Posts by aasil

love the man.  love his politics.  love it all!

thanks for the photo!

Original Post by mensafool:

It's crazy how hypocritical our society has become. I wonder if our generation or the few coming up will ever have a woodstock or the like. I say, take the necessary precautions, arm yourself by knowing your rights, and party on.

um, have you heard of burning man?

please, there's tons of counter-culture out there.  sure, it's not mainstream and neither was woodstock.  we pretty much destroyed all that was beautiful about something like woodstock when we allowed ourselves to believe that it was part of mainstream society.

that said, there's also a lot of good that has come from our hyper-cautious culture...safe sex and sober driving being two important things.

Original Post by vicereine:

Original Post by aasil:

i'm sorry.  that sucks.  i live in a city where bikes get stolen on a super regular basis.  when i was a kid, we had our locked bikes stolen off our front porch in the middle of the afternoon and we lived on a super quiet side street.

my friends that ride bikes now all bring them inside their homes/office/etc. as locking them outside simply isn't enough.  i would recommend keeping your bike indoors when you aren't using it.

I live on the top floor of a duplex, so not that easy...but I guess the inconvenience is better than losing my property.

is there somewhere on the ground floor where you can lock it up? 

Original Post by msmeg1984:

Hi all, i follow calorie count on twitter and got a comment today that they are in fact working on an iphone app! Yay! 

 sweet!  looking forward to this.

water, gum and tea are never counted.  coffee is sometimes, but not usually.

if i'm logging, then everything else (including raw veggies is counted).

totally agree.

i've stopped assigning meals to my entries, because there doesn't seem to be much of a point without a calorie subtotal per meal.

Original Post by chnadol:

:) I don't work while online...I get distracted by it therefore...I don't workout...I have a short attention span.

 haha!  all the more reason to get outside. 

peppy tune + ipod = good walk...c'mon, you can do it!

i agree about eating more carbs during the day.  plan them out before your crave them, so that you are less likely to binge on them.

As for a late night sweettooth, i find tea to be my best friend.

super lame...PG rocks!

yep, i definitely say go back to school. 

even with school debt, it's worth it to be doing something that are passionate about (at least that's what i'm trying to tell myself as i accrue lots of debt for an MFA, which will never get me any sort of job!).

in general, i skip all frozen food.  the one exception to that rule is frozen pizza, which i usually have several times a week.  i aim for thin crust, multigrain pies with lots of veggies on them, and usually only have 1/2 a pie along with a big salad. 

amy's has a great low sodium spinach pizza, which i think is about 400 calories.  other favorites include the kashi pizzas.

yes, count the rest as water.

awww, i remember when you got her!  i can't believe it has been a year already.  happy anniversary, buddy.

Original Post by cptbunny:

I was thinking about it the other day, I've never seen a teacher with a tattoo. And I would like to someday become one... and it'd be weird if I had a tattoo. I don't know. I think that I think too much. =P

ah, it totally depends on where you live.  my little cousin's nursery school teacher has ink all over her arms, and all the kids and parents can't say enough great things about her.  but that's in seattle, and people seem to be more sane out west.

agreed with pg.

both of my parents and many of my friends travel significantly for work, and they will all tell you how much it sucks.  sure, you may be somewhere that you have never been before, but you often have little to no time to explore and enjoy your location.

in the 1970s, my parents had friends that were self-employed.  they would work like dogs for 6 months of the year, often putting in a 80+ hour work week.  after finishing up all the client projects, they would take off and enjoy the next 6 months away from it all at a different location every year. there's something to be said for that strategy as well.