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| Mon, 02-21-2005 - 8:01pm |
While I was in the grocery store I flipped through the new Sports Illustrated. It's this year's swimsuit issue. Here are my random thoughts:
1. Who pays $336 for a see-through barely there shirt thing?
2. Do they really work out to look like that or are they born that way?
3. Why am I not Brazilian???
4. Last year's Pella Iowa layout is still my favorite....lol.
This is the one that got me depressed - Mark McGwire and his wife are featured in one photo:
5. Why does she have to look like a freakin' porn star? Ruins my image of him. Just a little.
6. It should have been me.
7. She's really had two kids? Man!
Clearly, I have too much time on my hands. I should be devoted to the gym, going bleach blonde and never ever have to worry about dating.
Lisa
Edited 2/21/2005 8:07 pm ET ET by lisapeake

Lisa,
They really don't look like that....it's airbrushed. And, it's out there to make the rest of us feel inadequate. :-)
ABM
I LOVE YOU MAAAAAAAAAAN!
(sniff, sniff, crushing hug)
Hey! You posted this at 9:40 pm! Why weren't you in chat??
>>3. Why am I not Brazilian???<<
Hehe, if it's any consolation, I'm Brazilian and I don't look like that!
Um, bad news: SI doesn't airbrush their swimsuit edition shots.
They've always prided themselves on getting the most gorgeous girls and using the best photographers, and they really go to those locales and shoot. On that day, through that lens, those girls really did look like that.
What I like/hate best about the swimsuit issue is the angry, pious, righteous letters that they always get afterwards. "How dare you show such horrible nudity, objectifying females, my little boy Johnny saw those pictures and now is emotionally scarred for life, blah blah blah..."
It's the SWIMSUIT EDITION. It's famous! It comes out every stinkin' year in February! If you don't like it don't buy it!
The people that write those whiny letters are like someone who gets rip-snorting drunk, then complains the next day about their hangover. Um, did someone MAKE you drink those 9 tequila sunrises? Yeah, didn't think so.
I hate those letters because there are people who're really stupid enough to think that they're going to make any difference at all, and I hate that people are stupid enough to blame their problems on the magazine.
But I love those letters because, well, it's entertaining to read how stupid other people can be- makes me feel better about my own stupidity/hypocrisy. :)