I am a massage therapist. I care not one whit about what your body looks like, and I only look at skin a little to make sure I don't see worrisome moles/freckles. I do therapeutic massage, not spa massage, and I still keep the lights low and frequently have my eyes closed as I gather the information I need through my fingers.

I was just putting away Christmas presents and found Toto's bell collar and paw thingies. Emily thought it would be fun to put the collar on Toto (he doesn't like the little things on his paws AT ALL). So, now he's jingling through the apartment, and he keeps trying to shake it off. It's pretty funny.

Um…you haven’t seen me lately. I’ve gotten FAT.

Ah, steroids... mmmmmmm

Maybe the hornieness will make you grope me back!

(I was just trying to make you giggle before by making soup whore implications. Sorry if that had the absolute opposite effect.)

Chicat, sounds like things are still going well with BF after your bumpy road a few months ago. Woo hoo!

I know its sad and scary that there is a bird flu outbreak (still bird to person, not person to person) and it would be sad and scary anywhere, but its double-take funny that its happening in Turkey.

Um…you haven’t seen me lately. I’ve gotten FAT.

I am genuinely sorry that you're not happy with your weight, and I do hope you get to a place this year that makes you happy when you look in the mirror. And you're healthy. And you can breathe. But you're always going to be the vw bug who wrote so beautifully about her first kiss, so you're always going to seem like a Very Kissable Person to me. That's just not going to change.

If I were having a crappy day, said so, and then vented about my bad soup, and then people were teasing, it's possible I'd be crying right now, reading this thread. ijs.

It wasn't so much about the soup as the brackets. But I apologize if the teasing was ill-timed or hurtful.

Chicat, sounds like things are still going well with BF after your bumpy road a few months ago. Woo hoo!

Yep, much better now. It was one of those we're gonna break up or end up stronger for it fights. And we, luckily, came out on the good end of that.

I do have a good first kiss story. Also, I was pretty and zit-free then with really perfect hair. And the St. Thomas sun wasn't doing me too much damage either. Oh, and that shirt that we tied up so my belly button was showing. And the perfume! Oh, my gods, the perfume!

Good times...good times...

Sadly, Mr. vw's First Kiss is now married with at least one child. Scary, scary thought.

Sadly, Mr. vw's First Kiss is now married with at least one child.

Not good at math, is he?

Also, that first para made me smile.

Also, that first para made me smile.

The best part was walking in WAY later than we were supposed to be home and having my parents still sitting up waiting for me. To see if I had a good time sailing. If I remember correctly, I was still so high from the kiss that I was like, "Yeah." And that was it.

Also, I was pretty and zit-free then with really perfect hair. And the St. Thomas sun wasn't doing me too much damage either. Oh, and that shirt that we tied up so my belly button was showing. And the perfume! Oh, my gods, the perfume!

While I'm sure you were perfectly adorable at the time, it was the way you wrote about it, felt it and remembered it that was so attractive.

Good afternoon. Brenda, I got a blanket at the market in Momostenango--did you ever get there?