Oi, just pick an ideal, Society!

I am currently enrolled in summer school to take Health class early.

Health class, apart from making me Existantial, makes me realize that society is hypocritical. We need to make up our minds.

Either we encourage people to be healthy by praising the flexible, the athletic, and [big breath] the thin, OR

We tell people to be happy with themselves.

In this summer health class, the Eating Disorders unit immediately precedes the Nutrition unit. What I've learned is that as the number of obese and overweight Americans goes up, so does the number of Americans who are anorexic or bulimic.

That's not a coincidence!

I'm sick of renditions of Christina Aguilaras' "We are Beautiful" being used to convince me that I'm okay the way I am, while at the same time getting whacked over the head with messages about Getting Active and Eating Right.

By pushing these at the same time, we essentially make it a choice between obesity and easting disorder.

Why lose weight if you can resent everyone for not thinking the way you are is good enough?

How can you take the time to lose weight the healthy way when being over weight is so shameful?

I'm not even an unhealthy weight! I can't imagine what it's like for people who aren't low quality cross country runners.

Anyway, since it's illegal to advertise cigarettes on T.V why shouldn't food and beverage corporations get the same treatment?

They argue that they are not to blame for America being a bunch of fat asses because we should have personal resposibility, but let's see what happens if they can't spend billions annually to impair our ability to choose?

(Oh, by the way, the Advertisment unit came right after Nutrition.)

Amoung the many other things I was outraged to realize no one else noticed in health class (besides the trends of weight extremity and the hypocracy of Food Corps.) was how susceptiable most people are to commercials.

Appearently putting commercials on T.V, radio, and the Internet really works.

Am I the only one who resents every commercials she sees? Every time I see one I get angry that they think I'm so easy to manipulate. Products that I see Ads for get a special mental note that they can't be very good. If they were worth buying, they could get by on word of mouth.

I even play a game when watching T.V trying to spot the hidden messages.

For instance, the reason Ford commecials so often feature their cars driving through forests or deserts is that it appeals to two mindsets.

Option one: Buy our car. It allows you to go out and do the exciting things you really want to do.

or option two: Buy our car. It will keep you safe no matter where you are.

And the people. Every person in a commercial is actually you. Especially if they are your gender, and attractive. Age doesn't matter as much. "Buy our make up- it makes you mature" sells just as well as "Buy our make up- it makes you young".

Go forth, run eight miles, and egg a billboard! And a skinny person. And a fat person. And then a Lobbyist, just to be safe.

Side note: Oi, how many times did I use the words "commercial" and "advertisment"?

And on the Eighth day (and counting)

Everyone is getting psyched for the end of school. Which means that they're whining that we're still in school. Honestly, calm down. It's not as if additional days have been added.

Maybe I'm just too nostalgic, but I'm going to miss this year. The fact that it was total shit does not take away from the knowledge that next year and the years following will be shittier. This year would go on longer if I had my way. Not to make vacation shorter, just to learn more. Can a thirteenth month be added?

If we lost some mass, the earth might spin fast enough to fit another thirty days in before we finished going around the sun. I know it's dangerous, but I think it's worth the risk. The real question is what to jettison. I volunteer the Republicans!

Back on the subject of school, I might be spending more than eight days anyway. I'm at risk for summer school for math. The bizarre thing is that I love math. The idea that there is an answer, one answer, and it's possible to find- If you can get into the right mindset, it's thrilling.

I just happen to be lousy at it. What can you do, right? My teacher's great, I work hard, and I like it, I'm just awful. If summer school will help, of course I'll be happy to go...

No, not really. It's all true but I don't want to go to summer school. That'll be on my records. So fingers crossed that I pass. Oh wait, I have exactly zero readers to cross their fingers.