Why are so many obsessed with being skinny?

I was listening to the radio this morning and Kelly Ripa was on talking, and when the DJ asked her what she does to maintain her weight, she rattled off about 3 to 4 different regimes. While I think it is great to be healthy, I draw the line at looking like a little skinny rat. Then I asked myself this question: is there something fundamentally wrong with actually looking like a woman with curves? All I see everyday are ads aimed at making me feel bad for having hips or having soft body parts....

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Picture Art

Photography is a way to capture the world around you. Photo shop enhances the world a bit, giving an artistic flair to an otherwise ordinary picture. I am learning that still life, while still can also give the illusion of movement, as seen in my efforts to make the mouse come "aliv...

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Five Things I Want to do Before I Die

I saw this prompt for a blog topic, and while at first reading I thought it sounded a bit macabre, after thinking about it for a bit, I realize that it is more a goal-oriented prompt. So after thinking long and hard here is my list of things I want to do: 1. Travel. I want to travel more, actually go to Europe and explore places that I’ve only seen or read about in books and television. 2. Write....

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Labor Day

Today is a day to celebrate, but looking outside my window at this very moment, the weather is telling me a different story. It is a dreary, gloomy, cold day, and does not inspire one to celebrate. So here is a picture of a girl on a beach enjoying herself as I wish I could on this dreary day. http://www.examiner.com/x-5465-Erotica-and-Romance-Books-Examiner Enjoy erotic/romance book reviews?...

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Blackberry Love

I just realized that I have never talked about the love of my life. Nope not my kids. They have a different kind of love from me. That love is called "I gotta love 'em no matter what". No this would be my Blackberry Curve. It is in the most fantabolous color, purple, which is my favorite color.I got the phone in February of this year. It is my first smart phone and I absolutely love it! I'd consider...

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How I see...

This chair is just a regular chair, but sometimes, I see art in the simplest things. I also added a nice treatment over the picture in photoshop.Art is everywhere. Though I do not consider myself an artist, I am proud of the work I've produced with my digital came...

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Isolated

Poetry is a form of art with words. If you can twist the words to conform just right, then those reading it can visualize what you as the writer are trying to create. It is a nice way to get out what you need and create mind art.Here is a pic I took from the Torrey Pines Trail:Here is a poem I wrote when I was feeling a bit down. The pic just seemed to fit what I was feeling:Swirls of dew drip downas...

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Abandoned Beach

Writing is a good way to sometimes deal with the bull shit in your life. Well I got it and sometimes it sticks to me like glue, where I find it hard to get it off. So writing it out helps to alleviate the stickiness. I sometimes write in metaphors. And this post is my art therapy so to speak. I am posting another one of my pics (I will prolly do this all month, just to show off my mad skills). This...

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It starts with...

I am part of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) which is a way to get people such as myself to try and write and post daily. They even offer up themes and topics to help. This month's theme is Art. I thought I show off some of my photography skills (not really, still very much an amateur) to get this month's theme started.Here is the pic:This pic was taken on a walk near Sea World (that would...

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