Fads @ MindSay 
something snuggs said when we were batting words around make me think of clothing I used to have but got left behind or given away. In no order of importance
my emilio pucci matching bra and panty set i wore as a swimsuit
a pair of ferragamo sling back brown shoes that you could walk miles in
a pucci print halter dress- adeles's mother got it for me at a second hand store.
the blue dress I wore to my wedding
my vanilla pudding dress from childhood called such because it moved like pudding when i swayed
red capezio's with the buttons
a white jumpsuit by norma kamali ---- i had no idea this might be worth comething one day
lime green chiffon baby dolls- horrible color but so funky
a black silk sheath I wore to my cousin maralin's wedding
something Jim called my "butterfly dress" very british abfab70's look
a bright candy pink crochet shawl I wore as a head scarf and the lime green maryt quant coat with which I wore it.
a blue leather chanel bag I bought when i had my first good paying job. stupid stupid stupid
my red and white polka dot bathing suit I wore in ninth grade
my kuspuk from akiachak but I have a pattern for one if I ever want to make another. Hey I should do that for me and caluna
anyway, we were standing there and she starts going on about how bi-sexualism is only a fad right there is front of me. i am very comfortable with my sexuality but this does not amuse me..so i'm like "if bi-sexualism is a fad, than apparently so is obesidy" -(spelling..?)
and we get right up in eachothers faces and im hoping the whole time that if this comes to blows my buddies will back me up cuz she's easily 4 times my size.
then..
she storms off..
thank friggin god..
Finally finished my application to the gastric bypass Dr. I havent filled out such a lengthy application packet since college..wow! One of the things I had to do was list all diets and what I did/how I did/effects. Here is what I typed up so I could handwrite it onto their form...at least begin getting it in chronological order. I had to show the highest weight I have ever been, which was 280 pounds back when I was around 20'ish. Have been hovering between 210-230 ever since.
As a Teenager-supervised by mother-calorie and low fat diets, I never lost weight, but would stop gaining.
Tops-weight loss support group
1983-Aerobic classes 2-3 times a week-no loss/no gain.
1986-Juice Fast 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off. 15 lbs lost over 4 month period.
1991 Nutrisystems Lost 20 lbs 6 months
1992 Jenny Craig-Lost 15 lbs 6 months
1995 Began losing weight with added physical activity with new job and walking, Low cal diet. Lost 40 lbs, but found out I was also diabetic. Once put on diabetic meds, weight loss stopped.
1996- 1 month Atkins- didn’t lose weight but got rid of chronic yeast infections.
Bariatric Dr, Columbus GA Vitamin B/E injections bi weekly and monitored diet 1999 3 months lost 10 lbs, gained back as soon as stopped taking vit. Shots.
Slim Fast 1999 1 month gained 5 lbs
Weigh down with Gwen S. 12 weeks. Lost 2-5 lbs.
2000-Cabbage soup Diet 2 weeks nothing lost
Herbal weight loss pill otc-lost 10 lbs
2001-Low fat diet 2 months lost 10-15 lbs.
2002 Sugar busters –Lost nothing
Cider Vinegar Diet –gained 10 lbs
2003 Eat right for your type 4 months. Nothing lost.
2004-Jan 26 thru August 15th Low Carb using combinations of:
Protein Power by Dr Michael Eades
Diabetic Solutions
Dr Atkins
South Beach Diet Total lost 30 lbs
Curves –May 2004 Lost 16 lbs
Curves Power Challenge-10 weeks January 2005 Lost 5 lbs
Fitness International-Joined Gym-swimming 2-3 x weekly Began in July…stopped first week of Sept due to car accident. I will be going back within the next 2 weeks!
Somewhere along the way I have tried with no success:
Avon Slim Well
Carb blockers, eliminators
Chromoslim
Chromiom Piccolinate
Dr Bernstein
Eat more, weigh less
Fat Flush
Grapefruit Diet
Kellogs K
Metabolife
Metabo-Lite
Stop the insanity
Subway diet
Suzanne summers
I wonder when people will realize that the "scene" has become homogeneous. It's full of 14 year old girls with uneven bangs, black and white striped shirts, and tattered low-top black Chuck Taylor’s, who swoon over homosexual kissing and pathetic whiny lyrics and overuse the symbols.
yeah, that homosexual kissing stuff isn't that great... and those black and white striped shirts... haha.
Their favorite quote is, invariably, "The truth is you could slit my throat and with my one last gasping breath I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt" because it like, so totally describes their relationship with that one HAWT sophomore who totally ripped their hearts out when they were like, SO in love with him.
GOD i've heard that quote so many times. painful truth.
Their favorite type of music is, of course, "emo, screamo, and hardcore", three terms which, in their minds, invariably include the bands Taking Back Sunday, Thrice, and Hawthorne Heights.
i dunno about these bands, but i've only heard thrice, and i like them. >.>
Their AIM screennames often include x's, the words "electrikk", "disaster", or some play on their favorite song from their favorite band, you know, the one they saw on MTV like a couple times, but shouldn't be on MTV because they're like, way too emo for that.
OMG SO TRUE. i'm tired of that crap spelling like electrikk. there's even a xanga blogring like that... 'shoot me, i'm electrikk <3.' or something.
They take hundreds of black and white pictures with way too much contrast of themselves looking plaintively down at the ground, pointing a gun made of their fingers at their heads, or kissing the camera while displaying their expert application of lip gloss around their labret piercing and the thick dark eyeliner that circles their eyes.
my userpic looks like that... but i don't look emo in it. and i'm only looking down into the cup! i honestly haven't seen many pics like that, but i'm not doubting that they don't exist.
They embrace the "dork" that is inside their polished, fashionable exteriors by writing in their LiveJournals or Xangas about how they and their friends had an 'N Sync sing-a-long at one of their sleepovers because, remember, 'N Sync is soooo not popular anymore and they like, sooo wouldn't follow any of the fads of today, so they embrace the fads of yesterday.
ah, yeah... very true.
They adore "retro fashion", meaning anything from the 80's, because they totally used to wear neon colors and big beaded bracelets, even though they were born in, at the earliest, 1988 and remember jack shit about the fashion and culture of the 80's.
yeah i don't get this whole retro fashion stuff. true about the birthdates.
It's full of "emo boys" who often are difficult to differentiate from "emo girls", who have meaningless tattoos even though they're 15, smoke a lot of cigarettes, drink a lot of hard liquor, and are in some shitty band that plays a couple of gigs in someone's basement because they're "too cool to go mainstream" when really, they just suck.
YES. =(
They weigh roughly 90 pounds, wear girls' jeans that hug their asses in just the right places, belts buckled somewhere around the side of their right leg, tight striped 80's style polo shirts or band t-shirts, and skater shoes, even though they don't skate because that's soooo lame.
LOL. i wear skater shoes every now and then... and i don't skate... *cry* but i haven't really seen that belt buckle thing around... 'cept on this one girl at school.
They write awful poetry about the dark abyss of their souls and how the gun is pointed at their heads, the trigger poised to blast away the bloody memories of a failed romance. They cried when Blink-182 broke up, and they have a secret obsession with Avril Lavigne because, like, she really IS kinda hot even though her music totally sucks.
lol avril lavigne... i used to dislike her a lot. yeah, her music sucks. true about the poetry. it's what they're known for!
They spend more time at the mirror than their female counterparts do, shoving fingers' down thier throats so they can fit in thier chick pants, making sure that the long black shock of hair at the front of their heads lies covering one eye just so, that their lip piercing is perfectly placed so that it looks hot when they kiss other boys, that their pants are the right degree of tightness so as not to exude gayness.
hahahahaha... i've seen too many pictures of guys like that...
Emo boys and girls often use the suffix "Xcore" to describe themselves, using a number of adjectives or nouns to accomplish this task. This is a play off hardcore music, or "hXc". Some of these descriptive words include "fashionXcore", "retroXcore", or even "yournamehereXcore."
yes. =*( truth, again.
This way of speaking is retarded or nonsensical to everyone else except those "in the scene", but it totally doesn't matter because they're too nonconformistXcore for anyone to truly understand their "scene".
They couldn't name a Sunny Day Real Estate or Rites of Spring song if it came up and bit them on their Gap Jeans-clad asses, and they claim to like the Smiths because Jesse Lacey of Brand New said they were cool.
Sure, they listen to some new "hardcore" bands, but they're all pretty much the same five bands:
1. Taking Back Sunday
2. Senses Fail
3. Thrice
4. Hawthorne Heights
5. Story of the Year
To these promising young firecrackers, music takes a BACKSEAT TO FASHION in their scene of choice.
Emo girls just want to kiss emo boys, emo boys just want to kiss other emo boys, and they all want to wear tight pants and take lots of pictures of themselves. End of story. Because honestly? It's electrikk!
yea dont forget aboout bad brains or minor threat
IF YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THIS POST IT AGAIN!!!!!!
(though some people can like those bands because a select few are pretty awesome, but not go into "emo-mode"... those kids just thrive for attention with a ridiculous sense of "style"... geesh)---inspire.
so awesome. =D a perfectly articulated piece!