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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Karen_AZ" :

]Must be because 13 ]is a constant dramatic moment

gods, yes!

actually, in some, it is 11 through high school!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

Im single handedly out to wreck the economy. Somehow the message isnt just not to be satisified with ourselves but to also be ashamed of how humans look and smell au natural. Im not talking about not bathing and not brushing our teeth.. common sense hygiene is nice! But look at how commercials talk about hair. We have to much, not enough, its in the wrong places, the wrong color, its to curly, not curly enough, it doesnt shine or swing or take on a life of its own. Dont even get me started on femine hygiene products! We cannot consider going out in public unless we mask our scent, cover it with something pretty. rant over for now. Diana

it is possible we are seeing different colors. from one eye I see colors slightly differently than from the other. I prefer the one that shows periwinkles as slightly more red than the other. :-) Diana

Thats a very sound way to choose clothing, form and function. And do you wear jewelry ? beauty is practical .. food for the soul i think. Diana

Do you waltz? We could make the frozen food aisle the in spot to dance and sing! Diana

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:58:50 -0400, Jewitch wrote (in message ):

To tie it into another thread:

This is the most beautiful thing I've seen today. Another beader discovering her own beauty, because of and despite it all.

I'm proud of you, kiddo.

Kathy N-V

Obligatory Bead Reference: The idea of mixing the large Charoite spheres with other purple beads of different shapes and similar sizes appeals to me. I'm going to use two of the ideas mentioned today - a neckwire with one Charoite in the middle as an elegant centerpiece sounds very nice as well. I'll keep you guys posted.

Diane Duane addresses that issue in "The Door Into Shadow". You might enjoy reading it -- although it's part of a series, it stands alone pretty well.

Celine

No, none of those. This would have been 7 to 10 years ago. Would someone else have been using the "Lee S. Billings" name? Back then I was either Lakota or AuroraB.

oh well . . .

Jewitch

Ok.. this one takes the cake.. those funny beads were great! I wouldnt have thought they would lead you to where you are tho.. not in a million years. What effect did Lite Brite have on you? Diana

My personal expereince with this lesson is looking back at pictures of myself in high school. I was the same height I am now, about 5' 8", but I weighed about 175. I thought I was a cow. Or a hippo. Or a small elephant.

Now I see pictures of me, and I think -- I was almost gorgeous! I was really active, and I really do have big bones, so I carried it very well. I'm not going to say it was ALL muscle, but the muscle underneath was very firm and well shaped. My stomach was almost flat. Everything was well defined. Now, at 260, everything sags to my knees, except my knees -- which sag halfway to my ankles!

But in highschool, my mother was always harping on me about my weight, to the point that I was convinced that every single problem in my sphere in influence was attributable to my weight or my size (anyone who's surprised I eventually ended up with Bulimia, raise your hand).

Anyway, the thing is -- At 175, and relatively firm, and looking pretty good in clothes, my image of my body was that it looked more like it actually does NOW. It was totally distorted. I was miserable, probably because I couldn't see what I really looked like, becuase that would have been a lot easier at that age to "accept" and love.

Another interest that I'm a lot more comfortable with this saggy, flabby body than I ever was with that 18 year old relative "hardbody"

Jewtich

Objective reality exists. No problem. But only for quantifiable values, not qualitative values. So you can get, most technically appropriate for a specific application, or most closely measuring to bone structure for X range of people. But you can't get the best technical choice, or the most comfortable fit.

Tina

Hmmm... those don't ring any bells, either. And so far as I know, no one else has ever used my name online. 1993-6... my marriage was disintegrating, I was out of work (surviving by temp work and the occasional consulting job), I spent

6 months in Chattanooga and another 6 in Birmingham on contracts, I had a couple of Trek fanfic pieces published. That's about how my life was. I wasn't online at all until 1995 or thereabouts.

What was it that you thought you remembered about me that turned out to be correct, IYDMMA?

Celine

Or another way of looking at it: objective reality is facts, but too many people confuse facts with interpretations and opinions. It's a fact that I weigh about 200 pounds. Whether that makes me "fat" or "voluptuous" is a matter of interpretation or opinion.

Celine

Since I'm stuck on the Lee thing, I'll bet it was Lee Martindale . . .

Jewitch

When we had the Red Green duct tape contest up here, one of our local jewelers used it to make a necklace, earrings and bracelet. The items were later auctions off, and it fetched quite a good price.

Tina

Ah, it's getting late so I have to keep it short (SO unlike me, I know!).

I remember when my sister was going to OSAC, the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts. She was taking pottery. I was quite young; she must have been 18, so that would make me 11 (which is still my lucky number). It was raining, and I was hanging around the shard heap out back of the studio getting damp, when I saw something blue half-embedded in the earth. I bent down and pried it out; it was a perfect earthenware bead, glazed in blue. I loved it. That was the beginning.

I found RCB more or less accidentally just a few short months ago; I first became aware of its existence when I saw someone crossposting in rec.crafts.glass. I subscribed and wow! What a welcome! I was looking for a new torch, and Karen AZ, among others, stepped up with some great suggestions. I was hooked! I stay because the people here are real and three-dimensional, complex feeling thinking people who don't hide their real selves just because they're on the other side of a computer. Plus, I'm learning more than I ever imagined I wanted to know about beads!

Just trying have a look now, as I can't remember if I did at the time! Although nothing seems to be happening, is the site up or down?

One side was larger, slightly, before probably better described as different shape more than larger, due to different muscle bulk on the right from many years of shooting. Different shape I won't mind too much, but size yes I have many tops and stuff that will only fit a size 12 (Oz) C cup, or there abouts, that if I stay larger I'll have to buy a completely new wardrobe of tops and dresses!

I decided to breastfeed as I decided I was too lazy to bother with bottles! BTW I'm not even expressing milk for a bottle either, he's gettting it straight from source.