"And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anaïs Nin

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"The biggest predictor of obesity is income level" -Michael Pollan

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I love food. I love good food and bad food. Raw almonds, sea weed, sesame oil, hostess cupcakes, tuna, salmon, wild rice, potato chips, flax seed, french fries, dates, figs, wine, beer, carrots grown organically. I am fat. I was made to believe that my love of food + fattness made me a bad person. I had an epiphany the other night. It is the ( Read more... )

I listen. All day long I listen. I have a hard time doing the talking. I need to be prodded and gently shook and then if you expect me to talk about whats bothering me you actually have to listen.

I tried to register as a bone marrow donor and I am too fat. Apparently I need to lose 35 pounds in order to be "healthy" enough to even register as a donor.

New friends are nice and can quickly worm their way in to your heart but there is something special about old friends. I was either 9 or 10 when we moved out of the city and into the county. I met Kristen and she was the first person my age that I connected with and we fast became friends. We lived only a few doors down from one another so most ( Read more... )

My fathers mother died about 3 years ago. The woman who was eulogized was not the woman I ever knew. She was not friendly while teaching me cross stitch, I saw her once a year, and she told me I was going to hell because Jesus Christ was not my lord and savior. She also let me know that most of my friends were going to hell too. The rest of my ( Read more... )

I have an addition to my "Things I want to do before I die" list. And I am pretty sure I want to go nude camping. Now I have no problem being naked in my own house and I actually like wearing clothing an awful lot, however, I find the nude recreation culture fascinating and I think it would be a very interesting experience. I will not go alone ( Read more... )