{"id":617,"date":"2010-01-05T11:26:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T11:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.95.25.178\/maggie\/2010\/01\/05\/how_making_a_spectacle_of_yourself_pays_off\/"},"modified":"2010-01-05T11:26:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T11:26:38","slug":"how_making_a_spectacle_of_yourself_pays_off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golding.ca\/maggie\/2010\/01\/05\/how_making_a_spectacle_of_yourself_pays_off\/","title":{"rendered":"How making a spectacle of yourself pays off"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve said it before, I will say it again – the Internet is a wonderful thing.
\nOne of my recent net gains (get it?) is the wealth of long-lost friends I’ve reconnected with through Facebook. I resisted social networking sites for a long time, primarily because all the invitations I got came from students. While I love my job, and most of my students, I don’t really think I – or they – will benefit from seeing their celphotos of the bathroom floor of some downtown club with lax doormen.
\nBut then one shiny morning I got an invitation from a long-lost friend. A grown-up. So I bit the bullet and signed up for Facebook.
\nLo and behold – this is where they’re keeping everybody! It’s like Toronto, but on-line. Everyone’s there. I have reconnected with high school friends; coming from some one who steadfastly ignored all the 20-year reunion hoopla because “anyone I want to see I see pretty regularly, thank you,” this is a big deal. I had forgotten how many great people I went to school with, and I am glad to find them again.
\nI have also rediscovered friends from my bachelorette days – former roommates, university and college buddies, and theatre cronies. Once upon a time these people were part of my daily life, and it’s kind of a shock to realize how easily we lose those people. It’s nice to know that it’s just as easy to find them again.
\nOne of these is my dear friend Lisa. She and I were once thrown together in a host of theatrical affairs, but once I stopped working in theatre, we lost touch. Now we’re back in touch, and all of this semi-coherent babbling has been a lead up to a plug for her new blog, Blob 2 Babe<\/a>. In her own words:<\/p>\n

I eat because it’s tasty!! I’m a Taurus, a sensualist by nature. I wanna see, hear, touch and smell stuff and if I like it, I’ll taste it! (For all of you that don’t think food makes noise – ladies and gentleman, I give you SIZZLING BACON. I rest my case…).
\nMy problem is sheer inertia. This body has not moved too much in two years, so really what did I expect?
\nBut it’s that moment, and we’ve all had it, when we realize that the mirror we’re looking into isn’t at the carnival. It’s an average mirror and this is what we look like.
\nYikes! Eep! Yow! And finally, WTF?!?!?
\nSo I’ve decided to take control and embark on a sane, no-nonsence, slow and systematic course of action. Good old fashioned excercise; cardio, weights, and some yoga thrown in but mainly for the cute clothes. I do not relish the prospect but if I have folks cheering (or jeering) me on, I think I might manifest my destiny of babe-dom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not only do I think that Lisa is a good, fun, upbeat writer, I can relate to her objectives, and I believe in the power of going public. After all, 2153 days ago, I started publicly counting my days without smoking, and that seems to be going well.
\nSo go read, enjoy, and cheer, please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve said it before, I will say it again – the Internet is a wonderful thing. One of my recent net gains (get it?) is the wealth of long-lost friends I’ve reconnected with through Facebook. I resisted social networking sites for a long time, primarily because all the invitations I got came from students. While … <\/p>\n

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