Dearest E,

I  guess you haven't seen EXTREME MAKE OVERS` YET...WHERE THEY TAKE MIDDLE AMERICANS AND DO COMPLETE PLASTIC SURGERY MAKEOVERS INCLUDING BELLY TUCKS AND NOSE JOBS AND BREAST IMPLANTS ON TV.  Then later they show how glamorous the new person is and how it affects their lives and their self esteem.  Riveting.

We live in Hollywood, I do, that is.  Owing to my awareness of body fat, beauty and youth here I seem to have developed an excellent state of health from all the exercise, great self esteem and a better body than I have ever had in my life, thanks to Los Angeles awareness.I seem to be better off physically than all most all of my peers who live outside LA.

As a result I will not waddle nor toddle nor stumble into old age, feeling decrepit or tired.  I ride bikes with B., who is incredibly sexual and active at 68 yrs (more than any man I have EVER known) for 2 hrs a day and do sit ups and crunches excessively,  lift weights and go to the gym whenever possible, all of which, according to the latest studies will both prolong our lives and enhance the quality of our lives during old age. Genetics aside, I plan to make my 'old age' my best age as it already seems to be...

.....remember John Barrett Browning's poem...."grow old along with me...the best is yet to be; the last of life for which the first was made"

So my dear, I thank Los Angeles and its twisted mentality and obsession with youth, for saving me from what I saw at my 40 yr high school reunion recently:   middle age spread, exhaustion, disease and dementia, depression and overeating and overweight.   I thank my lucky stars that I chose LA for all of its other glaring faults it has helped preserve me and my zeal for life.

All those masking under the banner of "grow old gracefully" the subtext often being...let yourself go shamelessly..... may do so as long as they are exercising 2 hrs a day, eating healthy foods, and keeping fit and glowing thru whatever process it takes to make them love themselves well so that they may be better lovers to others...because if they don't adore themselves, their partners and loved ones will only suffer the dire consequences

By the way didn't Peter Camejo sound like the most intelligent of all the candidates?  He is by far the best.  In a perfect world, people like Peter would be in gov't.

loveandbuffness/sc