'Cho for Prez'

We have had a very low-key weekend. Went out for dinner at a very good Greek restaurant here in Calgary on Friday and rented some DVDs last night. I had seen clips of her before but finally got to see a Margaret Cho stand-up film. I got Notorious C.H.O and thought it was great. You know when things come at a particularly good time? Well me watching Notorious C.H.O came at a really good time. I had spent the day in one of the trendy inner suburbs, drinking coffee and (window) shopping with a good friend. Well, I wasn't really window shopping, I was kind of looking for some new pants or perhaps a skirt. And I couldn't find anything that really fit well. Everything was really expensive. I ended up feeling really unhappy about my body and frustrated with price/selection of clothes in the stores we went to. I think it's a combination of my getting older and the change in enviroment. My metabolism has definitely slowed down, I've been nesting and as a result I've put on a fair bit of weight in the past couple of years. At the same time, of course, I also moved back to Western culture. I have found things more extreme in Canada, 'extreme-West' perhaps. Anyway, I've been obsessing about my body and 'fatness' in a way that I have never really done before. I'm also craving more junk food than before. It is advertised everywhere and available there too. So I was in the middle of this post- unsucessful-shopping trip grump, and feeling frowny about bits of jiggle and just funky in the not good or fun or fab way. And Margaret Cho kicked the ass of my bad mood. I laughed, I nodded, I felt cheered up and cheered on. Even though it's been on my blogroll for ages, do go and check out her website and blog. She updates her blog regularly and it's really interesting and cool. Plus she has a super-cool tattoo. And she reminded me that I have better things to do with my time than worry about the backs of my thighs. Like watch Margaret Cho films and cook up yummy-sounding new recipes (recipe via Not Martha).