Kevin's Watch

what did you make that became vomit fodder?

Hey, Seareach, I hope you and your sister didn't end up wretching all night. I did, during my own little episode a few months ago. What an exquisitely horrible experience food poisoning is. I'm glad your kid avoided it. Sometimes it pays not to listen to mommy after all...

Huh, that's the first time I got the Internal Server Error and the post didn't go through. Weird.

I'm happy! HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY. I have my ticket to San Francisco! I'm going out on the 16th of September and returning on the 18th. My old home! I've missed SF.

Er, before my post Passed Beyond I was just saying, more or less: Seareach, there's a viral stomach bug going around - maybe you don't need to shoulder all that Chef's Guilt. I can totally understand the impulse to throw away anything and everything, though. To this day I fear brie like some people fear grizzly bears.

Speaking of which, I spent time in Alaska as a kid and I'll never forget the ubiquitous articles about bear attacks. Alas, they all went something like this:

"Hapless Hunter #1 played dead and the bear mauled him. Remember: fight for your life."

"Hapless Hunter #2 fought for his life and the bear mauled him. Remember: play dead."

These contraditory articles would run back to back in the same magazine. I came to the conclusion that if you meet a mad bear, you should probably just grab your ankles and kiss your... you know... goodbye. Somehow this all relates to the topic of advice about food poisoning, honest.

(I did got to see the Aurora Borealis while I was up there, which was one of the awesome sights of the world. I'll never forget it.)

In conclusion, I'm rereading LFB. And happy!

dANdeLION wrote:Sounds like my U2 experience in '85.

I had a few U2 experiences as well - including the one in /83 when Bono pulled me up on stage to dance with him...no wonder I'm still carrying a torch for him...*sigh*

I have a wicked headache....is it ragweed season already? I've been working some very long hours lately and I'm burned out. I think I'm only going to do what I absolutely have to today and then go home and rest up!

Hope you feel better, Lori! Try to hang in there; there's the long weekend coming up.

dANdeLION wrote:Hope you feel better, Lori! Try to hang in there; there's the long weekend coming up.

And I'm working every day of it!

Sinus headache--inflammed knee--all muscles ache--chills--sweats--back to bed

ugh...ragweed. i HATE that. i'm so glad i moved to California. no more HAY FEVER.

i was stricken with it every august...swelled eyes, sneezing, coughing, it would get so bad that it would inevitably turn into a sinus infection.
once my doctor even accused me of putting something up my nose i hadn't oughta!


so i hope you feel better soon lorelei. or move to California!!!

I feel all right. I was feeling better, but I'm dwelling on something that's bothered me practically my entire life...
(rant time, my apologies)

I'm underweight. Just a tad (now anyway, I've gotten better), I don't look gross... but every time I comment on something negative about my body (like every. other. person. gets to) I get just an eye roll and/or a comment that equates to "shut up, at least you're skinny."

You know what? It will never be ok to comment on how fat someone is, but it will always always be ok for someone to comment on how skinny someone is. For example: people I don't know have come up to me and commented on my size. Both in a positive and negative way. When it's positive I can deal, but when it's something like "You need to get some meat on your bones" it takes every ounce of my willpower to not say something snarky back to them. (Like, "you look like you have some to spare, would you mind sharing?") When I was in school, I got teased just as much as my friends who were overweight.

Anyway, I'm sick and tired of all of it. I'm skinny, but I'm not healthy. People don't seem to understand that that happens. Part of me wants to gain weight, but I also have a tendency to stop eating if I see a part of my body that is showing that weight. I'm struggling with that right now. In the last 3 or so months I've broken 100lbs (a gain of about 7 lbs) and it's showing in my stomach (OMG! I have pooch!!), and part of my brain is telling me that that's bad and I need to get rid of it, and it is really tough for me to continue to eat healthy...

Anyway... I'm sorry. It's not pc (I guess) for me to rant about being skinny. I want to be healthy, just like everyone else. I don't want people to roll their eyes at me when I commiserate with them on having to eat better. (Eating better for me usually means just plain eating.) I also have just as much right as anyone else to bitch about my body.

Ok, rant off. I'm done. Thanks for letting me vent. I'm going to force down some Cheez-Its and get back to work.

Waddley Hasselhoff wrote:I don't look gross....

Understatement of the year here. You're a beautiful person, and that goes way deeper than what's on the outside, which isn't exactly hard on the eyes, either. Anyway, take care of yourself. You're the only you you get!

hey Wadds....vent ANYtime sweetie.

everybody has body issues don'tcha know. and the grass is ALWAYS greener.

maybe some sort of yoga or pilates or tai chi would help in the way you see your body and the way you feel about it. but one thing i DO know...you must give your body the fuel it needs to function properly.
promise me you will do that and NOT stop eating. for i WILL come up there and kick your young butt for you!

if you need to talk to somebody who WON'T roll their eyes (i promise) pm me and i'll give you my number. after all...i'm home all day...what ELSE have i got to do???

oh and by the way...speaking of body image...can you say eight inch scar? eek!

i really really didn't SEE how large my bum had gotten (even tho gerald loves to tell me!! hahaha) until i was numb from hip to calf by that epidural and could NOT turn my big butt over in the hospital bed!!!

i'm back on south beach and missing my toast again folks!!


and ps....WHAT DAN SAID!!!! DOUBLE.

Luci, if you keep up yakking about your butt, I'm gonna dedicate "Big Bottom" to you in Vespers!

i love Spinal Tap!!

or how 'bout Fat Bottom Girls????

dANdeLION wrote:Luci, if you keep up yakking about your butt, I'm gonna dedicate "Big Bottom" to you in Vespers!

What about "Fat Bottom Girls"?

i like that one too. just givin dAN suggestions for dedication songs to my butt!

oh...you thought of it at the same time i did!!

In addition to changing your diet, might I recommend Winsor Pilates Bun and Thigh Workout........your butt will never be the same again.

Yall make me cry (which is tough cause I'm spposed to be answering phones here...knock it off!)
These next three Cheez-its are for you! There goes one for dAN....there goes one for Luci... there goes one for Lorelei!

Thank you. I don't know what else to say but yall kick ass.

[quote="Waddley Hasselhoff"]Yall make me cry (which is tough cause I'm spposed to be answering phones here...knock it off!)
These next three Cheez-its are for you! There goes one for dAN....there goes one for Luci... there goes one for Lorelei! [quote]

Could you turn my Cheez-it into a piece of chocolate, I could really use some right now. Thanks babe!

How bout a dark chocolate M&M? They taste like happy.