August Blogust

Another Title Could Be: Why Time Magazine Made Me Cry

Yeah. And everything.

So the weekly TIME Magazine came yesterday. Now I want you to know that I've struggled with my weight all my life.Why? Because someone besides Rick and Aaron and Katie need to know. So, my entire life, I have always been an off-and-on exerciser. I'll go a year or two without exercising and then I'll go three or four doing some pretty intenstive workouts every day. So I guess I'm up.
But I eat. And I don't eat healthfully at all. And I became a vegan on July 19, 2008 after reading the book, "Skinny Bitch". It changed my life for good and I'm glad but sugar is the devil for me and alcohol is a close second. Well I guess alcohol is sugar, so alcohol is number one devil too. whatever.
So, back to TIME.
The photo on the cover looks like one of those Skinny Bitch'es at the gym who looks like she's never downed a bag of Cheetos on the 134 headed east out of Glendale going about 40 mph on a Thursday evening around 6pm wishing she didn't have 3 days worth of work left to do this week and a husband who didn't understand a thing she said and a diabetic cat and another one who just cried all the time for a chance to go out in the backyard and no time for herself and too many weeds in her front yard and a daughter-in-law she wished she were closer to and a house that really needed to be cleaned and a son she wished she hadn't passed on so many of her issues to, and a car that needed a fucking oil change--oh, and could you wash it while you're at it, please? BUT I DIGRESS, don't I?
Anyway, this tiny little woman is on some kind of cardio equipment that I bust my ass on four times a week--NOW this is the cover of TIME Magazine, mind you--she's not sweating a drop! Her vision is directed via dotted line toward this unbelievably large cupcake-I mean completely out of perspective size-wize cupcake--and the caption reads some bullshit like:
THE EXERCISE MYTH
While it may be good for you, exercise will not help you lose weight.

It's about what you eat

FUCK ME
I have to change.

Shotgun, Dave. Great Song.