Wow. I never knew you were a [del] girl [/del] woman,** Elbows**. I’ve just always respected you as a substantial disembodied internet intellect.
Hey, Attack from the 3rd dimension, you made my day, this;
“substantial disembodied internet intellect”, cracked me up!
I might have to put it on a t shirt!
I get royalty payments from two natural gas wells. They tend to give me between $200 and $300 per month.
They also make our taxes a lot more difficult.
I have a job that I like where I put in maybe 10 hours of actual work per week on average but I still get paid for 40 hours. I sometimes really feel guilty about it though. Darn Catholic upbringing.
Similar problem here. I absent-mindedly bitched to someone that my boat, rv, and airplane were all in the shop at the same time (grousing about maintenance bills). Sympathy was not forthcoming.
In retrospect I think I was ADD in my school years. But since it didn’t exist then I didn’t get much alibi mileage out of it. Instead I was told to keep my mouth shut and concentrate.
Turns out it was a good deal for me. I learned how to keep my mouth shut and concentrate.
Actually, I’ve never found sympathy very helpful in my problems. But a little empathy now and then - never can have too much of that!
I’m a bit hungover this morning. I had a great fun night with a few friends last night, and now I must pay the price. I have no one to blame but myself, and no one has sympathy for a hungover person. 
That’s not true! Hang on, I’ll be right over with a brass band to cheer you up! 
Not me, but this woman.
Intellectually, I get that she has a real problem, I really do. What’s happened to her is awful, and shouldn’t be allowed. But emotionally, I just want her dead due to complications from extreme obesity.
Right. I think it’s the dance company’s name and she just rents a room at Dance Oasis on Saturday mornings.
Exactly what I came to this thread to post. Hah. Link with pictures.
Ms. Lorenzana has the thin equivalent of my figure, and apparently hasn’t learned how to dress in a manner that doesn’t call attention to it. Turtlenecks draw more attention to a large chest, and sometimes the neckline does have to dip a tiny bit to draw attention away from a large chest, strangely enough. Also, if the photos are any indication, her wardrobe choices are really only questionable because the clothes portrayed are all aimed at emphasizing what curves she has. Her face isn’t “knockout” pretty, IMO, and there are plenty of ways to make your looks not be the dominant part of your personality that people remember. At the same time, I can sympathize with her but resent her nonetheless for the tone and wording of her statements because there seems to be this implication that she has no control over how seriously people take her because of her figure. It sucks to be noticed as “the hot chick”, and it sucks equally to be “the really smart hot chick”, if only for the fact that it’s doubly intimidating for some, but many of the drawbacks of both can be overcome with having at least a little bit of humility and down-to-earth aspects of one’s personality. Neither of the two latter qualities seem to be a major part of Ms. Lorenzana’s projected demeanor in either article.
**Skald **doesn’t give a crap. Sometimes he starts threads with very vague topics to see what’ll stick. This is one of his endearing habits, as opposed to the annoying one of speaking of himself in the third person. Someone will eventually smack him for that.
Getting back to the OP: Because I am hyperthyroid, I am thin, and I cannot keep weight on.
I’ve lost 70+ pounds in the last year and change and had to buy all new skinny clothes. Poor me.
When I worked in porn, it regularly alternated between stressful and boring. Looking at naked women all day can be quite an effort.
My Ex-Wife had this problem:
She went to an R-rated movie on her 35th birthday and was carded.
Oh, I have sympathy for you. My best friend from college has hyperthyroidism, and she has enough attendant difficulties that I know she doesn’t consider her lack of mass any sort of blessing.
I seem to have acquired many more pairs of shoes than I have storage for.
You know, you may be right about her face not being knockout pretty…I actually think her face is knockout pretty, particularly in that first photo…but it really isn’t about that sometimes.
She seems to have just this really, smokey, sexy, sensual thing going on. It is a demeanor that just comes off on some people, and I don’t think they can help it! They should be able to wear what they like, without worrying about wardrobe tricks to ‘play down’ their curves.
I have always thought this woman, whom I never heard of until Top Chef started, was impossibly sexy. She is just judging the risotto innocently, but she is radiating sex appeal. Something emanates from her, and I bet if she was a banker, she may have a few of the same issues that the woman in that article has. It’s like, at a certain point of hotness, some people are expected to go to Hollywood or something. If they decide to stay amongst the mere mortals and just get a normal job, well, they had better learn all the tricks of playing down their hotness. Shirt must be cut not too low, but don’t dare try to have a turtleneck on either…learn the perfect tiny v-neck cut that will downplay your sexiness. Grrr. That is enough to make me sympathize with her.
