A mishmash…and an endorsement

| Jul 31, 2006
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oldmarket21.jpgI’m not sure how the real bloggers do it, or what the ettiquette is.  Is it proper to respond to blog comments with a new blog?  Or do you respond to the responses in the comment section of the original blog?  Or should a writer respond at all?  Oh, Brave New World!

I don’t know what’s proper, but I know what I’m going to do.  In the last posting, I talked about growing a beard as incentive to lose weight.

Jaime Ann says she’s already taking good care of herself.  “Growing a beard, I’m afraid, would remove this beneficial influence on my thinking and lifestyle.“   You’re a better woman than I, Jaime.  I have little willpower: towards eating and towards exercising.  (As illustrated by my current size.)   But with this beard scratching at me, I’ve got a constant reminder to do something about it.

Gingers1girl writes “I think that the refusal to not dress until you lose weight and the not shaving thing is really just a different way of trying to get rid of your desire to dress and to be like everyone else.”   Nope.  Not at all.  Matter of fact, I wonder if the overeating, lack of exercise and subsequent weight gain is an underhanded, passive, subconscious attempt to bury my femme side.  

After all, I obviously believe I can’t be large and feminine at the same time. 

Product placement: Target has/had this generic version of Clean and Clear Dual Action Mosturizer in their Health and Beauty section.  I got some to try to improve the softness of my skin.  Love it!  It mosturizes, and does a pretty good number on pimples too.   And when I was shaving, I think it cut down on the number of nicks and cuts, because my skin was in better overall shape. 

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Ronnie Rho has been writing for Transgender Forum since May of 1999. One of these days, she'll get it right. She's been described as the "world's most famous recluse," but only by people who don't know her very well. She is unmarried, and lives in Cincinnati.

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  1. Sherrie Peterson says:

    Ronnie, I agree with you that overeating, lack of exercise and subsequent weight gain is an underhanded, passive, subconscious attempt to bury our femme side. I mean how can we feel very fem if our stomachs stick out further than our boobs.
    Sherrie

  2. Jamie Ann says:

    Whatever works for a particular girl is what she should do. I was not trying to brag about my will power (regarding eating and exercise), which is average at best. Rather, I was trying to say that I am motivated by the same considerations that motivate many genetic women: I want to be able to wear certain kinds of clothing that would not look as good if I were to gain 10 pounds. With that as my primary motivation, I might sometimes forgo a second helping at the dinner table, or have only a bottle of Ensure for lunch, or go to the YMCA after work. Regarding this general issue, I was coming home from a visit last Sunday night, and as I sat in the airplane I couldn’t help overhearing two women in the seats behind me. One woman was saying, “I run before work every morning so that I will be able to finish the ‘Habitat for Humanity 5K’ next month.” The other replied, “I don’t care about doing well in a contest — I just want to look good in my clothes!” I can relate to the second.