making me stay somewhere like that...I would have acted even worse. But anyway, we lived...though we only stayed one night. The other night I was sick (read: hung over) and so we went back to Hobbs.

However, I would rather have lived there the rest of my life than go back to work today. Sad sad.

The Lodge Resort - Cloudcroft

This is where I'm off too tomorrow. Yesterday and today I stayed at work extra because I have to make up 8 of the 16 hours I'm missing of work. I only had 8 sick hours to use. I've made up 4 and next week I will make up the other 4. I'm SO excited about the trip. I'm excited to spent 2 nights in Hobbs (haven't been home since May 19th and that's a LONG time to me!) and 2 nights at the Lodge in Cloudcroft, NM. Oh yeah, and the wedding (Jason Goff's) will be fun too. Who can complain about free beer? Ha ha. No, actually I am looking forward to it. I'm excited to hang out with the boys...Pud, Slap, Hog, Toby, Jared, Mandy, ect. I think Vic's even excited about going. We need a vacation. And how bout the fact that this is our 1 year anniversary trip? One year. That blows my mind. I swear, I still haven't had my wedding dress cleaned...or put together the guest registery book thing...or put all the crap up we didn't use on our honeymoon (pocket rain ponchos, sunscreen, etc). Time flys when you are having fun, I suppose!

I'm glad to know what color to buy. Though, I will admit that even though I, too, have said that it was a boy from day one...I am disappointed that I don't get to buy pink stuff. Pink stuff is more fun. But there's not a thing I can do about it, and I'll love my little Davis even if he does have to wear blue and sleep in a camoflauge room. Don't get me wrong, I'm not the least bit disappointed it's Davis joining us and not Madeline...it's just that I love pink. I'll deal.

I'm off to finish packing and go to bed...have to get up in just 7 hours!

This amused me so I thought I'd share:

"A Good Pun Is Its Own Reword.

A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments.

Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.

A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.

Sea captains don't like crew cuts.

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.

Reading while sunbathing makes you well-red.

When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I."


Happy Sunday :)

I just found out that a lady I knew died last week due to long term complications due to weightloss surgery. She's the second one this year. Beyond being really sad, it really pisses me off. Two amazing women that I've had the pleasure of knowing have died way too early because they were trying to fit into the "thin" body that they weren't naturally meant to fit into. Isn't the current theme that it's "deadly" to be fat...well, it's also deadly to do this horrible self mutilation. Surgery induced anerexia/bullima.

This is my friend that died last December:

http://www.eskimo.com/~leiba/

I talked to her so much when I was trying to make the decision to move in with Vic or not...she really encouraged me to make my own decision and not listen to other people...to "follow my heart."

Anyway, if you know anyone that is considering WLS, tell them to go to NAAFA.org and read about the info they have compiled re: WLS.

This chic walked into work today and slit her wrist in the lobby. Wild shit, Man. If I had seen it I would have quit.

How the hell to I get rid of whatever this crapass disease is that Misti's computer sent to mine? I am tired of working at the speed of dial up on my frickin cable connection.

I'm going to buy new shoes. I need some dress shoes for Jason's wedding I'm going to the weekend of the 20th in Cloudcroft, NM. I don't know what I"m wearing yet, but maybe shoes will motivate me to make a decision.