Someone mentioned Terence Howard upthread.

I snerked along with everyone else when his toilet habits came to light in the tabloids.

Then, I saw the colon cancer screening psa he did about his mother dying (at 56) of the disease. While I think he could benefit from therapy more than baby wipes, I can see why he'd go that way. Poor guy.

Terrence Howard is an all around douchebag. He's been quoted as saying that now that he has a daughter, he respects women more. God, I hate that sort of revelation. It's a clear red flag of extreme narcissism to me.

It's very sad that his mother died young, but that doesn't excuse him acting like an asshole in public.

ita's right. Plus, I don't care if Terence Howard himself had weird grooming habits; I'm not sleeping with him and I'm not his doctor. It was the things he said about women and their "grooming habits" that put me off. It was so Red Tent-ville, ya know?

Ah. I didn't read past his personal hygiene stuff far enough to get the douchebaggery. No excuse for that, agreed.

I've done a lot of skipping and skimming, so apologies if this has been posted, but Aims, this is for you -- Royal Wedding Commemorative Condoms

the only time i worry about people getting judgy about my grocery cart contents is when i'm at the store buying tampons, chocolate, snacky cakes or other junk food, and booze. And nothing else. But i think that's a pretty self-evident situation.

Speaking as a person who is occasionally fat in public, I have gotten more negative comments while being physically active than at the grocery store.

I silently mutter encouragement to ppl at the gym who look like they are really struggling, for whatever reason. Can't imagine actually saying anything negative. Astonishingly rude.

in slightly related news: i took a belly dancing class last night (immediately before my hula hooping class...sort of as a warm up) for the first time which was super fun. I was praised for my excellent shimmy. Yes, my wide hips and soft belly are perfect for something! It was guiltily gratifying to be clearly excelling over the skinny ladies in the class who had been enough times to develop wardrobes but couldn't move their hips or get a gratifying hip scarf jingle. Guilty because i was judging them for being skinny. Gratifying because i can be just a wee bit competitive when it comes to anything dance-related and am always uber conscious of usually being the roundest person in the room.

While I feel very uncomfortable during shopping for very different reasons (supermarkets are symbols of death. Too much critical sociology, I know) I cannot believe the rude people are! I can't imagine commenting on other people's choices or make faces at them. And that's coming from an Israeli.

Oh, and thanks for the ice cream, y'all. Got new boots!