New Friends!

It's been a while since I've done this - so I thought I'd welcome some of my most recent LJ Friends: rockfic, ctr_forever, stevensatlga, kraken13 and chrissycam.

If I've forgotten anyone - I'm sorry!

And welcome to anyone else that has joined recently - glad you're around! :-)

A heart that hurts ... is a heart that works

It seems that fat has become the last "acceptable" bastion for discrimination.

There's no way that anyone would insult another person to their face over race, age, gender, sexuality, disability, religion or background - but the size of their dress or pants is apparently open for criticism.

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I think it just irritates me that people can insult others like that - without knowing what's really going on inside. They don't know that we're doing something about being fat. They just see it as something to insult, something to react to - because they're dealing with their own wounded egos or low self-opinion. They don't give a damn about us as people. We're just walking/moving targets to them. It's the schoolyard bully, only on a more grand scale.

I'm not saying that I'm going to join FAT?SO! or NAAFA or some other pro-fat organization anytime soon. I know that my size isn't exactly doing my health favors (i.e. - blood pressure and joint problems), so I'm trying to do something about it. In the meantime, I just need to figure out a way to accept my body as it is, right now. :-)

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I've forgotten a couple of birthdays - because I'm a slacker in that regard.

So, belated birthday greetings to my lovelies:

Happy Birthday yokie and docwebster

Wishing you happiness in the years to come! :-)

I hope that you both had great birthdays - even if I was late with the wishes. ;)

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My favorite graffiti on Market Street has been modified - Corney Religons - tells about the original.

Now, it has been modified, so it still has the original message. Only, now the messenger is apparently, Godzilla. Really.

At this point, I want a digital camera, if only to take pictures of my favorite graffiti and cement scrawlings, because some of it is just too funny. Or just too fun.