Pity Pretty People

You know what, I feel bad for pretty people.
 
Say what you want, but it’s very hard to be pretty, or handsome, or gorgeous or insert adjective here.
 
I’m sure there are many of you out there pulling facing, shouting What?!?, and dismissing me as certifiably insane.
 
“It’s so easy to be pretty, you always look good”
“People [...]

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Normal is…

I was speaking to my friend, and I can’t remember the course of the conversation, but I ended up mentioning something I had heard on John Schaefer’s “New Sounds” podcast. It was at this point that my friend told me that I needed new pastimes, normal ones. No podcasts, no blogging, mo more drawing on [...]

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Flawed Perspective

I rip people apart.
 
I dissect their face, their body, their wardrobe, their personality.
 
Not to be mean, not to gossip, just out of plain old curiosity.
 
Very often, I’ll look at someone, and very rudely in my head go,
 
“I’d never be able to live with her nose/calves/teeth/stomach etc., how do they deal with it?”
 
And then I [...]

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Ride to Beauty

You know there are those days where you just feel ugly. Your skin is blotchy, and makes your nose look bigger. Your hair seems to have been inspired by a peacock; your eyes are drooping because you haven’t slept in three days. You’re feeling fat and your shoes are hurting you…forget about the fact that [...]

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