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A big can of ChickpeasAugust 06 A long time coming Hey y'all.. I do still exist.. am living a life of comfort, adventure, boredom, frustartion, love, excitement. fulfilment and questions. I will be back with more when I have the energy to do so.. will be soon! April 10 Back Since I can't access this BLOG through messenger anymore.. or at least in no way that I can figure out... it surprises me that I can access it, and write in it, just from typing in the BLOG name in my search engine. So I guess anyone who did so could have their bit o' fun and enter a BLOG here. If they'd like to, that's fine I guess.. but I would hate to think that anyone could do that anytime, forever and ever. Despite the fact that I have ignored my BLOG, it doesn't mean that I feel it's OK for it to belong to anyone else. So Mexico was pretty cool. I ate and drank a lot.. and Jackie was pretty much the perfect partner in eating and drinking crime. By day four we were both pretty much constipated beyond belief, but the chateaubriand and drinks of the day were worth it. I swam in the ocean.. just walked right into that motherfucker without blue toes or cramps or nothin'. I swam with beautiful fishies, I lay on the beach, I waded in pools, I jaccuzied on my balcony and went to the spa. I lived the life. I wore a bikini! Yes folks.. the beauty of going somewhere you'll never be again is doing those things you said you'd never do. But I'd go back in a second:) So here I am.. back from Mexico and back in my BLOG. The reason I was away needs not to be brought up.. but I feel like I am at a point beyond caring about that. I miss pouring out my thoughts, and once again everyone is welcome to read them. ' My folks place is up for sale. I need to go and scatter some of dad's ashes in the back yard.. it's the only place he specifically asked to be. The places that I've had him sprinkled.. he would love but never would have asked us to make that journey. Luckily, I have friends in many places (thank you Steph and Myke) and have many more venues planned. With mom... I'm not so sure. She wil need to be kept close to me, but soon out of the drawer because I know she is clausterphoic. We have a children's puzzle,,, one where the animal makes it's sound if you put it in the right place. Many, many times.. usually daily, for no reason the animal sounds go off.. making themselves heard.. and I can't help but feel that mom is telling me to get her out of the godamned drawer already. Easter tomorrow.. One wonders if celebrations were meant to actually celebrate a person or an event.. or if it was just an excuse to make a big meal and drink your face off. I don't really care either way. January 22 Incognito Next month a girlfriend and I will be travelling to Mexico for a week. We'll be staying at a pretty posh place... and for some reason I am taking the opportunity NOT to be me. I just feel like being someone else, seeing if I can pull off being a sophisticated woman with a little bit O' cash who can enjoy a few of the finer things in life. I'm going to need a major wardrobe overhaul, a haircut, some jewelery... and an attitude of some sort:) It's kind of like a game, or being an actress or something. Should I change my name, too? On the one hand - it's wrong not to be yourself. On the other.. how many opportunities do we get to do something like that? I've been through a lot these past couple of years... most of it wonderful, some of it agonizing. I need a break from ME - I want to have some fun, branch out, push the borders. What better opportunity to do that than thousands of miles away from anyone who will ever see you again (except the friend who doesn't care, who would probably do it herself!). December 28 So this is Christmas.... And what have I done?
Well I did a couple things... none of which I'm going to list here.
I still have to do a lot to my house (nothing has been done yet. Nothing.)
Nothing has been done for a few friends that maybe should deserve it. I'm not sure how I'm going to come to terms with that now.
Some friends are reeling in the benefits (and I bubble and explode with that)
Some friends have no idea
Some friends will receive the usual
It's not about deservedness, it's about the NOW and opportunity.
But rest assured, no matter what.. I love you all.. and at some point, when I can.. you will get what I can give you. December 08 Food paranoia I'm sure you all are familiar with my passion, obesession, love and hatred for food. But it seems like every week I am bombarded with suspicious information regarding my beloved food. Everywhere I look, every time I tune into the radio, there is someone telling me what is now unacceptable, undesirable or just plain dangerous to eat. The latest was a posting on Facebook by my friend, Eric Edmedes. Eric has written a book called "The Human Diet" and from what I can gather from his description of it - it would appear that Dairy products aren't beneficial to us humans. Now, I haven't read the book - nor really did I read the entire preface...Eric could be talking about how dairy is bad for certain types of people only, and likely talks about differents foods as well. And I'm not sure I want to know what ELSE I shouldn't be eating. What I DID read ofcourse sounded very professional and convincing and ... sigh.
I was a vegetarian for many different periods of my life. Then I saw a book called "Eat right for your type" that was about how different blood types reacted to certain foods. Being type "O", it told me that O's were big meat eaters and should eat plenty of it. This book was later called the most dangerous diet book of all time, but at the time I read it.... it was just one more bummer. So now if you want to lose weight, don't eat carbs! Carbs - not only the most delicious of most snacks, but easily accessible. A handful of crackers, a slice of toast, a banana, a containter of yoghurt (carbs AND dairy - certainly this combination should not only kill us but put on a few extra pounds as well. YOGHURT! Who's have thought.. I always loved it and thought it was good for me).
Oh and for God's sake, don't eat wheat! It'll break you out in rashes and constipate you to no end.
Wasn't there something about alph alpha sprouts.. somewhere...?
And then there were the big spinach and tomato E. coli scares.
And meat IS murder.
And now soy isn't as good for you as they said - so they say... what will "they" be saying next?
It would seem that I am condemned to a diet of broccoli and water.
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