La Musique

Hello all!

Food news: I'm trying a shorter term cleanse starting today. Woot woot. Shooting for five days, all liquids if not just the lemonade mix from the master cleanse. I'll let you know how it goes.... so far so good, but it's just day 1 ;)

Other news! Check out this sweet band. We recorded two new songs this weekend and it's just hilarious.

Peace and love!
Sam

day nuevo

well, the pms is better today! overall, today has been one of the best days i've had this summer...the weather was beautiful, i got a lot of exercise, and i'm just happy as a clam.

i spent most of it alone, but it was great. i rode my bike to campus twice, walked to landlocked music and bought 3 lps, read my book in the park for a bit, stopped at sahara mart for syrup, practiced my flute, biked to bfoods and the movie gallery, then watched "orlando" with the lovely tilda swinton. i also contacted a guy about guitar lessons and tentatively have a lesson scheduled tomorrow- i'm just waiting for confirmation from him. good day!!

tomorrow's day 10 and i think i'm going to keep going. i don't want to stop and i'm still detoxing.

peace and loooooove!
sam

yes, i'm posting chaque jour!

greetings, friends!

today was a day of revelations. not the horsemen-death-decay-antichrist type of revelation, but the pure-awakening-truth-happiness type. the good type, i humbly submit.

it's just amazing how little a body can live on. i'm living on liquids... just 6-10 glasses of water today, with a bit of lemon juice, syrup, and cayenne pepper. no solid foods... it's simply amazing that i feel no hunger, no fatigue, no abnormal malaise, and no depression. i'm astounded at the power of my body and the power of my mind, the latter of which has been my largest pseudo-barrier in the journey towards my nutrition/food goals. i say pseudo because i view weakness of the mind as something more than a negative force; weakness and the recognition of it is a humbling opportunity to strengthen oneself and one's abilities, in all senses. that's positive!

i'm certain that i have made much progress in the realm of mental strength. i've also begun to get back in touch with my spiritual side, which, in the past, while not completely neglected, has been pushed to the bottom of The List of Important Things. it's nice to remember feelings of connectedness to nature and remember why i used to be "into" various religions.

anyways, i'm still going strong with the cleanse. i've got a ton of new music to listen to, and i'm enjoying the books i'm currently reading. as a matter of fact.... i'm going to go have a sit-down out on the porch and read! before i go, here are a few pics i took before i moved out of my old house. enjoy!






peace,
sam

day six

ugh. today has been the worst day so far... not physically, so much, but mentally. i haven't been hungry, but i made a bad choice or two. i had a little more maple syrup than usual, by eating a tablespoon extra a couple times, and by adding an extra tablespoon a couple times. i was worried that my metabolism wasn't high enough, as i've heard can happen. anyways, i ended up with a serious sore stomach, so i did a salt water flush at about 6pm. i wouldn't mind doing another one right now but i don't want to irritate anything else, since they're generally harsh. anyways, i'm going to stick to the regular amount of maple syrup tomorrow, for sure. it's not worth this upset-stomachy-ness, and i'll be biking to work for the first time since i sprained my ankle, so that should boost my metabolism.

on a lighter note! i hung out at TD's cds and lps today for a bit. it was lovely! i bought a couple things... a trip-hop/jazz compliation from the $1 bin, "doolittle" by the pixies, AND.... the new shellac album, "excellent italian greyhound" (album artwork above- that's a lot of raw foods under that puppy!)!!!! they're all splendid. one of my work friends reminded me that mp3s tend to reduce the sound quality of songs, so i'm thinking about getting back into cd buying. back when i was in middle school and high school, that's all i did.... allowances were saved and truckloads of cds were purchased. i've recently been downloading music since i've been expanding my interests so much; i guess from now on i'll stick to buying records/cds for the bands i'm really into.

thanks for reading! i'm off to work on "the fountainhead" by ayn rand. it's pretty good so far...
peace,
sam