So I ended my last mopey post saying I was going to go eat too much.
Well I decided instead to not be self-destructive, and to take advantage of all my fresh veggies before they go bad, and I made a ridiculous Salad Extravaganza.
I put in every single thing I love in a salad. (Even if they don't necessarily go well together.)
Featuring:
Spring Mix
baby carrots
cucumber
grape tomatoes
mushrooms
zesty sprouts (I love sprouts. Put 'em on a sandwich- mm mm good.)
green bell pepper (excellent source of vitamin C, better than oranges, as I "proved" in my 6th grade (Gold Medal Winning) Science Fair Project ;) )
radishes (love love love radishes. What an underrated veggie.)
an apple
craisins
crumbled gorgonzola
candied walnuts
good seasons italian dressing (makes me think of home.)
salt and pepper
I am in salad heaven.
Who said dieting is hard... I could melt away to nothing, happily, if I could have a salad like this every day- it's just keeping fresh veggies in stock, and washing/chopping/cleaning up that I don't motivate to do. Unfortunately it's just a lot easier to eat tim horton's at work, and hard to resist the pizza and wings that is always ordered when we're on call.
Slightly happier now,
-J
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04/12/2006 23:40 #23833
Alex's Awesome saladCategory: food
04/09/2006 22:13 #23829
open letterCategory: :(
Dear men/boys of Buffalo:
You suck.
You have broken me.
You win.
I give up.
(and you don't even care.)
Love, J
You suck.
You have broken me.
You win.
I give up.
(and you don't even care.)
Love, J
metalpeter - 04/10/06 19:03
(Um I'm Right Here, Kidding, I hardly know ya so maybe I shouldn't joke like that). Compatability is often tuff to find. I can't speak for you but with me all the cool chicks that I could see myself where allready taken and the few who warn't I had no fealings for or that wasn't what they wanted. [I gave up for a good about of time back in my a little bit more socail days to, so I sord of get it]. Don't ask why there are () and [] it makes no sense really. Hope things get better for ya.
(Um I'm Right Here, Kidding, I hardly know ya so maybe I shouldn't joke like that). Compatability is often tuff to find. I can't speak for you but with me all the cool chicks that I could see myself where allready taken and the few who warn't I had no fealings for or that wasn't what they wanted. [I gave up for a good about of time back in my a little bit more socail days to, so I sord of get it]. Don't ask why there are () and [] it makes no sense really. Hope things get better for ya.
sbrugger - 04/10/06 11:21
Actually...to heck with that...I'm going to comment.
There are some great guys around here (you've said as much yourself..)...there are some assholes. The same can be said of the girls/women in the area. We can either sit around crying about the assholes or we can go out and find the great ones. (and then not dismiss them when we meet them...but I digress...lol)
But saying we all suck and have broken you? C'mon Jenks...
Actually...to heck with that...I'm going to comment.
There are some great guys around here (you've said as much yourself..)...there are some assholes. The same can be said of the girls/women in the area. We can either sit around crying about the assholes or we can go out and find the great ones. (and then not dismiss them when we meet them...but I digress...lol)
But saying we all suck and have broken you? C'mon Jenks...
ajay - 04/10/06 01:17
Don't be disheartened.
There are other fish in Lake Erie. Not all of them are polluted. :)
Don't be disheartened.
There are other fish in Lake Erie. Not all of them are polluted. :)
vincent - 04/10/06 00:43
I am so sorry.
There have been times in my life where I have felt that same esssence of fustration.
For me it just took time and subconsciously letting go to have someone stumble across my path that was a descent human being. We are not together anymore, but it was fun, healing and wholesome while it lasted.
I am so sorry.
There have been times in my life where I have felt that same esssence of fustration.
For me it just took time and subconsciously letting go to have someone stumble across my path that was a descent human being. We are not together anymore, but it was fun, healing and wholesome while it lasted.
theecarey - 04/09/06 23:46
??
Are they better elsewhere? (just kidding, guys!)
MrMike has it: hang in there.
??
Are they better elsewhere? (just kidding, guys!)
MrMike has it: hang in there.
boxerboi - 04/09/06 22:52
do the gay ones count?
do the gay ones count?
04/12/2006 23:38 #23832
funkity funk (let's try again)Category: :(
I wish I could feel better.
This is unlike me. I'm always miss happy-go-lucky. But ever since yesterday, everything just feels wrong.
I made the stupid ass mistake of talking to my ex. Or texting him, to be more precise.
We'd made contact again recently, which made me happy. I hate having people leave my life on bad terms.
So we were tossing around the idea of coffee. I was actually looking forward to it. Because when all is said and done, I enjoy his company.
So he asked when, and said he's "really busy". I said no shit i'm busy too, and gave him some options. And in typical fashion, he didn't respond. That is my ULTIMATE PET PEEVE, and he fucking KNOWS this, since we fought about it many times.
I gave him a week or so, then last night just texted him "hi". We chatted a bit, blah blah blah. I asked him about coffee, and he says "i said yes let's go" and pretended he didn't know he had never answered me. Then all of the sudden he disappears. Two hours later "oh... I was eating." Why couldn't you fucking tell me that, instead of leaving me hanging? I don't know why this gets to me so much, but he just pushes all my buttons. Then he came back and we chatted a little more, and (as usual) ended in a fight, with him saying "some things never change", and me crying. So it looks like we won't have coffee. And I don't know why that bothers me so much. Why do I want to see a guy who makes me so fucking miserable? (this is the guy who, after all, broke up with me (after a YEAR) b/c I wanted dinner and he wanted to watch Lost.) I guess I just hate to think I "failed" at the relationship. Which makes me think of all my other "failed" relationships/attempts/etc, and makes me feel like I can't do ANYthing right.
Blah.
So anyway, that got me down. Spent the rest of the night in tears, until I went to bed early. And still just had a black cloud around me all day.
And then my dumbass coworker locked the call room from the inside so I couldn't get to my locker my car keys to go home. And it took security almost 3 hours to come open the door. but so I killed time on estrip. (where else?) And (e:sbrugger) asked "what is so bad about your life?" And I guess that's hard to answer... Aside from boy drama and being alone, I guess there is nothing so BAD. But worse than that, there is just nothing so GOOD either. Ok I have my health, I have a roof over my head, I'm more fortunate than most, blah blah spare me. But there's just nothing to get out of bed for in the morning... My family is fantastic... estrip is pretty cool... I have a few friends... but as (e:vincent) put it, these things don't keep me warm at night. And I wondered what the common problem is. And maybe it's work. I dread work lately. I get there, and all I want to do is go home. I can't WAIT to leave the building. I find myself getting annoyed with my patients (sometimes rightfully so, and sometimes not.) Annoyed with my interns. Annoyed if I have to actually do any work. Upset when a trauma makes me miss out on food or sleep. I haven't slept past 5am (in buffalo) since March 4th. (yes I was away two weekends ago, and I slept some there, but even that was a frantic whirlwind weekend.) This weekend I COULD have a day off (Easter), but only one of us can have the day off- me, or the chief. And there's no way the chief will work a holiday so that I can have a day off. So that means yet another week without a day off. I'm so sleep deprived I can't stand it. I fall asleep at red lights. I just fell asleep now while typing this. I've gotten to the point that 4 hours is "a lot" of sleep. It's just getting to me.... wearing me down.... And that makes me feel weak. All 53 other residents have it just as bad as I do... and they manage to pull off lives and relationships and have fun- and they even manage to study, which I NEVER do (and it's showing.)
So then I asked the ultimate question- Do I like what I do?
I always instinctively snap back "yes of course" to that question. But now I'm wondering- do I? I mean yes, operating is way cool. And I still do like that. But is it enough? I mean, I'm supposed to be EXCITED when a gunshot wound comes to the ER at 3am, because that means I might get to operate! A chance to cut is a chance to heal! Rah! I am macho surgeon! But instead I think "god DAMMIT I don't want to get out of bed, why did this stupid fucker have to go and get his stupid ass shot grumble grumble." Looking at the OR schedule today- pancreatectomy. Huge case. Probably 8hrs. I should probably have been fighting to get in there, but all I could think was "no thank you. I'll stick to my 45 min hernia repair." Does that mean I'm lazy?
But to get back to my point... do I like what I do? I always say yes- but is that just because the alternative is so bad? Admitting I don't like it would be.... I can't even imagine. It would flip my whole world on end. Because this is my whole life. There's no going back. And I'm not a quitter. So I can't even entertain the thought that maybe I'm not happy. So am I going to be miserable?
For now I tell myself this is just temporary... only 2 more years of residency. Then things will be better? God I hope so. Because this sucks so much right now. I am ALWAYS tired and cranky and whiny and miserable. No wonder I'm alone- who in their right mind would want to deal with this shite.
so on that depressing note, I think I will go eat far too much, starting with some spicy italian peppers. I went to the grocery store thursday. For the first time since 2/13. And now I have so much food I don't know where to start. It's like I want to eat it all at once. At least I don't have to eat popcorn for dinner anymore...
Later peeps. I love you. Thanks for letting me vent. Even though I feel totally broken, you can usually make me smile. So thanks for that. I guess not ALL men suck. (but I'm still not convinced.)
-J
This is unlike me. I'm always miss happy-go-lucky. But ever since yesterday, everything just feels wrong.
I made the stupid ass mistake of talking to my ex. Or texting him, to be more precise.
We'd made contact again recently, which made me happy. I hate having people leave my life on bad terms.
So we were tossing around the idea of coffee. I was actually looking forward to it. Because when all is said and done, I enjoy his company.
So he asked when, and said he's "really busy". I said no shit i'm busy too, and gave him some options. And in typical fashion, he didn't respond. That is my ULTIMATE PET PEEVE, and he fucking KNOWS this, since we fought about it many times.
I gave him a week or so, then last night just texted him "hi". We chatted a bit, blah blah blah. I asked him about coffee, and he says "i said yes let's go" and pretended he didn't know he had never answered me. Then all of the sudden he disappears. Two hours later "oh... I was eating." Why couldn't you fucking tell me that, instead of leaving me hanging? I don't know why this gets to me so much, but he just pushes all my buttons. Then he came back and we chatted a little more, and (as usual) ended in a fight, with him saying "some things never change", and me crying. So it looks like we won't have coffee. And I don't know why that bothers me so much. Why do I want to see a guy who makes me so fucking miserable? (this is the guy who, after all, broke up with me (after a YEAR) b/c I wanted dinner and he wanted to watch Lost.) I guess I just hate to think I "failed" at the relationship. Which makes me think of all my other "failed" relationships/attempts/etc, and makes me feel like I can't do ANYthing right.
Blah.
So anyway, that got me down. Spent the rest of the night in tears, until I went to bed early. And still just had a black cloud around me all day.
And then my dumbass coworker locked the call room from the inside so I couldn't get to my locker my car keys to go home. And it took security almost 3 hours to come open the door. but so I killed time on estrip. (where else?) And (e:sbrugger) asked "what is so bad about your life?" And I guess that's hard to answer... Aside from boy drama and being alone, I guess there is nothing so BAD. But worse than that, there is just nothing so GOOD either. Ok I have my health, I have a roof over my head, I'm more fortunate than most, blah blah spare me. But there's just nothing to get out of bed for in the morning... My family is fantastic... estrip is pretty cool... I have a few friends... but as (e:vincent) put it, these things don't keep me warm at night. And I wondered what the common problem is. And maybe it's work. I dread work lately. I get there, and all I want to do is go home. I can't WAIT to leave the building. I find myself getting annoyed with my patients (sometimes rightfully so, and sometimes not.) Annoyed with my interns. Annoyed if I have to actually do any work. Upset when a trauma makes me miss out on food or sleep. I haven't slept past 5am (in buffalo) since March 4th. (yes I was away two weekends ago, and I slept some there, but even that was a frantic whirlwind weekend.) This weekend I COULD have a day off (Easter), but only one of us can have the day off- me, or the chief. And there's no way the chief will work a holiday so that I can have a day off. So that means yet another week without a day off. I'm so sleep deprived I can't stand it. I fall asleep at red lights. I just fell asleep now while typing this. I've gotten to the point that 4 hours is "a lot" of sleep. It's just getting to me.... wearing me down.... And that makes me feel weak. All 53 other residents have it just as bad as I do... and they manage to pull off lives and relationships and have fun- and they even manage to study, which I NEVER do (and it's showing.)
So then I asked the ultimate question- Do I like what I do?
I always instinctively snap back "yes of course" to that question. But now I'm wondering- do I? I mean yes, operating is way cool. And I still do like that. But is it enough? I mean, I'm supposed to be EXCITED when a gunshot wound comes to the ER at 3am, because that means I might get to operate! A chance to cut is a chance to heal! Rah! I am macho surgeon! But instead I think "god DAMMIT I don't want to get out of bed, why did this stupid fucker have to go and get his stupid ass shot grumble grumble." Looking at the OR schedule today- pancreatectomy. Huge case. Probably 8hrs. I should probably have been fighting to get in there, but all I could think was "no thank you. I'll stick to my 45 min hernia repair." Does that mean I'm lazy?
But to get back to my point... do I like what I do? I always say yes- but is that just because the alternative is so bad? Admitting I don't like it would be.... I can't even imagine. It would flip my whole world on end. Because this is my whole life. There's no going back. And I'm not a quitter. So I can't even entertain the thought that maybe I'm not happy. So am I going to be miserable?
For now I tell myself this is just temporary... only 2 more years of residency. Then things will be better? God I hope so. Because this sucks so much right now. I am ALWAYS tired and cranky and whiny and miserable. No wonder I'm alone- who in their right mind would want to deal with this shite.
so on that depressing note, I think I will go eat far too much, starting with some spicy italian peppers. I went to the grocery store thursday. For the first time since 2/13. And now I have so much food I don't know where to start. It's like I want to eat it all at once. At least I don't have to eat popcorn for dinner anymore...
Later peeps. I love you. Thanks for letting me vent. Even though I feel totally broken, you can usually make me smile. So thanks for that. I guess not ALL men suck. (but I'm still not convinced.)
-J
metalpeter - 04/13/06 18:44
I admit I don't know the systomps of Sleep Depervation but i do know it can be verry serious sometimes. If you could find someone who is an inturn or someone guy who works fulltime and goes to schoool and dosn't have much time either and understands the lack of time I think things would be fine.
I admit I don't know the systomps of Sleep Depervation but i do know it can be verry serious sometimes. If you could find someone who is an inturn or someone guy who works fulltime and goes to schoool and dosn't have much time either and understands the lack of time I think things would be fine.
mrmike - 04/13/06 14:42
It's a cliche, but it's true -- This too shall pass. I've spent a lot of time in similar straits. And we don't all suck, some of us just haven't been rediscovered yet.
It's a cliche, but it's true -- This too shall pass. I've spent a lot of time in similar straits. And we don't all suck, some of us just haven't been rediscovered yet.
leetee - 04/13/06 10:32
I hope that this blah you are feeling is a temporary head space fueled by lack of sleep and contact with someone that stomps on your self esteem. Transitory.
I think it's odd that we all feel what you are feeling at some point in our lives. It's like a damn rut that makes the good we know we have in our lives seem... well, less good. Why do some of us have to drag our asses through that from time to time? Maybe it's to show us how good things really can be when they start to look up again?
I'm sorry that contact with your ex left you feeling crappy. You deserve better than his treatment. So easy to remember the good bits when you haven't seen him in so long, huh? So damn easy to slide back into hanging out with him, eh? Know that YOU didn't fail in the relationship... you both did... he is at least 50% to blame. And perhaps it wasn't failure, but that you and he broke up so you could find things out about yourself you didn't know. Like that you want someone to actually answer you when you are texting with them?
Anyway, i am blabbering on....
Hope your spirits lift soon. Hope you are able to get some sleep, good, sound sleep.
I hope that this blah you are feeling is a temporary head space fueled by lack of sleep and contact with someone that stomps on your self esteem. Transitory.
I think it's odd that we all feel what you are feeling at some point in our lives. It's like a damn rut that makes the good we know we have in our lives seem... well, less good. Why do some of us have to drag our asses through that from time to time? Maybe it's to show us how good things really can be when they start to look up again?
I'm sorry that contact with your ex left you feeling crappy. You deserve better than his treatment. So easy to remember the good bits when you haven't seen him in so long, huh? So damn easy to slide back into hanging out with him, eh? Know that YOU didn't fail in the relationship... you both did... he is at least 50% to blame. And perhaps it wasn't failure, but that you and he broke up so you could find things out about yourself you didn't know. Like that you want someone to actually answer you when you are texting with them?
Anyway, i am blabbering on....
Hope your spirits lift soon. Hope you are able to get some sleep, good, sound sleep.
theecarey - 04/13/06 07:38
I think you are right-- all this is temporary, as much as it must really suck-lack of sleep and everything else combined.
Seems like burnout--A couple more years..time passes no matter what and this is uilding towards something. You love your profession-- its evident.
Anyhow- I jumped online before heading to work.I have three minutes now to get ready, lol.
I think you are right-- all this is temporary, as much as it must really suck-lack of sleep and everything else combined.
Seems like burnout--A couple more years..time passes no matter what and this is uilding towards something. You love your profession-- its evident.
Anyhow- I jumped online before heading to work.I have three minutes now to get ready, lol.
09/12/2006 20:42 #23831
Geek Torture!!Category: toys.
[mystery guest- if you are reading, see my post below. who are you? tell me more!]
Crap.
I "need" this.
Tivo has FINALLY come out with an HD compatible box. I have had tivo since '01 I think. I cannot watch tv without it. And the adelphia dvr just ain't the same thing.
I am such a tivo addict, that I watch my big fancy tv in "regular" mode and don't even use the HD, b/c then I couldn't have tivo.
Now they do.
The catch-
It's $800.
that's a lot!!
I like my toys, and I am willing to spend money on them... but that is a LOT.
crap.
Crap.
I "need" this.
Tivo has FINALLY come out with an HD compatible box. I have had tivo since '01 I think. I cannot watch tv without it. And the adelphia dvr just ain't the same thing.
I am such a tivo addict, that I watch my big fancy tv in "regular" mode and don't even use the HD, b/c then I couldn't have tivo.
Now they do.
The catch-
It's $800.
that's a lot!!
I like my toys, and I am willing to spend money on them... but that is a LOT.
crap.
pyrcedgrrl - 09/13/06 01:38
Man, and I thought Dish Networks' $199 for the HD DVR receiver was a lot!
That's a lot of money to spend on watching TV!
Man, and I thought Dish Networks' $199 for the HD DVR receiver was a lot!
That's a lot of money to spend on watching TV!
09/12/2006 17:22 #23830
More mystery...Dear guest who just sent me a "warning"-
Thank you... Do I know you? Who are you? How can I talk to you?
How did you find me?
-J
Thank you... Do I know you? Who are you? How can I talk to you?
How did you find me?
-J
mike - 09/12/06 22:17
mystery guest with a warning...a warning about what....sounds fun...tell me more
mystery guest with a warning...a warning about what....sounds fun...tell me more
I love a good salad, too... and not just 'cause i am a vegetarian. Often, we have a "big salad" dinner and i throw in as many raw veggies as i can find. We also like chopped up hardboiled eggs.. yummie yum yum.