From Bookslut's interview with Ian Rankin:
Being a frustrated rock star -- and let’s face it, most male crime writers are -- it’s terrific to actually get up there with proper musicians and play some gigs versus standing up in a bookshop reading from a book.Posted by Dr. Frank at April 10, 2005 05:20 PM | TrackBack
A Shaggs reference! My Pal Foot-foot can't be far behind!
Posted by: Emerson at April 18, 2005 10:47 PMi just want to be skinnyer. i want to be prettyer. i hate all of this fat. i think i am ugly and guys don't want to be around me. do you have a tips to help?
Posted by: melissa at December 13, 2005 01:12 AMI know what it is like to have those thoughts. However, you are never going to be happy about yourself until you can learn to accept and love yourself the way you are right now. If you don't learn to accept yourself the way you are, you are always going to want to lose that last 5-10lbs. It's never going to be enough unless you learn to be comfortable in your skin the way you are right now, right at this moment.
And about guys not wanting to be around you, that's just bull. Guys don't want to be around you because of the way you feel about yourself. Men respond to confidence. A woman who has confidence in herself who may have plain features and a few extra pounds is far more attractive and alluring to a man than a skinny, beautiful girl who hates herself. Guys may not be that intuned to women, they're off most of the time, lets face it, but the one thing they are right on, 100% tuned into is that they are attracted to confidence!
So suck it up and start loving yourself and the people around you will start to take notice...even if you dont drop a pound.
Posted by: Shell at March 15, 2006 09:07 PM