Monday, October 16, 2006
Bangs
I want to cut my hair so that it has bangs, ending at my eyebrows.
I don’t need my boyfriend’s permission to do this, and I don’t want his approval, but I do value his opinion. I asked his … Read the rest!
Bangs
I want to cut my hair so that it has bangs, ending at my eyebrows.
I don’t need my boyfriend’s permission to do this, and I don’t want his approval, but I do value his opinion. I asked his … Read the rest!
I am Susannah Sugarbaker.
I just mean that lately I’m so fat and old and past the glory days when I won prizes for throwing an on-fire baton into the air, on stage at the Miss Peach Cobbler pageant.
And … Read the rest!
Hair Tips and Tricks
People keep asking me if I changed my hair color. “What’d you do,” they say. “It looks nice!”
The answer is that I’ve been letting my roots grow out for the past month. It’s time to … Read the rest!
Discoveries
I found a real good way to motivate yourself to diet. Buy a bathroom with mirrors on every wall. That way, you can see yourself from every single angle. I promise, if you’re fat, then doing that will inspire … Read the rest!
Things I Have Eaten for the Love of Asians
Meaning, things I have eaten at the urging of my Asian boyfriend’s family and friends.
1. Fish heads. Read the rest!
2. Fish fins. Fish toes, fish brains, fish beaks. Fish cartilage.
3. Fried …
Monday – Barely Alive
My boyfriend and I spent the weekend in Austin and now I’m so very tired. I’m always tired, anyway, on the Mondays after I have to go to Austin to get my kids. But this Monday … Read the rest!
If I get fired this week, it’ll be because
I keep spacing out for half-hours at a time, deeply involved in cutting off my hairs’ split ends. The sunlight catches one of the tiny forked strands in the corner of … Read the rest!
I have no business being at work today.
But, at the same time, I have no sick days, either, so here I am.
For about three weeks now, some unidentified virus has been stalking me like a lion stalks a … Read the rest!
You know why I don’t like to talk about politics?
Because it makes me mad. And then it depresses me. Yes, I take the arguments personally. And not in the sense that I feel like the people I’m debating with … Read the rest!
The Dreams of a Fat Girl
Four years ago, I wore size 26. Today I wear size 16.
(Not my butt, though. My butt wears size 18. It keeps trying to fit in the size 16s with the rest of … Read the rest!