JAX

Something for Nothing

2006-09-19T14:51:00.000-07:00

I have two jobs. I work for Coffecorp and I substitute teach. This post is not about Seattle's big baby. I have just received information that I am to report 15 to 30 minutes before my shift starts at a school district I sub at and I am to stay 15 minutes after my scheduled time. They are not going to pay me for this time. Totally ridiculous. It is no wonder that Americans fake sick and waste corporations time and money in an amazing cornucopia of ways when this is the norm. I work for money that is it. That is my job one and every red blooded capitalist American's job one. This isn't friggin' the CCCP or something . . . is it?

By the by, this is where you can listen to me read Saki.

Gosh, I'm Starving . . . Anyone for Cake?

2006-09-11T22:59:00.000-07:00

Ah, the American obsession for all the things we don't have. Dignity, royalty, &c. Check out Dame Mirren and the wackily anachronistic Coppella previews. I haven't been this excited since I stormed the Bastille. Remember, Shakespeare has anachronisms all over his works and he is still considered a good writer though I prefered Hamlet Part VIII: The Revenge myself. I read in a review of ~~Helen Mirren~~ The Queen that when Helen Mirren was in character the crew et al were uber polite and 'ma'am'ing all over the place. CUTENESS

Also one of my favourite books (written in '92 but hailed as the first great novel of the 21st century)is being made into a movie. Hooray!

The Other Side of 5am

2006-09-05T17:34:00.000-07:00

Woah!

I've been waking up at 4 am this week to get to Starbucks every morning at five. I've seen more than my fair share of 5am's charms. When I was in my early twenties, five in the morning wouldn't have even caused me to rethink my drug and alcohol choices for the day. I must admit that I don't like the sober, chilly, asleep version of 5am. It is much less spinny for one and there is much less of a chance that I'm going to get laid. Especially at work. No boys for me there although my brother's ex works there. Thank god he's a 3w4 so I don't have to worry about him being weird. He is actually a nice guy. He's worked for ~~Omnicorp~~ I mean Starbucks before so he's been really helpful with hints and tricks &c.

I'm about to post my Saki readings on Librivox so check em out. You can search for any thing you want to hear on the site. You can listen to poetry or classic literature on the way to work. . . How edifying.

Starbucks, Latin and Brin

2006-08-29T21:41:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I last published and all I can say regarding that is . . . tough shit. I'm busy. Porn becons. I have recently been hired by the Starbucks Corporation and am in the midst of my training. I like it. . . Drive thru is not my friend but I will kick its ass and make it submit. I like working with all these young kids who think my addled rants on topics animal, vegetable and mineral are factual and informative since I am an old geezer.the benefits are going to rule and I only have to work part time to get them. . .now all I need is another job. Aarrgh!

I would like anyone who reads this to check out www.librivox.org and attempt to do something to help out that project which I think is very cool. I read the Federalist Paper #40 and will be reading short stories of Saki in the future. Check it out!

I also think everyone should check out David Brin's blog and my comments of today. . .brilliant as usual.

Beaver

2006-04-03T13:52:00.000-07:00

. . . as in I have been as busy as. I have redone my parents deck. I just have to paint it. I think it is going to look amazing. will post final pics later.

before

after

I have also been sprouting garbonzo beans for my signature hummus. It turned out great. Yummy.

I made a ribbon bulletin board a la Martha Stewart. I think it turned out great. I made one for my dads study too. . . in blue.

And I finally got started on refinishing an old mirror. It was an Early American style convex mirror but it broke in a move so I am going to finish it in distressed black with gold leaf. I will also post more on this as I continue.

BTW I also got new shoes. . .they are sweet!

After the Fast

2006-04-03T13:41:00.000-07:00

So for the day after the fast I had orange juice and water.

The second day after the fast I had juice for breakfast and raw fruit for lunch and then a huge salad with homemade dressing for dinner (Dressing: EV Olive Oil, Lemon Juice, Sea salt & freshly ground pepper). I felt great and h ad good poops with no troubles. I have decided to go back to my raw fooding. Check out this video . . . amazing.

I will aim for 70 raw/30 cooked if I can. No meat (obviously) and no dairy, although hearing interesting things about Greek yoghurt, and sprouted grains and nuts and stuff. I should get some test strips to see if I am more alkaline.

Day 10 (last day)

2006-04-03T13:12:00.000-07:00

Today is Day Ten

Here are the poops. I have decided to end my fast. I had hoped to complete a lunar month fast but I found it too hard to continue in a house full of people eating and a fridge full of food. Maybe when I am back out on my own. I will do another 10 day master-cleanse to end on the Autumnal Equinox as this cleanse ended on the Vernal. I was glad that this time I was able to complete one full cycle because the first time I tried I only made it 5 days.

I also think that the websites and in particular the bulletin boards that support the master-cleanse are a little too dogmatic. I think and I understand most people think that change is the only way to test and improve something. I think that the master-cleanser can be improved on and that people should try to think about how to make the cleanse better.

One way, I think, to improve the cleanse is to cut out the senna tea. While naysayers will say that is is an all natural herb I feel that laxatives of any kind are unnatural and should not be included in the cleanse. But there is a need to kickstart elimination(poops) in order to facilitate the removal of plaque and toxins. I found that psyillium husks works well and I had all of the normal detox symptoms and the same type of poop as indicated on other websites.

Orange Juice tomorrow!!!

Days 8 & 9

2006-03-19T11:11:00.000-08:00

I have had pretty normal days. I have been having weird lung pains like some of the sites mention. Hopefully all the cancers and black tar from my smoking years is going to be ousted. I hope. I hope. I feel good. I have had some feeling also of lightness that websites mention. But I have not lost the desire for food. Hmmmmmmm.

Days 6 & 7

2006-03-19T11:07:00.000-08:00

More of the same really. Hunger and back pain. Poops same as previous. I wonder how I can still have so much poop when I am not eating anything. They are getting less and less though. I have to say that after doing this for days I am begining to think that alot of what I am reading on the internet is going on in peoples heads. My tongue isn't that coated. I have had no extra-ordinary acne. I haven't decided whether to quit on day 10 (the minimum length) or to keep going.

Day 5

2006-03-15T18:09:00.000-08:00

Lost 2 or 3 more pounds.

Today was comparatively great. I got a book on AVEDA lifestyles or something with all kinds of holistic tricks and hints. So I put lavender oil on my pillow and massaged my stomach in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction {whichever was correct} this morning had a good poop and had no headaches today at all. I have been feeling some minor discomfort though. I had some pain in my gut {not hunger} some back pain {my friend Sum Wak Gop will have much to say I'm sur . . . he thinks I have the posture of Quasi Moto} I also had some minor skin eruptions {whiteheads around my lips[not herpes!]} but on the whole feeling good.

Today's Poop

Sorry today's isn't that different from the rest. I can't wait for all that . . . well . . . shit to be out of me. My tongue hasn't gotten coated yet. I wonder if I have messed up?Maybe tomorrow. My brother said my body odour had started up but that was just my sweater I'd been wearing for days.

(inner voice a la Jim Gaffigan) Gross. Doesn't this freakshow do laundry. Hygiene anyone?

Day 4

2006-03-15T17:47:00.000-08:00

Feeling much better today. The psyllium and bentonite really worked and without the weird unnaturalness of the Senna tea. I didn't believe in taking laxatives before this fast I don't see why I took them in the first place. Sigh.
The poops were excellent though. I had one in the morning that was so creepy and toxic looking and one in the afternoon too. Maybe left over morning ick?

(inner voice a la Jim Gaffigan) Gross. Could he really go through with it. Heavens to mergatroid!)

btw found a website with the text of the master cleanse transcribed.

Morning Poop

Afternoon Poop

Check previous posts for updated pics.(They will be stand-alones in Bold)

Day 3

2006-03-13T16:02:00.000-08:00

Food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food, food.

It seems those first two days were a freebie. . . I can't get food off my mind. What I want to eat, what other people are eating, anything about food fascinates. Went to Wild Oats (like Whole Foods) and picked up some Bentonite and more syrup. Drank the bentonite with some Psyllium husks and I can't wait to see what happens. I've been looking at some blogs of people who have done this and can't say that I am having a similar experience. I haven't had any acne yet or terrible body odor or even the tongue coating that I have been reading about. Maybe tomorrow.

Today's Poop

Read a great blog by two young people that gave me confidence. One was really in depth and the other had a great description of the stages of the cleanse.

I was really tired and out of it today perhaps from lack of sleep but I don't know. I just can't do the salt water flush in the morning what with work and all so I am taking the Psyllium and Bentonite instead. I hope that works as well and then I'll do the salt water flushes at weekends. Was a little sensitive and judgmental today. Surely that was toxins leaving my body. anywho.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Master Cleanser

2006-03-12T09:00:00.000-08:00

Last week I decided to do a Master Cleanse { www.master-cleanse.com } because I am at least 45 pounds overweight at 187{ I'm 5'8"} and have gotten off my former healthy vegetarian/alkalarian path and was on the SAD a.k.a. the Standard American Diet. I want to blame my pal Sum Wak Gop for this since he always tempts me into lush life. But he isn't really to blame. I am a 7w6 which means I am ripe for temptation to gluttony. I just got a book on the enneagram and kabbalah and am, as usual, completely agog at the way the enneagram ,yet again, is so applicable to living life.

{interior monologue a la Jim Gaffigan} Well this guy sounds like a real nutcase; fasting, numbers, and Madonna. I don't know about him.

Check out these sites for more info.{my thanks to Cindy since I pasted these from the e-mail she just sent me}

http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/

http://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/test.php

My goals for this cleanse are to; first get rid of all that toxic shit that has been building up since I started eating SAD again, second to detox the cravings and desire for bad junk food, and lastly I would like to lose some poundage and jump start my metabolism. { please no posts about starving and the metabolism . . . I am not starving just not eating solid food}

See What I'll be 'eating'

Today is Sunday. It is day 2 of my Master-Cleanse. Last Wednesday I began eating vegan/alkalarian { www.phmiracleliving.com for more info} and instantly started detoxing. I had headaches and sinus pressure and was a real C U Next Tuesday. I really think I started my Cleanse/Fast correctly. I started drinking the lemonade on Saturday. I had no BM on Saturday. . . This is going to be about poops, get used to it now. Saturday was good, I worked some overtime and after that I went shopping for supplies and stuff. Had six servings of the lemonadethroughout the day and around dinner had a cup of peppermint tea and then a cup of the Senna Tea before I went to bed.
The next part is not for the squeamish.
This morning the senna tea worked. I had weird semi-explosive poops. Slight stomach cramping and incidentally later as I was filling out my checkbook thought I had some leftover gas but no. . . My Bathrobe is in the washer as I write.

Location of Infamous Event

{interior monologue a la Jim Gaffigan} Oh no he isn't going to post that is he? He better not.

So after that I figured might as well have a couple unpleasant experiences since I'm here. I did the morning Salt water flush. I put a quart of water and two teaspoons of salt on the stove to warm. Once it was about body temperature. I {dum dum DUMMMM} drank it! yuck. But not as bad as I have read on other cleanse posts. It worked in about half an hour { I watched Landscaper's Challenge on HGTV & Kenneth Brown of ReDesign was one of two rejected designers :-) } It was just like an enema when it came out except it was electric chartreuse. It must have been stomach acid and other bilious biles I suspect. I am a bit worried about work. can I finish all my bathroom stuff before I have to go? Oh well. Made all my juice for today. Three lemons to make 3/4 cup juice plus 3/4 cup Maple Syrup and 1/8 t of Cayenne in a large measuring cup and then I divide it between three 20oz. water bottles and add two cups water per bottle. Each bottle is then two servings of the juice. It is a lot of lemons and syrup. This is going to cost {Maple Syrup-wise}. hopefully I will post pics once I get some interesting BMs. LOL

P.S. I'll post some before and after pics of me healthy and me now as well as BM shots soon. :-)

First time

2006-02-01T14:10:00.000-08:00

Listening to '10,000 Maniacs'

Reading 'The Magician's Assistant' by Ann Patchet

Watching '1900s House' http://www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/house/

I'm really diggin on actual reality television where the audience and the cast understand the format of the program and there is nothing to win. The people are involved because the want to learn or experience something. Wall to Wall Productions does a great job creating programs for public TV in Britain and the US that allow the viewer and actor (if that is an appropriate word for these people) to have a positive experience. Better than the cringy embarrassing spectacles on offer elsewhere.