So today I saw this article on overweight passengers having to pay more for flights on United Airlines...

http://cbs2chicago.com/business/united.overweight.passengers.2.985271.html

How tragic is that? Just because you're a few extra pounds you have to pay for two seats? I'm not actually anywhere close to not being able to buckle or fit my ass in one seat. Still, I am outraged, and will try to avoid flying United. Fatty culture includes traveling, and it shouldn't cost extra! Boycott that shit.

Sick Fatty

So I'm sick. Like, pretty damn sick. According to the student clinic here on campus, I have brocnchitis and the beginnings of pneumonia. Which I guess makes me pretty sick. But here's the real problem- I haven't been able to eat properly.

Nothing tastes good, and I don't feel good. It's a bad combination. All I've eaten for two days is sweet potatoes. The cafeterias here only have one or two vegetables out, and I can't go ask for more since I can't go more than 4 seconds without coughing all over food. But whatever.

In other news, I've also made out with this new boy thrice now whilst sick. Now I just feel guilty for infecting innocents.

I'm pretty sure fat is in.

So I was stumbling about the Web recently, and came across a BMI chart that told me I was not just overweight, but borderline obese.

Of course it was a shock initially. I mean, I wouldn't really peg myself as any different than my skinny friends.

I shop with the normal people at GAP, eat like normal people (if anybody in college is normal... debatable) and occasionally get carried home by friends (no comment on the involvement of alcohol). A fair amount of men are attracted to me, I do have a gym membership, and my blood pressure is normal. All said, I lead a pretty amazing life.

So that's when it came to me. If this is what being fat means in 21st century America, I love it!

I really do value the fact that I'm overweight. I'm tired of "chubby", "big boned", "topheavy" and all the rest of your euphanisms. I'm a fatty and I love it!

A significant portion of Americans are overweight, and I think our segment of the population needs to stop trying to attain the ridiculous standards of health care professionals and what I'll term Skinny America. We're here and we're special, right?

There are some cultural things that should bond us and make us a strong, proud community. What are these, you ask? They'll be detailed soon, in this blog.

And so it is, on this Fat Tuesday, that I bring you Fatty Culture... a blog for the big fish in mainstream America.