Day 1...and that was it.

So yesterday I kicked off my first day of the cleanse with this disgusting salt guzzle that goes along with the laxative tea I had the night before.  What this basically is is 2 tsps. of uniodized sea salt in 32 oz. of water, and you guzzle it alllllll down.  I downed half right away and already wanted to puke, I mean, I like salt.  Anybody will tell you that, but this is just ridiculous.  I got through most of the other half before I couldn't drink anymore, and like magic, 15 mins. later it ALL wanted to come out.   :)   I will spare you the details, but lets just say in the next hour I had to go about 4 times, and I'm not talkin bout peeing here. 

I managed to stay strong through lunch, which was pretty amazing considering I was dreaming of bagels and sandwiches and burritos, but I went and sat out by Central Park with my friend to avoid thinking bout food.  After all that...and this may be tmi for some of you gentlemen, I end up getting my period after lunch.  Apparently I'd forgotten to calculate that into my timetable.  I haven't really read anything about how the cleanse would effect women on their periods, as I was too cheap to buy the book, so I decided the smarter thing to do is to put this on hold.  The problem with that is then I have to hold till AFTER Thanksgiving cuz there is no way in hell I'm strong enough to not eat on Turkey Day. 

I suppose it's good that I got my period only half a day into the cleanse, though I am still bitter I had to do the damn salt guzzle for no reason. bah humbug. 

If you're curious what this cleanse is exactly, google "lemon juice diet" or "the master cleanse" (which is the official name) and you'll find plenty of info.  My only tip is when you add the cayenne pepper, add with care because I miscalculated and my juice was muy caliente!  not fun drinking at all :( 

I definitely still want to do this.  The main purpose is to rid your body of accumulated toxins, of which I'm sure I have PLENTY.  And losing weight is the added bonus, though you do gain at least half of it back because a lot of it is water weight.  So if you're looking to just lose weight, better to stick with the anorexia ;)  jk, I do NOT promote eating disorders. 

If anyone wants to participate, I'm gonna start up again after Thanksgiving, maybe on the Sunday or Monday after.   We can start up a support group and talk each other down from that evil burger... let me know if you're interested :)

The Master Cleanse

11:45 on a Monday night, I should be going to bed so I can get my ass outa bed at 6, but alas I felt the need to xanga.  Maybe it's because I have a quiz tomorrow in one of my courses for which I've yet to get the book...and it jus reminded me of old times. so xanga it is! :) yes, pathetic. whatever.

alrighty, so I survived my first real snowfall in NYC, and just as my luck would have it, it was the second worst snowstorm in NYC history. wonderful.  funny thing is, I woke up and saw the snow, thought "wow, that's kinda bad" but didn't think much else of it, figured this was the norm, ok I'll learn to deal. well apparently it was some HUGE blizzard, 27" isn't the norm I guess, go figure. My brother came in on Saturday just in time for the storm, which is also just his luck.  did that stop us from goin out and makin a fool of ourselves?? no way jose. yeah, I'm talkin to you jose. Now THAT was a night full of kodak moments for which there wasn't a kodak camera in sight. bummer. 

quick recap: drunk ass bro thinkin snowy streets = cold slip and slide, but belly floppin on the streets turns out to not quite cut it; me laughin so ridiculously hard that I fell; me being RETARDED and wearing heels instead of nice water proof boots so that I thought my toes were gonna fall off by the end of the night; buyin some stuff from a black dude outside a liquor store whose response when we were outraged at his price was "look at me, I don't even have a coat!" well turns out that's cuz he left it at the bar where we saw him 10 minutes later! good times.

well, next day with all the beautifully white and pristine snowfall, had to go take advantage of it and romp around before it turned into toxic slush. decided to hit up prospect park instead of central park, way less traffic, and this time remembered to bring a camera :)

knee deep in snow on the sidewalk and none too happy bout it

there's an explorer under there somewhere... Mike wasn't all too happy to dig it out. sucker.

Prospect Park

My first emo shot as a photographer, I'm thinkin this should be my new career. and yes ladies, he is a legend in a Japan, don't take my word for it, read the hat.

I was hugely proud of my very first KICK ASS snow angel, and it turned out awesome, too bad I ran outa battery and mike ran outa film. ah well, good times.

some amusing insight into the male psyche...

LONELY LITTLE BRAIN CELL...

Once upon a time there was a female brain cell, which by mistake
happened to end up in a man's head. She looked around nervously but it was all empty and quiet.

"Hello", she cried, but there was no answer. "Is there anyone here?" she cried a little louder, but still no answer.

Now the female brain cell started to feel alone and scared and yelled at the top of her voice. "HELLO, IS THERE ANYONE HERE?? " Then she heard a faint voice from far, far away.............. "We're  down here..."

As I'm sitting here xanga-ing in order to avoid doing the work that I've been putting off for 2 weeks, I realize that very little has changed since college. Not a good thing in this respect. ugh.

Anyway, so the first snowfall of the season happened the night before last. My first snowfall in NYC, was kinda exciting   I woke up at 7ish and looked out the window to really purty white powder, went back to bed, and when I left the apt four hours later, it was already grey slush. So no pics this time, but there's plennnnty of time for that I'm sure. I put on tights under my jeans, had four layers, my scarf, and gloves, and the piece de resistence... my clunky ass snow boots for the 1/2 inch that was on the ground. Yes, totally unnecessary, but as a native SoCal chick, I felt overprepared was the way to go. of course I'll prolly be underdressed the rest of winter, but ah, thats how things go.

So I know it's now December, but the most recent pics I have are from Halloween, and since I feel no xanga entry is complete without pics, here they are. hopefully you'll be mildly entertained as YOU procrastinate

yeah, Rich has got this one up on his page, but I love it so much so here it is again! All my gals, missin a couple of soldiers who couldn't make it out to Vegas, but it was still awesome :)

what is a great night out without a lil gropin from the girls? everyone had to cop a feel of braless Karen. good stuff.

love it when this happens. Jenny got locked out of her room at a not so convenient time. haha, and seeing as how she left her room in order to help me and Lauren cuz we were also locked out, I felt it was only appropriate to document this moment as a return of the favor.

pre Halloween party...

post Halloween party... Apparently I thought I was still in college, didn't want the half bottle of Bacardi O left at the end of the night to go to waste, and was drunk enough to think I was invincible. This is the result. And you're not a good friend if you don't take advantage of all the embarassing photo ops. You're jus not.

FYI: if you haven't figure it out by now, the lovely arse in the previous post is none other than the sexy Teresa.  any interested parties can get her info through me. I'm her pimp.