Male and Female Imponderables--Dancing in the Dark
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UPDATED: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 21:40
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Weekend- Went to the mountains with sister and GND. Long, but surprizingly short day. Saw a passel of chukar and four young Bighorn Sheep. Got to shoot, eat spam, sing, eat spam, and ride rather than drive. The riding happens so seldom.
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Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
Zeek, I sent you a private message.I may try to slip some Browncoat references into my talk, at least in the way I talk. Anything more, and I'd worry about being mobbed. Probably more than a couple of fans in a crowd that tech-oriented.
You apparently give me far too much credit for intelligence. How in the world do I check private messages on here? lol
Your private messages go to whatever e-mail address you supplied to the forum. They may be delayed as there's been a bit of an issue with messages and notifications from the forum lately.
Nvghostrider: It sounds like you had an interesting weekend! The hippie in me approves of you being at one with nature. Even if it does sound like you ate most of it.
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Nope, just ate Spam, (and it ain't natural). Some roasted Chukar with asparagus and rice sounds pretty good right now.
I have to tell all you wonderful ladies that you are a very beautiful lot. GND seems to have a problem thinking highly of her looks. Every so often she gets down on herself, and I have no clue why. She's got all the right parts and personality to match. I just don't get it.
So I thought I'd tell y'all that you are all an attractive bunch. Just think folks should be sincerely told that more often.
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NV, that awful pretty, what you just said.
And Hippie, you made me laugh, I just wanted to mention that, though I too was reasonably sure that NV hadnt actually eaten any animals.
The imponderings continue.... um.... I cant really think of much to add, but I'm gonna post just to say hi... I need to finish Alias Grace today. :-\
"But, these strong women characters?"
"Why aren't you asking 100 other guys why they don't write strong women characters?" -Joss Whedon
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Originally posted by nvghostrider:
GND seems to have a problem thinking highly of her looks. Every so often she gets down on herself, and I have no clue why. She's got all the right parts and personality to match. I just don't get it.
I've noticed this phenomenon in a lot of women. What causes it? There are plenty of beautiful women who get down on themselves about their looks. It's rather annoying to try unsuccessfully to convince them they're crazy.
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I tend to show rather than tell. But I guess people need to be told. Just wish I could get around my own problems to say it more often.
Funny, ain't it.
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Hi Dancingneko -- Thanks so much for your response. I will try e-bay, thank you. I was afraid I would make it into a holy-grail of a search only to find out that Target carried them. 
With regard to men, it always seems that a great guy comes along when you don't care about being in a relationship, when you're focused on something else.
And whatever that something else is, it takes your mind off anorexic 16 year olds on fashion mags (who are irrelevant) and boosts your self-esteem.
I know you folks know all this already -- just adding my 2 cents.
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I've noticed this phenomenon in a lot of women. What causes it? There are plenty of beautiful women who get down on themselves about their looks. It's rather annoying to try unsuccessfully to convince them they're crazy.
It's a sad joke in psychology -- if you want to study eating disorders, go to a country right before they start having fashion magazines available. A country with no eating disorders (such as bulimia and anorexia) will start having cases within a few months. I'm not on a crusade here, but I thought this was worth noting. (I like Jane, myself)
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Morning...well actually almost afternoon for me and definitely for many of you....
Whitefall, I PM'd you on Friday. You didn't get it? Drat. Not a big deal. I was just bein' sensitive.
NV: I think women get down on their looks because we are judging ourselves against magazine and movie standards. Those women are airbrushed perfection with teams of people and scad of money to help them look that good. Then us everyday girls think we should look like them.
I've recently noticed that many of the celebrities look like very normal women when first starting out. Their skin wasn't perfect, their body wasn't amazing, their hair wasn't as shiny as polished gold (or bronze or whatever is really shiny). They were us, then they got some money and a stylist, a personal trainer, a cook and a regular facial appt.
It matters little that men think we're pretty, we are holding ourselves up to much higher standards, our own version of what we think beautiful should be. Thus, you get insecurities about looks.
To the other ladies: If you are not like this at all, good on ya. Hope to be there one day myself.
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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw
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Welcome Sea Otter. Like to see new folks popping in for the pondering.
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