We've been hoodwinked!

For Valentines Day, I gave Tom two tickets to see the Divine Performing Arts at Grady Gammage on 3/28/09. Didn't know much about it except it looked like Chinese dancing, acrobatics and singing. For the most part it was very nice. It was really Chinese ballet accompanied by a full orchestra, some singing and one solo on a Chinese instrument which is akin to the violin. The costumes were gorgeous and basically it was a nice experience until the performers started singing and tranlating what they were singing on the big screen behind them. Then, I had the uncomfortable feeling that this was not really what it seemed. It all had something to do with Falun Dafa which is some kind of Chinese spiritual expression. It seems fairly harmless and maybe even espouses a good cause (opposition to the Chinese goverment's oppression of its people) but there are several references to it being a cult. I don't know enough about it one way or another to decide if its good or bad but it doesn't matter too much when I paid good money for some entertainment that I received in addition to propaganda that I did not pay for. That kind of pisses me off and resulted in marring the show.

A big, fat zero

That's what I am. A big, fat zero. Only I'm not big and fat but I am a zero. A zero in size I mean. When did zero even become a size?

I have been looking for pants that fit and was having a difficult time finding any. It seems that my normal size 4 was just a little too big. I like Dockers and I like to buy my Dockers at Kohls but the smallest size they ever have is four. So, I asked one of the attorneys at work who is smaller than me (I thought) where she buys her pants. She said The Gap and Ann Taylor.

So, I journey to Paradise Valley Mall yesterday to try on pants at The Gap and Ann Taylor. I tried on about 8 pairs of pants at The Gap, all size four and I was swimming in them. Didn't even think to try on anything else. Left there and went to Ann Taylor that was a bit too costly for me. Wandered down to Ann Taylor Loft and decided to try on size zero, petite. Voila! They fit in the waist as well as the length. I was just amazed to think that I was now a size zero.




I ask again; when did zero become a size? Are the retail marketers trying to fool us into thinking we are several sizes smaller than we actually are?

And no, I am not anorexic like the models and actresses in this video clip