Things I feel guilty about

ok so now it's becoming about nutrition or really about food,.

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:53:43 -0400

So…despite my diet being made up of mostly beer - with the occasional cocktail because they tell you to eat all colors the rainbow - I think im losing Some weight but regardless between the stretching the calisthenics and the biking the kayaking I feel pretty dang good. but i need a way to track the experiments with eating. Welcome tumblr to being my confessor.

The Good:

for breakfast i had my new favorite mushy meal. chia seeds soaking in milk over night with a touch of maple syrup. but this time i added raisins I also added frozen blueberries but they didn’t taste right tooo much like cheap booberry crunch in flavor and not the right texture sticking to raisins… the creepy part is that they form a starchy mass with little seeds like tapioca but without the chew. it works. though i suspect if i had to eat it repeatedly it would be creepy. it doesn’t have the lusciousness of custard. but i like it and it goes well with coffee.

1/4 cup of chia seeds

1 cup milk

1/4 cup raisins.

tablespoon of maple sugar leave in fridge overnight

in my experience it helps when you stir it up in the morning to add a splash more milk.

so our loose stats are:

460 calories i think i’d skip the raisins and have the fiber of an apple instead. Raisins are 160 calories.

But here is the deal 18 grams of protein, 8 g of fiber and omega 3s. so for a breakfast before a ride or other activity i think it fit the bill maybe id add an apple

Oh, So You Really Think The Female Body Works Like That?

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:47:58 -0500

Oh, So You Really Think The Female Body Works Like That?:

What do you mean by “female empowerment” exactly? Because this isn’t it.

4 things that make me a bay area cliche

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:00:08 -0400

I work in an office with exposed brick, a ping pong table and a bunch of apple products
I road bike and I always stop to get an espresso during a ride.
I drink kombucha because i think it will magically fix whatever is wrong with me.
I have a lot of opinions about sandwiches

This is hard #1

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:00:29 -0400

You wake up in the middle of the night with this weight on your chest. The weight is just sadness, sheer sadness. You try to breathe into it but it’s so heavy.

You brain goes crazy trying to fight that weight with action. It’s in a wrestling match the wrestling match is loud cacophonous, so many spectators rooting pulling it in all directions. The punches are possible actions… recriminations…worrying. The wrestling match has done nothing to defeat the sadness. When it is over the sadness is still there and i am trying so hard to breathe.

Things never to say to engineers: "It's Easy"

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:10:00 -0400

It’s Easy

If you are not an engineer but have to deal with them on a regular basis, you might find yourself on the recieving end of some eye rolling. This may be unavoidable Engineers like to roll their eyes, it’s good for our eye muscles.

But if they seem cranky and you can’t figure out why…let me offer you a few reasons you may not be aware of.

WHY: Because things that seem easy can be really hard because of constraints of the system that you have no awareness of. We may not have any awareness of it either until we try to move things over a pixel or two. If this is frustrating for you imagine how frustrating it is to have to talk to three people to find out why you can’t capitilize a persons name.

So if it is so easy, then YOU do it.

"Acceptance is a small, quiet room."

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:55:32 -0400

“Acceptance is a small, quiet room.”

- http://therumpus.net/2011/02/dear-sugar-the-rumpus-advice-column-64/

For international women’s day I offer you: super hero...

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:47:02 -0500

For international women’s day I offer you: super hero grandma

yeah, i know, cats, but it's funny

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:58:29 -0500

yeah, i know, cats, but it's funny

mini book review:

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:57:50 -0500

Like everyone else I read “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. It is the only book I have ever read that details the process of buying a new laptop as if it were a plot twist. http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/25/the-girl-with-the-insanely-long-gear-list/

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:47:40 -0500

a bed

I have to find some new people to follow

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:20:23 -0500

My tumblr feed is way too full of cute cat photos.

maneeshsethi: when faced with two choices, simply flip a...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:50:51 -0400

maneeshsethi:

when faced with two choices, simply flip a coin.

it works not because it settles the question for you but because that brief moment when the coin is in the air

you suddenly know what you’re hoping for.

some days this describes me perfectly.

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:30:34 -0400

some days this describes me perfectly.

"Things used to be so much easier when they were so much easier."

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:21:36 -0400

“Things used to be so much easier when they were so much easier.”

- me

living in earthquake country

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:44:00 -0400

You are sitting working at home, it’s quiet, the cars are going by and you are puzzling over your task. Suddenly there is a quick jolt like a really large person just fell on the floor next to you but there is no sound. Your freeze, hands poised over your keyboard.

Time slows down and - A LOT - you feel your heart catch, in a few milliseconds your brain goes through possible explanations, discards the first few. If it shakes again then you know there is no other explanation.

Then your eyes dart in the direction of your usual check: a glass of water. You always have a check in any room you are in regularly: A plant, a dangling cord. It’s moving, ok, earthquake. How big? If you are with other people you look at each other, eyes big.

Is it still happening? Should you dive under the desk? or run to door frame?

It’s stopped. You breathe again, it was small nothing major.Time speeds up to it’s normal pace again.

Your fingers fall back into their place on the keyboard. You continue on with the way things were just a few seconds ago. Like an old fashioned robot toy whose ON button has been pressed. You go on with your day despite this regular reminder that you never know how things will change in an instant.

Later you ask everyone if they felt it, and they will give their account quickly. Then you all take deep breath and smile sheepishly at each other.

Daniel Schorr you will be missed

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:12:01 -0400

Just found out NPR long time analyst Daniel Schorr has passed away. He was 93. I have been a public radio and podcast junkie for a long time. Whenever a long time radio personality leaves it makes me sadder then it probably should. I am always amazed how a disembodied human voice can seep into your psyche. You develop this intimacy. Perhaps the intimacy is born because they are there with you when you are doing the most mundane tasks. Perhaps because when you are listening your guard is down. You are just at home tooling around or walking about, not being your public self.

There is probably a study about this phenomenon but finding it would be more procrastination.

reasons why I love cities:

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:07:44 -0400

reasons why I love cities:

shopping

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:40:57 -0400

How sad is it? I think I am now becoming addicted to shopping. That always seemed so sad to me when I was younger. But here I am:

You are sitting in an office doubting yourself feelling stupid, and suddenly, you decide on a problem. A problem that is easy to solve. Say the fact that you do not have blue shoes. Then you go in search of the blue shoes. You feel excited, then you feel slightly guilty. Then you get to wait for the blue shoes. Then the blue shoes come. And you feel great cause now you have blue shoes. Then you put them in your closet, and a week later you realize damn, I have blue shoes but all is not well.I still have that problem at work. You vow not to solve bigger problems with shoes.

Next week: You are sitting in an office doubting yourself feelling stupid, and suddenly, you decide on a problem. A problem that is easy to solve. Say the fact that you do not have good storage for the shoes.

I'd be a more intersting person if...

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:43:38 -0400

I read all the political mail in my inbox and ignored the sample sale mail

ways i procrastinated today

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:41:02 -0400

subscribed to new podcasts
checked on the mailing off all my packages
added new books to my audible account
downloaded new music
added cash and autoload to my translink card
downloaded audiobooks to my iphone
read salon
read NYT