Am I blogging...or am I pitching my existence?
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Saturday, July 16, 2005 The Pitch: It's like The Invisible Man meets Missing! Yeah, I'm still alive. Have not updated even one eensy little tad because, well, I dunno. For one thing, I went on The Master Cleanse, which sounds kind of creepy & Aryan, but is really just the name of this ten day thing where you don't eat solid food and can only drink a concoction of lemon juice, distilled water, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. Not eating solid food was a really kind of profound thing for me, so much so that I couldn't even begin to think of how to write about it. I really curse myself for not keeping a little diary of the whole thing. If I ever, ever, ever do it again, I will.I finished the cleanse on Tuesday but since then have only had fresh squeezed orange juice and organic vegetable broth (day 1), organic vegetable juice and one meal of raw food from Cafe Gratitude (day 2), almonds, a banana, a piece of corn on the cob, grilled vegetables, and maybe a third of an order of Vietnamese vegie noodles (day 3). Interestingly, I'm finally updating this on the day I finally had what one might call "real food"--garlic naan, palak paneer and bismati rice (and a few mini Reese's peanut butter cups)--which I had, in part, because I was walking back from Chinatown and realized that maybe I should eat something at the exact same time I stepped in front of Naan & Curry. On the one hand, I'd really like to continue some of what I took from the cleanse--feeling both surprisingly free from food, realizing how much of my day is structured around meals, and the slow, small and very mindful eating I engaged in when the cleanse was done--and on the other hand, I spent the first three days literally grieving of my departed friends the Ho-Hos and the Ding-Dongs. Wouldn't I be a sap to not eat them now that I could? Ironically, like something out of bad New Yorker fiction, after the cleanse was done, the refrigerator in our apartment died. Dribs and drabs of water had been appearing at the threshold of the kitchen and I thought our water heater was leaking. Too late, when I opened the refrigerator door Thursday night and could tell the water was warm, we realized the truth. Edi spoke with the landlord today and discovered our refrigerator had been installed in the apartment in 1987. The god-damned thing was at least 18 years old! There should be a new fridge by the time we get home tonight, which is good: we've got a cooler filled with condiments that won't hold out much longer. I'm playing Romance of the Three Kingdoms X which is awesome and satisfying. Hibbs laughed at me the other day when I told him the debating minigame kicks ass, but it's true. The debating minigame kicks tons of ass. It's much more RPGish than RotK VII in a way an experienced gamer like Hibbs would laugh at (lots and lots of what's called FedEx quests: go to point x, pick up object y, deliver to point z) but I like because it's so low-key. Currently all I want is to hang out and throw banquets and meet important heroes so that later I can form a kick-ass army with them and maybe run a province or two, and RotK X is more than happy to let me do that. I bet I won't be playing much of it, though: Edi and I get married in nine(!) weeks. I'm happy with the fact that shit is coming together pretty smoothly--we're at the point where I think we could get married, but not at the point where anyone attending would have any fun at all. Considering the share of weddings I've attended that fit that description anyway, we've still got time to make sure that you all enjoy yourselves, too. Whew! I was afraid my post was going to be about nothing but movies and video games, as usual. Give me a few more entries--I'm sure I'll get right back into it. posted by Jeff Lester | 6:40 PM | |
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