| Wednesday, February 21, 2007 |
| theme park fun |
So over the weekend, I was kind enough to accompany a friend on trips to Wet 'n' Wild and Sea World.. she and her brother both got a three park super pass for christmas and they planned on going to all three together, but at the last minute he decided to bring his girlfriend to Wet 'n' Wild (thus, leaving my friend without a partner for all the rides) and pulled out of Sea World all together. So I stepped in and saved the day! With my trusty creditcard, of course... who has that sort of cash just lying around? Not me!
The wet, running-around-all-day nature of Wet 'n' Wild meant I didn't get any pictures of that day, but here are a few highlights of Sea World for your enjoyment!
 Arial view of the shark pool - just gorgeous!  Penguins - totally cute, but motherf'n stinky!!  Nicole and I with our 3D glasses!    The only decent dolphin shot I got - it's hard to get one of them coming out of the water rather than going in!  Me and the PowerPuff girls! The highlight of my day! I have some awesome pictures of the polar bears too, but my camera battery died before I could copy them. I also have GREAT video footage of the polar bears play fighting, but I can't put it on YouTube cos the file size is too big. Does anyone know how to resize videos?! Anyone? IT ninja's, I'm lookin' at you!
At the end of the day we were passing one of the dolphin pools and we stopped to look over the edge and see if anyone would come say hello... luckily enough, two of them came around and started playing with us, swimming around and jumping and waving and stuff. It was great! We were so close I could almost touch them. I never realised they were so BIG! They weigh over 200kgs! Crazy.
I know that's all ramblings - I can't seem to make sense of what I'm thinking - but I guess my point is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To me, there are so many girls I see whose figures I admire and aspire to, but those girls are probably admiring and aspiring to someone else's bodies. It seems crazy! Is anyone ever happy with their figures in this society? Will I ever be?
I know when I was at 86kgs I wasn't happy with my body at all - I still thought I was way too fat, and there were flabby bits in all the wrong places.. But now, I would kill to be that size again. I can look back and realise I had a gorgeous body back then! It wasn't perfect, and yes it was still 10kgs higher than the healthy weight range, but I looked good!! Will I still be unsatisfied with my body at goal weight? Who knows. Maybe this time around I'll have more perspective, though... |
posted by Jac @ 10:42 AM  |
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hindsight is 20/20, isn't it? I look back at my teenage body (which, like you, was still out of the healthy range), and wonder why I didn't realise how good I had it at the time!
You're right- there really aren't many 'perfect' girls around, everyone has problems in one place or another, be it fat, cellulite or random bones sticking out through the skin.
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It's so true Jac!!
All the girls I think are "perfect" are probabaly as insecure as me about the way they look. If you ever come across someone who truly loves the way they look they are almost never "perfect" but are just completley attractive because they are so comfortable and confident in their own skin.
I'm really starting to figure out that the whole idea of basing my entire happiness in the exterior of "me" is entirely pointless because I will never be exactly how I want to be, no one has absolutely nothing they wouldn't chnage about themselves if they could. I think maybe if I just play the cards I'm dealt and just enjoy being a really good person then I reckon it will be a much more worthwhile existance.
You are simply lovely the exact way you already are, just start trying to believe it yourself :D
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Sea World is quite nice... I loved the shark exhibit (and great photo of said exhibit) and that 4-d ride they had. I didn't get to Wet and Wild (but I don't fret over such things since I live next to one of those places), but Sea World was cool enough and plenty worth it :)
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here here jac! i am with you! noone is perfect and those size 6s are probably thinking that they wish they had boobs like you! love what ya got!
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Wow, what a great aerial photo!! I thought you must've nicked it from the brochure!!!
How much fun is Wet n Wild?? Adam & I had a blast there!
And yep you're so right about bodies, hardly anyone is ever really happy with how they look, even those who seem perfect are insecure. But as Airlie said - love what ya got: happy people are sexy no matter what size they are!!
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hindsight is 20/20, isn't it? I look back at my teenage body (which, like you, was still out of the healthy range), and wonder why I didn't realise how good I had it at the time!
You're right- there really aren't many 'perfect' girls around, everyone has problems in one place or another, be it fat, cellulite or random bones sticking out through the skin.