In Search of my Body...Not The One I ate...#3 "Crowning Goddesses As We Go"

[Dizneydawn]

okay - gotta ask a question...

I am completely offended by the new Brooke Shields Volkwagon commercials...in fact their is a link on the the pages here for a full video commercial on it...

1st of all...

She is a woman who went through post pardum depression...and she is making light of children being brought into this world...when some kids are killed by woman who suffer from this....the rate of teenage pregnancies....etc etc...I just think Volkwagon did a poor job with getting their message accross...

I get it is about the fact you do not need a mess of kids to buy their new vehicle...that you do not need to be a parent to get into a new sudo mini van..get it...

#2 is the fact I had at least 8 relatives die in the Halocaust..and no I am no perfect person...and I make light of situatuions with a smart mouth all the time...but the whole phrase of ..."breeding babies for German engineering" is a little unsettling.

My mom's Dad was a Jew from Romania/France...my Dad's dad was a full blooded German one step from the boat and served in WWII for America...against his cousins...so I have both sides in me...don't hate or love one side more than the other...but I just could not believe that no one saw some flaws in this marketing campaign...

Brooke is also someone I recently met and Tupperware's new "Chain of Confidence" spokeswoman who is supposed to stand up for girls and empower them to be successfull women and mothers...in this commercial she is ridiculing women...stalking them...who are pregnant...questioning why they really had a baby...making fun of how crowded maternity wards are etc...

Anyway...just thought I would gather opinions... here is the link...hit..watch Routan Boom story...

http://www.vw.com/routan/en/us/?pageID=29604579&adID=207572656

 

[goofyfan-12]

PAULA! Two words...

GODDESS CROWN!

So happy for you! What a great loss!

Paula, that is AWESOME. I am so proud of you!!!

Congrats!!

Paula - Skinny R US!!!

Paula - A loss. A loss. Ding Ding Ding. Yaay for you. And your card analogy - hi lar ious!

Thanks everyone for your support.... This past week's loss was hard faught given everything that was going on...

On a side note, the guys in my office are laughing hysterically at me this morning because I have no voice and am squeaking.... I am not going to live this one down quickly....

oh well, payback is a b!tch....

Have a great day everyone... I am off for yet another cup of tea...

Paula

Dawn - welcome back.... your humor has been missed...

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Paula - what happened to your voice?

Dawn - I took it like the advertising wanted. Tongue in Cheek. But I am an advertising blessing. I find commercials so amusing.

This thread is proof of how different everyone is. Like this upsets Dawn. I am pretty laid back and let things roll, except for when the conversation turns to idiot men. We all have our own buttons.

ok, off to the dreadmill. &*(&#(%$&(!!!

 

[MunkyMe13]

Paula - A loss. A loss. Ding Ding Ding. Yaay for you. And your card analogy - hi lar ious!

Dawn - yaay for you. A. losing weight and b. back to posting. I missed your funny and honest take. More please.

E - yes, she is way more willing than I to put in the hard work. At the end of every day I say "screw it" and she's still up working.

Sarah - I wonder what new muscles will hurt this morning.

Ok, trying my darndest to get my house straighted up, like 6 loads of laundry to fold, workout and shower before 10am!

Later taters.

No new muscles hurt today since I did workout pretty hard last week... However my quads do kind of still feel like jello... lol...

 

[goofyfan-12]

Paula - what happened to your voice?

Dawn - I took it like the advertising wanted. Tongue in Cheek. But I am an advertising blessing. I find commercials so amusing.

This thread is proof of how different everyone is. Like this upsets Dawn. I am pretty laid back and let things roll, except for when the conversation turns to idiot men. We all have our own buttons.

ok, off to the dreadmill. &*(&#(%$&(!!!

Lyz - don't know what happened to the voice... it starting going yesterday afternoon... this has happened before (about once every 3 - 4 years it seems) so it is probably allergies or something like that... I tell people that my voice decided to take a vacation without me... maybe it couldn't wait the 48 days until my Disney trip so it left early to scope things out....

Anyways - it will be back soon...

Paula

 

[HockeyKat]

PAULA!!! I am so proud of you. What an accomplishment. Not taking solace in food is such a step forward!

Sarah I have done those 30 day shreds before... owwie.

I need to start going to bed before 2AM. Well, I didn't get home from hockey until after 1... my entire lower body is SCREAMING at me.

 

[MunkyMe13]

PAULA!!! I am so proud of you. What an accomplishment. Not taking solace in food is such a step forward!

Sarah I have done those 30 day shreds before... owwie.

I need to start going to bed before 2AM. Well, I didn't get home from hockey until after 1... my entire lower body is SCREAMING at me.

At least you know you got a good workout

 

[3DisneyKids]

In this day of creative marketing and advertising, marketers are challenged with making their ad and their campaign seem unique and memorable. VW has done that here. It is not about whether or not you like and ad, it is about whether or not you pay attention to and remember an ad. Thus, in VW;s opinion, this ad is a huge success. Dawn hates the ad...they don't care. She watched it. And then she got other people to watch it, too. Massive victory for them.

VW is known for its non-standard marketing techniques (remember the Da-da-da.... commercials) and I think this is another one of them. No one understood that commercial yet it was heralded as marketing genius. While this ad may not attain the genius label of its predecessor, it is still going to be considered a good ad in terms of recognition and retention.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

I'd love to take one of your classes.

 

[Dizneydawn]

In this day of creative marketing and advertising, marketers are challenged with making their ad and their campaign seem unique and memorable. VW has done that here. It is not about whether or not you like and ad, it is about whether or not you pay attention to and remember an ad. Thus, in VW;s opinion, this ad is a huge success. Dawn hates the ad...they don't care. She watched it. And then she got other people to watch it, too. Massive victory for them.

VW is known for its non-standard marketing techniques (remember the Da-da-da.... commercials) and I think this is another one of them. No one understood that commercial yet it was heralded as marketing genius. While this ad may not attain the genius label of its predecessor, it is still going to be considered a good ad in terms of recognition and retention.

Okay - you are right...and I let them win...AARGH!!!

so does that mean if I walk to the grocery store in a speedo..any attention is good attention???

Just kidding...for all you shoppers scared to death right now!

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

PAULA ~ Great News! You did great this week!

Dawn I watched the on on TV and I didn't get it either! But I just said oh well and fast forwarded through the rest!

Kat really you must sleep! I have been burning the candles at both ends and I realized when I sat for five minutes and fell asleep that my body is in desperate need of sleep. I am now coming home from work and going to bed!

I went to that wake today... I got thinking this was the youngest person's wake/funeral that I had ever been to! It was so sad there were so many kids there. The line was out the door when we left and there was no parking cars were parking for a mile up the road! I just wanted to yell at these kids and say SEE WHAT DRUGS DO TO YOU!
I also found out today that ummm my clothes are all to big. I put on a shirt for the wake and it hung off of me , so I changed and put a different shirt on and that one was just as big. to bad my A$$ hasn't lost any inches! Still wearing the same old pants!

Ok kids are starving..... god I wish they were in school! Then it's off to the orthopedics for sam I will update later on that!

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

OH for anyone that wants to come LOL I am having a party on the 25th bon fire and all. come one come all!
LYZ I will open the pool for you! It may be a tad bit cold but I will open it if you come!!!

 

[goofyfan-12]

OH for anyone that wants to come LOL I am having a party on the 25th bon fire and all. come one come all!
LYZ I will open the pool for you! It may be a tad bit cold but I will open it if you come!!!

hmm... I do love a good bonfire... how far away are you again????

Congrats on the tops being too big... that is a good thing... The folks at JC told me that the belly is the last to shrink when you are losing weight, but it will shrink... stick with it... (I was whining about how I lost 2 - 3 sizes on top but on only one on the bottom....)

Paula

 

[MunkyMe13]

PAULA ~ Great News! You did great this week!

Dawn I watched the on on TV and I didn't get it either! But I just said oh well and fast forwarded through the rest!

Kat really you must sleep! I have been burning the candles at both ends and I realized when I sat for five minutes and fell asleep that my body is in desperate need of sleep. I am now coming home from work and going to bed!

I went to that wake today... I got thinking this was the youngest person's wake/funeral that I had ever been to! It was so sad there were so many kids there. The line was out the door when we left and there was no parking cars were parking for a mile up the road! I just wanted to yell at these kids and say SEE WHAT DRUGS DO TO YOU!
I also found out today that ummm my clothes are all to big. I put on a shirt for the wake and it hung off of me , so I changed and put a different shirt on and that one was just as big. to bad my A$$ hasn't lost any inches! Still wearing the same old pants!

Ok kids are starving..... god I wish they were in school! Then it's off to the orthopedics for sam I will update later on that!

I know what you mean... I had to get rid of a ton of clothes... some even still had tags

 

[lisaviolet]

Jumping in quickly and not for all you other chickies. Only for Paula!!!


Paula!!!! Congratulations on your week. Superstar. Lovely


And I do 30 day shread....ummmm...enjoy. Actually, kidding. I love it really. But it's in rotation of manyso I'm not cursing her too much . Anyway Paula - outstanding week. Nice.

Lisa

 

[3DisneyKids]

I have news. The new jeans arrived today. I went upstairs immediately to try them on. I knew that they would be too tight, but I wanted to see how tight they would be.

Um, they fit. Size 4. They like really FIT. I would be more excited, but I am still stunned. I am wearing them now...circulation is not cut off. Pretty comfortable. Just....stunned.

 

[lisaviolet]

I have news. The new jeans arrived today. I went upstairs immediately to try them on. I knew that they would be too tight, but I wanted to see how tight they would be.

Um, they fit. Size 4. They like really FIT. I would be more excited, but I am still stunned. I am wearing them now...circulation is not cut off. Pretty comfortable. Just....stunned.

Fanfippintastic Erika

 

[lisaviolet]

I have more to say. That's so wonderful Erika. See the scale matters in some ways and then it simply doesn't matter. At all.

You've been talking about holding on to the last few pounds. I can hear your frustration of working so hard and then this - this is what really matters. Size. Not 4 for everyone of course. But a 4 for you. Where you feel good for you, for your body. Size we all feel good at for us and our body types.

I'm so happy for you Erika. That's wonderful. I can almost see you walking around loving your fours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So great.

Okay, I'll shut up now. Or not. Yeah!!!!!

 

[amykab]

Great news about the jeans, Erika!!

I've been reading and keeping up just not posting. I'm in a bit of a funk, as of tomorrow I could be laid off at anytime and definitely before the end of the year. We do have a plan so I am not too worried about the financial impact, but it still stinks to get laid off. And the coirker drama has gotten so high school. I am so over it. Everyone is in their 30's. Grow up. for example, the other 3 members of our group went to a local job fair a couple weeks ago, and failed to mention it to me and another coworker. I could see maybe not discussing like really specific jobs you might be applying for, but a job fair where it is kinda open to everyone. And one coworker even went so far as to tell me she was at home from work because her DS was super sick. Whatever.

In the long run, being at a new job, maybe only working part time will be a very good thing for me as an individual and for our family. It just sucks right now.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Thanks! Amy, sorry about the impending job doom. Sounds like you have a positive outlook on the situation.

Is it wrong that I am drinking an apple martini at 4:30 pm on a Tuesday?

And NANCY--waiting for the week-end report!