Period!

I've been sick for about a week now, it seems I have some virus in my throat. I wonder if Loverboy is infected or not. Who knows but I'm not going to ask.

I was home for 2 days with the illness and I noticed something weird. Watching daytime TV really opens your eyes. So it seems that every other commercial is some birth control commercial that will make you "have 4 periods a year" "have a period once every 10 years" and finally, the worst "no periods anymore! at all!" I'm sorry but something is wrong with this picture. I didn't realize being a woman and getting your period had become such an inconvenience. It's kind of scary. I mean I'm all for the pill but this is just taking it to the extreme. Isn't it NORMAL and part of our biology to have a monthly period? I'm no expert here but I have to say that somehow we are fucking ourselves up by denying our bodies their natural course every month to break down our eggs.

I forgot that being a woman and all, it's so annoying. I mean every month I get this little sign that everything is working ok and hey, i'm not pregnant! hallelujah! I'm not the biggest fan, yes the period is sometimes painful and it is a pain in the ass, but I still like being reminded that I'm still a woman. Are we moving closer to becoming men? I really don't get what is going on here. When did we stop not wanting to be women anymore? We worked so hard for women's lib to just say fuck it, i'll be a man instead. Period? what's that?

It reminds me of that movie out now, which I saw, Children of Men. It's that dark one with Clive Owen where women become infertile. I think that is what's going to happen eventually. We are going to keep messing with our biology until we can't even reproduce anymore. Maybe this is somehow the government's way of population control? It's all extremely bizarre and unsettling to me. Something about it doesn't sit right. Are we prepared to put the maxi pad and tampon industry out of business forever? Someone should warn them.

Recently I was talking to a co-worker and we were reminiscing about the time we first got our periods. I guess the new version of that will be "I remember when I first and last got my period, it was all the same cycle and I haven't had one since now that I'm on this pill".

It's amazing we can stop the reproductive process as we know it but can't cure cancer or aids or our homeless problem or impeach President Bush.

That's all I got to say about that one for now. I'm horrified. I hope I never have to stay home sick again during the week.