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[vicar]

Ugh, I wrote a post at work about work, but can't post it from that location so... It'll get pasted later

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Mirror Mirror On the Wall

[wantedonvoyage]

I feel your pain. Dealing with stupid aches and pains and doctors saying, in effect "You're old; it's to be expected."

Our hotel room in Boston had one of these. It was both horrifying and a new must-get:

Re: Mirror Mirror On the Wall

[vicar]

I tried to show my gf one of those and she made HORRORFACE. I'm not going to get one, but the effects are amazing.

I do know I used to find people pretty - but I know a couple hours near them and I go from "I want to lick you" to "How do so many hairs grow on your face?"

That horrormirror made me realize...pores. omg pores.

Re: Mirror Mirror On the Wall

[wantedonvoyage]

That horrormirror made me realize...pores. omg pores.

Yea. The Professor turned me on to St. Ives apricot scrub. It also helps a lot as a pre-shave if you're prone to rashing up, like I am.

Re: Mirror Mirror On the Wall

[vicar]

Nice - I learned rubbing alcohol and scrubbing, yup.

[kanzeon_2040]

I whine to my therapist about aging and death and he says variously, "Do you really want to live forever?" or "Isn't it really about maintaining quality of life for as long as you can?"

Sigh. On the one hand I want to panic about it, on the other hand what is there really to do but flow down the river into the ocean?

[vicar]

It doesn't scare me, but the signs of death have nudged me to knowing it's not optional like it once felt. I try to find the comfort I've heard from some people who note "We had our turn - let the next generation try now." I can see gazing at the world from my porch in my future.

Hope I don't fall into the "gazing at the world through Fox/Maddow in my living room" trap.