Life is ass today and why Oprah needs to GTFO
It's my PMS week, so little minor annoyances today have seemed a lot, lot worse. For instance, as a new hire, I'm ineligible for vacation time, which basically means only one paycheck in December because of the holidays. I booked a train home for the 24th, because work's December calendar said we were closed that day. Today, I was told we're actually open that day and the calendar was wrong. This is the second time we have received an incorrect calendar from the main office. I'll have to call in that day and lose even more money. Also, I still do not have a permanent hire letter. If I don't have it by noon tomorrow, I cannot get my stipend money til mid-January. That's $2,000 I've been waiting for for about 3 months now. Okay, maybe these annoyances aren't all that minor.
Oh, and Oprah "I am worthless now that I weigh 200 lbs" Winfrey can suck it. This is from Jezebel: "...there's another issue here: Fat-shaming. With those two words, "I'm embarrassed," Oprah makes plus-sized people - and yes, that includes me - feel like they should be embarrassed, too. Because Oprah is amazing, and Oprah knows all. So if Oprah weighs 200 lbs. and is embarrassed then you'd better be ashamed of yourself if you're anywhere near or over that weight, right?"
A-fucking-men. She's fat, I'm fat, the world is fucking fat. Deal. Live your life. You are far more than the sum of your adipose tissue. I don't really have anything else to say, because this story has already been beaten to death.
In fact, still on the fat subject, one of my coworkers signed up for a gym this week, and went for the first time today, where she met her trainer who she got a free session with when she registered. This trainer, totally out of the blue said to my coworker when she was leaving, "I'll see you later so we can work on that butt of yours." My coworker never mentioned that she wanted to work on her butt and was incredibly offended, and ended up calling to cancel the training session. She's an average size, so this really makes me wonder how I'd be viewed or treated if I joined a gym around here.
In other random news, I was at a demonstration at City Hall on Tuesday to protest the closing of some NYC public daycares, and wound up getting my picture in some Chinese newspaper.
Oh, and Oprah "I am worthless now that I weigh 200 lbs" Winfrey can suck it. This is from Jezebel: "...there's another issue here: Fat-shaming. With those two words, "I'm embarrassed," Oprah makes plus-sized people - and yes, that includes me - feel like they should be embarrassed, too. Because Oprah is amazing, and Oprah knows all. So if Oprah weighs 200 lbs. and is embarrassed then you'd better be ashamed of yourself if you're anywhere near or over that weight, right?"
A-fucking-men. She's fat, I'm fat, the world is fucking fat. Deal. Live your life. You are far more than the sum of your adipose tissue. I don't really have anything else to say, because this story has already been beaten to death.
In fact, still on the fat subject, one of my coworkers signed up for a gym this week, and went for the first time today, where she met her trainer who she got a free session with when she registered. This trainer, totally out of the blue said to my coworker when she was leaving, "I'll see you later so we can work on that butt of yours." My coworker never mentioned that she wanted to work on her butt and was incredibly offended, and ended up calling to cancel the training session. She's an average size, so this really makes me wonder how I'd be viewed or treated if I joined a gym around here.
In other random news, I was at a demonstration at City Hall on Tuesday to protest the closing of some NYC public daycares, and wound up getting my picture in some Chinese newspaper.