Ugh, I liked the main character less and less as the story progressed. Somehow I don’t see myself reading other books in this series!

This is the second time I’m reading this book. Just like the first time, my (work-related) motivation has gone up as soon as I started reading this. It’s a wonderful, wonderful book that I can’t recommend enough. It has lots of practical advice and many of those silly “duh” things that you learn through your own mistakes. I wish I could’ve read this when I just started working! _{And I wish I could make every girl in my office read it too, so I could work in a more pleasant environment. ;)}

Let’s for a moment forget the fact that this movie is basically a 2-and-a-half hours long advertisement for all kinds of stuff and the consumer-oriented lifestyle. (Let’s also forget the sometimes hideous fashion choices.) The basic message of the movie is to be yourself, be a good friend, and listen to your heart. I can’t find any faults with that.

1. realize I’m usually (over)eating when bored – heh, time to stir things up at work, I guess… I can’t keep consuming 80% of my daily calorie intake in the 8 hours I’m at work :P
2. discover that yes, I have a major case of “famine brain”, but I can overcome my cravings with an atmosphere of abundance
      2.1 while learning about my famine brain, discover that I can live for days, even weeks, _{maybe even months?} with a whole bag of Snickers bars in my cupboard without scarfing them down (trust me, this is big)
3. discover that my body is indeed a scared, scarred, wary prey animal – case in point: today I started eating chocolate as soon as I thought about losing some weight before summer, and I stopped eating as soon as I realized I don’t have to give up any favorite foods, just eat a little better/smarter
4. think more about non-food nourishment – inspired by entries here, I’ve made a list of 100 things that make me happy, besides money and food – so now when my body goes “candy! candy! candy!”, I can go “hey, lookie here”, and my body goes “oooh pretty” and forgets about candy ;)
5. pay more attention to my body and stress levels – sometimes you just have to spend a weekend in bed with a book or just listening to the rain

I can’t say it magically transformed my life forever, but it made me aware of some things, and that’s all I ask from the books I read. :)

Ok, it removes makeup, it leaves my skin feeling very soft, but, unfortunately, my skin doesn’t really like it (and keeps giving me the message through breakouts).

My verdict: oh yes! People have complained about the smell and the texture. Ok, it has a certain smell that not everyone is going to like. I call it “old-lady smell”, although that’s neither correct nor nice. :P But it does remind me of my great-grandma, and I loved my great-grandma, so I like the smell. :) The texture is really runny, a lot more than what I’m accustomed to with creams, but, like the smell, I like this. It makes it easier to spread around.

Wow, I love this stuff! It smells nice, it leaves my skin all soft and smooth, and it kind of reminds me of cookies, which is never a bad thing. ;) I’m only worried if it’s too much for daily use on my (rather sensitive) skin, so I try not to overdo it.

Hm, this feels more like rubber than jelly, I’m afraid. On the up side, it smells lovely and the piece I have will probably last me an eternity.

Bleh, they should’ve kept the original ending. This is just sooooo Hollywood.

It is, in fact, entirely possible that I’m going crazy. But then, I have always admired musicians with a sense of humor.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

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