I just read that obese women in their 70's may end up getting Alzheimer's 10 to 18 years later than their thin counterparts.
What the hell??
Anyone who lives to be 80-88 has lived a lot longer than the normal life expectancy.
But fat kills everyone early, so how the hell can we know that they don't get Alzheimer's as early??
Researchers amaze me, they talk in frickin circles.
"Tonight on the News at 9: there are more fat people in the USA than ever before...and at 9:15 the life expectancy of Americans has increased by 3 years...and at 9:30 fat women have better memories after age 85...and at 9:45 we will examine the lastest diet craze, because everyone must stive to be thin!"
Duh.
Sunday, October 19, 2003
Well, it's official. Frank is an award winning poodle. True, there have been many days that I didn't think he'd see a year....at least not in my house! But he did (on Oct 12) and yesterday he finally earned his "keep." He won "Judges Favorite" in the costume contest at Bark in the Park. He was dressed as himself, a devil. He won us a gift certificate worth an $85 car detailing! Yeah! He was clueless that he won, but Vic made him go over and shake the judges hands. So proud!
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Flower Mound Humane Society - Rescue, Protect, and Educate
I'm working at this this weekend. I have been working on it forever now and it's finally here. I'm excited for it to get here and even more excited for it to be over!! Vic is such a trooper. He gets off work at 7 am after being there 12 hours and is going to take a fast nap and then get up at 10 to bring Frank to walk AND be in the costume contest! You have all seen his costume, nothing too fancy...but still very cute. Maybe he will win us some loot! There is a car detail up for grabs that I'd really love to have!!
I'm working at this this weekend. I have been working on it forever now and it's finally here. I'm excited for it to get here and even more excited for it to be over!! Vic is such a trooper. He gets off work at 7 am after being there 12 hours and is going to take a fast nap and then get up at 10 to bring Frank to walk AND be in the costume contest! You have all seen his costume, nothing too fancy...but still very cute. Maybe he will win us some loot! There is a car detail up for grabs that I'd really love to have!!
Friday, October 10, 2003
Ugly Wedding Dress of the Day
I know I've mentioned this before, but could all of you please go there and read the blog from Oct 9th. My my my. This is my favorite site ever.
Speaking of hidious things that I love. Has anyone other than me and Bryan Bell seen that new show on that new SpikeTV.com channel called "Most Extreme Elimination Challenge"? It is the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. Seriously. It's all these crazy asian people doing insane things...on I guess their version of game shows. But all the people are voiced over w/ American humor...totally making fun of the contestants. Oh my. I laugh till I cry whenever it comes on.
Now that we've talked about good things...remember how I thought I was going to die because I had to stay at work for frickin ever today? Well, someone better check my pulse. Holy lunitics, Batman! I worked from 7-5:30 NO BREAK. I was posta leave at 5 but the bastard ass phone rang and it was some bitch that was yelling at me because I can't get her into a Dr. 5 o'clock on a Friday, mind you.
Then, I finally leave to come home only to find that all of OK was sitting on I35 trying to get to a damn football game that isn't even until tomorrow. And you know all these meatheads are in spiffy, spunky moods because it's like the weekend and it's football and it's the big game and I just want to go home because I've been talking to crazy mofos and they have to NERVE to honk at me and wave an OU flag at me. My first reaction was to give them the "guns up" sign because that's the only one that comes naturally (you know, from making fun of people that do it for real all the time). But then I remembered that TTU wasn't playing here. So then I tried to get the hook'um horns sign together. But in the end, all I could muster was a big phat extended middle finger. It takes me 12.5 minutes to get to and from work on a "normal" day. Today it took me 49 minutes to get home. I hope UT beats the livin' tar out of those flag flyin' I35 hogs (sooners, whatever).
I know I've mentioned this before, but could all of you please go there and read the blog from Oct 9th. My my my. This is my favorite site ever.
Speaking of hidious things that I love. Has anyone other than me and Bryan Bell seen that new show on that new SpikeTV.com channel called "Most Extreme Elimination Challenge"? It is the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. Seriously. It's all these crazy asian people doing insane things...on I guess their version of game shows. But all the people are voiced over w/ American humor...totally making fun of the contestants. Oh my. I laugh till I cry whenever it comes on.
Now that we've talked about good things...remember how I thought I was going to die because I had to stay at work for frickin ever today? Well, someone better check my pulse. Holy lunitics, Batman! I worked from 7-5:30 NO BREAK. I was posta leave at 5 but the bastard ass phone rang and it was some bitch that was yelling at me because I can't get her into a Dr. 5 o'clock on a Friday, mind you.
Then, I finally leave to come home only to find that all of OK was sitting on I35 trying to get to a damn football game that isn't even until tomorrow. And you know all these meatheads are in spiffy, spunky moods because it's like the weekend and it's football and it's the big game and I just want to go home because I've been talking to crazy mofos and they have to NERVE to honk at me and wave an OU flag at me. My first reaction was to give them the "guns up" sign because that's the only one that comes naturally (you know, from making fun of people that do it for real all the time). But then I remembered that TTU wasn't playing here. So then I tried to get the hook'um horns sign together. But in the end, all I could muster was a big phat extended middle finger. It takes me 12.5 minutes to get to and from work on a "normal" day. Today it took me 49 minutes to get home. I hope UT beats the livin' tar out of those flag flyin' I35 hogs (sooners, whatever).
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Photo Album
Rowdy couldn't move last night or this morning so the poodle ambulance came to get him and took him to the vet. He has something wrong with a disk in his neck and has to be in a brace for 6-8 weeks. I am so relieved that it's not more serious than it is. My mom told me on my way to work this morning so I prepared work that if something happened (ie: Bob saying he had to be put down) I was going to have to leave. He is not "just a dog." There really is no such thing. He has been a wonderful brother/friend for 12 years. He often was my only friend, like when I was grounded and forced to only see the people who lived there...I liked him best. I hate that dogs don't live as long as people. There will never be another Rowdy. Don't get me wrong, I love Nancy dearly. And Frank too. But Rowdy is one of those one-of-a-kind 4-legged friend. But lets all just celebrate that he'll be fine for now! Yeah for poodle ambulances! Yeah for poodle neck braces! Yeah for Dr. Kuitu (vet) who made a house call last night to see him!
In other news, I went to bed at 6:30 pm last night and forgot to set my alarm...I woke up at 6:20 am and just barely made it to work on time (at 7). I didn't have time to pack my lunch, so Vic brought it to me. I love that.
I have to go to a training thing on Friday so I will have to work til 5 rather than 3. It's a good thing it's a Friday or I prolly wouldn't be able to make it. I do get to leave an hour early on Wed & Thur :). Yeah for leaving early!
Rowdy couldn't move last night or this morning so the poodle ambulance came to get him and took him to the vet. He has something wrong with a disk in his neck and has to be in a brace for 6-8 weeks. I am so relieved that it's not more serious than it is. My mom told me on my way to work this morning so I prepared work that if something happened (ie: Bob saying he had to be put down) I was going to have to leave. He is not "just a dog." There really is no such thing. He has been a wonderful brother/friend for 12 years. He often was my only friend, like when I was grounded and forced to only see the people who lived there...I liked him best. I hate that dogs don't live as long as people. There will never be another Rowdy. Don't get me wrong, I love Nancy dearly. And Frank too. But Rowdy is one of those one-of-a-kind 4-legged friend. But lets all just celebrate that he'll be fine for now! Yeah for poodle ambulances! Yeah for poodle neck braces! Yeah for Dr. Kuitu (vet) who made a house call last night to see him!
In other news, I went to bed at 6:30 pm last night and forgot to set my alarm...I woke up at 6:20 am and just barely made it to work on time (at 7). I didn't have time to pack my lunch, so Vic brought it to me. I love that.
I have to go to a training thing on Friday so I will have to work til 5 rather than 3. It's a good thing it's a Friday or I prolly wouldn't be able to make it. I do get to leave an hour early on Wed & Thur :). Yeah for leaving early!
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
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 ;).
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.
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.
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
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.
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.
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
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.
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.
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
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 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!
