Posts by pegamoose

best costume = outslut everyone else.

No thanks.

Cracker Barrel. Ugh. They think they can get away with mushy, bland food just because they have a ridiculously overpriced "gift store" attached. Either their food is disgustingly overcooked and mushy or it's slathered with butter. Good home cooking....right.

Maybe I just hate it because it was that or Perkins on my 5-day cross country road trip. All that food tastes the same after 2 days.

It makes me sad to think of all the terrible "advice" the site is giving that will be taken seriously by some men, whether or not they believe it's a joke.

Apparently women are too emotionally insecure/stupid to be able to handle a mature conversation, and men have to resort to tactics such as these to manipulate them into doing what they want. <sigh>....and I wonder why I'm single.

I think it's mandatory for every one of those articles/shows to have a visual of all the junk they eat in a day.

Original Post by larsa000:

Something to keep in mind with swimming too is that your heartrate tends to be about 10 bpm slower than if you were doing the equivalent intensity on land out of the water.

um, what? Explain to me how this works. Ask any swimmer if their workouts are "easy." I do, however, agree that it's not easy to lose fat while swimming, just because you eat back so many calories. You do gain a lot of muscle, though.

In my opinion, it's the best exercise. But I might be biased.

Original Post by moonikins:

pegamoose, have you been to a dermatologist? If not, go to one. A good dermatologist will try other treatments first before prescribing accutane.

Yeah, I've been to a few, all back in high school. The first one prescribed Differin, the second one Retin-A. There were some combinations of antibiotics too, but I hate the idea of taking antibiotics so casually. My skin would clear slightly with the antibiotics, but as soon as I ran out it always got worse.Of course, then the doctor would prescribe a new set so it looked like he was doing something of good.

However, my limitation now is that I moved to a new state (new coast, actually) and my health insurance expires in a few months. My new insurance won't really pick up until a month after that, so I have a kind of lag time before I could see a dermatologist. I'm thinking of trying the OCM method until then, and if I haven't seen any improvement I'll call a dermo.

I've actually heard that tea tree oil is pretty effective.

Of course, I would agree that it sounds pretty counterintuitive. I have extremely oily skin; it seems like I only have an hour after I wash it before I start getting all greasy, sometimes less if it's hot outside. Would you still recommend it for my skin type?

I read the thread but I don't know what proportions of which oils and in what concentrations would be effective. What is your procedure? How often do you do it? And, how long does it take to be effective? Thanks!

My brother is 6'1". I am 5'2". We get into endless arguments over who has it worse when traveling. On the one hand, he has to cram himself into an airline seat and duck just to reach the seat in the first place. On the other hand, my feet don't touch the ground when I sit. Try that for a 6 hour flight. Also, the lumbar support and headrests are designed for taller people, so they end up pushing me out of alignment and making it more uncomfortable.

I could go on. And I agree about the countertops.

Original Post by lillangelk:

 And please don't lecture me about this not being healthy because I have done the reasearch believe it or not. 

You're right; I don't believe you. I feel sorry for your intestines trying to process that much lactose at one time.

As a midddle and high school student, I was required to complete 75 hours of mandatory community service before I could graduate.

The state of Maryland required it, but I think it may not have worked as well as they wanted because a lot of kids never did service and ended up graduating anyway. Plus the fact that there was so little communication between where you worked and where you turned in your hours made it difficult for those kids that actually did volunteer.

When I had mono, I probably lost about 5 pounds of muscle over the span of about 4 weeks. It could be more, could be less, just because I may have added some fat as well because of the whole....inactivity thing.

I've always thought because muscle is so metabolically active the body will try to get rid of it in times of severe deficit and inactivity.

I think kids will end up doing what they want to do regardless of the influence of a little piece of plastic.

I was never any more obsessed with stick-on tattoos than any other kid, yet now as an adult I ended up pretty heavily inked and pierced. It was a matter of personal choice and an appreciation for the way beautiful art can look on the human body.

That being said, I think the tattoo choices for Barbie are sad and already gender-specified, with some fairies, rainbows, and flowers. How is that art? That's just a stereotype.

Original Post by trhawley:

Original Post by pgeorgian:

Original Post by yuyuyuyuyu:

uhhh, can you please define jacked?    i don't think i've ever heard that term! 

it can mean a lot of different things, but i suspect she means she was using cocaine.

 I thought she meant her car was stolen.

Ha! This is what happens when you let threads run wild! I'd always assumed that if I were using cocaine I'd lose like 20 pounds, but I've never really seen the need to look like Lindsey Lohan. And in that time, I also got my car hubcaps stolen, but not the car itself.

For clarity, I started lifting seriously and gained (what I keep telling myself) about 10 lbs of muscle.

Well, the piercing itself will hurt a lot, but the part I found the most painful about the process was the clamps.

They were really tender for the first few days and I was really gentle with them, they healed up just fine.

If you get them done with barbells initially they'll probably snag less than rings.

Good idea!

One day, I will:

Go back to Australia and see the rest of the country.
Have my entire body covered in tattoos.
Know what to say to my high school coach, who is the reason I am here right now, and I will be able to thank him.
Find the right person for me.
Get into grad school.
Graduate from said grad school with my PH. D.
Forgive you, but that day is not today.
Forgive myself, and that starts today.

I promise I will never again:

Base my self-worth on the image in the mirror or compare myself to people I know I do not want to be.
Have my heart broken.
Believe that the Hollywood ideal is any sort of real.
Be this broke.
Live in upstate New York.

I am somewhat embarassed to admit:

I used to bite my toenails as a kid. Now, I've somewhat lost that flexibility.