Here's the conclusion I came to last night: This is my body. While it reserves the right to look slightly different on a daily basis and may look way different 3-6 months from now, it is mine and this is what I look like. I will stop hating it. I will love me for who I am not what I look like. If people want to judge or dislike me because....
...I have wide hips, an ass and some thick thighs, then they can go screw themselves. I'm tired of beating myself up. I have a good life. I have friends who love me. I have a man who loves me for me and doesn't care that I am soft in all the wrong/right places. I have a loving and supportive family. I have no idea why I make myself miserable other than it's always been that way, and I say it's time to end that. I will still work towards living a healthier lifestyle because I feel good when I do, not because a scale has shamed me into feeling guilty. That relationship is over. Spring cleaning has begun!
- Mary Carmen
the old saying goes I am responsible for my happiness today. And you have alot of good things going on so enjoy them. Your man, your family, your FFers and of course yours shoes. Happy Good Friday my friend.
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
I think you're beautiful, just as you are. And, if you think you're beautiful, then you will be. If you think you're ugly, then you will be. Your outsides reflect what you feel on the inside, so continue to be positive about your body, because there's nothing wrong with how you look.
- Cassandra
Good girl! You're a beautiful woman! It's always the hardest to clean out the junk between the ears than our houses. Continue your fabulousness!
- Hedgehog
*blushes* thank you all. could not do this at all without all your support.
- Mary Carmen
That's awesome. It's going to sound really stupid, but I've been going through the same "overcoming body shame" thing too, lately. Right on, MC!!! (and for the record, you are way better than me at dressing in a flattering way)
- Lo
I continue to hold the opinion: *swoooooon*
- Johnny
We all have the right to be proud of however we look. Awesome on you for getting there! :)
- Heather
Great advice for anyone and a great new attitude!
- Paulette
Hi! I don't know you really, but we've 'talked' a couple of times, and I've lurked around a bit. Please forgive me when I tell you that I'm completely jealous of your haircut. It is soooooo cute. I have a weak chin (well 2 or 3 of them :) ), so I have never been able to rock a page boy. I'm sorry that you had a winter of corporal discontent, but you seem like you're recovering well!!! I think that since I can't manage the pretty hair, I will copy the pretty attitude. Happy Easter, and wonderful spring!
- Charleen Mullenweg
Thanks, Charleen! It's an asymmetrical bob and I love it. I part it way on the side and flat-iron it. I love it and I'm definitely asking my dude to cut it shorter next time. I think it is a haircut that a lot of different facial types can wear.
- Mary Carmen
Being comfortable in your own skin is the biggest challenge anyone can face. While self improvement is always a nice goal, loving yourself for being yourself is awesome. Congrats to you! </pseudo-philosophicalism>
- Mike Nayyar
This thread makes me incredibly happy and grateful for all you wonderful people.
- Mary Carmen
Here's the thing that I always yell at myself about: I've been through so much physically, you'd think I would just be happy to be breathing. But some days, I get all on myself about stupid shit.
- Mary Carmen
You are beautiful, no matter what your head says ;).
- Scott. Cat Herder.
You know, I'll never get those brain cells back to use for something else. I'll be 80 and still be able to tell you that name, and the context.
- DGentry
And now I love Tina even more! Best. Resume. EVAR! :-D
- Ordinarybug Heather
you are so hired. but i might need to give you a hug because of your awesomeness. i hope that will be ok.
- Morgan
Man, imma have to redo the whole thing to be able to use it on LinkedIn, it's not square enough!
- FFing Enigma
seriously - i think i love you. this is the best resume i've seen. and i've seen thousands. my mom ran an employment agency for 18 years. and i've had all kinds of jobs
- Morgan
Why thank you Morgan. I do try =) However it won't do at all as my profile pic: it winds up being too small to actually read. How unfortunate.
- FFing Enigma
Did the giraffe just have something shoved up it's butt? It seems a bit surprised.
- Morgan
In one of the inspiration threads http://friendfeed.com/akatina... we decided I needed to send a company a picture of a giraffe for my resume, preferably one with a large posterior. This giraffe fit the bill perfectly!
- FFing Enigma
I agree with everyone here Tina. I think you should send it out next time. If you catch the right person's attention with this they'll be compelled to hire you.
- Kenton
actually I would add ..all the handle at the bottom.. like personal blog, twitter ID etc ..but all in very small fine print like 3/4 points font .. and if they call u for an interview ask them did you read the fine print ?
- Peter Dawson
My very first card, also from ICPL, looked very much like this one.
- laura x
it's also usually the easiest of the bits of paper to get.
- DJF
That was my Tucson move: arrive, unload car, take lease and go to the public library (mostly because I didn't have internet in the new place yet and needed to find a Target)
- ellbeecee
Not sure i'd post my signature over the internet like that...
- Michael D. Carney
wait wait wait...you're down the road from me? damn, how the hell did I miss that? it's been months...
- John: Thread Killer
Michael, I'm way less worried about people stealing my identity than I am about them stealing my library card number. . .
- laura x
"Windows won't allow you to do that because after you delete your recycle bin, it goes into itself and if you empty the recycle bin it goes into a Infinite delete loop that causes your CPU to overload and overheat creating a mini-black hole. This mini-black hole then creates a doorway into the past that part of you computer travels into and arrives just before you deleted the recycle bin and instantly blocks the command to delete your recycle bin and ta-da, nothing happens! It happens so fast and so often, 99.99% of humans don't even know it is happening. Its kinda like dividing by zero. Don't even get me started on where that will take you! The only person who has been able to successfully delete the recycle bin is Chuck Norris. And that was only because his round house went so fast it traveled back in time and killed all the dinosaurs!"
- AJ Batac
from Bookmarklet
Sorry, scherbi, but the real proper plural of octopus is "octopodes" (Ock-Toh-Poe-Dees). The *accepted* plurals in common use are "octopi", "octopusses" and "octopus". The latter one being like the plurals for "fish" and "sheep".
- Le Slip Anglais
Slippy, I think I love you! :-) [Most folks think octopus is Latin, but only someone special realizes that it's from the Greek!]
- Ordinarybug Heather
Hah, I'm not so great. I just parrot the things I learn from the great Stephen Fry.
- Le Slip Anglais
"I Told You I Was Sick" almost made me snort my coffee. I want that on my headstone when I go. :)
- Hookuh Tinypants
that's actually on a famous REAL headstone. the person in question was a waitress who was an infamous hypochondriac. the line was her idea, too. EDIT: d'oh! looks like the info was already linked! :P
- Hieronymous Boosh
How did you get them to stand up? We fought with ours yesterday for an hour with the wire and trying to keep them from blowing over when the wind was so strong.
- Trish R
"Remember man, who pass by. That what you are now, was once I. And what I am now, is what you will be. So prepare yourself to follow me."
- AJ Batac
They are glued to wooden stakes. But for next year I think I'll hit up a sign shop for some sign stands. I'm thinking I can either sandwich a corregated sign between the layers of foam or glue it to the back of the foam so they'll have 'legs'
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Oh that's a good idea, I didn't think of wooden stakes. I cut wire and stuck in the bottom of them and then stuck it in the ground with garden stakes. Yours look awesome, you did a great job! I want to add to mine for next year.
- Trish R
Its really just an OK idea. The wood is great support but didnt glue well to the foam (the 'husband' stone has a big rock in front of it becasue the stake came un glued). The foam I used has a plastic covering on it that peels off the stake...annoying at best. It did help that I hammered a stoneless stake into the ground and then pulled it out before putting the stone and stake combo in the same hole.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Me: So far I have been called a deserter, a traitor, and a dirty rotten rat by patrons, but I think they were all joking. They did also all congratulate me.
- laura x
Mom: Yeah, I think that's joking. If they slash your tires, that's not. (happened to a friend who's a district court judge in Mason City or someplace)
- laura x
I've been out on the tundra on one of these tours, I would have LOVED to have a bear stick his nose in and say Hi. They're such beautiful and incredible animals
- Will Higgins™
"Okay guys, who left the window open again?!"
- Holger Eilhard
...this reminds me of the Far Side comic where two polar bears are hovering over igloos, and one says to the other: "I don't know what you call them, but I love eating these things... they're chewy on the insides."
- .LAG liked that
Our baby boy, 4 weeks early, is going to hang in the NICU for a bit. I left the hospital so Kristine could sleep. I wish I could give you pics of the kid (and not me), but this is what we'll start with.
- Louis Gray
Good news is that Braden is just over 6 pounds. That's big for us, and amid all the other 1.5 KG babies in the NICU, he is a monster. So he'll probably be coming home soon.
- Louis Gray
Yay, baby! He was just taking a page out of your book, Louis. He was ready to be productive!!
- Yolanda
That is true, Yolanda. I was 2 months early myself and weighed 4 pounds, back when that was unsafe.
- Louis Gray
Despite my comments, I hope she is sleeping. Worn out of course, but we avoided a C-Section this time, so that's a huge win.
- Louis Gray
How are Matthew and Sarah, excited to have a new brother? Who is there to help you?
- DGentry
Your timing in starting new health insurance is impeccable.
- DGentry
at least now you have time to get him an ipad before he comes home!
- Allen Stern
So glad to hear things are going ok, and I hope you and Christine get lots of sleep.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
And 6lbs.! That's a whopper for you guys (as well as for me)! Congratulations!! Looking forward to meeting the little guy.
- April Buchheit
Happy Birthday to Braden! I'm glad that he was 6 pounds. That should help him get a good start in life. Congratulations to you and your wife, Louis!
- Russian Space Lizard
Hugs for the Gray family! Hope everyone is home together soon.
- Anne Bouey
Denton, we have plenty of help right now. My mom drove in last night. In the evening, the kid's best babysitter pulled an extra shift. She's back from 9 to 1 today as well.
- Louis Gray
Congratulations! Hope he will be home soon.
- Elena
LANjackal, hard look? That's how I roll. No prisoners.
- Louis Gray
Congratulations, Louis and Kristine! Knuckle bump to Kristine for avoiding the c. High five to your mom. Moms rule. Oh, and so do dads who wear NICU armbands. :)
- Trish Haley
Congratulations on your new baby. Seem like you need some sleep yourself ;-) cybergirl2010
- MisteryGirl2010
Sleep is unproductive and a waste of time. :)
- Louis Gray
Congrats! How did I know you guys weren't going to wait four whole weeks to join the FF baby party? Seriously, though - sounds like six pounds is well past the trigger weight for Kristine, if there is such a thing. A month from now Braden would have been Moose.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
This is a puzzle. The wristband allows to take the baby out of the building, but you must not touch the baby. I'll get back to you with a solution soon.
- Josh Haley
My dinner involved my favorite beet/carrot/ginger salad, a new-to-me Swiss chard and potato soup with sour cream, and Pinot Grigio. Contemplating some of my homemade mocha ice cream for dessert.
Things I learned today: just because I was able to play the piano part of Bach's Concerto No. 1 in a minor 10 years ago does not mean I can play it now.
I would have recorded the hilarity of my sister and me playing that (she plays the violin part on the piano, so it's 1 piano and 3 hands), but then I thought some of you might actually like that piece and wouldn't want it ruined for life. :-)
- lris
Trying to fill out the apartment application and totally forgot what my address in Waco was. D'oh. (I remember the old, old one in St. Louis, though!) Stroke of genius: See if Amazon still had it saved as a shipping address, and sure enough, there it is. :)
Application sent! *fingers crossed* Now that I've actually started working on the whole moving thing, I'm really overexcited about it. This morning I started planning where in the new place all my furniture is going to go.
- Jandy
I know spiders are useful in getting rid of pests and all that, but since I can't tell the harmless ones from the ones that will melt my face off, they all gotta die once they step inside.
As long as they're outside eating other bugs, it's live and let live. Once they come inside, they're gonna die. Nothing personal.
- Ha3rvey #teamMonique
Outside spiders are fine, indoor spiders (that aren't large and/or obviously poisonous in NA, like brown recluses and black widows) are acceptable in small numbers. I had to go on a spider-killing spree when I found about 100 of them making a mess all over the basement. Some warm parts of the US (e.g. California) get some dangerous exotic spiders, but for the most part, all the tiny ordinary spiders are harmless.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Can't a brown recluse melt my face off? I want no parts of that.
- Rahsheen?
Jayden takes em outside, but I kill em if they come in the house or I see em outside by my window. haven't seen any in this neighborhood, but I've lived places in Oakland where black widows and small tarantulas have gotten inside the house. NO thanks!
- Starmama
Most indoor spiders are harmless and keep down the populations of other indoor insects.They can get annoying, though, if an egg sac hatches and suddenly there are little spiders running all over the place.
- John (bird whisperer)
I usually just relocate them outside, but then we don't have the brown recluse around here... I'd probably have to execute those guys.
- ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ
You had to make me go Google that? Many of the small spiders I've been seeing in and around my house look like the photo. Just killed one earlier above my bedroom door. *disturbed*
- Rahsheen?
The spiders need to follow the treaty that was signed by the spider queen. 'Stay outside, stay alive. Come inside. Die'
- Morgan
I am terrified by all of them. I don't mind insects, scorpions, all kinds of rodents, snakes, camels, sea cucumbers, and all other creatures....but spiders.....holy freaking crap......heebabdee jeebadees!
- Morgan
You're never more then 3ft away from a spider. I rather leave the little innocent ones then create a large area of spider habitat ready for a large spider to move into. Also, brown recluse are freaking big, you know it when you see it.
- Heather
LOL! I can't stand creepy crawlies, but I don't find spiders all that scary. The thought of my flesh melting off? That's scary.
- Rahsheen?
during an average lifetime, humans eat an average of 7 spiders while sleeping
- Morgan
I could have lived an average lifetime, happily, without ever knowing that factoid!
- Starmama
Brown recluses and black widows like to hang out in undisturbed places, like unused attics and basement spaces and abandoned houses. Look for brown violin and red hourglass shapes on their bodies. All those little regular dusty brown spiders and jumping spiders and junk like that won't do anything to anybody. If you see just one up in the corner of a room, it's generally not worth the effort to go after it to kill it.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
There are only two spiders that you have to worry about. Most are harmless.
- Mark Davidson
Did you ever get the hoodie I sent? Haven't heard back...
- Mona Nomura