but it really makes me sad when I see really overweight people. I mean, REALLY overweight people. I know that some people suffer from genetic problems....but I know that the majority of Americans, including myself (and no, i am not saying i am FAT) are overweight. It is ridiculous to see people who are 300 lbs overweight though. I mean, when do you get to the point where you think to yourself, "i just don't give a fuck about my health anymore"? What is it about our culture that allows us to think that being fat is ok? I mean, there are millions of people that die everyday due to complications with being obese. On top of the people who die everyday, there are millions who are diagnosed with unhealthy diet and lifestyle related diseases. Honestly, I am worried about the direction that most people choose to live their lives. Just recently have become aware of the shit I eat. The last 3 weeks I have made an honest attempt to look at the way I eat, and change itI t. I don't want to be fat, and I worry about my future because the way that I eat. I think that when I get my career going, I really want to promote a healthy lifestyle that reduces fat and increases awareness to diet choices that people make.
This is all brought on by the fact that today I was in the mall, and in the matter of my 20 minutes there, i saw well over 50 people that weren't just overweight, but obese. This, the rate of people who are obese, is unacceptable, and extremely sad.
and I am not saying that we should all go starve ourselves to become skinny mini's....but I am saying that we should not be blind to the choices we make. There a huge difference between being health conscious, and being sickly thin.
That's all i have to say at the moment. thanks.
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05/05/2006 19:06 #21793
ok so i hate to bitch....04/29/2006 10:55 #21792
i am brilliant. not really.so, i had this wonderful idea to get trashed last night. I think i am half wasted still and half hung over....the horror. Yea, so today is the anthropology department's picnic...and i hope i don't puke. I have to hand out fuckin t-shirts and shit.....i am so fucked. i hate this. i am never drinking again. ugh. tequila=devil.
my honey sent me a surprise and it is being delivered today. i wonder what it could be!
o my god....i am sooooooooooooooooooo fucked. fuck fuck fuck.
my honey sent me a surprise and it is being delivered today. i wonder what it could be!
o my god....i am sooooooooooooooooooo fucked. fuck fuck fuck.
southernyankee - 04/29/06 16:57
Tequila is the Golden Devil of all things sinister!
Tequila is the Golden Devil of all things sinister!
04/22/2006 22:16 #21791
FIRE...Yea, so, today, my apartment building caught on fire and it was evacuated by screaming firefighters saying "EVERYONE! GET OUT OF THE BUILDING....THERE IS A FIRE!" It was the scariest day of my life may I say.....more details to come.
deeglam - 04/23/06 11:28
hahaha! awesome....and yes, my things are ok.. it was just scary....thanks!
hahaha! awesome....and yes, my things are ok.. it was just scary....thanks!
jenks - 04/22/06 22:56
wow... scary. I hope you (and your stuff) are ok. And here's a random thing- I had a dream about sophia last night. And she lived in your house (duh), which was a SUPER-cool house. Hmm, (e:strip)pers I don't even know have invaded my dreams... wonder what's next! ;)
wow... scary. I hope you (and your stuff) are ok. And here's a random thing- I had a dream about sophia last night. And she lived in your house (duh), which was a SUPER-cool house. Hmm, (e:strip)pers I don't even know have invaded my dreams... wonder what's next! ;)
museumchick - 04/22/06 22:26
That's awful. I really hope everything will turn out okay for you and the people that live in your building.
That's awful. I really hope everything will turn out okay for you and the people that live in your building.
04/13/2006 21:12 #21790
things are goodoverall, life is good right now. I have a great boyfriend, cool friends, an awesome puggy, an amazing family, and a bright future....these are the things that get me through the day.
Biostatistics though, man, it's hard to get through the day when you have to sit through that class. It's kinda disappointing....I mean, if you have your heart set on a career, and you know that career is what you would love to do and what you know you would be good at....and then you take a class related to the career and it sucks, well, its kind of dicouraging. I like the shit in the class, it's just the way its taught. A good teacher is key in a class such as biostats. which i do not have.
I have come to terms with the fact that I may not get into grad school. At first the thought scared the shit out of me, and honestly, thinking about it sometimes made me cry. It sounds stupid, but when you want something so bad and you know that if you had it you would never take at advantage of it....it just hurts knowing that you may not get it. Being selected into the program would be an honor, but not the end of the world. I mean, I will jsut keep reapplying till I got in.....and in the mean time work at a cool place such as the health department or Urban Outfitters (2 totally different ends of the spectrum, but both cool....). I applied for a manager position at Urban....and it would be great to get it....I would still take it even if I got into school because classes are in the evening. The job pays better than a starting teacher salary, so I mean, why the hell not....and the 40% discount is an added bonus along with health benefits and such.
I just want it all to happen now. But the next couple weeks are going to fly by. I have a lot of school work to do, then I graduate and move home, then I have a million Dr's appointments, then I run frizb's becasue the boss will be out of town, then i go to boston, then I come back for a week and go to vegas, and then i come home and start my summer job watching my brothers....so, as long as time passes fast, im good.
Biostatistics though, man, it's hard to get through the day when you have to sit through that class. It's kinda disappointing....I mean, if you have your heart set on a career, and you know that career is what you would love to do and what you know you would be good at....and then you take a class related to the career and it sucks, well, its kind of dicouraging. I like the shit in the class, it's just the way its taught. A good teacher is key in a class such as biostats. which i do not have.
I have come to terms with the fact that I may not get into grad school. At first the thought scared the shit out of me, and honestly, thinking about it sometimes made me cry. It sounds stupid, but when you want something so bad and you know that if you had it you would never take at advantage of it....it just hurts knowing that you may not get it. Being selected into the program would be an honor, but not the end of the world. I mean, I will jsut keep reapplying till I got in.....and in the mean time work at a cool place such as the health department or Urban Outfitters (2 totally different ends of the spectrum, but both cool....). I applied for a manager position at Urban....and it would be great to get it....I would still take it even if I got into school because classes are in the evening. The job pays better than a starting teacher salary, so I mean, why the hell not....and the 40% discount is an added bonus along with health benefits and such.
I just want it all to happen now. But the next couple weeks are going to fly by. I have a lot of school work to do, then I graduate and move home, then I have a million Dr's appointments, then I run frizb's becasue the boss will be out of town, then i go to boston, then I come back for a week and go to vegas, and then i come home and start my summer job watching my brothers....so, as long as time passes fast, im good.
sbrugger - 04/14/06 11:48
I can completely relate on the class issue. I was dead-set on being a teacher/professor...until my student teaching. I absolutely hated it...it wasn't what I expected at all. I was completely lost...but I eventually muddled through and wound up with my current career. Sometimes we just don't know until it feels almost "too late"...but if you're willing to be a little flexible, I'm sure you'll find something that will make you happy.
I can completely relate on the class issue. I was dead-set on being a teacher/professor...until my student teaching. I absolutely hated it...it wasn't what I expected at all. I was completely lost...but I eventually muddled through and wound up with my current career. Sometimes we just don't know until it feels almost "too late"...but if you're willing to be a little flexible, I'm sure you'll find something that will make you happy.
ladycroft - 04/14/06 11:27
so i wear a size 10 shoe, size 10 pants, medium shirt....hahaha. good luck on Urban, that would be sweeeet!
so i wear a size 10 shoe, size 10 pants, medium shirt....hahaha. good luck on Urban, that would be sweeeet!
04/09/2006 18:26 #21789
and i forgot to mention....i quit my job at the Y. It was just too much stuff to do...I only have 4 more weeks left anyway, so, it won't be that bad.....
and i got a sub teaching job in vegas...it pays $110 per day...which despite how much teaching will suck, it's my transition job....
....and i applied for an urban outfitters manager job at the new store in las vegas....i hope i get it.
i am excited about the future. Yay!
and i got a sub teaching job in vegas...it pays $110 per day...which despite how much teaching will suck, it's my transition job....
....and i applied for an urban outfitters manager job at the new store in las vegas....i hope i get it.
i am excited about the future. Yay!
yea, i get your point....but i am saying, it isn't a matter of whether people like themselves fat, it is a matter of health. honestly, if being fat was healthy, or didn't have an effect on the body to the point of being a serious health condition, i wouldn't be so sad about it....but it's a matter of people dying because they choose to be unhealthy.
One thing no need to understand is that they don't go from skinny to fat. Some of these people have always been big to begin with. the process of getting bigger is slow so you don't notice it day by day it is only when the clothes don't fit. Once you get to a certain size you know you are fat and you accept it. There are many factors to size. The Biggest one is eating habits second is exercise. When you are that big you can't exercise really even if you wanted to. That makes your metoblism Lower plus then they just sit around and eat. Is it sad? It deepends on the person some people are big and like it that way and don't care what others think and they are fine with there life. But somepeople do try to lose the wieght and just can't or feel to down on them selves and don't try. Humans are creatures of Habit and we generall do the same things over an over unless something shakes us up and then we decide to change.
here, here sister. I joined the fight against obestiy over a year ago losing over 50 lbs in six months. now I monitor everything that goes in.
Dallas beats Buffalo hands-down in size. But: the people in the Bay Area are much less overweight than in Dallas or Buffalo.
I was in Dallas and took a cab to/from the airport. Both times the cab was a minivan. So, on the way back, I asked the cabbie: why are the cabs minivans?
He replied: have you seen the size of the people here??