Thanks for reducing the pressure, Marie: ‘absurd’ seems more easily attainable than ‘humorous.’ And I love the new logo.
So, what strikes me as absurd today is the warning on the exercise bike at our apartment complex. It says to stop immediately if you feel pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, faint or ANY DISCOMFORT. Well, and I thought that was the whole point of exercise.
I’m training so hard lately because I want to hone my ping-pong game ’till I’m as good as these guys:
NOT because I want to get skinnier (well, you know, maybe a tiny bit). In case you had no idea that a size 2 is probably an unrealistic goal/ideal/image for most women, here’s a great picture I’m hanging on our fridge of the ‘ideal’ male body (from the New York Times):
Hubba-hubba, huh?
Tags: body image, exercise, fashion, health


Those guys are way too skinny for me tbh. I like a man with some meat on his bones! I mean, obviously, right?
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Watching ping pong reminds me of Forrest Gump
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I just noticed the arrows on the runway. Good thing they’re there, because I’m sure when guys get that thin they don’t have many brain cells left.
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