No posts or comments for a week! See ya when I get back!

We’ve all seen Palin make a complete fool of herself with Katie Couric, and now, we can watch her create more SNL material at the debate tonight! I’m excited.

I was reading an article this article this morning over at Jezebel.com.

I think Sarah Palin is probably the worst choice for VP McCain could have made. I don’t mind so much, because I think she’s helping Obama win, but she’s no good.

The author claims that Sarah isn’t a feminist because she doesn’t believe in a woman’s right to choose. She’s running for VP. I don’t think you can run for VP and not be a little bit of a feminist.

I don’t agree with her views on abortion and because it’s not a black and white issue, I don’t think candidates should force their beliefs on other people. Still, I respect her personal belief that abortion is murder. It’s what she truely believes and she just wants to stop people from killing babies in any circumstance. That belief alone doesn’t make her less of a feminist. It just makes her a bad choice for office.

But, and here’s where I’m going to piss people off, I prefer Palin’s views on abortion to McCain’s. Why? Palin is firmly saying, abortion is wrong, in all cases, no matter what, it’s murder. McCain says, well, in most cases, abortion’s wrong, but if something really bad happened, then I guess it’s OK. So, either murdering babies is OK in some cases, or you’re not really sure it’s wrong, but want to force your personal beliefs on people anyway. Nice. I would definitely rather have McCain than Palin making decisions about abortion, sure, but I respect Palin more for sticking to what she believes.

Obviously, I most agree with Obama. I don’t like abortion, but it’s not my place to tell people what they can and can’t do with their own bodies.

Should I discuss the rest of the article? She thinks homosexuality is a choice. … I’d like to meet this gay friend of her’s. Hey, gay friend, did you choose to be gay?

Back in Skinny Jeans- Window shopping: Fun or Frustrating?

Yes, I instantly remembered that episode Megan mentioned when I read this post… I believe it’s true, going to the right stores is less depressing than going where everything is beautiful, but the sizes are so (sorry to said this) stupidly small… I know people in size 8 and they are thin… But less than that, what do you have to do? Take a rib off?
Personally, I am more and more tempted to organize people near to me and write to this designers that are forcing everyone to believe you have to be a bag of bones and skin to use their clothes. Absurd, really… But of course, it’s a fantasy, they would never listen…

Y’know, the Betsy Johnson thing pisses me off. Yes, the clothes are pretty, cute, and colorful, but they’re designed for women with bodies like twigs. What does it say about a designer or manufacturer that they create a demand/desire for something that most women won’t be able to wear? I hate what gets implied, the exclusivity of the clothing.

I don’t call people who wear over a certain size “fat,” so please don’t call anyone under a 6 a “twig.” I’m short and a normal weight for my height. And actually, up until recently, my waist to hip ratio was slightly higher than what would be considered optimally healthy.

I know these girls were trying to make a point, but other people commented and made the same point without putting others down. I wouldn’t even care, except I always see complaints on these sites about people making remarks about their weight.

You want to be respected? You want people to accept you for who you are? Then be a grownup and do the same.

I don’t starve myself. I eat. I eat a lot. Yes, I’ll say no to that extra piece of cake and I won’t have dessert after dinner if I had cold stone for lunch, but I certainly don’t deprive myself. I lost that extra inch around my waist I think, mostly because we’ve cut way back on salt and HFCS. I also try to eat good fats which are supposed to be good for the tummy. I take fish oil every day which I must say is like a miracle pill. Helps with hormones like you wouldn’t believe. I also exercise a lot, but that’s mostly been good for toning and letting me eat like a piggy.

In conclusion, I am not a twig, but a pig, what? No, no. I’m a person. A little person, but I still count.

Nothing terribly interesting happened during the week. We had a goodbye happy hour for Sonaya on Friday. She left AT&T because her boss was evil.

Saturday was Chrissy’s wedding. It was nice. They had a cute slide show before the bride entered and the ceremony wasn’t too long. The DJ was OK, the food was good. They had people serving the food at the buffet and they were a little stingy with the portions, but it was good because I didn’t feel sick after I ate. I also could have gone up for seconds if I wanted to. For dessert they had cupcakes and cookies :D

Bryan had to work Sunday to make up for the 2.5 days he has off this week for holidays and next week when we’re on vacation. So I went shopping, of course. I bought some clothes at Old Navy and new pillows that actually feel way too big and I couldn’t sleep with last night. Eh, they were cheap.

This Thursday I will be signing in the United Way talent show at work. Actually, it’s called “The AbouLallapalooza Middletown’s Got Talent Show.” I’m singing Popular from Wicked. Some dude actually wants a Karaoke machine so he can read off the words when he’s performing. o_O wtf?

Friday I have off to pack and drive to my parents’ because Saturday is……. DISNEY WORLD! Squee!

I had a really great weekend. We didn’t do anything special, but I feel like I got a lot accomplished. Well, I still can’t get my VPN thing for work to work, so I can’t log into my office computer from my lappy, WHICH SUCKS. Once I get my dad’s SS# to switch the account over to my name, I’ll have to order our new phones at work. Oh, and I won’t be able to work at home the Friday before my vacation so I’ll have to use another vacation day which actually isn’t so bad because I have 12 left.

…Right, so anyway, my weekend really was great. Friday afternoon, we went to Cold Stone for Surbhi’s birthday. 800 calories of HEAVEN.

Saturday morning I did some fixing up of the site and then went on to spend way too much money at Target. I bought new shoes, they’re not so comfy, but they’re shiny and they make my legs look cute.

We’ve been taking our own bags to the supermarket, so we lack extra plastic bags for me to take my lunch in. I decided to buy myself a nice little lunch tote which has the added benefits of being pretty and insulated.

Disney is in two weeks *jumps up and down* so I went a little overboard on the pre-vacation shopping. I have a weird obsession with organizers and organizing things. When I saw this pink hanging toiletry bag, I went, oooooooh. I already have it packed for vacation. I’m well aware I’m a freak.

I also bought weights, some snacks, treats for Surbhi’s birthday, and picked up my glasses. My glasses that now make me nauseous. I guess the glass is cut thicker than I’m used to or something, because wow. Everything looks distorted when I move my head. After wearing them for 20 minutes or so, I got used to it, and I’m sure I could get by wearing them if I have to, but I kinda wish I left my other lenses in. Sure the prescription was too weak, but at least they didn’t make me feel sick.

Later, we went out to eat and shopped for shoes. I found the most comfy pair of boots ever. Not the prettiest, certainly not the cheapest, but my feet were very happy.

All the organizing Saturday put me in the mood for cleaning on Sunday. I did the bathroom, kitchen, my closet and dresser. I really wish I had a hook on the door of my closet, that would be useful.

Next weekend is cousin Chrissy’s wedding *squee*, and I get to do more pre-vacation shopping *squee again*, so this week is going to crawl by.