I'm taking some time today to remember why this is my favorite instrument of all time.
Inside the mind of a kind of quirky, pretty stubborn, way too opinionated, twenty-something, heteroflexible Black female newly employed up-and-moved-to-DC Princeton GRADUATE who's just trying to sort out her life. An uninhibited celebration of all that is me, this blog is an exercise in self-discovery and live-with-your-heart-wide-open-ness. Though I make respect a habit, I will not always be politically correct, and I believe in the power of making audiences uncomfortable to inspire change.
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
New commtiment!!
I'm going to start going to the gym on Wednesdays and Fridays, because these are the days I don't have to get up for class and can thus go to the gym and THEN shower. My mom lost 9 pounds going on this nasty cabbage soup diet and walking on the treadmill in our basement, and I'm maaaaaaad jealous.
So later I was talking to my dad, and he wants to get out into the world more and meet more people and just...have a life outside of work. I want to go to the gym. We are going to keep each other in check about these things. Yay killing two things-I-don't-want-to-do-birds with one stone! (Making sure I go to the gym and talking to my father.)
Friday, October 1, 2010
Dear Bra Companies,
I don't mind you calling bras in my size "Curvy Fit" or "Full-Figure", because I have lots of curves and I am full-figured, and I embrace both of these things. EMBRACE being the keyword there. EMBRACE. Synonyms: love, cherish, accept, welcome, approve. This may be hard for you to understand, I guess, but I like my body. So I want to ask you to change the marketing strategy for the bras you sell in my size. Just because I'm a D cup does not mean I want my bra to MINIMIZE my boobs by up to 1.5 inches. It doesn't mean they're sagging and I need my bra to DEFY GRAVITY. If you must know, the girls are quite perky all on their own; all they're looking for is support that's comfortable enough to get me through the day. I must applaud you for accomplishing that, but still, you disappoint me >.<
Think about it,
Maya and the girls
I don't mind you calling bras in my size "Curvy Fit" or "Full-Figure", because I have lots of curves and I am full-figured, and I embrace both of these things. EMBRACE being the keyword there. EMBRACE. Synonyms: love, cherish, accept, welcome, approve. This may be hard for you to understand, I guess, but I like my body. So I want to ask you to change the marketing strategy for the bras you sell in my size. Just because I'm a D cup does not mean I want my bra to MINIMIZE my boobs by up to 1.5 inches. It doesn't mean they're sagging and I need my bra to DEFY GRAVITY. If you must know, the girls are quite perky all on their own; all they're looking for is support that's comfortable enough to get me through the day. I must applaud you for accomplishing that, but still, you disappoint me >.<
Think about it,
Maya and the girls