So my friends who were expecting had a baby boy on Tuesday. I just found out the husband's mother passed away later on the same day. So heartbreaking. They thought she was holding on until the grandchild arrived, and it really seems like it was true. I feel so badly for A, such an emotional rollercoaster. I'm assuming too that my friend is still not ready to travel and won't make the funeral.
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Sep 17, 2009 5:57:25 am PDT #9353 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2009 5:59:58 am PDT #9354 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Happy Birthday Perkins!
You still suck.
Steph L. - Sep 17, 2009 6:01:27 am PDT #9355 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Men can be REALLY ANGRY about weight. Like, they're offended I exist. I have no idea how to respond. I think to myself, "I've written two books. One is published. I've had characters named after me on television shows. I've had lunch with a physics Nobel, and hang out with some of the finest scientists in the US. I've raised over 100K for various charities in the last ten years....and really, you wish I didn't exist because I wear size 14 jeans. What the fuck have YOU done with your life?"
In my experience, the men who are douchebags about women's weight tend to not be paragons of male pulchritude themselves.
Alyson, my personal opinion is that the anger that men feel toward fat or otherwise unattractive-to-them women is a general misogyny thing, not just an anti-fat thing.
Some men feel that we, as women, *owe* it to them to look (and act, to some extent) like someone they want to fuck. If we dare to be unfuckable (to them) and seem OK WITH IT, then that ignites the rage. How dare we? How dare we live our lives not according to WHAT THEY WANT and what they desire?
The misogyny, it burns.
Man, I love Nora with a pure white-hot love.
Jesse - Sep 17, 2009 6:04:31 am PDT #9356 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, Sue, that's incredibly sad. And then happy.
Sue - Sep 17, 2009 6:10:53 am PDT #9357 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Jesse, I guess the good thing is the new baby will be a real solace to them. And her parent's are there to help out while A is away.
Fredpete, sending lots of healing vibes Rigatoni's way.
Jesse - Sep 17, 2009 6:16:08 am PDT #9358 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Stupid circle of life!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 17, 2009 6:25:33 am PDT #9359 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Birthday happies to Perkins and the Board!
msbelle - Sep 17, 2009 6:26:26 am PDT #9360 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
F'in TINO!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 17, 2009 6:28:09 am PDT #9361 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
F'in TINO!
Uh oh. What'd he do now?
tommyrot - Sep 17, 2009 6:33:33 am PDT #9362 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
From My First Fail: Well, He Knows What He Likes!