I am Body Beautiful!

Lights, camera, action!
Satisfaction guaranteed, that's what I need
I celebrate the body and enjoy good health
And I gets down with my bad self
It's all good from the front to the back
Two snaps and a clap for a body like that
It's a good damn thing I don't care what you say
Somebody beautiful (I am body beautiful), hey, that's me

I am grand (grand diva), I am the queen (Queen Bee)
A masquerade (who am I?), I'm fantasy (you're a fantasy)
I am the house (the whole mansion) of elegance
Featuring, I am body beautiful (body beautiful)

Get with the B-E-A-U-T-Y
Beauty, the body is beautiful (Body beautiful)
Get with the B-E-A-U-T-Y
Beauty, the body is beautiful (I am body beautiful)

Don't hate me cuz I'm beautiful
Everybody's beautiful in their own special way (yes)
Carry yourself like a queen and you will attract a king
Beauty comes from within (yes)
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe
You will achieve (got to believe)
Do you believe (yes) that you are body beautiful?
Yes! Yes! Oooo, yes!

Currently I am getting ready to prepare for a bachelor auction as a benefit for the softball league. This has been making me mega nervous as the thought of standing in a swimsuit in front of 100+ gay men who may or may not bid on me was enough to make the color drain from my face. Exactly how strong my self esteem has to be to manage this is way beyond what I already have. We comedians have self depreciating humor because it is easier to make fun of ourselves that face our real self images.

Hot Toddy and I have spoken about this, as since we have only seen a few pictures of each other and have never met, we only have vague ideas of what each other look like. Yet when I found a picture on a web site that had his picture on it, he wasn't too happy with what I had found as the pictures were not that flattering.

My response? I actually didn't think the photos were that bad. And it was about this that I started to think. He's not the only one that has body image issues. I myself feel like I look like a boat sometimes, even though I am fairly close to my ideal weight. Sissy Spacechick who looks very attractive complained that he looked fat in one of his recent pictures, and Billy seems to assume that he is a bit flabby at the age of 40, although I haven't been able to find any. And this isn't just limited to gay men. Brent over at Coptalk seems to think that nobody would ever want to see him wearing a Thong (aka...butt floss) but I would think that his wife would think differently. (I'm sending you one in the Mail Brent), and I've noticed several times where women I know have written self depreciating comments about themselves.

Damn It People! We Look Good!

We all have flaws and things about us that we may not like, but we also have some good things in each of us. If we can't love ourselves, why should we even expect that anyone else could love us. Not everybody can look like Brad Pitt or Jennifer Anniston and they have fat days and bad pictures like the rest of, except that they have figured out how to put it past them.

So I am making myself a promise! I am not going to focus on depreciating myself anymore. I am as hot as I think I am. I look good, I have a great personality, I'm funny, and according to passers by, I've got a hot butt! I will do this auction, and wear my swimsuit, and smile for the crowd. And after I have worked out to the point of exhaustion before the auction begins, I will wear that smile, knowing I haven't eaten in four days so that my waist would look a bit smaller.


ok...so I'm working on it.