I hate when people say they find the female body to be more delicate, graceful, or elegant than the male body. This is usually then associated with a thin waist line and curves that would necessitate a ridiculously flat stomach.

This dichotomy borders on absurdity because one of the body types I adore is a chubby gut. I like the muffin top; chubby girls are adorable. And part of why I like that body type is precisely because it isn't delicate or, necessarily, graceful. But it is one that welcomingly envelops you and is downright perfect for cuddling and snuggling.

I've said it before but I am still at a loss: why do we insist on shoving bodies into small little boxes and, in turn, contorting them into shapes that they neither have to possess nor makes any sense of improvement on them?

I cannot count (okay, maybe a slight exaggeration) the times I've seen an image of a guy that I mistook for a girl and immediately thought, "She's cute."

(case in point; I generally find it easier to just go for girls but I might just make an exception for you)

This idea that bodies can be so cleanly divided into given categories such as male and female rather than there being merely trends that aren't always obeyed is criminal not only because it denies a very real existence for some but because it is monumentally boring.

There is a wealth of diversity within the physical frame of the human body.

And that can mean flat stomachs and thin waists and that can mean prominent thighs and that can mean thinness with no curves or shape and that can mean a chubby face and that can mean plainness and that can mean a myriad of many other wonderful features that could all be appreciated for a variety of reasons.

While I would like to think I have a very large range that I appreciate, I'm certain I have my particulars. And there are others out there who appreciate aspects of the body which are different from me or maybe even similar aspects for entirely different reasons.

And that is okay and that is beautiful and that should be celebrated (if we must celebrate the human body at all; I can't help it: I'm still largely in that camp. But, if I can't convince you to such stoicism…).

Bodies are different. Bodies are varied. Bodies are complex.

And we should be encouraging that complexity rather than trying to make it derivative. Your body, down to every feature and as a total sum of their parts, is uniquely yours: no one else in the entire universe can make a claim to the same body – and that's really fucking cool.

Chelsea (9:42:37 PM): huguhdftyyudsdguhk
C (9:42:44 PM): ouch!!!
C (9:42:46 PM): ow!!
C (9:42:59 PM): gosh i hate that!
Me (9:43:02 PM): um...can I assist you, ma'am?
C (9:43:15 PM): just slammed my funny bone
C (9:43:21 PM): and now my arm is numb
C (9:43:23 PM): gah
Me (9:44:15 PM): ow....
C (9:45:55 PM): your boring
C (9:45:59 PM): haha
C (9:45:59 PM): im bored
Me (9:46:13 PM): um...thanks
Chella3109 (9:46:33 PM): hhha
C (9:48:46 PM): boredom..
Chella3109 (9:48:49 PM): gah
Me (9:49:23 PM): you could hit your funny bone a coupel more times. you probably wouldn't be bored then
C (9:53:15 PM): hardy har har
C (9:53:18 PM): lol
Me (9:53:32 PM): heh, well, I wouldn't be bored, at least
C (9:54:18 PM): hahahaha

C: haha..sorry...im tired
Me: sleep?
C: whats that?
Me: well...it's this ancient old ritual that's mostly died out in our modern age. But I hear it works wonders
Me: like mud masks
C: that stuff is so 18th century
C: its so dead.
Me: heh, or that may be you if you don't get sleep
C: haha.
C: touche

C (1:42:32 AM): well your true love is somewhere..
C (1:42:40 AM): and you'll meet her
C (1:42:42 AM): or him
Me (1:43:04 AM): thanks. heh, certainly hope so. and for you as well, of course
C (1:43:52 AM): 
C (1:43:59 AM): haha...we should make a pact
C (1:44:02 AM): lol
C (1:44:09 AM): a cheesy childish pact
C (1:44:10 AM): haha
Me (1:44:56 AM): heh, what would this pact contain
C (1:45:20 AM): if we are still alone by the time we are 52..
C (1:45:29 AM): we get married.
C (1:45:30 AM): haha..
C (1:45:37 AM): yah..this is me on cold medicine
C (1:45:39 AM): tehehe
C (1:45:49 AM): yep..im drugged up.
C (1:45:50 AM): woo
C (1:45:53 AM): anyways..
Me (1:46:58 AM): haha, 52? sure, though we actually, technically date for 2 to 3 years before tying the knot
Me (1:47:12 AM): (that shall be amusing as all Hell, if nothing else)
C (1:47:51 AM): haha...fo sho!
C (1:48:04 AM): ok...so we shall start at 49
C (1:48:08 AM): lol
Me (1:48:28 AM): seems so
C (1:49:20 AM): chelsea schelling
C (1:49:24 AM): HAHAHAHA
C (1:49:24 AM): hgkljrwh3glwr
C (1:49:26 AM): sorry..
C (1:49:33 AM): thats just really funny for me to think about
C (1:49:38 AM): not in a mean way of course
C (1:49:42 AM): hahaha
Me (1:49:55 AM): oh, yes, I'm quite looking forward to 49...
C (1:49:58 AM): as i spell it wrong..you have no idea how hard im laughing
C (1:50:07 AM): AHAHAH...thanks hon!
C (1:50:24 AM): ooh...and your sarcastic! haha
C (1:50:42 AM): and you give me that look at many times..
C (1:51:03 AM): where your saying, "your an idiot"
C (1:51:04 AM): hjaha
Me (1:53:05 AM): Chelsea, when have I ever said that out loud?
C (1:53:21 AM): you dont have to say that outloud..
C (1:53:25 AM): your look says it all
Me (1:53:42 AM): heh, I may have to work on my acting, then
C (1:54:05 AM): wow..my jaw..just dropped.
C (1:54:06 AM): haha
Me (1:55:43 AM): haha, oh my. just imagine, if I was serious, this is who you might marry someday
C (1:56:39 AM): i think that would be a good choice...
C (1:56:55 AM): haha...of course im being nice to you when your being mean to me.
C (1:57:07 AM): but i think you would make a good husband to any woman.
Me (2:00:24 AM): thanks. you'd make a good wife; certainly would be loyal, which is always a good trait
Me (2:01:44 AM): I just made you sound like a dog...wow. not intended
C (2:01:56 AM): i know
C (2:01:57 AM): hhahah
C (2:02:06 AM): thats why im laughing soo hard right now
Me (2:02:18 AM): heh, yes, I can imagine that
C (2:03:00 AM): hehehe
C (2:03:07 AM): fo sho
C (2:03:20 AM): so 49..
C (2:03:22 AM): sounds good
C (2:03:23 AM): haha
C (2:03:38 AM): as you put my plate of food on the ground
Me (2:04:17 AM): heh, you may not let that go, will you
C (2:04:32 AM): nope...its too funny
C (2:06:19 AM): as you put a dog collar around my neck..
C (2:06:22 AM): hahaha
C (2:06:30 AM): please call: ######### if found
C (2:06:31 AM): hahahaha
C (2:06:33 AM): wow
Me (2:06:51 AM): well, I have to keep track of you!
C (2:06:52 AM): but of course no one will need to call, cause im loyal...and ill never run away
Me (2:07:34 AM): haha, touche
C (2:08:07 AM): lol!!
C (2:10:26 AM): as im all nice to you...and you call me  a dog..
C (2:10:29 AM): ppsssshh
Me (2:11:21 AM): I never said that specifically
C (2:11:36 AM): haha
C (2:11:39 AM): just undertones
C (2:11:40 AM): lol
C (2:14:05 AM): hahah
C (2:16:12 AM): so whats on your mind..
Me (2:29:56 AM): a question came up that said "Do you think _____ has a secret fetish". Not thinking, I almost selected yes for the student leader of the Catholic group on campus
C (2:30:12 AM): HAHAHAH
C (2:30:16 AM): WAY TO GO JON!
C (2:30:41 AM): i think you have one
Me (2:31:05 AM): really? what is that?
C (2:31:09 AM): something really weird
C (2:31:15 AM): like back arches
C (2:31:22 AM): or eye brows
C (2:31:23 AM): hhahah
C (2:31:25 AM): <3
Me (2:31:31 AM): I have a fetish for back arches?
C (2:31:38 AM): yesh!
Me (2:31:48 AM): that would be weird, indeed
C (2:33:01 AM): haha
C (2:33:11 AM): i can see that happenng
C (2:33:21 AM): in 52..and our wedding night..
C (2:33:32 AM): and your like, "let me see your back arche"
C (2:33:36 AM): HAHAH
C (2:33:38 AM): oooh my!
Me (2:34:02 AM): psh, I'd work my magic and just make your back arch
C (2:34:13 AM): you did not just say that
Me (2:34:31 AM): uh...well, it was within the realm of conversation....no?
C (2:34:46 AM): i guess so..omgsh...thats just really funny
Me (2:34:57 AM): haha, whew. good, good
C (2:35:19 AM): hahaha.
C (2:35:30 AM): just you saying that..omgsh. you are my hero.
C (2:35:31 AM): lol
Me (2:36:17 AM): saying a sex joke and becoming Chelsea's hero? Today is quite the day
C (2:36:26 AM): HAHA
C (2:38:22 AM): cold medicine..