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06/07/2008 12:19 #44574

Food and Flowers
Category: food
Eating is good. Eating alone is not.

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However, I am sick of eating alone at a big table. It is really depressing. (e:matthew) doesn't eat very much and (e:terry) eats early so by the time I get home from work I eat by myself everyday.

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I realized today that I have an affinity/necessity for blue boxed medicine. Is this just a coincidence?

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We have some really pretty Irises in the garden. Here are purple, mixed and yellow. We have more varieties in the backyard.

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mike - 06/07/08 13:01
a lot of medicines come in blue boxes for some reason. I would say the majority. I wonder why? I wonder if some marketing study proved people trust blue boxes or something.
metalpeter - 06/07/08 12:41
This suggestion is going to sound silly, but it might be a good idea. Don't eat at the big table maybe eat and watch TV, or play a video game or eat at the computer. What happens is that even when other people are in the house being at the table by yourself makes you feel isolated since it is empty but if you eat someplace that is made for one then you don't feel that way, plus there could be someone else doing something else that other room you are in. What is happening to you happens with other things as well. A bed is a good example if a bed is made for two or more people and the person is alone then the bed feels like there should be someone next to you, let me tell you that does get very depressing but you move onto a couch, recliner, futon or something like that and you feel fine (believe me I know this one way to well). Oh yeah nice flower pictures.

06/05/2008 22:33 #44557

Always use protection
Category: gym
Seriously, I do nothing that would qualify me as an athlete. Then I decided to join Allentown Athetix. On monday (e:terry), (e:matthew) and I went for the first time. Before we went I read their website that no one ever got athelte's foot there.

In more than nine years in business, no one has ever contracted athlete's foot. Okay, we wouldn't eat the pizza slice that fell on the floor, but we might think about doing that!



And as I mentioned in a previous blog the lockerroom is seriously the cleanest I ever saw, so one night when totally sweaty - I took a shower without sandals and now seriously I have Atheletes foot, which I definately did not have before. There is no where else my feet could have gone. I don't ever go barefoot outside. So there you have it - remember to always wear protection, bare footing is never safe, no matter how hot and sweaty you are.

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enknot - 06/07/08 00:26
I tried to save you... but looka dat. Now your foot being attacked by the Mushroom Kingdom.
libertad - 06/06/08 09:05
LOL. I thought that was so funny when the guy was showing me the locker room and said that there has never been a reported case of athlete's foot! I laughed out loud and said back to him "yeah that has been reported!" So are you going to report it?

06/04/2008 22:02 #44548

Plus One - minus One
Category: housing
Plus one
Bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/fridge space - the roommate is gone! Now visitor season can begin. While Dave was the best roommate we had, sorry Nameless Bitch but he didn't always steal my food, lol - it is going to be nice to have just us at home so that I can begin to exhibit the craziness I surely inherited from my dad, ;) like talking to myself and singing silly songs and so I don't have to put pants on to run down to the kitchen to grab water or whatever.

It is so weird to all of a sudden have so much more space. I never really got to explore that space because since we bought the house there has always been someone in it.

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Minus One
Today I had such a bad crohn's day - if that is what's killing me. Usually, I am fine - in fact the whole last week I kept thinking maybe it was gone and then wham. I was sick all day so bad that it was like having the flu. I have gotten really good at dealing with being sick but it's kind of depressing. At one point it was so bad I wanted to just go home and sleep but then I got involved in some long term conference call about some crazy SQL drama.

I was so depressed about my life for a bit. Not like any emergency medical thing but I realized what the fuck would I be without my meds. Would I just be someone who died at age 30ish. My body is so fucking pathetic. I wish I could just buy a new one and export the good parts the way I transfer between computers that hold my code.
paul - 06/05/08 22:57
Ya, but not for long.
leetee - 06/05/08 22:51
Wow... i haven't seen that room since (e:Theecarey) lived there. When it was still that deep red... and had all those drapes and comfy bedding in it. Looks sooOOOooo different that light blue.

Does the loo still have the sailboat theme?
fellyconnelly - 06/05/08 11:00
my my thats a red tub!

Congrats on the Plus 1... but I'm sorry on the chrohns flare.. try to think happily about Sat/Sun...
lilho - 06/04/08 23:53
i would buy a better brain. i will exchange a functioning body for a better brain... sorry to hear about the chrohn's flare up.

06/02/2008 23:21 #44525

Allentown Athletix
Category: gym
We went to Allentown Athletix for the first time after signing up over the weekend. It is really clean and the lockerroom/showers actually do not smell bad in any way like they do at the downtown BAC. The showers were really clean and the water pressure was like Hotel amazing.

We will see how motivated I am to keep going but it will help that it is only 2 blocks away. I miss the stomach twist machine from the BAC. Maybe they have one too. I kind of had a hard time finding my way around at first.
james - 06/04/08 23:33
If it is the stomach twist machine I am thinking of, those are so bad for your back. Just grab a medicine ball, lie on your side on a BOSU and crunch away. Better for your back and it targets your obliques more efficiently.
fellyconnelly - 06/03/08 10:57
oh man those stomach twist machines are the greatest! i'm getting more and more jealous of you folks.... :(

06/02/2008 00:14 #44516

Indian Buffet at Tandori on Transit
Category: food
Don't forget to check out my previous post about Artist and Models. We went to Tandori on Transit for Indian Buffet today. The buffet costs $12 but is of a much higher quality than the Buffet on Elmwood at Taste of India. The rice was amazing as were all the food choices. I really enjoyed the curry goat.

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They had this amazing pickled vegtable condiment. I love pickled anything. This one fruit, however, remained a total mystery. I am hoping maybe (e:tinypliny) can identify it for me. It had the consistency of a green, unripe plum but a totally different kind of pit. Anyone know what it is? It was just slightly smaller than a golf ball.

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At the end they give you rose water to wash your hands I think. I hope it wasn't supposed to be some sort of dessert soup, because I washed my hands in it.

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Also, here is a cute picture of (e:matthew) with jesus hair
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tinypliny - 06/02/08 00:39
I love Matthew's hair. It looks so silky and awesome! :)

I wish my hair would stop looking and feeling like a broom. :/
tinypliny - 06/02/08 00:31
I need to check out this Buffet.

That pickled fruit is one of my favourites! It's the Indian Gooseberry also called Nellikai in Tamil and Amla in Hindi. If you eat it raw and then drink water at room-temperature, the water actually tastes sweet and COLD! It's like a small gastronomical miracle. I have not yet spotted the raw variety here in the US. :(

In north India, they make a sweet pickle out of the Amla called the Murrabba. In the south, they make a HOT, salty and spicy pickle. In the west, they make a sweet-salty version. I am not sure what they do with it in the east. You can get the southern version at the Indian Store. It tastes excellent with curd-rice or with flat-breads such as the chapati and the roti (or maybe the naan).

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