THAT
1. Mommy cooks for her
2. She eats better than at least 75% of the world
3. She gets her teeth cleaned (I don't )
4. She gets pharmaceutical grade fish oil (she hates anyway)
5. She gets $15 shampoo and $15 conditioner bottles (I use Pantene for everything)
6. She doesn't have a job, pay taxes, do housework, or contribute in any material way; she only has to be her.
7. She comes first, the world is second
8. She really is smaller than a Dobberman and 98% of the dogs on our street.
9. The cats just want to be her friends
10. How lucky she is...
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sitting and waiting for the traffic light to turn
This is a memo to those people who didn't get the one 20 years ago about the sensor strips under the asphalt and the painted white lines over them.
This means, that when you pull up to a red light, and keep inching forward 3+ yards passed the white line, you have crossed the sensory area that will NOTICE that it should turn the light, so your inching really renders you invisible and stupid. But, I know the memo didn't go out to EVERYONE, so I am sending one to you now.
Stay where you are supposed to, if you want to go. Otherwise you will stay there forever. Hm.. kewl!
This means, that when you pull up to a red light, and keep inching forward 3+ yards passed the white line, you have crossed the sensory area that will NOTICE that it should turn the light, so your inching really renders you invisible and stupid. But, I know the memo didn't go out to EVERYONE, so I am sending one to you now.
Stay where you are supposed to, if you want to go. Otherwise you will stay there forever. Hm.. kewl!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Publix Apron Simple Meals-or-What can we sell tonight?
Dear Consumer,
I listen to radio on my daily drives and listen to some of the ads plaid on the major stations. One of those is by Publix, and the topic of my discussion. The "simple meals" project that is found as a free standing station close to the entrance seemingly tries to help people by providing dinner choices, complete with not only the recipe, but taste testing and ingredients close by as well. So I've listened to two of these in two consecutive days, and I can't stay quiet anymore!
The first ad had something healthy as a main course (I cannot remember what exactly) accompanied by a side of bacon cheese fries, which, according to the expert, needed to be dipped in ranch dressing. I said, yeih! what a great way to add an extra 1000 calories to your DINNER! Ok, cheesy fries, whatever. Topped with bacon, now you are cancelling the effects of fish oil capsules you've been taking. AND dipped in ranch? WHY??? Are those poor potatos lacking falvor still?
No, I tell you why. To sell stuff. Now we have gone from potatoes, to potatos, cheese, bacon and ranch. Bamm! Good job.
Next day, commercial: thai something salmon (thai always means sweet!), accompanied by something that had bacon in it.
Ok, here's the downlow: know what you are ADDING to your dinner. Little things add up, especially if it begins with "bac" and ends with "on". The main directive of any corporation is to sell stuff by appealing to someone. Providing easy recipes is one thing (though how hard is it to cook a piece of fish, or make a side dish?), turning something basically good into something totally bad is another. I will paste the link for the Apron's recipe site, and ask you too look hard and find how many of them do not have added sugar or added fat (for flavor, of course, or just in case we are bored with how real food tastes). These things are fun to eat every now and then, but cannot be part of your everyday cooking!
No surprise then, that when I was asked by my evening boot campers what to eat after 8pm (when the class is over), I said "Grab a sugar cube wrapped in bacon". Why the cooking? They didn't believe me...
Anyway, to save time, try baking a big batch of chicken breast and freeze it. It can be used with packages of vegetable stir fry (just the vegetables!) or rice, or salad, or anything you can think of! It is a great source of protein, and can be eaten hot or cold, alone or with someone else:)
Another trick I do is to get a really nice, thick sirloin steak and slice it like the Chinese do, thin. A quick seasoning and pan searing does the job in 10 minutes. Then this can be frozen too, or added in tomato sauce, on a sandwich, or eaten alone, even cold. Sometimes I just slice tomatoes or fresh fruit as a side. I find that the side dishes take the longest to prepare: like couscous, bulgur wheat, quinoa - all have a 25-30 minute prep time. So I don't make those for every meal. I am lucky though, for living alone I get to eat a serving of side dish for 3 days:)
Anyway, here's the link to the Publix Experts, use it with care!
http://www.publix.com/aprons/meals/SimpleMeals.do
I listen to radio on my daily drives and listen to some of the ads plaid on the major stations. One of those is by Publix, and the topic of my discussion. The "simple meals" project that is found as a free standing station close to the entrance seemingly tries to help people by providing dinner choices, complete with not only the recipe, but taste testing and ingredients close by as well. So I've listened to two of these in two consecutive days, and I can't stay quiet anymore!
The first ad had something healthy as a main course (I cannot remember what exactly) accompanied by a side of bacon cheese fries, which, according to the expert, needed to be dipped in ranch dressing. I said, yeih! what a great way to add an extra 1000 calories to your DINNER! Ok, cheesy fries, whatever. Topped with bacon, now you are cancelling the effects of fish oil capsules you've been taking. AND dipped in ranch? WHY??? Are those poor potatos lacking falvor still?
No, I tell you why. To sell stuff. Now we have gone from potatoes, to potatos, cheese, bacon and ranch. Bamm! Good job.
Next day, commercial: thai something salmon (thai always means sweet!), accompanied by something that had bacon in it.
Ok, here's the downlow: know what you are ADDING to your dinner. Little things add up, especially if it begins with "bac" and ends with "on". The main directive of any corporation is to sell stuff by appealing to someone. Providing easy recipes is one thing (though how hard is it to cook a piece of fish, or make a side dish?), turning something basically good into something totally bad is another. I will paste the link for the Apron's recipe site, and ask you too look hard and find how many of them do not have added sugar or added fat (for flavor, of course, or just in case we are bored with how real food tastes). These things are fun to eat every now and then, but cannot be part of your everyday cooking!
No surprise then, that when I was asked by my evening boot campers what to eat after 8pm (when the class is over), I said "Grab a sugar cube wrapped in bacon". Why the cooking? They didn't believe me...
Anyway, to save time, try baking a big batch of chicken breast and freeze it. It can be used with packages of vegetable stir fry (just the vegetables!) or rice, or salad, or anything you can think of! It is a great source of protein, and can be eaten hot or cold, alone or with someone else:)
Another trick I do is to get a really nice, thick sirloin steak and slice it like the Chinese do, thin. A quick seasoning and pan searing does the job in 10 minutes. Then this can be frozen too, or added in tomato sauce, on a sandwich, or eaten alone, even cold. Sometimes I just slice tomatoes or fresh fruit as a side. I find that the side dishes take the longest to prepare: like couscous, bulgur wheat, quinoa - all have a 25-30 minute prep time. So I don't make those for every meal. I am lucky though, for living alone I get to eat a serving of side dish for 3 days:)
Anyway, here's the link to the Publix Experts, use it with care!
http://www.publix.com/aprons/meals/SimpleMeals.do
Saturday, October 17, 2009
poetry analysis
I am in a class that is sometimes funny, sometimes mind boggling and other times scary. It can also be ridiculous.
It occurred to me that analyzing poetry is like working on a conspiracy theory. If there is something to connect to something else, we will find it. What's funny is that some of it is totally lost in translation or not applicable, but hey! I found it!!! The third letter of the second word of the first verse in the fifth Canto is the same as the last letter of the fifth word in the first verse of the second Canto. And by this I mean there is a connection in my overly overworked awesome mind that long ago stopped reading poetry and started breaking code! Holy Moly! And by this I mean I need to start building a card castle.
All I am saying is that sometimes, just sometimes, poetry is meant to be read and interpreted by the reader according to her emotions, experiences and ideals, with the underlying meaning in focus, but for each reader a unique voice that delivers that meaning. It's POETRY, not code. No way a true poet would have set out and deliberately constructed references to everything under the sun, in a volume that needs three books to print. No way. I'm not buying it. But it's funny! It's almost like a deranged child's play: "Mommy, I know what "walking along" means, it means we are having chicken for dinner, because the chicken was doing the walking in the other verse, and along could mean "along with dinner". Crazy *(#!
What I really think is that people who don't have the emotional intelligence to FEEL the tone and have no musical awareness to LISTEN to the left hand playing along have to find meaningless and barbaric references to the chicken dinner. It doesn't always have to be a conspiracy. What about conspiracy by accident, does that have a name? Yeah, it's called: genius, Genius!
And by genius, I mean hit you with a wooden spoon in the head.
The end.
It occurred to me that analyzing poetry is like working on a conspiracy theory. If there is something to connect to something else, we will find it. What's funny is that some of it is totally lost in translation or not applicable, but hey! I found it!!! The third letter of the second word of the first verse in the fifth Canto is the same as the last letter of the fifth word in the first verse of the second Canto. And by this I mean there is a connection in my overly overworked awesome mind that long ago stopped reading poetry and started breaking code! Holy Moly! And by this I mean I need to start building a card castle.
All I am saying is that sometimes, just sometimes, poetry is meant to be read and interpreted by the reader according to her emotions, experiences and ideals, with the underlying meaning in focus, but for each reader a unique voice that delivers that meaning. It's POETRY, not code. No way a true poet would have set out and deliberately constructed references to everything under the sun, in a volume that needs three books to print. No way. I'm not buying it. But it's funny! It's almost like a deranged child's play: "Mommy, I know what "walking along" means, it means we are having chicken for dinner, because the chicken was doing the walking in the other verse, and along could mean "along with dinner". Crazy *(#!
What I really think is that people who don't have the emotional intelligence to FEEL the tone and have no musical awareness to LISTEN to the left hand playing along have to find meaningless and barbaric references to the chicken dinner. It doesn't always have to be a conspiracy. What about conspiracy by accident, does that have a name? Yeah, it's called: genius, Genius!
And by genius, I mean hit you with a wooden spoon in the head.
The end.
if you are a vegetarian
You must not know how the American and international farmers alike are being exploited and governed with seed control, pesticides, production regulations and all sorts of industrially favorable rules. I recommend reading "Animal, vegetable, miracle" for a little eye opening. Nothing that is profitable and consumable is safe anymore from human exploitation. The only solution I see is a compromise by reversion to self sustained communities and local food movement, such as the "Slow Food" movement of Italy.
And if you think "organic" is safe, think again. It's just another guideline and another business. It's not really natural and pure. I don't think any of the store bought food is. Even the soil is tainted and treated. And tainted. So there...We are so far away from sustenance, we are in the era of devourment conjoined with pretences to appear normal. Or, I could've said, we are in the era of over consumption and making a business out of everything else that can hide it. Eat this and eat that, get a value for your dollar and take supplements and get surgeries to hide away the greed. I wonder how many different versions of, say, ice cream there are in the US. Or bread. Or milk. Simple items that want to cater to some specific group. Then, there is a whole other industry of keeping people "healthy". WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN ANYMORE?
By the way, I meet more and more people who are vegetarians to some degree and are,sadly, obese. So there, again. What's the solution? I dunno... Simplicity and modesty?. Eating cantaloupe that was harvested in Chile by starving farmers who are on the verge of ruin as they try to comply with and stay within government guidelines is not it. Having to harvest produce prematurely that has to be packaged and transported (using fuel, yes) while competing with mechanized farms is not it.
But! Eating off the land of neighboring farms and having to miss Chilean cantaloupe off season is a sacrifice, something that is right next to modesty and sustenance. Dying.
I do miss simplicity.
And if you think "organic" is safe, think again. It's just another guideline and another business. It's not really natural and pure. I don't think any of the store bought food is. Even the soil is tainted and treated. And tainted. So there...We are so far away from sustenance, we are in the era of devourment conjoined with pretences to appear normal. Or, I could've said, we are in the era of over consumption and making a business out of everything else that can hide it. Eat this and eat that, get a value for your dollar and take supplements and get surgeries to hide away the greed. I wonder how many different versions of, say, ice cream there are in the US. Or bread. Or milk. Simple items that want to cater to some specific group. Then, there is a whole other industry of keeping people "healthy". WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN ANYMORE?
By the way, I meet more and more people who are vegetarians to some degree and are,sadly, obese. So there, again. What's the solution? I dunno... Simplicity and modesty?. Eating cantaloupe that was harvested in Chile by starving farmers who are on the verge of ruin as they try to comply with and stay within government guidelines is not it. Having to harvest produce prematurely that has to be packaged and transported (using fuel, yes) while competing with mechanized farms is not it.
But! Eating off the land of neighboring farms and having to miss Chilean cantaloupe off season is a sacrifice, something that is right next to modesty and sustenance. Dying.
I do miss simplicity.
assembly of a chicken
I have pondered... if I were to take body parts of a chicken from packages of chickien body parts (i.e. 2 thighs from a package of chicken thighs, breasts from a package of chicken breasts, etc) what kind of chicken would be built? The answer: a superchicken, with breasts as big as Dolly Parton's, and legs like a power lifter. The next qeustion is. From what kind of chickens do these body parts come? I suspect it goes something like this: parts from genetically engineered big breasted ones, from genetically enhanced fat legged ones, and from ones that probably don't even have a head. Unless there is a market somewhere for chicken lips.
Sad, isn't it? Exploited animals. I would just like to eat an average chicken with cup size B, and shoe size 7. One that can run without tipping on her own breasts and is actually able to lift his legs off the ground. Geez...
Sad, isn't it? Exploited animals. I would just like to eat an average chicken with cup size B, and shoe size 7. One that can run without tipping on her own breasts and is actually able to lift his legs off the ground. Geez...
Sunday, October 11, 2009
training styles
What's the difference between Crossfit, Boot Camp, Exercise Class, Kettle Bell workout, Interval Training and so forth?
They try to appeal to someone. It's like buying shampoo. There are mandarin scented ones with a hint of peach, or cucumber melon scented ones, or unscented ones...do they really differ that much? The answer is NO. Not really. They would get your hair washed, all of them. So how does that apply to all the special types of training? Do what you like. But do it with heart and do it regularly. Not everyone likes spinning and not everyone likes dancy workout classes. Fitness levels and likes and dislikes vary.
I vote for complexity, intensity and variety. That is why I like to do boot camp, as opposed to sitting on a broom handle in a closed up room, or bouncing around to music standing in one spot. I am also not a great fan of Crossfit because it wears on the body with too much intensity and provides for no recovery. Overuse injury is likely to result, however! I do think it is a good platform to drastically increase fitness levels and help with weight loss. You choose if you are willing to submit your body to overuse to get there. Not everyone is a Navy Seal.
H.I.T.T. or high intensity interval training is also a great way to get in shape and have a good mix of tortures in your workout.
Boot camp, on the other hand, can be whatever. I like to alternate between muscle strength and endurance, cardiovascular fitness, and fun games. You can't go wrong with it!
So, yes, I am partial to my own technique, but I am also a participant and picky about my workouts. Remember, whatever you decide to engage in, make sure someone is paying attention to you and your form, your progress and your input. Make sure you get sweaty and feel great at the end of the workout. Make sure you look forward to your workouts.
Have fun and push yourself!
They try to appeal to someone. It's like buying shampoo. There are mandarin scented ones with a hint of peach, or cucumber melon scented ones, or unscented ones...do they really differ that much? The answer is NO. Not really. They would get your hair washed, all of them. So how does that apply to all the special types of training? Do what you like. But do it with heart and do it regularly. Not everyone likes spinning and not everyone likes dancy workout classes. Fitness levels and likes and dislikes vary.
I vote for complexity, intensity and variety. That is why I like to do boot camp, as opposed to sitting on a broom handle in a closed up room, or bouncing around to music standing in one spot. I am also not a great fan of Crossfit because it wears on the body with too much intensity and provides for no recovery. Overuse injury is likely to result, however! I do think it is a good platform to drastically increase fitness levels and help with weight loss. You choose if you are willing to submit your body to overuse to get there. Not everyone is a Navy Seal.
H.I.T.T. or high intensity interval training is also a great way to get in shape and have a good mix of tortures in your workout.
Boot camp, on the other hand, can be whatever. I like to alternate between muscle strength and endurance, cardiovascular fitness, and fun games. You can't go wrong with it!
So, yes, I am partial to my own technique, but I am also a participant and picky about my workouts. Remember, whatever you decide to engage in, make sure someone is paying attention to you and your form, your progress and your input. Make sure you get sweaty and feel great at the end of the workout. Make sure you look forward to your workouts.
Have fun and push yourself!
Birthday
I have not had the opportunity to say something to all the dear people who have remembered my birthday and extended a good wish and made my day!
I cherish these relationships and thank you all for keeping it alive!
Ex-coworkers, old friends, new friends, clients and otherwise bored people (just kidding) THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I had a wonderful time out with a few friends and remembered all the ones that couldn't be there!
I hope your special day is happy one as well, and I hope I will remember it too!
I cherish these relationships and thank you all for keeping it alive!
Ex-coworkers, old friends, new friends, clients and otherwise bored people (just kidding) THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I had a wonderful time out with a few friends and remembered all the ones that couldn't be there!
I hope your special day is happy one as well, and I hope I will remember it too!
Phfew!
Or however it's spelled... big sigh...
I have been away (literally) from my computer for a while, because it had a nasty virus I didn't want to catch! Now it's all better, till I start downloading music again, so I will use this opportunity to get a few words in.
First of all - Uma Thurman is a butt-ugly girl, if she's even a girl, I suspect she could be an overgrown amoeba with boobs stock on her sickly frame that closely resemble her eyes: way too large and far apart. Her delicate face reminds me of butt cheeks squeezed apart as one sits on the toilet, before secretion. Now then. Off to more important things...
Matt Lauer is gay, or else he would uncross his silly legs from a girly dainty position they are ALWAYS in. Bad sentence ending.
Fat tax...hm. tuff one. I say yes, only because it IS a legitimate and pressing cause for many ailments that could easily be solved with a bit of effort. Effort to walk, effort to shop and cook and pack food instead of quick fixes, effort to admit that it is NOT OK and NOT PRETTY, effort to not think of food as a reward and a comfort(er), effort to actually work out instead of reading a magazine on a recumbent bike. It is, nonetheless, a liability to others who DO make an effort and exercise self control. When big people look at skinny people they say "It's easy for you to be skinny", well, do you really think so???????? I have news for you, it's not! Not in this country, where portions are enough for an all day intake (which we feel compelled to consume because we paid for it), and walking is left for the vagrants and poor people, and fitness and supplements have become somewhat of a joke and just another business, whose goal is to make you feel good about yourself for very little effort.
Finally, I have a new interpretation of break lights in front of me. One light = picked up phone or hung up phone, or looked down on phone to see who's calling. Repeating break lights (for no (*^*&%&^ reason) = text messaging is in progress. Driving 20 miles under the speed limit (no longer exclusively belonging to frail old ladies or incompetent drivers who are intimidated by the act of driving) = cellphone in usage. I remember a law that declared earphone use illegal while driving under the assumption that it causes distraction from the actual traffic around. What do we call cellphones? A menace, I say! And I will admit - I am the first one to use mine while driving, because it's time used wisely, phone calls returned or made (not texting though). But seriously, I will gladly put mine away if that means no one can use theirs either. It is so ridiculous having these new roads built and having these high tech cars so we can drive with no eyes on the road and at most, 60 miles per hour speed. Something is gotta give. I hope a new law will be implemented to fix this.
Now, I've got much work to to, but plan on ranting some more soon, so don't miss it!
I have been away (literally) from my computer for a while, because it had a nasty virus I didn't want to catch! Now it's all better, till I start downloading music again, so I will use this opportunity to get a few words in.
First of all - Uma Thurman is a butt-ugly girl, if she's even a girl, I suspect she could be an overgrown amoeba with boobs stock on her sickly frame that closely resemble her eyes: way too large and far apart. Her delicate face reminds me of butt cheeks squeezed apart as one sits on the toilet, before secretion. Now then. Off to more important things...
Matt Lauer is gay, or else he would uncross his silly legs from a girly dainty position they are ALWAYS in. Bad sentence ending.
Fat tax...hm. tuff one. I say yes, only because it IS a legitimate and pressing cause for many ailments that could easily be solved with a bit of effort. Effort to walk, effort to shop and cook and pack food instead of quick fixes, effort to admit that it is NOT OK and NOT PRETTY, effort to not think of food as a reward and a comfort(er), effort to actually work out instead of reading a magazine on a recumbent bike. It is, nonetheless, a liability to others who DO make an effort and exercise self control. When big people look at skinny people they say "It's easy for you to be skinny", well, do you really think so???????? I have news for you, it's not! Not in this country, where portions are enough for an all day intake (which we feel compelled to consume because we paid for it), and walking is left for the vagrants and poor people, and fitness and supplements have become somewhat of a joke and just another business, whose goal is to make you feel good about yourself for very little effort.
Finally, I have a new interpretation of break lights in front of me. One light = picked up phone or hung up phone, or looked down on phone to see who's calling. Repeating break lights (for no (*^*&%&^ reason) = text messaging is in progress. Driving 20 miles under the speed limit (no longer exclusively belonging to frail old ladies or incompetent drivers who are intimidated by the act of driving) = cellphone in usage. I remember a law that declared earphone use illegal while driving under the assumption that it causes distraction from the actual traffic around. What do we call cellphones? A menace, I say! And I will admit - I am the first one to use mine while driving, because it's time used wisely, phone calls returned or made (not texting though). But seriously, I will gladly put mine away if that means no one can use theirs either. It is so ridiculous having these new roads built and having these high tech cars so we can drive with no eyes on the road and at most, 60 miles per hour speed. Something is gotta give. I hope a new law will be implemented to fix this.
Now, I've got much work to to, but plan on ranting some more soon, so don't miss it!
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