@Raso719: Yeah, I can totally see that. I'm very very nearly a pacifist. (I do believe in just wars, I just think they're very hard to find.) But my favorite games are fps/fighting games (currently playing: COD4, BF:BC2, Heavenly Sword, Fallout 3, Resistance 2, and Flower). :)
@femme-bot: Except, if I can just hit for the other team for a moment: I'm still enjoying privilege. I was able to find other work. My livelihood/ family weren't desperate for me to get those jobs. Not all women are in the same situation. I still wouldn't say that anyone is forced to primp and prime in order to be acceptable in the marketplace, but external forces can set up a situation where it's food/utilities vs. a woman choosing to look how she wishes. And *that* *is* unjust.
@choxanyi: hmm, yeah, me too. This, to me, is a better form of breast altruism than the pink ribbons.
I hope some people will walk around picketing since that would also make Maura Kelly sick. Hey, can anyone walk and kiss at the same time? Maybe you could make her head asplode!
Does anyone remember the old Philly cream cheese ad with the elderly white lady on a plane having heart palpitations because some poor person in coach or business class was scraping butter over their bagel instead silently spreading cream cheese? And now we find that ambulatory fat people sends the skinny folks into a swoon.
Privileged people: who knew they were so easy to scare?
Does anyone remember the old Philly cream cheese ad with the elderly white lady on a plane having heart palpitations because some poor person in coach or business class was scraping butter over their bagel instead silently spreading cream cheese? And now we find that ambulatory fat people sends the skinny folks into a swoon.
Privileged people: who knew they were so easy to scare?
@Raso719: Um, what? I'm not going to deny that what you said in the last paragraph is true, but please, forgo the whitewashing of Japanese culture. Japanese mythology is very interesting indeed, but their *history* is just as riddled with shameful episodes as anyone else's.
@GirlLibrarian: Let me help you wrap your head around this: not everyone is you or exactly like you. Bam! You are helped!
@ihatediamonds: Didn't the parents get divorced anyways?
@Unnamed Source: Oh yes, the "stomach rituals". Thanks for providing me with a term. The worst thing about pregnancy is (can be) other mothers and their crazy comments.
@Unnamed Source: I finished off a bottle of wine I was cooking with (there was a lot left) one night and another night finished off a bottle of Bailey's I used to make a cake (there was a lot left). I didn't know I was pregnant and when I found out a couple weeks later I was so scared about those 2 things plus the fact that I hadn't been downing folic acid like an addict. My doc told me to calm down, start taking vitamins now that I knew, and to save leftover bottles of alcohol for later. He said most women do something early on in pregnancy because they don't know or they forget and do something that's a habit (like dipping a wing) and their babies turn out fine. :)
@Ipomoea: I also got the Panic-Free Pregnancy book. The Amazon reviews were very split, but I got it anyway since I have some experience with reading/understanding scientific study papers. I thought it was good. I gave up ham sandwiches and feta on my salads but kept sushi from my regular place after talking to them about my pregnancy. Win!
@Nimnyn: And some who want to be smaller than they are would consider donating if that would work and if donors could be compensated. :(
@femme-bot & nobodyr: or maybe not?
I don't have the "desirable body type and face and etc" and it doesn't take me very long to get ready in the morning because I don't do most of this stuff. I'm not faulting or feeling superior to anyone who does the B routine, I'm just saying please don't point fingers and say "well, of course you have it easier and quicker, you lucked out genetically and/or financially, you lucky conformist you."
I'm not a grrl or whatever the current term is, I'm just lazy. I'm also plain, a bit short, and about 20 lbs more than my doctor would like me to be. And I've taken a few hits in the workplace for not hiding/altering how I look. Whatever, something else always came along. Please don't lump everyone whose routine is short/quick together as the naturally pretty money-makers who don't really understand what it's like. Because you don't know, maybe we do.
I don't have the "desirable body type and face and etc" and it doesn't take me very long to get ready in the morning because I don't do most of this stuff. I'm not faulting or feeling superior to anyone who does the B routine, I'm just saying please don't point fingers and say "well, of course you have it easier and quicker, you lucked out genetically and/or financially, you lucky conformist you."
I'm not a grrl or whatever the current term is, I'm just lazy. I'm also plain, a bit short, and about 20 lbs more than my doctor would like me to be. And I've taken a few hits in the workplace for not hiding/altering how I look. Whatever, something else always came along. Please don't lump everyone whose routine is short/quick together as the naturally pretty money-makers who don't really understand what it's like. Because you don't know, maybe we do.
@Dorotea: You should not feel bad about this. It's not worth it. So you take an hour or so, so what? I used to be really slow and took about an hour too, and the results weren't even good. So what?
Did you mug a kitten today? Feel bad about that. :)
Did you mug a kitten today? Feel bad about that. :)
@najmah: Yes, me too.
@All: I just want to dip my little toe in here to say that the "are you sick" questions that come after you stop wearing make-up go away if you keep on not wearing it. At least, if you usually wear regular make-up full of bad-for-you ingredients. I stopped wearing make-up years ago (not something profound, I wasn't good at putting it on and didn't feel like learning). I looked like a ragged out consumptive for a few weeks. But then I started getting actual color back in my face and now people think I'm good at the natural look. Regular make-up does bad things to your skin, leaving it wan and sickly on it own. Of course, YMMV applies here. And I don't know anything about these green/all-natural/good-for-you make-ups, they weren't available to me 10 years ago.
And I definitely don't get enough sleep: I have a 5 month old and a 4 year old.
And I definitely don't get enough sleep: I have a 5 month old and a 4 year old.
@Platypus Man: Sometimes you just do things. You don't think about them. You just need to do them,
do what you're feeling.
Okay?
do what you're feeling.
Okay?
@I_Am_Not_Oprah: Agreed. So take action instead of giving money.
[www.kintera.org]
They make it pretty easy for you to let your public officials know that more public funds should be allocated for rape kit testing. Get your rant on! :)
[www.kintera.org]
They make it pretty easy for you to let your public officials know that more public funds should be allocated for rape kit testing. Get your rant on! :)
@annagabriella: I tried following the link you provided but keep getting a weird java/Apache error I've never seen before.
But, did you think that I was saying "normal"=not a problem? If so, let me clarify. Each time I was diagnosed with a UTI via culture, I was given antibiotics by my doc. He was just letting me know that the frequency of their occurrence was not out of the ordinary for most sexually active women and I didn't need to worry about all those crazy things you find on the internet a la, "If you have frequent UTIs, watch out cause it could be cancer and OMG you going to die!" :)
And, could I really get a cache of antibiotics to just keep around? I wouldn't have thought that would be kosher these days with all the Rx drug abuse (not that you can abuse antibiotics in that way) and over-Rx causing resistant strains to develop. But it would be so convenient.
But, did you think that I was saying "normal"=not a problem? If so, let me clarify. Each time I was diagnosed with a UTI via culture, I was given antibiotics by my doc. He was just letting me know that the frequency of their occurrence was not out of the ordinary for most sexually active women and I didn't need to worry about all those crazy things you find on the internet a la, "If you have frequent UTIs, watch out cause it could be cancer and OMG you going to die!" :)
And, could I really get a cache of antibiotics to just keep around? I wouldn't have thought that would be kosher these days with all the Rx drug abuse (not that you can abuse antibiotics in that way) and over-Rx causing resistant strains to develop. But it would be so convenient.
@Isostar13: When it comes to evolution there is NO wrong direction. We adapt to our environment. Also, since we're complex intelligent beings, we adapt our environments to ourselves which can lead to adaptations within ourselves to more perfectly exist within the created environment.
I thought you were making a point about health until I read that last sentence, when I realized it was more like throwing a tantrum. But, as tantrums involvement movement I guess they're not all bad. Keep on moving! :)
(While I'm being serious in the first paragraph, in the second I'm really just joshing you. No offense, ok?)
I thought you were making a point about health until I read that last sentence, when I realized it was more like throwing a tantrum. But, as tantrums involvement movement I guess they're not all bad. Keep on moving! :)
(While I'm being serious in the first paragraph, in the second I'm really just joshing you. No offense, ok?)
I've mentioned this below within a thread but wanted to post it again by itself:
My doc let me know that getting 5 or so UTIs a year is considered *normal* for sexually active women. All sexually active women. Even the "normal" ones. :)
Also, having unprotected sex with an uncircumcised man increases your risk. If you are involved with an uncircumcised man, and are having frequent UTIs despite the cranberry pills and post-coital peeing, grit your teeth and talk with him about being consistent and, ah, attentive to his personal hygiene. It could really help, as I learned from personal experience. This doesn't mean your guy is dirty, just that he has a physical characteristic that requires a little extra attention to detail to help you (and your relationship) out.
My doc let me know that getting 5 or so UTIs a year is considered *normal* for sexually active women. All sexually active women. Even the "normal" ones. :)
Also, having unprotected sex with an uncircumcised man increases your risk. If you are involved with an uncircumcised man, and are having frequent UTIs despite the cranberry pills and post-coital peeing, grit your teeth and talk with him about being consistent and, ah, attentive to his personal hygiene. It could really help, as I learned from personal experience. This doesn't mean your guy is dirty, just that he has a physical characteristic that requires a little extra attention to detail to help you (and your relationship) out.
