It was a pretty typical weekend. We started on Saturday with a walk around a nearby lake, followed by playground time with our friends.
Before dinner I went to the thrift store to try to find Liam some new shoes. He's outgrown his current pair so fast that they're two sizes too small. I didn't find this out until I got three new pairs home, all the wrong size to varying degrees.
I've mentioned before how much I love the thrift store near our house. There's always something weird to be found. This was a life-sized doll in a pink mini dress with thigh-high stockings. The doll next to it adequately expresses my feelings as well as her own. Kind of reminds me of those Real Dolls (link totally NSFW) (also don't click too close to lunch; *shudder*) that Feministing featured a while back. I consider myself pretty unflappable, a very live-and-let-live sort, but WOW.
Monday, August 13, 2007
A couple of thoughts that shouldn't be near each other
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I can't believe about the shoes, but mostly because I'm going through the same thing. I put Dash's lace-up shoes on him this weekend and noticed he was walking really funny in his all-of-a-sudden-too-small shoes. But that's what kids do, they grow.
And quickly!
I'm still trying to digest the doll documentary. Yeeeck
Isn't that the creepiest thing EVER? Todd and I were totally flabbergasted. And so, so sad for everyone involved.
I don't know, I mean - do you think those sad, deeply disturbed men are better off with the dolls, since they all seem to deeply resent women (whether they were born that way or developed it as a result of rejection, loneliness, etc.) and so maybe they're less inclined to become violent offenders? Or maybe the dolls are likely to make it worse?
Gah, I have no idea. I think you're right that those are some sad, deeply disturbed men. I don't know if they're necessarily prone to violence, though. Although, jeez, it's really creepy.
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