Archive for December, 2005

Gearing up.

December 31, 2005  |  Reports from the Front  |  No Comments

So here's my resolution. I am going to resume regular posting. I'm going to post more recipes that comply with Weight Watchers. And I'm even going to go back to Weight Watchers (I think I can stomach it).

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Would we be bored if we were perfect?

December 29, 2005  |  Reports from the Front  |  No Comments

What would happen if everyone lost weight and were thin and beautiful? What if we all looked just the way we wanted to? Like Catherine Deneuve, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron or Audrey Hepburn? Or Cary Grant, Brad Pitt or George Clooney?

Or would it be better, frankly, to be ourselves and look more like Rosie O’Donnell or Oliver Platt?

Would we be bored if we were perfect? Is being fat a thing to do?

I dunno. I’m not so concerned about looking like them as feeling like them. I’d like it if my job was to look as good as I could.

For those actor folks, maintaining their bodies is their livlihood. For me, I’m not so sure it matters. But I bet they feel pretty good. Maybe their days aren’t crammed with every mundane chore. I bet they don’t tuck into a chocolate sundae after work as a stress reliever. But who knows? Kirstie Alley did. And look what happened to her!

Is there a lesson in all of this?

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It’s how I feel. Is it wrong?

December 27, 2005  |  Reports from the Front  |  No Comments

What if I don't like having pendulous breasts, thunder thighs and flap-in-the-wind triceps? Should I just love myself and say to hell with it?

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