haven't taken any xanax for almost five days.  so far, so good.  less sedation, more energy  :)

recently noticed that i have been consuming fifty grams of tea per day. fifty grams. that is equivalent to twenty-five tea bags. i don't see how it's possible, my tea doesn't taste overly strong or bitter, but i go through a one hundred-gram bag of yunnan every two days, so unless my arithmetic is wrong, that's a hell of a lot of caffeine. i ( Read more... )

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went to the animal shelter yesterday with my sister to see about getting a little dog, but no luck. they mostly have larger dogs, and no puppies at all. the small dogs tend to get adopted very fast. so i will probably get one from a breeder, perhaps a tibetan spaniel. they are supposed to be very intelligent dogs who like to act the clown and ( Read more... )

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catalyzing catastrophic catacombs & catatonia!

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when studying linguistics, my 'time of useful consciousness' is only about twelve pages.  that's just sad.  oh well, one can take a break and come back for another twelve.  and another.  sigh.

i really like this photo i saw on flickr in the 'bonjour tristesse' pool.  before even looking at the tags i knew it had to be france.

it might be a good idea to change the meditation sessions from forty minutes to one hour. it takes up to thirty minutes just to get the mind fairly calm; the remaining ten minutes are not enough. trying to disregard the alarm on my watch and keep going just doesn't work well, one gets a bit scatter-brained after the end has been signaled. so, ( Read more... )