The Journal - April 4 - April 10,1999

Memoirs of a BaddGrrl

4-9-99 Friday Afternoon

Thanks to the many people who responded and let me know that the "Berry Trim Plus" mailing is just a mass marketing scam.  I feel much better now.  I was seriously starting to get annoyed and self-conscious.  The postmark on the letters have all been from Santa Ana and I kept thinking, "I don't know of anyone in Santa Ana." And even more importantly, "Who thinks I'm so fat I need some kind of dietary herbal supplement-type thingy?"  I was racking my brains out trying to figure out who might have sent it.  Whew.

So I just read Josh's updated journal with his references to me.  He writes:
"Lorraine, please do not lose any more weight. Girl, you're getting too fragile as it is lately. Personally, I don't find girls that are too thin all that attractive."

Well Josh, you will be happy to know after two days of not working out and eating a little too much, I have been putting the pounds back on.  What do you think prompted the "Lose the weight, lose the boobs" entry?   After gaining a little weight back, this morning I was like, Hey, they're back.  "The Girls" are back.   So here is my dilemma, go for the "svelte, hard-body sans boobies" look or let myself go and go back to my "thick, chunky meat-on-them-bones" look.   Well, as Josh said himself, "any weight loss should be for yourself ".   I think I'm happiest when I'm in good shape and thinner.  I have a small frame so I'm naturally thin and anything more than that is just fat.   It's most important for me to be happy with the way I look for me, not for anyone else.   I know that crash diets make me unhappy.  And I know being over my ideal weight makes me unhappy.  I just need to find a happy medium.   A good balance.

And off on a rambley note, I miss Ian.   Sure I only met him once but still... maybe it's the fact that he's in another country.   Maybe it's the fact that he is strange and twisted like no other.   Maybe it's this new medication I'm on that causes me to hallucinate...

4-9-99 Friday

Ok, now when a man starts to gain a little weight and looks at himself and says, "Self, ya need to shed a few pounds there, buddy boy."  So he might start exercising and watching what he eats and then see himself slimming down.  Now here's my beef...  When a man loses weight, he doesn't have to worry about his penis getting smaller.   BUT when a woman loses weight, her breasts grow smaller.   Now how is that FAIR?!  Of course men could argue that they can't purposely put on pounds to make themselves bigger, if that were the case, we'd have a bunch of tub-o-lardo men walking around.

Fredlet always tells me, nah you don't want these, they only get in the way.   Get in the way of what?   Get in the way of you firing that cross-bow?   Get in the way while you're hurling a big-ass discus in the Olympics?   What?!   I wouldn't know.  Mine have always stayed politely OUT of the way.  No fair.

4-8-99 Thursday  Nite

I finally updated my Link Exchange page.   I hated the way it looked before but it's a CGI script and sometimes when I mess with CGI scripts they end up not working and just sucking all around.   But I cleaned this one up and it seems to be working pretty well and it looks a lot better.

If you have a web page and you'd like to bring more traffic to your site, add your link to my Link Exchange and put a link to my page on yours and let's link it up, baby!

Add Your Link!

 

(Let me know what you guys think of the new look of the Link Exchange page.   Font color?  Font size?  Background color?)

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Ok, I'm starting to get a little pissed now.  For the third time, someone has sent me something in the mail to my home address.   There is no return address and all that's in the envelope is this big ole newspaper ad that says something like, "New Way to Lose Fat!" or "Try This to Lose Fat Now!"  There's nothing else in the envelope but they do write on the top of the ad, "Lorraine, Try it. It works!"

They send this about once every 3-4 months and this is has been happening for maybe a year now.   I have no idea who is sending this since there is no return address and they don't sign it.   Man, someone out there thinks I'm like this total heifer chick but is too scared to tell me to my face.  They just send this ad for "Berry Trim Plus" and tell me it works and to try it.  I've never heard about this stuff except for these not too subtle mailings.

Sigh, I guess I better start working out harder.   Ugh.  Or should I say, Moo...  

4-8-99 Thursday   

Look!  I got a really cool Nice Card from Mike in Texas today. He wrote:

Thank you! Hi...My name is Mike and I live in Texas. I don't wanted to tell you thank you for sharing your self and the other stuff on your web site. I would really like to thank you for introducing me to Asian Friend Finder..by following the link from your web site I found my current girlfriend...we have been together for a couple of months now and everything is going great...again I would like to say thanks(-:

 

Isn't that cool?  Someone actually found love thru my site!   Awesome.

Have you guys checked out Asia Friend Finders?   It's FREE to join:

Asia Friend Finder
Free personals!  Check it out!
Tell them BaddGrrl sent you...

 

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Mikey got a computer!!   I got a call at work and when I answered, the person said, "I'm watching you.  I'm looking at you right now..."   Geez, I thought he was going to start into the heavy breathing.  Good thing I recognized his voice.  "Hey!  Are you using Ryan's computer?"  Nope, he said, "I bought a computer!"   Omigod! Mikey is online!   Woohoo!   I had to run over during lunchtime and show him a few things on the computer.   We dined on Boston Market chicken and then got geeky.  Hurray, I can email him now!

Ok, the big news today... I'm going on vacation!   Someplace tropical... only for a few days though.  I'm leaving Sunday, April 11th and I'll be back Thursday, April 15th.  I won't be checking email or doing any updates during that time.  Are ya gonna miss me? He he.

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Hey I updated my Players page with just a few new pics.  Go check it out.  Who's that cute guy with the big smile?  Why it's Josh of course!


Josh

 

Speaking cute guys, recently I have been finding myself strangely enamored with Ben Affleck.   Don't ask me why but for some reason, I find him really appealing.

 

And then of course, there's the gorgeous doctor on Ally McBeal, played by Jesse L. Martin.   Every week when the show comes on, Fredlet and I play, "He's MY boyfriend. No, he's MY boyfriend."

This teeny little thumbnail image was the only pic I could find of him.  Hmmm, I may have to start my own "Enamored with Jesse L. Martin" website.

 

4-7-99 Wednesday   

I heard from Anabella of Abigail and Anabella's Cyberhome that she saw me on E! Entertainment this past weekend.  I was like "Wow!" Well, it was only my picture but they focused on it for a few seconds.  I didn't see the segment, but Alan Lim emailed me today to say he saw the segment with my picture also.   It was a "Tales of the Web" segment and they were talking about webcams.   I don't know if they will air it again.  It probably aired a few times during the weekend.   If anyone happens to catch it and tape it, please let me know.   For some reason, my cable company only has limited scheduling for E! Entertainment.   I checked the programming listings but didn't see "Tales of the Web" listed to air anytime soon. Oh well.  Another blip.

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Ok, I know I've said this once before but I think it's worth repeating.   Guys, if you're trying to impress a girl or "make nice" with them, here's a tip...

SPELL THEIR NAME RIGHT!    Don't ask me why but this minor point just seems key to any relationship.   OK?

And by the way, my name is not "Loraille".

Thank you.

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Hurray!  I got my first Nice Card from a visitor today! Thanks to Michael from Jersey :)

I would love to get more Nice Cards... hint hint.

You can send greeting cards and birthday wishes to all your friends.  All two of them.  Ha ha.   Kidding.

Send a FREE online GREETING CARD!

If you send one to me, my email address is lc@baddgrrl.com

 

One of the neat features of Nice Cards is that you can schedule a card to be sent on a certain date.   This way, you'll never forget a birthday.   Just enter in the day you want them to send it, even if it's months away.  

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Also, thanks to Mike Allen from Toronto for letting me know that my site/cam was mentioned in the Toronto Star newspaper.  I checked the Toronto Star website but didn't see the article online.   Oh well.  Another blip on the Media-Meter.

 

4-6-99 Tuesday   

I know, I know.  A slight lapse in the journal entries.   But maybe this will make up for it...  the return of the HomeCam!!  Yes, I've been working out lately and I thought it would be fun to do it in front of the cam!   What made it really fun was Aaron Hamachi and Dave Lau grabbing screen captures the whole time.   And boy did they do a GREAT job.  Thanks guys!   

 

TAE-BO CAM!!

Yes, that's right... I'm doing Tae-Bo!

This was my favorite pic out of all of them.  You can see the rest of the pics here:

Workout April 6, 1999

 

The quality of the pictures isn't very good because I wanted to get a faster refresh rate.  As is, the best I could get was about every 7 seconds or so.

Another BIG word of THANKS goes out to Lance Ohara, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Logitech for donating the QuickCam, making all this possible.

Thanks Lance!!  

For all your Webcam needs, check out the Logitech Website:

 

Curious about Tae-Bo?

You can find out more info and order the Tae-Bo workout tapes at Amazon.