Four More Things
Oct. 26th, 2002 12:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldYesterday afternoon, I had an interesting chat with one Amelie Wong. She is a conservative. Earlier we'd talked about the costs of PEI's mandatory recycling project; I'd good-naturedly suggested that perhaps we should abandon recycling and move to Mars colonies, since (mutants aside) the Mars colonies in Total Recall looked like interesting places to live. Now, however, I found out that she's a very strict Roman Catholic, who took part in World Youth Day in Toronto in the summer and who accepted all tenets of Catholic official doctrine, re: priests as sexual abusers, sexual doctrine, birth control, and the like. Erin (who was also in the room) and me were, well, interested by the force of her beliefs. Fortunately, she left before we could debate the Catholic Church's official position on homosexuality.
This morning at the library, we had two people almost come to blows over a newspaper. (She had two newspapers signed out, he an asshole wanted the newspaper she wasn't reading, she refused to give it to him.) They were threatening each other with dire consequences. It doesn't help that he is apparently dating her daughter, and lives with them both. I had to call security up.
My weight, and my physical shape, are of concern. Over the past month, I've gained a bit more than 5 pounds--seven or eight, perhaps?--bringing me up to a figure just below 180. I want to get down to 160. So, two questions: Is my weight visible, am I visibly overweight? Do I have a reasonable chance, with diet and exercise, of getting down to 160 and holding that weight?
Finally, my parents. What should I do with them? Should I bother to try to rebuild a relationship with both my parents, with just my dad, or should I not bother?
This morning at the library, we had two people almost come to blows over a newspaper. (She had two newspapers signed out, he an asshole wanted the newspaper she wasn't reading, she refused to give it to him.) They were threatening each other with dire consequences. It doesn't help that he is apparently dating her daughter, and lives with them both. I had to call security up.
My weight, and my physical shape, are of concern. Over the past month, I've gained a bit more than 5 pounds--seven or eight, perhaps?--bringing me up to a figure just below 180. I want to get down to 160. So, two questions: Is my weight visible, am I visibly overweight? Do I have a reasonable chance, with diet and exercise, of getting down to 160 and holding that weight?
Finally, my parents. What should I do with them? Should I bother to try to rebuild a relationship with both my parents, with just my dad, or should I not bother?
