According to Trish

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Month: February 2010

  • Body Image: a tale of a fry and a potato

    A facebook buddy of mine just joined the gym. She is reporting all of those mixed-gym feelings I always get when I go through a gym spurt — trying to feel motivated and proud but also feeling like I’m giving a presentation to my colleagues and I neglected to put on pants first. Gym anxiety can be tough…

  • Hot buttered rum, emphasis on the “butt”

    Last night I lived out a childhood fantasy. At a young age, my mom indoctrinated my sisters and I to movie musicals. Every Christmas we gathered round the tube to watch Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney in White Christmas — all the while wondering why such a beautiful young woman would ever fall for such…

  • Cabin Fever: Sweating out the beast

    Oh, Cabin Fever. You are a clingy beast. You already destroyed my January with all the various illnesses around here. You even went so far as to go after my birthday. Now I tell you this: YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY FEBRUARY! Cabin Fever, you might as well be a snake oil salesmen with all…

  • Gay People of America: I wouldn’t do that if I were you

    Dear Gay People of America, I want to give you some advice as a friend and a long-time supporter of the gay community: Think twice before you push this marriage thing too far. Because you just might get what you ask for. Here’s the thing: You’re already losing your novelty. There was a time when, if…