i just don’t get it

It’s time for bed, just watching the end of the TV show, “Ruby”, on the style channel and i find myself getting annoyed.

Here’s what I don’t get, have never gotten. This most recent episode I have tivo’d has to do in aprt with this woman going to the GYN. The “lady doctor”. The gynie. Whatever.  And all the hesitancy and fear involved. And she is close to my age and hasn’t been for 10 years.

OK. This show in particular has to do with a morbidly obese woman and her struggles in the world and I totally get that my experiences are not hers and that being that overweight is fraught with negative medical establishment associations.

HOWEVER, many women express this same fear and concern and utter dread of the GYN office visit. I have never understood this. EVER. And I took MYSELF to Planned Parenthood at age **hhmmmmhhcfff** when I became sexually active and took care of myself. It’s part of being a woman. Duh. I mean, I can name few people who could say they ENJOY going to get an annual exam but c’mon!!!!!

I just cannot and can never understand how someone can be so freaked out by their own body that they wouldn’t go to get checked up. I mean, can you SEE your own cervix? Even with a mirror and months of dedicated bikram yoga practice, this is difficult. It’s a DOCTOR. It’s not some random person getting a cheap thrill looking up into your vagina. Unless their name is Gwen. But I digress.

my crushes – celebrity, girly, and otherwise

one of my top podcast downloads every week had people write in about their celebrity crushes. i have an always changing, contracting and expanding list of crushes myself – some celebrity, some RL, some girl-crushes… i begin my non-exhaustive list here:

• jake weber - hotty hotty hotness! damn! the character of joe dubois is quite possibly the very definition of hotness – smart, sexy, monogamous (!) , and frequently seen looking very VERY post-coital… did i mention hot and sexy with shaggy blonde hair??
• tom colicchio – HOT HOT HOT! i want the hot, bald guy with glasses. who can cook. lay on me!
• george clooney – what kind of link is even necessary
• scarygary – yes, he thinks i am psychotic and i think him an ass. and yet, when i see him, i blush.. from the toes up
• biblioadonis – sorry, angel , he was actually my first #1 fan! again, another married guy, so my adoration remains unrequited, however, in his soul, i am sure he loves tube socks and feathered hair circa 1979
• dan! and eric- this is a junior high crush in the spirit of (the original) eric & carl. jennifer will understand… the completely random honor (!) really! – of getting to contribute to MGW is out of this world! it’s like 7th grade all over again! only without the comb in my back pocket and my chemin de fer outfit.
• KA & Air - these gals have inspired me to no end in more ways then they will ever know.. smart, beautiful, geeky! who knew?
• kittychan!- well, she is my BFF – i’ve known her since way back when and in the last couple of years i have been lucky enough to reconnect on a more continuous basis with her. she is brilliant, strong, awesome, a trailblazer and cute on top of all that (and rockin’ the awesome tattoos!). i wanna be her when i grow up! (cause she is WAY older then me!)
• honorable mention:  margaret cho, tim gunn, DINKS on TV, that other bald guy from craig’s list, any guy from QUEER EYE, kat von d (but too obvious), tattoo boy, han solo (“i love you” “i know”), BB…..

things that always make me laugh when i’m down

pretty much every relationship. funnily. the q-tip. the q-tip. and you throw it away.

enjoy!