That picture is fabulous. It looks like you caught the essence of her spirit.

or you could say "fuck it!" and be happy. I took this while in Cuba.

Ah, this is pretty much exactly what I was thinking about. (Sorry I didn't see your comment before I posted mine.)

To me vain is an empty criticism because we all do some things out of vanity, as is cheap because we all try to save money in some way.

I wonder what might be the mental/emotional impact of purposely not smiling.

These are the three paragraphs preceding the two I quoted...

You know she's Russian, right? :) First generation English. But Russian. She's a woman after your own heart, Gella!

First thought: Man, she's freaking cool.

I would win that prize. I poop like a fucking champ. It's really my only talent.

Me, struggling like little Batman to make that sweet money ( I suffer from chronic constipation)

Me, making that sweet money.

I've seen it lumped in with ED-NOS. ED-NOS is basically just a catch-all for anyone with food issues that isn't bulimic or clinically anorexic. This is why it's the most commonly diagnosed eating disorder.

Poll for the Jezzies:

I can tell you from experience that this is definitely a thing. I was a very unhealthy overweight adolescent. I went vegetarian in high school becuase I wanted to be healthier and I always felt wierd about eating animals. I started to loose weight and felt better. After a few years I wanted to try going vegan it felt…

I grew up with a mother who was orthorexic before it was cool (hipster orthorexic?). As well as no carb, no red food coloring, and a whole lot of other insane rules, there was a particularly fun one about only eating fruit that started with the letter M (in Portuguese), and of course, mandatory Friday fasting, not for…

I wonder if people with Orthorexia feel like they do have an eating disorder. I was bulimic for fucking ever and that was..... obvious to me that I needed treatment. To say the least. But I wonder how much an orthorexic would feel they even needed to be treated. Not that this is a reason not to include it, since…

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