Women shaving armpits?

So I was curious as to why women began shaving their armpits.  It is pretty clear that nowadays people do it because everyone else does and it is accepted as what looks good.  But I thought maybe originally it stemmed from some health concern or superstition. It turns out, the reason we shave our armpits everyday was because the media decided it should be that way.  They launched a huge campaign in the 1930's when women first started wearing dresses without sleeves.  They really made ads telling women that it was attractive to have naked armpits.  Hm.  See this article for more information:  http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/625/who-decided-women-should-shave-their-legs-and-underarms

So what do you think? Should we keep on shaving?

My answer:  I am going to.  I'm following society on this one, it is just ingrained in me that it is unattractive for women to have hair in their armpits.  Not something worth making a stand over.  I just think it would feel weird (and would get sweaty--I don't like being wet) after being clean-shaven all these years.

Okay so that might have been anti-climactic, sorry. 

Challenge:  Not stress out so much.  I have so much work to do, but I need to stop stressing when I'm not working on it.  If it needs to get done, I should just go do it, otherwise decide to not think about it.  Live in the present, not in the stress. 

As a result of one of my older posts about the treatment of  chickens I've been thinking about how to not contribute to the problem.  As a poor college student it isn't really feasible to be buying cage-free and free-range chicken.  Cage-free eggs at whole foods don't cost much more so we buy those.  Anyway, I tried just eating less chicken, but you need something to replace it.  Hence:  I made tofu yesterday!!

I put it in some thai hot and sour soup.  It was pretty good although I should have cooked it in the soup instead of frying it first- it was a little bland.  Tofu has a lot of protein which is good.  I need to make sure I'm still getting iron, but we had salad too.  Shitake mushrooms are apparently also full of protein and we had some of those in our pork curry on monday. 

Just so no one is confused, I'm having steak tonight.  I'm not vegetarian. 

Challenge for the week: Be more diciplined. 

Important for me because my first final is on Saturday and I need to work harder on my thesis. 

Love you all!

4/20

So yesterday was 4/20.  One of the largest 'celebrations' of 4/20 congregates in the middle of CU's campus.  Apparently it started out as a political protest supporting the legalization of marijuana.  In theory this is still the point, but mostly now it is just a party where thousands upon thousands come and sit on the ground and smoke pot. It gets all hyped up with CU making announcements telling students not to show up and police everywhere.  The police do not ticket for possession, but are mostly just there to prevent violence or damage to school property.

Naturally I had to go see what all the fuss was about.  The Norlin Quad was packed with people, sure some students, but hippies and potheads from all over come to this gathering.  Also, I always thought pot smelled good, but my friend Jen said it smelled terrible.  Now I know that the different strains have every kind of smell you could imagine. We were just trying to work our way through the crowd and a guy next to us said  "Man getting through this is ridiculous, but everyone is way too happy to push and shove." :)   I also overheard a police/event staff say "Today is what makes it worth having this job."  Looking out above the crowd you could see a haze of smoke rising up.  There were beach balls and people waving flags and protesting oil drilling. 

I have mixed feelings about legalizing marijuana.  I have a friend who probably ruined his life because of drugs and alcohol.  So I've seen the effects it can have on people and hate it.  On the other hand people ruin their lives with alcohol and affairs too.  It honestly doesn't seem much worse than drinking to me.  It's when you are doing it all the time and it has become a lifestyle that it begins to hurt you.  Prohibition did not end the problems with alcohol, they just turned it to the underground.  So can marijuana being illegal be compared to prohibition?  Question to ponder. 

Anyway, that's what happens in Boulder on 4/20.  Anybody have thoughts on legalization or using or prohibition?  Or a story?

Hi all! 

Our new apartment is great!  Maybe I'll post some pics after we clean for Monday night Bible Study. There's so much more space, plus having a bedroom means I don't have to wake up at 6:30 everyday when Nate gets up! 

I'm almost done with collegiate running once again.  There's one more race I can do next weekend, but then I don't know what will happen after that.  Thinking about training for the Boulder Boulder. 

Question:  What do you think Christian service should look like?  After reading Shane Claiborne's "Irresistable Revolution"  I've come to the conclusion that I should be living out Christ's message more.  The only problem with that book is that it resulted in me feeling overwhelmed and not doing anything because there are so many things I "should" be doing.  I think we all have unique gifts and interests that we can use to further God's kingdom, but we are so stuck in the soup kitchen mentality. By that I mean people tend to have the idea of service as something you sign up to do and just go do it because you think you should.  I'm not saying we shouldn't help at soup kitchens, Jesus definately wants us to feed the poor.  But God can use our unique gifts as well.  For example, when I ran at Calvin, God used our love for one another and for everyone else as a witness.  Our community there sparked conversations and relationships with other teams because they saw how we were different.  In that book Shane would have people that would go out and plant flowers in the dirty sections of town.

Sorry that was long.