This Post Secret seems so simple yet if you examine “who” you love it becomes clear that there’s a bit more to it.
How do we end up in shitty relationships time and again? Bad choices or is it because we don’t feel we deserve good ones?
If we are lamenting the loss of the “best thing that ever happened to us,” is it because we just couldn’t deal with someone that good? In other words were we not good enough?
I think so. Sometimes the reason easiest to explain is spot on. My feeling is this one is.
A couple more really good Post Secrets that you’ll need to click to appreciate are just below. Make sure you vist the Post Secret site for many more!
Beautiful
As a woman of size I relate to this quite strongly.
Unhappiness
This Post Secret makes me ask all kinds of questions. How old is this person? Is it a guy or a girl?
Does this person even fully appreciate how far the feminist movement goes back through the last century?
Are they lamenting the 1970’s feminist movement or the 1920’s Suffrage Movement which paved the way for women to have the right to vote?
Was this person a feminist- be they male or female- and the choices they made as a feminist somehow ruined their life?
In the end all I can realy ask is WTH (what the heck?).
This Post Secret made me chuckle as I too went through an unfortunate time in my life when I had to shill things on eBay. Let’s just say that I broke even. There will always be some very difficult people in the world and they unfortunately buy off of eBay, too.
So, though I did not say an actual prayer before sending off my packages I did make a silent wish that the item–a book usually–1. would get into the buyer’s hands, 2. safely, 3. in the agreed upon time frame.
Hoping for good feedback was pie-in-the sky though I always left it for the buyer. There were a couple of neutral and one negative rating in possibly a thousand transactions there and through other book suppliers over the years. I left with a 99 percent I think or 98 point almost 99. Whatever.
I can totally understand the need to pray over sending out a package you’ve sold through eBay.
In closing, the seller feedback from the customer counts towards the seller’s worth. The buyer feedback does nothing to their rating therefore there can be no bad buyers on eBay. Only bad sellers. So sayeth eBay, who I rarely bought from and now, never would buy from. You are a sap if you do. Surf the ‘net–find another reputable seller. They are out there.
(Just look at how eBay’s Paypal–the owned-by-eBay financial entity, works. <eyeroll>)
One more Post Secret from this week. Be sure to check out the rest of the Post Secret’s at their site.
I am the world’s worst typist. No, truly I am and I am willing to admit it. Though I did learn to type many years ago, it didn’t really take.
I skated through and it really shows when I’m at the keyboard trying to compose and I spend more time fooling around with the keys and correcting my errors than I do spending time actually thinking about what I’m composing. Or I end up spending 12 or 14 hours in a day on doing both– putting a lot of time into my composition, then more time doing the corrections. This obviously was frustrating for me, but I hadn’t really thought of an alternative to just putting up with it. However, what I’m doing at the moment is usingDragon Naturally Speaking, Edition10 and I’m getting to really like it, in fact, maybe even lovin’ it. Sorry, couldn’t resist. This software frees me from the keyboard and that’s truly liberating. I’m not all hunched over– my shoulders are not tense. My mind is able to focus on the subject at hand, which is composing and relaying that to the screen. So I can publish it and it’s really that simple, though I was making it very complicated for myself. I’m totally jazzed to be able to make my life more simple and make blogging much more enjoyable!
I read the NYTimes.com each day and that was where I first heard of Dragon 10th Edition. This New York Times Review is quite entertaining.
I have spent quite a bit of time with Dragon and I can vouch for the fact that it can be quite fun. Take the test. You know you want to!
Well that was not too bad. I just changed the template to my blog and it has not yet been very painful. I’m uncertain about whether some code made the transition smoothly but I’ll know for sure by tonight and if it didn’t it won’t be world-ending–it’s fixable.
Regardless, the template that I fell in love with almost a year ago, though quite striking didn’t really have the bells and whistles to meet my needs. This one has an issue that if I can truly figure out how to adjust the code I’ll fix up but I’m loathe to start monkeying with code for fear of messing “everything” up.
I know weather talk is frowned upon but damn! it’s getting cold.
Last night was the first night when I walked Raven that the temperatures were so low that my eyes watered. And it was only 50 degrees! I’d forgotten how overly-sensitive my eyes are to the “cold.” I wish I’d remembered to be thankful over the summer for the lack of runny nose and watery eyes. <sigh> It’s gonna be a long one.
This is my favourite Post Secret because despite appearances to the contrary, it’s content is the least startling.
I don’t anticipate having the above post card-writer’s problem because my spouse is one of 7 kids, including three girls. Since he’s a guy spouse gets off the hook a lot easier. I think the postcard author should start checking her area for nice old folk’s communities.
There is some heavy stuff this week at Post Secret . From a couple about guy’s (sorry) body excretions, to sex offending to g-strings to sex tapes to pubic hair. It seems that Frank loosely focused on body characteristics and functions with a couple strange ones like the one who thinks of what zoo animals taste like when at the zoo (a hunter, perhaps?) tossed in for good measure.
There were actually only two upbeat ones, total–you can visit the site to see all the rest atPost Secret.
Why? First I’m not really a game player, no cards really (unless you count “Uno),” no gambling, maybe a bit of backgammon but no chess. I will play Monopoly, Clue and Scrabble. But both kids liked playing Clue for quite a while–which is the next plus–almost anyone can play. No one likes feeling stupid whilst playing a game. I don’t, anyway. So if I can feel like I have a chance to win once in a while that’s good with me.
Clue for me is easy, enjoyable– “It was Miss Scarlett in the Hallway with the Candlestick,” and I can win sometimes.
The conclusion I’ve drawn after reading the directives of a number of fashion- advice sources is that pantyhose are ugly and old-fashioned and should only be worn under duress. OK. Maybe that’s a slight exaggeration about the duress part but stay with me. The experts say that pantyhose are out of fashion–even in the working world. A woman is to go bare-legged when she wears both daytime and evening wear. But there is a giant caveat and that is you must not let any blemishes, nicks, discolorations, or scars show when you go bare-legged.
One way to help hide discolourations and other reminders that you are not a department store manikin is to go to a tanning spa and let the orangey goodness of a fake tan serve to cover you up.
That’s great but what about those of us that have a scar or two accumulated from <gasp> being somewhat active in our lifetime? Looking down at my stems I immediately notice the round dime-size scar on my left knee that I acquired when racing my 10-speed bike down a hill on our street–then promptly wiping out upon getting to the bottom and hitting patch of loose gravel. Dad made the choice that I needed no stitches. Looking at it as I sit here I have to think that the scar would be slightly less “offensive” if we’d gotten sewn it up. Also, after years of outdoor activity I have bug bites that turned to scabs and then in the process of shaving had the scabs knocked off too many times and now are permanent. I also bear the scars of a really bad case of poison sumac that I acquired whilst clearing brush at my parent’s home.
Need I go on? My legs show the evidence of a life lived and of my unwillingness to sport orange legs.
The only way I could come close to the criteria of what the fashionistas demand of bare-leggedness is to use a heavy duty cover-stick. Why would I go to that kind of trouble not to mention expense just to measure up to what the current dictators of fashion say I should?
I think Frank cheated or something because there were a lot of really great Post Secret’s tonight/this week.
It was truly hard to pick just one so you must, after reading why I picked this one (hopefully appreciating it, too) go visit Frank at the link above to see more.
The bride and groom one grabbed my attention because I actually know someone getting hitched this weekend and I thought oh no! for a second–then checked the date and nope! Not her! LOL! I’m pretty sure it’s a done deal with her and she’s off honeymooning in the woods of Maine.
Anyway the bride and groom Post Secret postcard is not my very favourite. There was a 4-way tie so I’ll do a couple thumbnails then you can visit Frank’s page and see the whole bunch.
Moving along. The second tied for first place as my favourite Post Secret this week. Drumroll…
Intriguing withdrawal symptoms
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To LOL or not?
OMG this made me LOL
The Disney ones made me laugh–though the tripping on ’shrooms at Disneyland is not all that uncommon for people of a certain age to do at least once. And Goofy probably was looking at this person because obviously intoxicated or high people get tossed out of the parkat Disneyland. Just another reason why I love my Magic Kingdom. <3
I finally have a truly new PostSecret to share! It’s been at least a month since one grabbed me enough to write about.
Here's to you, Mrs.Robinson
First off, The Graduate from which this publicity shot is taken, is a great movie. It thrust Dustin Hoffman into the spotlight and he truly began his ascent to stardom. Anne Bancroft who was superb in this role, will forever be remembered as a very sexy, seductive 40-something, despite the fact that she was only 36 at the time. Back in 1967, when this film was made, a woman over the age of 35 just wasn’t looked at in that way. It was part of an era when woman of this age cohort had one role to play: mom or even grandma! But a desirable woman–and a seductress to boot?! It was unique, to say the least.
I think the sentiment on the card is rather cute. Age barriers have broken down so much, I have to wonder if when the writer of the postcard “grows up” it will be the least bit scandalous for a 20-years-older woman to have an affair with a young guy.
Or maybe it’s the continuous rescue, the superdefense or the moisture surge?
Are they making any difference at all because they are costing me a small fortune?!
About ten years ago I started trying over the counter anti-aging products but a few years in started using Clinique’s anti-aging, puffiness (”puffs”)reducers, dark circles minimizers and fine lines and skin-stresses relievers.
But I’m not happy with Clinique’s refusal to get on board with the reduce the packaging initiative within the cosmetics industry. They say it’s a part of their branding image and to give it up would mean giving up a large chunk of their image. But don’t they have confidence in their products? I really like most everything I’ve purchased from them as I have really sensitive skin and one product of theirs in particular is the only one of it’s type that I can use effectively.
C’mon Clinique, get with the program. I don’t care if the packaging of my jar of triple action moisturizer doesn’t look like a Christmas gift! EDIT/ from what I can find on the net, Wikipedia specifically, Clinique is said to currently be “changing” their packaging. I have a bunch of it and only one looks a bit lighter. What they seem to be doing is as they introduce new products they are already in the “changed” packaging. Hmm.
