Monthly Archives: February 2012

They Will Only Make You Feel Ugly

Posted on February 29, 2012 by judisunshine

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. ~ Baz Luhrmann I bought my first beauty magazine — an issue of Teen — in 1989, the summer before ninth grade. It was time, I understood, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Childhood, Food, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women, Work | Tagged attempts to be demure, bad photos, Baz Luhrmann, Beauty magazines, blue eyeshadow, boots, browns, Cosmo, diet pills, embarrassing pics, floral vests, jewel tones, lack of interest in purses, long skirts, pearl-buttoned blouses, pissed off canaries, plums, puffed sleeves, straight bangs, Taffy Sinclair, Teen Beat, Teen Magazine, The Wizard of Oz, touch of sun, waitressing, weight loss, yearbook pictures | 3 Comments

The Exercise Videos of My Life!

Posted on February 27, 2012 by judisunshine

I love going to the gym. I really do. I love the elliptical, and saunas, and steam rooms are pure bliss on Earth. I can spend HOURS there. But there are two problems with the gym. One is that, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Body Image, Celebrities, Childhood, Food, Lists, Miscellaneous, Sports, Women | Tagged aerobics, Bally Fitness, Billy Blanks Boot Camp, Billy Blanks Tae Bo, business casual clothes, Callanetics, Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, cheerleading practice, Cheryl Tiegs, Cindy Crawford's Shape Your Body, conventional job, DVD, Elle Macpherson, exercise, exercise videos, Jennie Garth's Body in Progress, jumprope, PhotobucketThe Sports Illustrated Super Shape-Up Program, physical success, Rachel Hunter, the gym, VHS, Winsor Pilates, workouts | 12 Comments

Second Verse, Not the Same as the First

Posted on February 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Usually when the plane is over the water, it nosedives straight in, or explodes on the way down. This time, it was hovering, like a UFO on “Twilight Zone” or something. It did fall into the water, right in front … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Miscellaneous, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged Airplanes, CPR, crashes, Dreams, hope, Nightmares, not falling apart, pilots, try again | 6 Comments

Let’s Get Purse-onal

Posted on February 21, 2012 by judisunshine

So basically if my brain is not kept under constant maintenance, bad things happen. Like I buy a leopard-print dress, or decide that today I will learn how to make soap. More often than not, I just get completely stopped … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Celebrities, Food, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Women | Tagged hairbrushes, Hogs 'n Heifers, Into the Wild, lotion, No Country for Old Men, Olsen twins, ominous dolls, perfume, Pocketbooks, purses, scissors, Sin City, stamps, tattoos, unused coupons | Leave a comment

Takeoffs or Landings?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by judisunshine

In my dreams, I see you at the foot of some mountains And we’re taking some pictures or something And we’d better hurry up It’s late and the sun keeps shooting through pine trees And the grass stains are wet … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Miscellaneous, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged creepy dreams, flying, lack of control, landings, mothers, My Slumbering Heart, Nightmares, No no I kill the bus driver, Rilo Kiley, takeoffs | 8 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 7: The “Beverly Hills, 90210” Graduation!

Posted on February 16, 2012 by judisunshine

Okay. What you need to understand about “Commencement,” the “90210” high school graduation two-parter, is that it was really a big deal at the time. I remember trying on prom dresses and in the dressing room the radio commercial came … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Celebrities, Childhood, Friends, Going Out, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, School, TV, Women | Tagged 90210, 90210 Graduation, Beverly Hills, Commencement, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night | 4 Comments

To Be My Sunshine After the Rain

Posted on February 15, 2012 by judisunshine

It began yesterday. My mother came home from Colorado for the last time. Meaning, the next time she or anyone from my family visits, they will not be going “home.” They’ll go to my place, or Robb and Amy’s. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Miscellaneous | Tagged anthropomorphization, childhood homes, Colorado, letting go, Moving, moving on, New York, packrats, Survivor | 1 Comment

Out to Lunch

Posted on February 14, 2012 by judisunshine

1. Find out credit card payment went through. 2. Drive to Target, proud of my ability to multi-task at lunch. 3. Plan in head purchase of beautiful clothing and Healthy Choice® frozen dinner. 4. Pack wisely, taking only keys and … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Miscellaneous, Women, Work | Tagged 2005 had ugly clothes, credit cards, dresses perfect for picnics, Joan Allen, Lean Pockets, paying for food with change, Pleasantville, roller coasters, shopping, Target, Victoria's secret, why do you have to go to specialty stores to buy bathing suits above a B cup | 2 Comments

The Straight-Edge Adventures Of Ford Fairmont

Posted on February 13, 2012 by judisunshine

It happens constantly. People talking about cars, and admiring cars, and pointing and being all, “I’m gonna own that car one day.” And truthfully, I could not care less on my own end. But there was one car I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Celebrities, Driving & Other Transportation, Friends, Work | Tagged 1981, back windshields, clunky cars, Conrad Bain, CVS, flower stickers, ford fairlane, getting admonished by the police, north baldwin, Phish, possums, powder blue, real-life bumper cars, south baldwin, station wagon, The Beatles Anthology, transmissions | 3 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 4: She Fought Alone

Posted on February 9, 2012 by judisunshine

First things first. This is not Wentworth Miller: See, I was so confused re-watching “She Fought Alone,” because this whole time I was thinking that the dude who plays Jace was from a “Buffy” episode. I just couldn’t figure out … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Movies, School, Women | Tagged best montage ever, Blues Traveler, Brian-Austin Green, Buffy Go Fish, button-down tank tops of sadness, Cassidy Rae, David Lipper, don't go to barns with kids who hate you, High school, horrible teenagers, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Lifetime movies, Lord of the Flies, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Navy NCIs, She Fought Alone, sundresses with cowboy boots, Tiffani Amber-Thiessen, Wentworth Miller | 4 Comments

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