what david hasselhoff & i have in common...and deodorant

so i'm gonna let you in on a little secret so that you won't be embarrassed for me next time you see me sweat. I DON'T WEAR DEODORANT! that's right. i tossed the stuff away. well, okay that's not entirely true. more accurately, i don't wear antiperspirant. i could go into a long blog about the terrible effects of antiperspirant, but i'm not the best at explaining it, so i'll direct you to a website where you can educate yourself on it. read this and watch the video:

still wearing antiperspirant?

it seems that hollywood is slowly catching some of the hippie vibe as well. it's true, from justin timberlake (not pictured) to even nicole kidman and naomi cambpell, the 'stars' are beginning to get the picture as well and have banned the poison of antiperspirant and most deodorants.









so when you see me sweat the small stuff, don't sweat it for me. i'm perfectly comfortable with my decision and hope that you, too, can take one more step to rid your body of poisonous toxins. deodorant is the devil. okay, so myabe not, but you get my point.

silly people=silly comments, round 2

so my husband can be a pretty funny guy. he's also very simple. it's a nice little balance that it brings to my life. the problem with the simplicity comes when we're ordering coffee at one of our now rare visits to starbucks (the high priced addiction problem is for another blog). my drink usually consists of something nonfat with an extra shot of this and pump of that. really, it's no big deal to me, BUT nathan refuses to order for me if i get (in his terms) complicated. so in fun the other day, he posts this picture comment on my myspace page.



i cracked up because i know how much i actually amuse him. so i was glad to see him amused rather than annoyed by my ordering habits. well, then i get an email from a subject we'll call felix. felix writes me, "...you really should watch the stuff you put on your page. people may think you actually drink and even have problems with pills and things. it could really ruin your reputation...i don't know that i can associate myself with you if you're going be putting up comments like this..."

yes, silly people equals silly comments. if felix actually had any clue about who i am, who my husband is and what we're about, he wouldn't have reason to make this comment. felix has no clue what that was about. now, i do agree that we should watch what we do and say and write because we affect people. our decisions affect those around us. the thing is that felix is so concerned about others' opinions and feels condemned about who knows what, that felix has the need to interfere with things of which he's completely uninformed.

my issue with it was this: let's say i'm actually an alcoholic, and let's say i have pill-popping problems - would felix have cared about that at all? would felix try to come to my rescue? i don't know. felix is too concerned with not getting dirty, that he forgets what he's called to do - love. if i had pill and alcohol problems, that's what i would need more than anything.

we get so caught up in looking 'pure' and clean and perfect that we forget that when Jesus came, He hung out with the people who weren't looking the best. in fact, He hung out with the messed up people.

there was this prostitute woman that was about to be stoned to death. Jesus rescued her. yes, He rescued the dirty, filthy, sinning woman.

we're put on this earth to love and rescue people. we're to pursue each other when we can and love each other like crazy, like there's no tomorrow.

i've been a self-righteous hypocrite before. i've looked at people in their wretchedness and thought i was so much better just because, "...at least i'm not doing what they're doing...at least i'm better off..." that's the selfish attitude that Jesus spurned.

i hope that i can soon love enough to quit the ridiculous judgments that hold me captive to hellish thinking. i hope that i can love you like crazy.