The Dove and the Scrooge

Dove ads.   How nice  for a company to  notice that "we" aren't all alike. Tall, short, a little more round, and a little less, etc. , we don't come from a mold nor does one size fit all.

While growing up, I worried  over every spot and blemish, every protrusion of fat or lack thereof,  especially on the important womanly parts.  I didn't think anyone would want me with those this's and that's because I  didn't measure up to what I saw in the ads or on television.

It took me a long time to understand that people aren't made to look like a magazine ad.  

I still carry a few injustices because I'm not thin, and now because I'm not as young as I used to be, and a little because I don't look like I used to, 5'9  135 lbs. ( I know the 135 will never happen again, it wasn't healthy)  

  I know there are a zillion more feeling very similar  and because of that I salute Dove. 

  Recently on Facebook  I read an article about the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch.

(Here is an excerpt from the article ( click on the above link).

Most retailers in the United States carry clothing sizes from 0-14, whether in-store or online. Most recently, The Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and a few others even go beyond a size 14 in women’s clothing.  But don’t expect that to happen at Abercrombie & Fitch.
Want to know why?
Abercrombie & Fitch’s CEO, Michael Jefferies, doesn’t like fat chicks and doesn’t want them to ruin his brand.  ( and that isn't all)

He is definitely the flip side to the coin and throwing stones isn't  going to help. The only way he's  going to change his attitude for his business, is for him to change his heart. So I suppose the only way to send a message to him is  for the "skinny beautiful people" to boycott him.  A plump or ugly person wouldn't matter too much... I'm sorry, I find this absolutely pathetic  and laughable. 

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But it's probably true.  Mr. Man needs to take a Scrooge tour and get real because at no time in history was anyone or will anyone be everything HE wants.  It's unrealistic.  Those he surrounds himself with now or employs will ever remain perfect. People change, even the beautiful ones.  And how can he actually be a good business man if he looses money (this happens in many stores I'm sure) probably every day when people of all sizes walk out the door empty handed.
 When there is a Hitler mentality of perfection  it will always sit next to  imperfection.

Bobbing and Bending

Busy Busy, seems to be the tone for this past week.  I don't mind really, but physical busy isn't my cup of tea.   

                  

I think it's time to get in the pool, the weather is changing to very warm  so I suppose I won't feel like a Popsicle when entering...at least not too much .  

Water exercise is best form of exercise I know  and sweating is unheard of, it never feels like you've done too much,until you walk up the steps and get out.  It feels like lead weights, but it's worth it.  The only drawback to exercising in the pool where I do this is the weather.  

 

Indoor pools are fine, but in most places, have a fee and you have to drive to get there and  for me, they are too shallow.  I like deep when I exercise.

not my pool

The point to all this is-- I felt every muscle I didn't know I owned while walking more than I had planned in a day.  I knew this was going to happen, my profession is a "sit down" kind and unless you limit your intake and add exercise then FAT is where it sat.     :)

Hey

I'm ready...Marco!

Destruction heals slow

I want to lift up in acknowledgement and prayer, to all those who suffered from  the goings on concerning the bombing at the Boston Marathon. 

 I don't want to focus on the pathetic ones who caused the wreckage of life and limbs.

 

  I d like to direct you to one account from a fellow blogger and his wife who experienced this first hand.    I'm sure he isn't the only blogger but he is the only one I know of.

He also has written an article accepted by the Boston Globe of this account.  

First let me say his blog is Suldog, and he's a crusty, interesting, no holds barred kind of guy and he probably on occasion spits nails and eats rust, how refreshing. 

His link to the article from his blog is here .   

 

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I   have always felt this way about those infected by the vermin that eats away at our reality.  I don't want to know about those that caused it. I realize we need to be educated and can be without the sensationalism.   I believe that idiocy of the media has eroded our sensitivity.  Not so much those causing carnage of all kinds but by the thrill of the written word.  In some way it has held hands. 

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The worse kind of person who takes our routine and molds it into a nightmare is the worse kind of bones, unworthy of being called human.  

My Hometown, well not mine

The other day while I was checking out some websites for research,  I found this one then ( Click on interactive)  that blew me away. Not at first but further into it did.

 

I shared it with a number of people who I knew or I hoped would appreciate this type of "project". And the consensus so far is they all did, those that have seen it.

I prefaced it by saying:  It's somewhat of a documentary/website/online album, etc., It has a definite artistic flair/ it's just plain thought provoking and a little odd in it's own way but that is what sets it apart from most.

It is long loading, lengthy in nature,  just be patient and hang in there, if you appreciate this type of thing you'll be glad you did. And for those out there who are in web design and development...  It's a wowser.

I also feel the need to say without spoiling the near end is, "it's not what you can't do but what you can".  

 

This is making a Connection, you'll understand after you see it , why, and then go to that link as well.