Sherri

That's a fun route. Thanks for the bee beta.

Oh no! Evil hot tub. Wild that it could suck the color right out of your suit. So, did it turn the other people in the tub blue?

It's their loss, bro. Don't take it to heart. The alpine world just wasn't ready for "Starbuzz".

loser.

I've eaten kangaroo(in Australia.) A bit on the chewy, gamey side, mate. My granddad used to take my brothers deer hunting(again with the brothers getting to do all the fun stuff!). The meat would get ground into "hamburger" and I hated it(not sure if it was the thought or the taste--I just could not enjoy it.) My mom would have to show me one of those styrofoam trays from store-bought meat to convince me that the deerburger was hamburger. Eventually I caught on to this ruse--"mom, why is the styrofoam always so clean if meat just came off it??" She had been hiding the same tray in the cupboard to show me each time. Duh. No wonder I don't miss meat now. That was too weird.

Amen, brother. (And thanks. You're a sweetie! )

I can go, I can go!

Exactly.

Muscularity and sexual orientation are two different things. Or should be. And I don't think Martina is a top. But she is an amazing athlete, if that was your point.

That was one of my thoughts, too, Arch. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with being soft, pretty, delicate, and all that, if that's your thing. But it's not everyone's ideal and it's not every woman's inherent identity. Femme, butch, jock, lipstick, tomboy, whatever...it's all good, long as you're being real. And willing to accept that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. It bothered me to see them attempt to quash that little girl's potential. But, as has been pointed out, she'll probably come out on top.

Young and impressionable, perhaps, but not stoned. The thing that interested me most about their unintentional coinage of this term was the way they were using it inferred that muscularity is a masculine trait which is inappropriate for a woman to exhibit. I highly doubt their classmate was ripped, so I can't help but wonder what it was about a girl having an athletic appearance that incited them to badmouth her efforts to take care of herself. She didn't fit into the mold of what a "girl" was supposed to look like? Personally, I hope that strong girl keeps working hard, and when she's out doing triathalons and sports events long after those other girls can climb a flight of stairs without getting winded, I hope she runs into them signing up for some fluff fitness class at the gym and laughs at what their arms look like now.

Nice work. I like it. And I agree.

Get out your pencils and dictionaries, folks. We've got a new word. I overheard it in the locker room at the gym, when a gaggle of girly tweens were gossipping about a classmate who apparently works out a lot. They said she had "really mascular arms." Judging by their tone, it was not a compliment. Should have seen the embarrassed silence that came over them when I walked around the corner. OMG, do I have mascular arms???

A girl can hope.

"You look hot in that shirt. You should take it off." (I fell for this one. )

I agree. It's a classic.

"If I told you you had a nice rack, would you hold it against me?" Ooops, wrong thread.

Do they stock the eye candy in-store, or do you have to order that online, as well?

Drink more water.

If you're going to Point Defiance, be sure to drop in at the Antique Sandwich Company in Ruston on the way(it'll be on your left. 5102 N. Pearl St., 253-752-4069.) Way cool hippie vibe, and great healthy food. They hold a great open mic at 7pm(?) Tuesday nights that is worth getting there early for in order to get a seat. It's a fun and cheap night on the town.

...but now that you've noticed me noticing you, hope you don't mind if I but help myself...

I love a good chase.

Uh-oh. Sounds like somebuddy's in trwouble.

I like bad girls. Glad your heart is happy! :moondance: