Heh - my poor betta fish are sooo cold, i have their little tanks wrapped up with scaves and sitting under lamps!

you know, i wonder - just for the sake of wondering - what it would be like to have the scars be seen by others and to have the attitude of "Yep. I was in a lot of pain. You're staring does not effect me because I know who I am, what I went through, and what I had to do to get through that time in my life." I wonder if i'll ever reach that point.
When i worked in a women's DV shelter, one of the workers had several deep scars across her shoulder. She always wore sphegetthi strap tang tops and I certainly never asked about them. But her demeanor was one (seemingly to me) as indifference. They didn't outwardly effect her and how she was in the world. Just in that, I found I respected her. She was one tough cookie and I didn't try to get to know her just out of keeping myself to myself. But i found it interesting.
Kiya