Over the shoulder OW

[cjsmith]

I think I need a little more time breaking this thing in. Owie owie owie! I guess that's what I get for wanting this level of solidity all day long. Forces don't just come from nowhere; my body is the anchor point(s); there's no free lunch.

Maybe until I get used to it I should change in the middle of the day.
Boss: "I need to talk to you about the Linux project."
CJ: "Let me change clothes first."
Think that would go over well in a professional environment? :-)

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[jcgbigler.livejournal.com]

Boss: "I need to talk to you about the Linux project."
CJ: "Let me change clothes first."

Later:

"Well, I started out by switching to my Linux project hat, but it didn't go with the rest of my outfit. Things kind of snowballed from there."

(Hmm. Can you use the word "snowballed" in the Bay Area?)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you can use it, but no one will understand you. ;-)

(A week or two ago we had hail and a bunch of people called it "snow". After all, it was white!)

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

There are sooooooo many requirements made of a given bra on a given day:

Color (the ol' black bra under a white shirt problem)
Width of shoulder straps (wide enough not to dig in, narrow enough not to chafe)
Underwire (either chafing because it's there, or not enough support because it ain't there)
Thickness of the material (is it a 'cold' day?)
Sturdiness
'Itchiness' of hooks in back
Looks good under a thin shirt (no seams)
Looks good with no shirt (like "Bridget Jones' Diary" - either the underwear makes one look good when it's under clothes and invisible, or it looks good on its own but doesn't make the owner look good in clothes)


There is no such thing as a bra that contains all the proper elements.

(yes, this is a challenge to Title 9 and Victoria's Secret!) :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I've given up on the last two. There is just No Way. :-)

This underwire -- on the right side only -- is causing some pretty annoying bruising. The left side's okay. What's up with that? Plus I need to snip the underwires down about a half inch in the armpits. Today is a "surgery's looking good" day!

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

Surgery would be cool. I keep thinking about it, too. It never does seem to be the right time, though...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

And the older we get, the more time it will take to heal up. I'm sorry I didn't do this in my teens! (But then I didn't NEED it in my teens!)

[allanh.livejournal.com]

It's Bette Midler's fault.

Every single time you start a sentence with "Over the shoulder..." I mentally finish the line "...Boulder-Holder".

And a childhood friend of mine in Chicago had a breast reduction several years ago, and was thrilled with the results. No more back and shoulder pain!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I admit today is a "surgery is looking very good" day. I think if I weren't working right now (and thus didn't have to negotiate for time off) I'd be seriously looking into it.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

Uhhh ... being highly defensive upon your behalf here ... negotiating for time off to deal with a health issue shouldn't require any negotiation. Elective or not, this surgery will improve your quality of life, and make you a happier and more productive person at work, home, and play. Would they rather you not have the surgery, and begin to suffer from UNplanned time off due to back, shoulder, and neck pain?

Hugs!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't mean to imply work would be jerks about it. Still, it's totally elective, so it would be considerate of me to talk schedules before committing to a time. And once I start thinking along those paths I start thinking maybe I should schedule the abdomen fix first, because really, that hurts worse, but for the abdomen I could be off for *months*...

I'll be between jobs again some day. If I haven't gotten to it beforehand I'll fix a LOT of crap then. :-)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Depends on your boss/coworkers, I would think. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to imagine a job where that would be perfectly acceptable commentary/behavior. Heh. :-)

[hillybiker.livejournal.com]

Geez, that really does sound like a pain in the uh, umm, let's see, pain in the .... whatever.

I had an old girlfriend back east with a similar problem and all she would buy were sports/cycling bras -- no wires, a fair amount of support in many directions, the whole thing is somewhat stretchy but meant to hold things in place so it doesn't jiggle uncomfortably, etc. And, since she was quite active, it was useful for many circumstances. Her biggest problem was that she simply couldn't wear dresses that required strapless bras -- just wasn't going to happen.

Best of luck

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*nod* A lot of larger-breasted women prefer sports bras all the time for bounce control. That makes lots of sense. Me, I'm perfectly okay with the no strapless bra problem. I just want to not hurt! :-)

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

Dresses that require strapless bras! HAHAHAHAHAHAH! As if. I've never worn one, and the more gravity takes its toll, the even less likely it becomes.

(so jealous of women who *choose* to wear bras)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

No sh*t!

I really feel like there are three sexes. Men, women, and People Who Have To Actively Manage Their Boobage. Men, women, and People Whose Hips Are More Than 13" Larger Than Their Waists (pants will never fit). Men, women, and People With Major Crippling Abdominal Pain. It's sort of like there's a continuum: man -> woman -> this.

I want a sex change. I'd be okay with being a woman.

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

Oog, you said it. Well, maybe that abdominal surgery will accomplish your wish (fingers crossed).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Heck, even the hair thing. Man: coarse hair and a lot of it on the body. Woman: finer hair, only on parts of the body. Me: it's there, but you can't really tell.

That's it. I'm a SPACE ALIEN.

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

I wasn't gonna say anything...

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

Forces don't just come from nowhere; my body is the anchor point(s); there's no free lunch.

This would explain why I have given up on bras for everything except sports (and the occasional trip to a club when the shirt I am wearing is see-through and I will only have it on for 3-4 hours). I have yet to meet a bra that didn't cause me more shoulder pain than the amount of flopping-breast-pain I would get if I didn't have a bra.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Wow. I am having major envy. :-)

Seriously, it's a problem. I think of all the generations of women before us, and no one has solved this. Scientists! Engineers! um... Geneticists! C'mon, somebody!