Ohhhh boy, was it a long weekend or what??

We had our Memorial Day Weekend event for Heavenly Bodies... it was packed. Lots of fun, sooo tired. Heather worker her ass off, and John and I scrambled to keep up as well... but I think all the attendees really had fun, so it was worth it in the end. We had a dance Sat night - big crowd, then a big lunch with pool/karaoke/and a survivor game on Sunday afternoon... people REALLY enjoyed that.... messy, silly stunts, etc... it was nuts. We then had a big pajama party on Sunday night, which was just as fun, if not more than Saturday. People were really ready to let loose. Including Heather and I.... we drank quite a bit (and I drank WAY too much.)

It was not good... I don't usually drink at all... and this was just stupid. I was good for a while, but then I started to feel sick and didn't really recover until 4pm on Monday... ugh. I have no plans to do that again. Bleck.

So this week so far I've been busting my hump on my freelance work (trying to get a block of it done by Friday), and I will be dog sitting this weekend so I'll be in and out of my house... best to get the stuff done now. :)

Okay... hmm, this was a boring little entry, but I think it's all I've got for now. The update is coming, but it's taken a back burner to "work".... but I haven't forgotten. :)

4AM

What the hell am I doing up????

Hello kids.... this entry is just to share an email I got recently. It really meant a lot to me, and sort of helps me to remember why I continue to do this site when I get to feeling dumpy about it. I asked the girl who sent it to me if she would mind, and she was ok with me posting it... so here you go. This is a good example of the rewards that can be a wonderful side effect of having a site. :)

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I recently visited your website and I think that you are an amazing person. I'll be 16 years old next week, and I can say that I have been battling several eating disorders for approximately the past 3 years. I was always a quiet kid, and never had an enormous amount of friends, so I assumed that it was because I was "fat". Yes, I was chubby when I was younger, but then again everyone was chubby when we were 12! So I entered junior high and began dieting, which didn't really work. Once I was a freshman, I tried bulimia. I couldn't get myself to throw up with the finger-down-the-throat technique, so I would get myself so worried or upset about something so that I would throw up. That summer I was beginning to slip into anorexia and it got so bad that I didn't eat in 2 or 3 weeks. One day I fainted on my kitchen floor one morning when no one was home. I knew I was out for a few hours when I woke up at 4:00 and was still in my pajamas. This year, my sophomore year, I admit, my eating techniques were not the best. I would frequently skip breakfast and lunch. But I would eat an afterschool snack and dinner (when no one else was there). Therefore, all of my friends thought that I had resumed my old ways of anorexia. They would force me to eat and then if I would go to the bathroom they would insist on going in with me to make sure I didn't throw it up. It was great to see that my friends were concerned about me, but I felt threatened and like someone had invaded my privacy. Recently, I have been eating more regularly because I see how eating disorders are just not worth it. No, I am not the skinniest thing in the world, but I am starting to become more satisfied with myself. And that is what matters to me.

Your website was such an inspiration when I saw it. My Sweet 16 party is in 2 weeks and I was considering going back to throwing up to look good for the occassion, mostly at my mother's suggestion. But after I saw your website, I realize that I am okay with how I look, and that I don't care about what my Mom says. Thank you for letting me, and everyone else, know that being a size 00 isn't what matters most, being content with yourself, inside and out, is what is truly important.

Thank you sooooo much!!
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See you later folks. :)

So I woke up a week later...

Hey!! How are you?? I have been quite absent for a week. I had a surprise visit from a friend on the west coast and it's kept me away from all this junk for the duration. He went home yesterday, it was a nice time. Cooked a meal, hit a movie (Hollywood Ending, it was funny... despite my built-in aversion to all things Woody Allen). We went to a dance Saturday, good turnout, fun time there as well. I'm not going to share much else, but it was a really nice time, good surprise visit and a nice diversion from my everyday doings. :)

It's been rainy here for a couple of days, pouring today actually. It's sort of nice, it was a great day to catch up on some sleep while the rain hit my skylight in the bedroom... very peaceful sound.

My visitor made me completely forget Thursday night and my update, so that's twice in 3 weeks I've messed that up! Sorry! I will probably post something tonight as a half update, then get back on track Thursday.

I'm off... in the midst of making potato salad. :) Eat your heart out, Heather! HAAAHHHHAAHAHHHAHAHA

Ohhh, what a beautiful day. It was a lovely temperature, slight breeze, sunny.... great spring day. I spent half working on my freelance project, then the other half working on my apartment. I hadn't really gotten as far along as I would have liked in hanging things up,l filling spaces, etc... so I hung up some things, reorganized a bit.

I headed out earlier and hit the store, bought some candles, etc... trying to get a little ambiance going on. Not like there is anyone to impress, but it's sort of nice to have a "comfy" feeling around the homestead. :)

Well, that's all for me... more work to do tomorrow... little by little.

McDonald's revisited.

Okay, so I went today... just to grab two hamburgers. It should be a simple thing. I know I've ranted about them before, but this is an ongoing issue that I failed to mention. I usually get two hamburgers, with NO pickles. Well, it seems everytime I order the burger sans pickles, I end up with twice as much ketchup... which always makes me wonder, usually aloud, if there is some kind of weight regulation, so they have to make up for pickle abscence with ketchup weight? I don't know... but it still usually ruins the burger (not that it's ever that far from ruined to begin with).

So today, I order the two burgers, but think... ah-ha! I'm going to order 2 burgers with nothing but onions. That will solve my over abundance of condiments issue. So I get home, open my burger... there is like HALF an onion on each of them. I'm right back to my original theory of total burger weight - there is no way any human could have consumed all of these diced onions, they were just pouring out of the burger when I picked it up... it's just wrong.

I know, if this is all I find to complain about in a day, I'm doing juuussttt fine. :)

Another question... these "space bag" things they sell on tv. They keep mentioning how you can pack for a vacation and bring more by using your "space bag" and sucking all the air out. Well, how do you repack everything to go home? You have to travel with a vacuum? Yeah... they don't bother to cover that part. I have enough trouble packing my stuff without worrying about how I'm going to suck every bit of air from my clothing to get it back on a plane.

Whew.

Back from GA, and tired. I've been sleeping weird hours, I think between the plane and my mother's surgery I'm a bit messed up. For those of you who have asked, she is doing fine. Her mastectomy was on Monday, and the doctors said they found no signs of anything having spread beyond the breast... so good news we hope. :)

I'm WAY behind on email folks, so please bear with me while I spend some time getting caught up. I've also decided I have a new zero tolerance policy on sexually lewd and graphic emails. I'm sooooo sick of opening up an email and reading "I want to lick your ass and pussy"... really people, grow up. Most of you DO NOT do that, and I appreciate it greatly. I could really understand more if I was posing with dildos or using "cum visit my site" slogans, etc... but c'mon. Normal pictures, albeit sensual in nature, should NOT illicit these types of messages. As far as I'm concerned, if you're not sophisticated enough to know the difference, you get no response from me. I'm sure a few of you are wondering why I would respond before, and I think I just felt like I could sort of "explain" the difference, but I'm done. If you can't tell the difference between my site and porn, then I want nothing to do with you. Today I had someone ask me to send pictures of me having intercourse. How lovely.

Okay... rant on that subject over, for now. :)

Sooo, I had a GREAT time in Atlanta, the bash was a lot of fun, but I had more fun with people. I basically hung around with Heather, John, Cat (catay.com), and Melissa (LargeNLovely), and Dave, Stephen, Deidra, Jeri, etc. It was a great time, very social, very silly and all in all a great weekend just to hang out and share laughs. I really enjoyed myself more than I thought I might, and my company had everything to do with it. :)

I must send HUGE thanks out to Stephen, he not only schlepped my ass to the fabric store so I could have a matching skirt to my new corset (corset.net - go there, buy one, really!!), but he also brought me Krispy Kremes when I had just about lost all hope of trying one. Let me tell you, I LOVE them. Oh my God.... I know some people who've said "eh... they're ok", but I only like glazed donuts, and these are GREAT. Can't wait to get my hands on more. :)

Well, there will be some pictures coming soon I hope, mostly just some silly shots from Atlanta, etc... nothing too much, but a general idea of what we were up to.

Okay, back to some work, then later I will try to conquer some emails. :)