October 21, 2002

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Snippets and Snappets, Bras and Prayers

I am laughing myself sick at all the wonderful suggestions I got for a Halloween costume. So many choices – I don’t know what to pick! I now have a problem of a different nature. Instead of not having ANY idea…..I now have TOO MANY ideas! I wonder if I could take several changes of costume for the evening…

I went shopping with a friend the other day. We ended up in the lingerie and I started half-heartedly looking for a new bra. The very pleasant sales clerk offered her assistance, so I grudgingly gave her the specs for my desired undergarment: NO Underwire and it can’t look Orthopedic. Sounds simple, right? hah!

“You need underwire” says the clerk. “You need the support”

“Not so”, says I. “I no longer care about having perky titties, so underwire is a NO. Besides, it’s uncomfortable and I don’t like it.”

“Ahhh…” says the clerk. “You’ve never been properly fitted then! If *I* fit you, you’ll never even feel the underwire!” She looked at me as if, having been presented with such superior logic, I would HAVE to cave in.

“Well (and I put on my sweetest wolfie smile) I don’t want to be fitted. Putting on a bra AT ALL is as big a concession to the fashion gods as I am prepared to make. Did you know that bras are actually torture devices invented in the middle ages by MEN?” (Of course, I have no clue if the last part is true – but that’s what it feels like to ME!)

The sales clerk shot a beseeching look at my friend who was pointedly ignoring the whole conversation. Then she went off in search of garments matching my specs. The non-wired bras are UGLY! I basically quit looking – just wandering through the department while waiting for my friend to finish her shopping. Then the clerk reappeared…

“I have a beautiful bra and a pair of scissors!” she announced proudly.

What could I do? I burst out laughing – having to admid that this was an excellent compromise. However, paying $40 for something that I don’t want to wear at all and then tearing up that rather pricey purchase was just too much for me to handle. So… My old comfy stand-bys will have to do for now.

MAKING AN ABRUPT SUBJECT CHANGE

Under pressure from my friend, I went to church on Sunday. It was the church we had attended in middle school and high school. We had a lot of friends and a lot of fun there. My history is a little longer than hers is with that church… it was where I was baptized by the founding minister when it was just a fledgling congregation.

There we sat. What mixed feelings! This is very much NOT where my head is at spirituality-wise right now… yet it was all so familiar and warm and comfy. I guess it will always be where some piece of my heart is. I fell into the old familiar rhythms without so much as a blink. On some level, I had missed this so much. On another level, I wanted to run…run fast and run far. Such is my mental state these days!

AND WHY CAN’T I GET THIS VERSE OUT OF MY HEAD???

‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said,
`To talk of many things:
Of shows — and ships — and sealing-wax —
Of cabbages — and kings — ….

I think it’s my brain’s knee-jerk reaction to all this frightening talk of war. I’d much rather go read Alice In Wonderland…

Does this entry feel “off” to you? Not like me? It feels weird to me….. Better quit before I go confessing something drastic….that I probably didn’t even do!!!

Nectar

October 22, 2002

Nectar Truth time I think that little song is telling you that their are many issues in this entry for you to deal too. I am with you on the bra thing…I go around with none on at home and I am big breasted and need support. I have a terrible time with underwire too..but I persisit when out. The chucrch thing go deal as to why you are comfortable and uncomfortable…maybe the abuse side

of this organsiation makes you feel uncomfortable and your spiritual side that you are comfortable with is happy to be there with no strings attached…huggles you warmly

I thank the lingerie gods every single day for pushup bras! Your church anecdote…..I understand the comfy feeling. I go to mass still because it’s comfy. I don’t buy a single bit of RC dogma (IT’S ALL METAPHOR, she screamed), but mass feels good. Oh, I am just dying to know what costume you end up choosing, and no, I don’t think a Freudian slip will go over in a redneck bar. LMAO!!!

lifeisuhmistury

Write down all suggestions on cards of paper….deal out cards….last one you toss out is what you use. Or….pin ideas on dart board and toss darts…praying at least one will hit the board! Hmmm,don’t want to give you too many ideas…might overload you.*Grins*If church is comfy,cool.Are you obligated to go? Uh,no,I’d have to say that’s a choice.The Big Guy loves ya no matter what!*Nods head*:)

For what it’s worth, I’ve had that same refrain running through my mind. I think I need to go lie down and put ice on my head now. With a smile…T, the constantly U

Willy & Wilma

A ship sails East, and another WestBy the selfsame winds that blowIt isn’t the gales, it’s the set of the sailsThat determines the way we go

aquaphoric

hmmm… drastic confessions, eh? I thought the Alice in Wonderland was a knee-jerk reaction to the thought of wearing bras. Hehe… In wonderland, all bras would be comfy. And not only that, but they would be pretty to. And NO GOSH DARN PICKY SPOTS. 🙂 lol. I’m a nutcase

Hey SW – I have a costume suggestions for you – An American Tourist (male). 1 very loud hawian shirt, 1 pair baggy long shorts, knee high socks, roman sandles, zinc screen on the nose, freckles on the checks, 1 floppy toweling hat, 1 very large pair of sunglasses and one large toy camera around the neck. My friend did this and I think he won – 🙂

Ainekate

Lol… Too right about bras being torture devices. I always said if men had to wear them for 8 – 10 hours they re-invent them so quick your head would spin. … You know that’s so wierd, a few years back I would find myself saying that quote for nearly a month. Not sure what it means either. If church feels good, then maybe that’s what you need for now. Don’t have to agree with the dogma. *hugs*

Ah Alice in Wonderland, I always liked that story. And I bet she didn’t have to wear a bra either. There’s something to look into, designing non ungly bras that aren’t underwire, in larger sizes. I bet millions of dollars could be made there! LOL 🙂

ermentrude

October 23, 2002

A friend of mine had to wear a bra constantly for about three weeks after a rebuild following a mastectomy. My God!! I can’t imagine that feeling of relief when you take your bra off not being there!! I have certain verses go through my head when I’m stressed, usually Tori Amos lyrics! But I guess that’s what it could be 🙂

The advantages of being small breasted is not having to wear a bra all the time, the disadvantages… too many to list! LOL I’m with FallingDog on the pushup issue. That and padding. LMAO Let us know which costume you pick. We could have a contest with that alone. ~hugs~

The Watcher

Just wandering.

RNBiker

I refute the claim that bras were invented by men! whatever happened to just plain hands for support? LOL Maybe it’s the religion thing trying to wo you back that’s messing with your head! LOL Hugz PS need a hand?Or two? ROFLMAO

darkart

*grin* I still say CHINESE EMPRESS darn it!! lol

ryn: *grin* See? You’ll already be unique!!

Yes… BRAS: “Man-made torture devices” I hate ’em…and will move Heavens and Earth to….get out of wearing them!!!….*giggles* ~Hugs and Loves~

don’t wear em , use BIG bandaids 🙂 just ordered 2 bras from Spiegels catalogue , NO wire , lacy AND in dirigible sizes ! i get a rash from the bandaids and going to Rome i think i’m gonna have to use both . thing is , as soon as i put the ” Device ” on ” it’s off in a wink . i’ll let you know 😉

So wonderful to be able to write a poem like the Walrus etc…I wish I could and yes…it is one of my favourites. I may not be on fod for a while as I am moving so I hope i do not get deleted. If so I guess I can still leave notes! Alex

From tit slings to walruses…yup, a perfectly good entry. ~:) ArtImp, nsi

if youv’e never seen it, watch Dogma. . and pay attention to the beginning where Matt Damon is talking to the nun in the airport

At least you knew it wasn’t CEILING WAX. i really wanted to know why and how people in PUFF the magic dragon and alice in wonderland had CEILING wax. I mean, yes, my mom ironed sheets and we helped wax the floors, but wax the ceiling. i just didn’t get it. 🙂 ah churches, sometimes i go, sometimes i don’t. I like the music best.