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I Wanna Soak Up the Sun...
Jan. 31st, 2003 09:54 amMy new phrase, to describe fair-skinned people (like myself) who think they have a smokin' tan going on, when compared to others it's not that dark.
Delusions of tandeur.
This goes along with tanorexia, which I coined in my '99 summer in Spain, when I was courting skin cancer with every new day. I later found out David Sedaris had also come up with the same word (I think it's used in Me Talk Pretty One Day--I don't know who thought of it first.
Yes, I am a tanorexic. I love to tan. I love to lie in a bed, feeling the warmth of the artificial rays, feeling my body gradually produce sweat, knowing my body will be a warm brown for several days thereafter. I love to stretch out on the sand in the sun and doze with the sound of the surf in my ears. I don't care if I get skin cancer; the benefits of improved mood (light therapy and all that) are well worth it. Nothing is worse than spending the entire winter drunk to alleviate the depression from SAD (aka Caucasian Disease).
Delusions of tandeur.
This goes along with tanorexia, which I coined in my '99 summer in Spain, when I was courting skin cancer with every new day. I later found out David Sedaris had also come up with the same word (I think it's used in Me Talk Pretty One Day--I don't know who thought of it first.
Yes, I am a tanorexic. I love to tan. I love to lie in a bed, feeling the warmth of the artificial rays, feeling my body gradually produce sweat, knowing my body will be a warm brown for several days thereafter. I love to stretch out on the sand in the sun and doze with the sound of the surf in my ears. I don't care if I get skin cancer; the benefits of improved mood (light therapy and all that) are well worth it. Nothing is worse than spending the entire winter drunk to alleviate the depression from SAD (aka Caucasian Disease).
