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So you know that Christmas meme that was like "list the presents you want"? Weeeeeeeeell. . . there isn't much I want (except for work clothes but please don't get them for me) except that I would love if someone managed to make me an icon of the picture below and somehow preserved the text (somehow) as legible.
It's the Spirit - he's got a movie coming out and was also the first modern comic book character? Something along those lines. He's basically awesome is what he is. I know some of you are good at icons and I have only the most rudimentary of skills so I was unable to really get anywhere.
Other meme - stuff that made me happy today:
-Being invited to celebrate the 75 anniversary of the repeal of prohibition! (sadly, I slept on Katie's floor last night and look like it.)
-Meeting Dad for lunch!
-Getting email back from my old boss, we're going to meet for dinner next Wednesday! ^_^ I have had good boss luck. Unless you count the head of the agency where I used to work as my boss? I don't think she counts. She made me cry, though! Um, but then she was forced to resign. Karma? :/
Onto the subject of fierce and awesome women. The I Did It For Science blog that I linked to yesterday had an article where the male reporter/scientist went to a place where you were paying to have a beautiful woman wrestle you. Like, for serious wrestling. I went to the website of this business and it is INCREDIBLE!! The women kick so much ass, the whole idea fascinates me, and the profiles are truly entertaining. XD It has a much better vibe than other places where men can hire women to perform personal services for a limited amount of time. They're really pushing differen aspects - different standards of attractiveness are applied, many of the women look like real people (except for the extremely tall and extremely muscular ones, who are my favorites) and their personalities and mentioned, and being smart is apparently a selling point! And it gives their credentials in the martial arts. So even compared to other places where men go to find dominant women, it's got a different feel. Almost more honest? They are selling fantasies, but when it comes to selling physical combat you really have to be honest about people's abilities. It's just sort of. . . nifty. I think. XD
Actually, through that blog I've been seeing a lot of pictures of actual, naked women. It's fascinating. Really, there are a lot of hot women out there walking around who don't need any airbrushing to make them look really sexy (same goes for many of the women who are airbrushed). It's been interesting, seeing all these real bodies. Although oddly enough, it's made me more self-conscious. Because I'm really skinny, so normal model bodies I'm like "OK!" but these I'm like ". . . oh. That's what a person is supposed to look like." I might have lost weight, I feel like there's less to squeeze at the middle. My hip-bones are freaking me out - it used to just be my collarbone, chest, wrists, and the back of my hands. >.< I mean, I guess I'm healthy? I seem to be healthy. It's just freaky. In some ways I'm OK with the way my naked body looks but in other ways there are too many protruding parts and it's a little disturbing.
I'm aware that saying the above makes me sound really obnoxious. But I'm really starting to feel a bit skeletal. Maybe it'll pass, could just be a perception thing. I'm already convinced that I'm skinny, so then I just see myself as more skinny. I don't know. . . because skinniness is so valued today, I probably come across as looking good? Or sickly, either way. And since I seem healthy I just shouldn't worry about it. It's just. . . a little gross.
It's the Spirit - he's got a movie coming out and was also the first modern comic book character? Something along those lines. He's basically awesome is what he is. I know some of you are good at icons and I have only the most rudimentary of skills so I was unable to really get anywhere.
Other meme - stuff that made me happy today:
-Being invited to celebrate the 75 anniversary of the repeal of prohibition! (sadly, I slept on Katie's floor last night and look like it.)
-Meeting Dad for lunch!
-Getting email back from my old boss, we're going to meet for dinner next Wednesday! ^_^ I have had good boss luck. Unless you count the head of the agency where I used to work as my boss? I don't think she counts. She made me cry, though! Um, but then she was forced to resign. Karma? :/
Onto the subject of fierce and awesome women. The I Did It For Science blog that I linked to yesterday had an article where the male reporter/scientist went to a place where you were paying to have a beautiful woman wrestle you. Like, for serious wrestling. I went to the website of this business and it is INCREDIBLE!! The women kick so much ass, the whole idea fascinates me, and the profiles are truly entertaining. XD It has a much better vibe than other places where men can hire women to perform personal services for a limited amount of time. They're really pushing differen aspects - different standards of attractiveness are applied, many of the women look like real people (except for the extremely tall and extremely muscular ones, who are my favorites) and their personalities and mentioned, and being smart is apparently a selling point! And it gives their credentials in the martial arts. So even compared to other places where men go to find dominant women, it's got a different feel. Almost more honest? They are selling fantasies, but when it comes to selling physical combat you really have to be honest about people's abilities. It's just sort of. . . nifty. I think. XD
Actually, through that blog I've been seeing a lot of pictures of actual, naked women. It's fascinating. Really, there are a lot of hot women out there walking around who don't need any airbrushing to make them look really sexy (same goes for many of the women who are airbrushed). It's been interesting, seeing all these real bodies. Although oddly enough, it's made me more self-conscious. Because I'm really skinny, so normal model bodies I'm like "OK!" but these I'm like ". . . oh. That's what a person is supposed to look like." I might have lost weight, I feel like there's less to squeeze at the middle. My hip-bones are freaking me out - it used to just be my collarbone, chest, wrists, and the back of my hands. >.< I mean, I guess I'm healthy? I seem to be healthy. It's just freaky. In some ways I'm OK with the way my naked body looks but in other ways there are too many protruding parts and it's a little disturbing.
I'm aware that saying the above makes me sound really obnoxious. But I'm really starting to feel a bit skeletal. Maybe it'll pass, could just be a perception thing. I'm already convinced that I'm skinny, so then I just see myself as more skinny. I don't know. . . because skinniness is so valued today, I probably come across as looking good? Or sickly, either way. And since I seem healthy I just shouldn't worry about it. It's just. . . a little gross.
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Date: 2008-12-05 11:02 pm (UTC)I swear I put in effort to try to make the text readable. Thennn I realized it made it harder to read and had to undo it all. :D I'm fairly certain you can do better than this. XD
You're skinny, but not sickly skinny! Think about the anorexic population when their skin starts hanging off everything.. that stuff is messed up.
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Date: 2008-12-06 09:01 am (UTC)Ewwwwwww anorexic people are just super crazy gross.
Also! Remember that thing we were talking about that we couldn't find? And everyone's like, "it's so easy to find" and we were like BAH? I think I found it!! It's just. . . completely not what I thought it was. Very poorly described! Or I didn't actually find it, but I think I did!
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Date: 2008-12-06 10:18 am (UTC)why didn't we ever do this kind of stuff in uni? LOL
I think the main thing is if you're eating well and feel healthy then that should be the main thing! But I don't think its abnormal or obnoxious to think like that, WE ARE WOMAN. Of course we can freak out about our bodies. when I was younger I was really skinny, towards the end of my teens I was super flabby, when I hit my 20s I got really skinny again, and now I'm just kinda.. normal but slightly flabby? And I'm curvy, and I have a huge rack, but because I'm short it just makes me look round. If only I was taller :(
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Date: 2008-12-07 03:57 am (UTC)But yes. XD ::sigh:: it's just not normal to be satisfied with your body! I think if I was I would feel left out.
I'm quite flat-chested and all my friends are always well-endowed. I'm always jealous but they're like "but you can buy the cute lingerie!" XD No one's happy!