HiDeeHo

JEEEEEZUS

This thing is going to follow me around forever, isn't it?

Go to my LJ instead if you're that fucking curious.

Josh and I are still very happily married. Morgan is growing up rapidly.

The entire world hates us.

That is all.

IS THIS THING STILL ON?

Wow.

GOING OUT WITH A BANG

I thought of one last thing that needs to go up on here - Josh and I got married today.

Surprise!

OKAY BYE

Time to set up shop elsewhere.

It's been fun. I hope I can save the good stuff.

Well, the GOOD stuff mostly went elsewhere anyway.

So...

(clunk)

SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME SAD

Julia Child died. She certainly did leave a grand legacy, though.

SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME CHUCKLE

Having a short last name leads me to think of acronyms for it. Two I know in existence already: Fool Of A Took and Funniest Of All Time.

Of course, having the option of "Of A" in the middle makes it easy.

Flipper Of A Tortoise
Fear Of A Tarantula
Force Of A Tornado

There are so many more. My mind boggles.

I believe "Neff" may lend itself to acronymization too.

Never Eat Fried Food
Not Even For Fame
Nasty Elven Fighter Freak

I must REALLY be in need of a mental challenge if this amuses me.

SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME ANGRY

BoingBoing once again snags an article of special interest to me (you may have to click though a registration page, sorry).

There is another resurgence of pro-ED sites out there. Go to Blue Dragonfly (the site in the above article who sells those inane baubles) and there is a list of 79 pro-ED sites in the web ring. Most of them, I've found, are still functional.

Certainly, I have nothing against people expressing themselves. I'm citing first amendment all over the place.

BUT BUT BUT...(this is my gut reaction, only edited for clarity and not for opinion or language)

You fucking idiots. You arrogant, snotty little bitches. So you don't eat because you're afraid to get fat. Or you've thrown up once or twice. Oh, and you've done it for, ooooh, a month. Or maybe a year. Big fucking deal. You're 15 years old and life is SOOOOOO hard and unfair. And you're thin and getting thinner, or stuffing yourself and not getting fat, and that makes it all better.

BULLSHIT

Listen chickiepoos, there will come a time, if you don't actually die from it, when you don't WANT to have an eating disorder. Oh yes there will. And then it'll be a daily struggle to get away from it. And yes, I know of what I speak. I'm running into 16 to 17 YEARS now. I'm still fighting it. It's hard.

I'll do something I haven't done in years, quote Metallica: "This thorn in my side is from the tree I planted." You want to be torn and wounded and damaged every single day for the rest of your life? Do you? Then keep it up. Go ahead and show your fucking solidarity in something that will subtract decades from your life. Go ahead, kill yourselves. Do it in front of the entire web-accessible world. I'm serious. You have every right to be as STUPID as you want and put it on display.

Women like me (and oh yes, women we are, not poser little girls who have never taken care of themselves or anyone else) will very likely have a similar reaction. Especially those who have been living with the same same horrible torturous voices for years and years.

An eating disorder is a show of weakness, cowardice and helplessness - not discipline, strength or courage. Not giving in to an eating disorder, fighting to stay recovered, is what takes the last 3 qualities. I know which I'd rather have.

So by all means you weak, cowardly mewling babies - show your solidarity with your pretty little beadies. The rest of us have a life to live. With hot fudge, whipped cream and a cherry on top.

EVERYTHING tastes better than thin feels if you do it the wrong way, darlings.

End of rant. Back to work.

DOUBLE DOSE

Open source Paranoia?

Can I have some geek with my geek?

(found on the inimitable BoingBoing)