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Push Girls: Reality TV Finally Finds Us
I wrote more about what “Push Girls” means to me for Easystand. Check it out: Push Girls premiered last Monday, the new reality show on the Sundance channel profiling four “hot babes” in wheelchairs. As a babe in a wheelchair myself (hey I’ve been called that), this show is the televised messiah I’ve been waiting for. The show’s premise – showing the world that you can still be beautiful, have a full life, a great job, have men that want you, and still drive a fabulous car (has been my personal goal since my injury). You have no idea how frustrating it is for people to be shocked when you can achieve any of…
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SCI Superstar: Jesse Billauer
The ocean can be a dangerous place. Sharks, big waves with multiple personalities, fugly Man o’ Wars, but you don’t have to tell Jesse Billauer this. He’s a born and bred Cali boy who came out of the womb with a surfboard attached to the hip. Jesse, at 17, was living the semi-charmed life of a California teenager – young, athletic, gorgeous (still is) and staged to be one of the next big surfers; it was an idyllic life. But his world turned upside down in 1996 when the crest of a wave threw him off his surfboard. Jesse hit his head on a sandbar and became a C5-6 quadriplegic…
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SCI Superstar of the Week: Mark Zupan
The original tattooed hardcore wheelchair athlete, Mark Zupan is the King of “Muderball,” aka quad rugby, the crazy wheelchair flipping sport (you only wish you were as cool as this Austin, Texas dude). He has the sexiest tattoos ever, more confidence than any guy should legally have….what’s not to love about this guy? Love him! Read this entry
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3/9/12: Image of the Day
A woman bellydancing in a wheelchair. So pretty. Makes me want to buy a few scarves (or a hundred).
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9/13/10: Meet the Queen of wheelchair tennis
Sexy, athletic, and seated. Yes, these three words can go together, and Esther Vergeer, a 29 year old wheelchair tennis phenom from the Netherlands, is the rolling definition of badassery.
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8/30/10: Beautiful dancer, beautiful message
Check out the amazing dancer, Andrea Jerabek, a lifelong dancer and recent amputee (who opted to have it amputated in 2005 after being born with a deformed foot), who incorporates her wheelchair and creates the most beautiful lines you’ve ever seen.
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Cutting calories may extend life, health. Does this mean I’ll live to see 100?
Following a 20 year study in primates, scientists have discovered you can live not only a helluva lot longer, but remain disease-free too, if you eat less. I’ve been eating less for years. Will I be rockin’ out in 2079? Read my hopeful thoughts here. – Tiff
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95% Worth Your Time
Oxygen+ is like an oxygen bar that’s with you wherever you go. And with the shitty air that we all usually breath day in and day out, getting some deep breathes of PERFECT oxygen can really do wonders for your health. I’m a huge proponent of oxygen bars (I particularly love Oxynate at the Mall of America. $20 gets you a massage chair treatment with a soothing sounds headset, flavored oxygen, a head massage, and a shot of something way stronger than Red Bull). Some hot guy gave me a sample of Oxygen+ in the skyway last week (in peppermint flavor), and I’ve been huffing and puffing it daily ever since (you get…
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Are You Hungry?
Lower your calorie intake, girls. That’s how I stay thin, and I haven’t walked in 14+ years. I try not to eat mre than 1300 calories a day, and so far it’s worked. I haven’t become that “overweight” chic in a chair. I eat lots of small snacks during the day (no big meals), I drink coffee every morning, don’t smoke, don’t drink pop, and try to eat as little processed food as possible. Here’s a great site – Hungry Girl – to give you the latest food/health trends out there. – Tiff
