Cool set of photos showing retouching: some of it is really kind of horrifying how much they change.

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This sounds like it was from that Slate advice column thing the other day where someone wrote in to complain that a five year old walked up to his mom, said he was thirsty and she gave him the boob at the dinner table with her new in laws.

And honestly, I think that by that age, it's a little weird. If you're the kid's only/primary foodsource, then I'm all for whipping out a boob just like you would a bottle. But by the time the kid is only doing it for comfort/able to walk and talk and ask for it? I think there's some discretion required. I don't know why that's my feeling, but...

I had to llama drama at work today and teach it to my team.

Aliens on Ice. . .

You know that people will be llama dramaing during conference calls from now on.

Cool set of photos showing retouching

Some of the retouching I can see the reason for--smoothing the edge of the hair, removing reflections off teeth. Some I understand though feel sorry about, like changing the skin textures to the flawless look people expect to see in professional advertising and editorials. But some of those people are unrecognizable. And Clooney looks much hotter before they took out some of those crags, and the one guy in the tux looks about the age of Justin Bieber after the retouching, and he's damned yummy in the before picture.

I haven't been slammed with a migraine for a while, so today seemed like the perfect day to reaquiaint myself with the misery. Blarg.

I crawled in bed and was actually able to go to sleep. Which was great until K-Bug and her bf got into a tickle war. OMG, not cool. Totally not cool. I wanted to rage from my room and kill them but the idea of moving saved their lives.

We have tickets to see Lion King on stage tonight. This MUST BE GONE by then.

But some of those people are unrecognizable.

I think this is actually driving me insane. I've been having more frequent anxiety issues regarding my face and body over the past year, and have to carefully look at other humans to make sure I'm not losing my mind and am supposed to have pores.

And honestly, I think that by that age, it's a little weird. If you're the kid's only/primary foodsource, then I'm all for whipping out a boob just like you would a bottle. But by the time the kid is only doing it for comfort/able to walk and talk and ask for it? I think there's some discretion required. I don't know why that's my feeling, but...

Eh, you kinda get into an autopilot groove with the requests. And sometimes, you just want the kiddo to STFU, and that's the quickest way. (I admit, I sometimes miss it JUST FOR THAT.)

I stopped nursing both kids at 12 months, but I can easily see how it could last until 4, night time nursing especially. Frankly I don't see much difference between nursing and other forms of snuggles, just in my case my body really wasn't up for making milk any more, and I wasn't up for the suckling if all they were getting was air.

I'm not losing my mind and am supposed to have pores.

Whereas I feel like the unretouched photos are a useful reminder that we all have pores and uneven skin tone and it doesn't mean we're ugly. We just aren't photoshopped.

I do find the perfection of kids' skin just a wonder.