I'm doing 42 things
Today I was looking at bathing suits in the L.L. Bean catalogue. All the women’s bathing suits have tiny logos that show how they correct problem figures: “best at whittling waistline,” “best at minimizing hips and waist”...and even “best at creating curves”! Strangely, the men’s bathing suits have no logos for correcting any kinds of problems. Maybe men all have perfect figures. Would anyone like to join me in writing a note to L.L. Bean suggesting that they change their outlook on women’s bodies? We might have an impact!
Terri Schiavo passed away this morning. If our society had not exerted such terrible pressure on her to be thin, she would not have become bulimic and had her heart stop for a catastrophic number of minutes. Magazines, newspapers, and TV constantly tell us to THINK THIN. Let’s tell them to accept us as we are! And then let’s all go out for ice-cream!
Isabella's Life List
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1. guiltlessly consume a chocolate bunny
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2. celebrate life's mysteries
1 person -
3. take more walks
269 people -
4. discover new things
10 people -
5. sing
1 cheer2,495 people -
6. clean up clutter!
4 people -
7. reread all my favorite books
4 people -
8. spend more time close to nature
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9. have more fun
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10. pat a cat at least ten times every day
1 person -
11. inspire students to write wonderful books
1 person -
12. encourage my father to live to be a hundred years old
1 person -
13. Get into great shape
24 people -
14. Petition the robots to remove the option to share the entries of others on facebook, twitter, etc.
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15. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
21,233 people -
16. watch the entire x-files series
75 people -
17. swim with dolphins, if they want me to
1 person -
18. win a million dollars
294 people -
19. go on a cruise to Norway
1 person -
20. hear coyotes howl at the moon
1 person -
21. stop caring about what others think
1 cheer47 people -
22. breathe deeply
56 people -
23. laugh uproariously
1 person -
24. use my powers for good
6 people -
25. live passionately
5,717 people -
26. learn to understand the languages of dogs and cats
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27. Stay in closer touch with friends
1 cheer1 person -
28. Travel just once on the Orient Express
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29. Learn a new language
2 cheers2,042 people -
30. Walk at least three miles a day
1 cheer1 person -
31. tour the "Lord of the Rings" sites in N.Z.
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32. sleep like a baby
2 people -
33. contribute to finding a cure for cancer
1 cheer2 people -
34. celebrate the coming of spring
1 person -
35. commit random acts of kindness
1 cheer227 people -
36. Make happiness a priority
11 team members . 1 cheer24 people -
37. dance beneath the Northern Lights
1 person -
38. learn to do yoga
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39. swim underwater with tropical fish
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40. drink deeply from the fountain of knowledge
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41. memorize more poems
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42. Fight our society's pressure on women to be thin, thin, thin
1 entry . 7 cheers3 people
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