So I made it through the weekend in NYC! So many temptations around every corner -- the ring of the Softee truck, the smell of roasting meat on a spit, the sight of cheese melting off a pizza glimpsed through a passing window -- but so far no transgressions.
Today my vital signs continue to hold up, and my general health feels good. My tongue continues to be gross and gooey. The troubling sign is that I've noticed that there are three "zones" on my tongue that have not taken the mucus. My theory is that these are the cells on my tongue that have been burned to death by pizza. My mouth feels a bit chalky however, like someone emptied a chalk eraser into a glass of water and forced me to drink it.
One of the greatest insights of the fast for me has been experiencing life sans caffeine. I love coffee, and I can't remember a day in the last five years (before the fast) that I have used it. I have a caffeine addiction, no buts about it. Sure the highs are nice, but the crushing lows usually wreck my day. And right now, I am experiencing none of that. Just even-focus, even-energy, even-spirit. All day. Damn I miss my coffee buzz, but I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth it!
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Day Three
So according to most accounts, we are over the hump, so to speak. Two days (plus!) without a shred of food. Nothing but lousy lemon juice and a variety of herbal teas to provide comfort to our worried guts. Oh yeah, and laxative tea. Let's not talk about it.
Last night, released from most common possibilities of social interaction, we elected to watch a film and chose Lake of Fire, Tony Kaye's documentary about abortion in America, released in 2006. The film strives to provide an even handed account of a very complex and highly-charged issue, providing interviews with actors on all sides of the debate, from right-to-lifers to bio-ethicists to gynecologists to women who have received an abortion, to the aborted fetuses themselves. It is here in fact that the film proved to be a poor match for us, as the grisly view literally into the process of an abortion did not pair well with our already upset stomachs.
I'm starting a list of forbidden words for all the people of the world to avoid upon pains of death should we meet. Let us not speak of the fate that will befall ye should any of the following be consumed in my presence.
"cheese" (especially when paired with the modifier "melty")
"sushi"
"fruit" (or any word that falls in the family of fruits)
"beer" (especially beer)
"burrito"
"hommus"
"milkshake"
"ice cream"
"CHOCOLATE!"
Last night, released from most common possibilities of social interaction, we elected to watch a film and chose Lake of Fire, Tony Kaye's documentary about abortion in America, released in 2006. The film strives to provide an even handed account of a very complex and highly-charged issue, providing interviews with actors on all sides of the debate, from right-to-lifers to bio-ethicists to gynecologists to women who have received an abortion, to the aborted fetuses themselves. It is here in fact that the film proved to be a poor match for us, as the grisly view literally into the process of an abortion did not pair well with our already upset stomachs.
I'm starting a list of forbidden words for all the people of the world to avoid upon pains of death should we meet. Let us not speak of the fate that will befall ye should any of the following be consumed in my presence.
"cheese" (especially when paired with the modifier "melty")
"sushi"
"fruit" (or any word that falls in the family of fruits)
"beer" (especially beer)
"burrito"
"hommus"
"milkshake"
"ice cream"
"CHOCOLATE!"
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