Cuddlefist

humansofnewyork: “I grew up in this house. I was actually...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:02:22 -0400

“I grew up in this house. I was actually standing right here when I first saw my husband. I was ten years old, and he came riding by on his bike, and I said: ‘I want to know that boy!’”
“Is he inside?”
“He passed away in 2000. But we had 37 good years together.”

Euphoria 2011 versus Euphoria 2013: two very different...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:19:08 -0400

Euphoria 2011 versus Euphoria 2013: two very different experiences. Dan and I might have been more tired this year but I suspect we’d have fallen asleep more readily back in 2011.

I know more about what goes into making a burn go, though this was still my first time on the Event Lead Team, and if I do it again, I have a lot more to learn. But 2013 me loved Euphoria even more than 2011 me. It was the most physically demanding burn I’ve done so far, since I moved around more than in previous years and used my bicycle in lieu of a golf cart whenever I could. I also worked more with Public Works, so there was more physical labor DURING the burn than I usually do.

Eventually I will write more about the experience, but where to put it or exactly what to say, I have yet to decide.

I taste a liquor never brewed —From Tankards scooped in Pearl —Not all the Vats upon the...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:38:00 -0400

I taste a liquor never brewed —
From Tankards scooped in Pearl —
Not all the Vats upon the Rhine
Yield such an Alcohol!

Inebriate of Air — am I —
And Debauchee of Dew —
Reeling — thro endless summer days —
From inns of Molten Blue —

When “Landlords” turn the drunken Bee
Out of the Foxglove’s door —
When Butterflies — renounce their “drams” —
I shall but drink the more!

Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats —
And Saints — to windows run —
To see the little Tippler
Leaning against the — Sun —

-Emily Dickinson

(Off to Euphoria. See you Monday.)

Just remember every dumb “duh!” moment you’ve...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:34:50 -0400

Just remember every dumb “duh!” moment you’ve ever had (and may or may not have expressed aloud) and realize that some people no longer have filters between their brains and fingers.

Hey Valjean

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:01:54 -0400

shoutpolesforeyes:

That’s a nice jacket you’ve got there.

I wonder what color it is.

Photo

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:40:43 -0400

jaqenoflorath: buttsofjustice: gamer-of-thrones: I wish I...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:19:44 -0400

jaqenoflorath:

buttsofjustice:

gamer-of-thrones:

I wish I could reblog this thousands of times

omg

i think everybody can go home now

New goggles.

Fri, 31 May 2013 16:28:00 -0400

New goggles.

Fifteen more days to Euphoria!

Wed, 29 May 2013 21:22:14 -0400

Fifteen more days to Euphoria!

(Trigger warning because I talk about binge-eating.) Motivation for Fitness reblogged Go...

Tue, 28 May 2013 23:06:00 -0400

(Trigger warning because I talk about binge-eating.)

Motivation for Fitness reblogged Go Kaleo’s “I am overweight” post recently and I found myself in Go Kaleo’s rabbit hole, reading back and nodding along.

She started a Facebook group called Eating the Food, since that, along with getting healthy (as opposed to skinny or cut or or or), is what she encourages people to do, especially people who’ve spent their lives restricting and yo-yo dieting. I’ve been stressed lately- unemployed, drowning in to-do lists, feeling like I’ve gotten out of shape- and I’ve been eating all kinds of things I normally wouldn’t. And I don’t mean eating: I mean bingeing. I read Go Kaleo’s post “How to Get Off Teh Dietz”:

I tend not to give very specific eating guidelines, mostly because every body is unique and every person has unique needs, goals, tastes, cultural traditions and local food systems.
I want you to learn to tune into your own body and how it responds to what you eat, and it’s REALLY hard to do that when someone is telling you that foods are good or bad, or that you should or shouldn’t eat such and such.

So I took that to heart and tried it for a week. Well, not even a week. Five days? Six? I am already bouncing back to eating the way that I wanted to and not compulsively buying boxes of mediocre gluten-free cookies just to consume them within an hour. I don’t think I had a full-blown eating disorder or anything, but it’s definitely something I know I’ve struggled with in the past and would like to avoid in the future.

I also got some guidance on things I could be doing in the gym, and that’s improved quickly because now I know what I’m doing. (If there’s one thing I learned in public health school, it’s the power of self-efficacy!) The personal trainer I had my complimentary session with commented on my recent dedication and performance yesterday. Yes, SpartaChris, I am killin’ it, because I’m eating enough again instead of getting in the weird hamster wheel of disordered eating.

It’s a nice change.

"…despite all of the moral connotations ascribed to weight gain, we have little idea exactly why..."

Tue, 28 May 2013 18:49:22 -0400

“

…despite all of the moral connotations ascribed to weight gain, we have little idea exactly why people weigh somewhat more now than they did a generation ago. Not surprisingly, some works suggest that increasing caloric intake and decreasing activity levels, in some combination, are sufficient explanations for this trend. However, other works suggest that some portion of the population’s weight gain can be attributed to smoking cessation, which runs counter to the assumption that the country’s weight gain is evidence of both moral laxity and a harbinger of declining overall health.

So what if the so-called ‘obesity epidemic’ is largely an illusion? What if higher than average weight turns out to have neither much medical nor moral significance? The answer to these questions, all of which we believe are strongly suggested by the epidemiological literature, go far beyond the issues of body mass and health. The current scientific evidence should prompt health professionals and policy makers to consider whether it makes sense to treat body weight as a barometer of public health. It should also make us pause to consider how propagating the idea of an ‘obesity epidemic’ furthers the political and economic interests of certain groups, while doing immense damage to those whom it blames and stigmatizes.

”

- The epidemiology of overweight and obesity: public health crisis or moral panic? - Oxford Journals (via redefiningbodyimage)

ziggy-z: Another day of slaving away on the armor. #Cosplay...

Tue, 28 May 2013 15:14:22 -0400

ziggy-z:

Another day of slaving away on the armor.
#Cosplay #IronMan #Rescue #PepperPotts #costumes

I can’t wait to see this finished.

I spent yesterday afternoon with my partner exploring our neighborhood. We walked to Kirkwood and...

Mon, 27 May 2013 10:58:49 -0400

I spent yesterday afternoon with my partner exploring our neighborhood. We walked to Kirkwood and back, and he waited patiently as I picked some blackberries and put them in my hat to wash and then eat later, and then we came home where I ignored him for three hours while I watched Arrested Development. Romance!

All jokes aside, he is my favorite. My life is better for his presence and his perspective.

Why on earth has a picture I took last year of some blackberries been reblogged about forty times?...

Mon, 27 May 2013 10:39:17 -0400

Why on earth has a picture I took last year of some blackberries been reblogged about forty times? Is this a weird spam bot thing?

I had a dream that Euphoria was over and I had terrible post-event drop. Fortunately, I was...

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:45:00 -0400

I had a dream that Euphoria was over and I had terrible post-event drop. Fortunately, I was distracted by a bizarre break-in at my parents’ house that was somehow linked to a pirate ship artcar speeding around their neighborhood too fast. Midway through the investigation, I developed the ability to see who was linked to the conspiracy just by looking at their face.

It’s good to have stuff to look forward to, I suppose.

"If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to..."

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:50:00 -0400

“If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them, more easily each time, so easily, soon, that you did not even realize you had gone out searching.”

- “The Lovely Leave,” by Dorothy Parker.

Blackberry progress photos.

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:01:01 -0400

Blackberry progress photos.

Muscadine plant. When I bought it, it was two little sticks in a...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:01:29 -0400

Muscadine plant. When I bought it, it was two little sticks in a pot of dirt. I may get grapes from it this year, but if not, that is okay.

Plants in plant jail. The squirrels took everything, or so I...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:41:43 -0400

Melon seedlings.

Okra plants.

Lettuce, keeping on keeping on.

Pineapple sage.

Plants in plant jail. The squirrels took everything, or so I thought. I started finding bean and okra plants sprouting up, and the lettuce was untouched. Some of the carrots still existed, but I accidentally pulled some up, thinking they were weeds. (D’oh!) Finally, I built a cage over the bed and replanted whatever hadn’t made it, and it looks like it’s all moving along pretty well. Finally.

I didn’t get clear pictures of the brussels sprouts, uh, sprouts or the cabbage sprouts or the eggplant, but they’re there, and they’re bigger every day. It’s hard for me not to go out multiple times a day to check on them!

My first tomato!

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:25:00 -0400

My first tomato!