The Experiment

So, I decided to spend a week eating foods that are food. If you havent read In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, then you may not understand. The concept is to eat foods that are natural and minimally processed. I may speak more about this later.

My experiment began with a trip to a farmers market, a few "big box" grocery stores, and a New Seasons. I did not spend considerably more than normal, and when I looked at the food for the coming week I was a bit skeptical, but I ran with it.

Being it is now Wednesday, I am well into the experiment and it is easy. In fact, I love it. I feel good, my food tastes good, and amazingly I have a smaller appetite. Weird.

So here is a list of some foods I have eaten in the past 2.5 days. Seems increadible.


Collard
Zuchini
Onion
Peanut
Cayenne pepper
Habanero
Roma tomato
Grapes
Celery
Carrot
Black beans
Unprocessed Rice
Bell Pepper
Panellini? Mushroom
Banana
Jalepeno
Lime
Cilantro
Thyme
Bib Lettuce
Red Leaf Lettuce
Flounder
Chicken
Elk
Anchovy
Olive Oil
Peanut Butter
Organic Yogurt
Oatmeal
Honey

The Sign

It was like a story with a fatal flaw from the outset.

I'm searching for deep in a sea of I cant sink

And the morale of my story is lost in the glory

Sometimes when I was lying there in bed at night next to her I would wake up in a cold sweat and I think, what am I doing here.

That was indication. It necessitated change.

I am the same as I was before in that my soul and body have coalesced.

Do it...Now

Searching for those simple truths in life that can be easily verified, it occurred to me that I have a habit of wasting time. I do not watch TV and I accomplish more than most, but I have found a common error I have been making.

In a way it is a slight form of procrastination. Today, I caught myself making a note to schedule a meeting. Then it hit me. Why am I making notes and lists for simple tasks? Well, the list was so that I would not forget it, right? When you have a list there is an implication that you will forget, so I always try to remember. In doing this, I am crowding my brain this useless worry. Why not just complete the task now?

Is this an epiphany? It is working so far. I feel more effective and that is all that matters, right? We will see how this plays out. Who knows, maybe I could write a book and sell this idea to people who think they are smart.

America the beautiful... [and shallow]

The wasteland I wander through is wonderous,
but there are those among us
who are trapped in turmoil of tedious tradition.
With inhibitions in submission and no mission.
What a vision. Vicious. Virulent. Vicarious.
What happened to us?

A Different Direction

This blog has not been what I envisioned it to be, so I have taken a break and reconsidered it. Instead of passing along other ideas and opinions, I will be more strictly limiting my postings to personal material.



One day I woke up and I had no idea how I felt. I do not want to go back to that place. It was a cool, dim and draining morning; much like the winter. More importantly, I discovered that my thoughts and my feelings were disjoint.

I had to wonder if my feelings were so miserable, and in contradiction with my thoughts, that I had constructed a subconscious mechanism to subdue them, at least temporarily.

An now, I know what low is like, but it still makes me wonder. What if I had never found my way out of that fog? How long can one drift in misery?