I wish everything had an explanation. I wish I could understand everything. While life has been throwing me a lot of epiphanies it doesn’t mean that I’m not confused by everything around me.
Bed+Tetris+Nine Inch Nails=right now.
This will probably always be my favorite picture of Bret.
We’re Both In Love With A Sexy Lady by The Flight Of The Conchords.
While some people are mourning the fact that the Flight of the Conchords aren’t going to continue their show, I prefer to just live in a beautiful state of denial.
In my mind, they might come back, when you’re least expecting it.
Posted December 14, 2009 at 2:22am
Why is it ok that you can spend less money on very fattening food [i.e. chips, soda, cookies, frozen meals], but it costs more to buy organic produce?! These are the questions that infuriate me.You raise a good point about the affordability, and in turn accessibility, of good food. Healthful and affordable food is nearly nonexistent as is, without the added requests that it be fulfilling in some way. For poor folks, there usually must be a trade off, and it’s usually nutrition for fulfillment.
It’s true, I’m not really sure as to how to suggest this to people who are truly in a financial bind. I budget quite a bit of money for food, so transitioning over to healthier options for me, might be a bit stressful, but not as stressful for others. I need to research this topic even further, as I want to help everybody find a way to fight this problem that we face as Americans.
![Excuse this, but I seriously need to have a longwinded post about this movie.
Lately I’ve been realizing I want to be healthy. It’s not about being skinny, it’s not about accepting my body the way it is. It’s about being healthy. I think our society and our media has it all wrong. While one group points the finger that says, look this way, be this skinny, and other group says, no way, I’m fine the way I am. What really confuses the FUCK out of me, is….why are we pointing fingers? When I was up to 251 lbs. I wasn’t blaming anyone. I didn’t like the way I felt. I wanted to change. I didn’t like the way I’d eat and eat and eat, only to feel disgustingly full afterwards, and to realize that I wasn’t eating because I was hungry. I was eating because I had severe emotional problems and while other people use drugs and alcohol to cope, food had always been my way of dealing with stress, depression and every other emotion.
I don’t understand why we aren’t all talking about being healthy. Why aren’t we talking about becoming a more active people. Why is it ok to go to our sedentary jobs, come home to our sedentary lives, and than wonder why the number on the scale goes up? Why we get all sorts of diseases that could have been prevented by a healthier lifestyle? Why is it ok that in our country the way we have grown to “develop” food is completely wrong. Why is it ok that you can spend less money on very fattening food [i.e. chips, soda, cookies, frozen meals], but it costs more to buy organic produce?! These are the questions that infuriate me.
I know for a fact that the way I eat is very much tied into my emotions. That being said, I believe you should watch this movie because while you may or not struggle with emotional eating, you should really be aware of what’s going on with our food. I’ve known about a lot of the issues that this film brought up, but for some reason, today, it really affected me much more. Maybe because I’ve pledged to eat healthier and live healthier recently. Maybe because my excuse of spending the least amount of money on food, isn’t that great of an excuse anymore.
Education is the first step of everything, I’m really starting to learn that. You can either turn a blind eye [which I did for a very long time] or you can learn things about yourself, about this country, and about your food, that you desperately need to know about. And I’ve always learned that once you really know something, once you’ve learned something, there is no turning back.
Change is inevitable.](http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kum8stwS4H1qznbldo1_500.jpg)
Excuse this, but I seriously need to have a longwinded post about this movie.
Lately I’ve been realizing I want to be healthy. It’s not about being skinny, it’s not about accepting my body the way it is. It’s about being healthy. I think our society and our media has it all wrong. While one group points the finger that says, look this way, be this skinny, and other group says, no way, I’m fine the way I am. What really confuses the FUCK out of me, is….why are we pointing fingers? When I was up to 251 lbs. I wasn’t blaming anyone. I didn’t like the way I felt. I wanted to change. I didn’t like the way I’d eat and eat and eat, only to feel disgustingly full afterwards, and to realize that I wasn’t eating because I was hungry. I was eating because I had severe emotional problems and while other people use drugs and alcohol to cope, food had always been my way of dealing with stress, depression and every other emotion.
I don’t understand why we aren’t all talking about being healthy. Why aren’t we talking about becoming a more active people. Why is it ok to go to our sedentary jobs, come home to our sedentary lives, and than wonder why the number on the scale goes up? Why we get all sorts of diseases that could have been prevented by a healthier lifestyle? Why is it ok that in our country the way we have grown to “develop” food is completely wrong. Why is it ok that you can spend less money on very fattening food [i.e. chips, soda, cookies, frozen meals], but it costs more to buy organic produce?! These are the questions that infuriate me.
I know for a fact that the way I eat is very much tied into my emotions. That being said, I believe you should watch this movie because while you may or not struggle with emotional eating, you should really be aware of what’s going on with our food. I’ve known about a lot of the issues that this film brought up, but for some reason, today, it really affected me much more. Maybe because I’ve pledged to eat healthier and live healthier recently. Maybe because my excuse of spending the least amount of money on food, isn’t that great of an excuse anymore.
Education is the first step of everything, I’m really starting to learn that. You can either turn a blind eye [which I did for a very long time] or you can learn things about yourself, about this country, and about your food, that you desperately need to know about. And I’ve always learned that once you really know something, once you’ve learned something, there is no turning back.
Change is inevitable.
GPOY-Sunday
Me goofin’ off in my bathroom. This whole “bare look” is freaking me out a little.
It’s official, I have a type. Tall, skinny, blonde geeky guys. <3
I saw the cuuuutest guy at my favorite coffeeshop and he made eye contact with me as he left. Too bad yours truly gets petrified of cute guys and completely avoided making eye contact back and smiling. Like I was hoping to do.
Eh, I’ve seen him there before, so hopefully I’ll see him again.
P.s. he had really nice shoes, overall, nice style as well.
I slipped and fell on ice yesterday. Not my most proudest moment. It’s pretty awesome when you fall smack down on pavement and instead of thinking, oh gosh, I hope I’m alright, you think, fuck I can’t afford to go to the hospital, I hope I can get up and walk. <—-Seriously fucked up.
I thought I was getting off easy, just a bruise and some light soreness. Than I wake up this morning, like an old person, I’m soooo sore. My upper back is all messed up, my entire right arm [the one that broke the fall] is tense. Getting old is no fun.
Posted December 13, 2009 at 12:31pm
Also.
I’m not the greatest at grammar, and should probably work on that by either taking another writing class or just working through the specific simple issues I have [apostrophes, they’re, there, their, you’re, your, that type of stuff].
That being said.
Whenever someone corrects me on my grammar, I really want to say, ok, you’ve got me there, I’m pretty shitty at grammar…
But can you create a painting with oil and brushes and have people think it’s pretty well done?!
BOOYAH!
Some people think grammar is easy. I’d rather read about art or create art in reality.
Posted December 13, 2009 at 3:12am
