Rejoice in what I carry in my heart

This stomach flu is ridiculous, you guys. I've lost seven pounds since Monday, my taste buds are on crack, can't sleep at night (and only manage bursts of 2 hours, if that, when I do), and the act of walking five feet winds me.

So yeah, that's  been happening!

And none of it matters because the good news is today I started recovering enough to sit up in bed! Yay! Victory! Which means...

FUCK YEAH GIANTS AND DS9 CATCHUP! Which I have learned actually go pretty well together, since Deep Space Nine is very baseball friendly :DDDDD. Z YOU SHALL HAVE MY DS9 THOUGHTS WHEN IT DOESN'T TAKE ME SIX HOURS TO TYPE UP SHORT ENTRIES :DDD.

Speaking of baseball...



Someone put up a print of Ruben's Run! Arguably the most ridiculous base running ever! Seriously, go watch this. Ahh, I will never have a use for such a print, but that totally made my day XD.

( Cracked Out Tastebuds! A snippit of my investigation for SCIENCE! with Fly XD )

I hope you don't mind, Charis, but I decided to turn the drabble prompts from way back into art prompts. Which means I've started drawing out sketches for an *actual finished piece* I'll probably have done by the end of the month. My concept sketch, second of a billion sketches. Yes. I did put Zuko in Kira-wear. MUAHAHA. I need to learn how to draw guys. This is getting ridiculous. Also: a Sokka = Shuhei pic. I was going to put him in as Renji but... um... it was too obvious? And editing to add a Toph. CANNOT STOP ME XD

In further novel procrastination, I approve of the Morning Star Veggie Bites. Downed four of the Spinach Artichoke bites earlier and they filled me up. I am amazed!

Now for dinner and then I return to my attempt to hit 10K (I'm just under 3.3, so this is a lot of work) on the novel.

Chimi Editing Day 1:( Colorized editing notes ftw! )
& Obligatory Chimi Art Dump:

( Bunches more behind cut )

Are you hungry? The Apple Stuffing I made for Black Friday at work:
( DELICIOUSNESS )

Who knew? Jell-o instant pudding and soy milk don't mix together. ... But I still ate the sludge that resulted >D.

Dieting rant: ( Sodium, Food-Amnesia, 130 Cal Chai Latte Bliss )

I AM IN THE POSSESSION OF SQUARE BAGELS.

THAT IS ALL.

I have made the most awesome meatballs EVER. NO ONE CAN TOP MY MEATBALLS. ALL YOUR BALLS ARE BELONG TO ME.

• 1/2 of a 1.25 LBS Jennie-O LEAN Ground Turkey container
• 1/4 cup of cinnamon apple sauce (I had no eggs! I needed something sticky!)
• 2 pieces of toast, heavily burnt and crumblized
• 1 tablespoon of garlic powder mixed with various powdered herbs (Parsley, Onion, Bell Peppers, etc etc)

Roll together, split into 18 delicious meatballs, cook for 7-13 minutes (depends on oven) at 350, and you have delicious falicious meatballs. I WANT TO EAT THEM ALL NIGHT LONG.

I used the rest of the meat and made ground turkey (with everything but the apple sauce) and OMG SO GOOD.

WHY DID I WASTE MONEY ON MALL FOOD WHEN I COULD HAVE DELICIOUS FALICIOUS MEATBALLS EVERY DAY FOREVERS

It feels like the end, but my day has just begun. Relatively speaking, anyway-- I lurched out of deep sleep at 10, the brain apparently made the decision to rip me out of terribly odd dreams involving people I went to middle school with and hordes of zombies in Carmel. It was possibly the oddest dream I've had in ages, once again proving that when I sleep with my feet towards the door I have horribly weird dreams, and if I sleep the other way I have absolutely no dreams.

After lurching awake, it took a good two hours for my brain to click on. There was a lot of 'garr' and 'grrr' and 'wtfsundae' emerging from the semi-permanent yawn plastered on my face, but trying out the new Tazo tea managed to make me a little more human. Until I saw my hair and deevolved to a proto-kolmonkey, but that's another story that thankfully has been brushed out.

Tazo Chai had an interesting taste, full of aromatic spices, but was not as tasty as the other Tazo Black Tea's I've been trying out. Awake is my favorite tea of the moment, but I'll have to give Tazo Chai another try when I have milk on hand, because apparently you are suppose to add such a thing to tea. My only other experiences with Chai have been my BFF in the dorms ordering nonfat, skim-milk chai's in her high pitched accent, and the Monkey Chai one of my aunts is terribly fond of, which I refuse to try because it looks, in its original form, suspiciously like powdered bird poo.

Also, today is day 20 with no Diet Pepsi. I was hit with a powerful craving yesterday at Safeway, so strong I could literally taste the rolling sweetness in the back of my throat in what can only be described as 'gleegasm on isle three.' Instead, I picked up some ham. My next weigh-in is going to be in the middle of October, so we'll see how well the change in lifestyle is working, but... I feel much better than I did in the beginning of the month. Maybe having my hours cut really was a good thing after all.

Amazing. My fridge has food in it, what a revelation! It even has a coveted batch of broccolini, which is impossible to find in Safeways, but just happend to appear in my cart for 2.99. Thank you cart faerie!

Tomorrow I'll definitely have a great dinner-- a sweet potato, meatloaf, and broccolini make for YUMYUMTIME! I also picked up some Lean Cuisine's at 4 for 10 bucks-- beats having to deal with the insanity of Panda Express tomorrow! It also ensures that I'll bring both water bottles tomorrow instead of just going for a soda midshift like I have been doing lately ;). I also snagged some cute mini-sandwich bags, which I promply filled 7 with snack-portions of the wheatthins I grabbed on sale, and some cinnamon apple sauce. It was a good haul today XD

Other than the food expedition after work, I feel icky. Not sick icky, but bleh all the same. I can't take a nap (or I'll just never go to sleep tonight), but I don't feel like doing much of anything. Maybe I'll go bug housemates :D