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I have so many things to blog about, but no time! Hopefully, I'll get caught up on revealing my thoughts and mildly amusing life to the internet. For now, just know that I am sleeping, studying baroque dance forms, practicing Berlioz like it's going out of style, and considering cleaning my apartment. Oh, and I'm also going raw for the week as a gentle way to remind my tum-tum about its behavior and how i'm realizing it may need some raw plant food to cuddle itself back into submission and cooperation.

Best quote ever: "it's so f'n insane that straight people get to vote on whether or not gay marriage is allowed,i can't believe it's even debatable... if u r small minded enough to vote against gay marriage,u should be sent to prison,cause god knows what else u r capable of."

-- Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes gets heated. Don't even get him started on tort reform! (via @xxofMontrealxx)

listening to: baroque dance hits...the ultimate 80's mix. 1680's.

GreenGoodness Day 3

Well, it seems that the proof is in the pudding.  (what an odd saying!) I put on my skinny legged jeans today that are always kinda odd in the waist, mostly because I have no waist.  And they are a bit looser, so I can wear them in public.  Yesterday was definitely killer, but I'm getting the picture-I need to put more food in my smoothies if I'm living off of them.  Yesterday may have been a calorically challenged day, in terms of quantity, but today was much better.  

I had a banana mint/choco/spinach smoothie for breakies, a savory basil/avocado/carrot/romaine smoothie for lunch, and a grapefruit/orange/banana spinach smoothie for dinner.  I can't wait to start chewing more of my food though...

Other cool changes: my skin is clearer, I'm having less cravings, and I'm less sleepy.  I'm still having serious greens cravings- I came home from yoga and ate 4 stalks of celery and a carrot.  I'm a little relieved that this was only a 3 day smoothie fest- I really don't know how people could do this for months!  Maybe it's because I'm out of practice in raw-food land, but I certainly missed my grains.  If I do a similar feast in the future, I'll definitely eat a salad for dinner instead of a smoothie- sometimes eating 8-10 pieces of fruit a day is a little much for me.  Too sweet.  I also like to chew my lettuce, as evidenced by my romaine lettuce cravings last night.  However, I will continue to consume green smoothies every day for breakies, and possible more, depending on my mood.  It certainly is good to fortify your body with lots of minerals and raw plant matter, and I'd like to do so more regularly, although maybe not for 3 days.  1 might be enough.  

In other news, I had my interview to go teach in the Philippines this summer, which would be *awesome* and I hope that pans out.  That would be way cooler than going to Sarasota, for sure.  

Currently listening to: Renaissance music.  Dufay & Ockeghem's greatest Missa hits.

Craving Fulfilled...oddly.

I had a fierce craving for salty things post-elliptical, and sadly, there's not much to be found.  So I just ate 1.5 hearts of Romaine Lettuce raw.  Weird.

Day 2 of Greengoodness

Started off the morning with:

2 oranges

1 frozen banana

water

some frozen cranberries

1 tbsp of coconut oil

romaine hearts

1 tbsp of green powder.

It was a decent, but not amazing smoothie.  Not too sweet though, which is always excellent.  I'm feeling pretty good today, although my body wants something weightier like carbs or something like that.  Hopefully, the million pots of tea and smoothies will fill me up enough.

For lunch, had pretty much the same savory smoothie as yesterday:

carrots

water

basil

collards

tomatoes

1/2 avocado

and some random sprigs of thyme that I don't remember ever buying.

I have had a more difficult time today than yesterday in maintaining the green-ness.  Perhaps because I didn't eat dinner until 7:45, I was starving, had a headache, and am still cranky.  I know the headache may be the detox component of all this, but combined with cravings for chocolate and carbs, it really sucks.  Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Dinner:

Lots of frozen mango

2 Organic oranges

Water

Oodles of Spinach

2 TBSP of flax seeds.

I will eventually get myself downstairs on the elliptical, even if it kills  me!  But seriously, afterwards, I am rewarding myself with some raw banana-chocolate ice cream.  

In other news, I played the cadenzas I wrote for the Hoffmeister concerto for the venerable Steven Laitz, and he approved of them!  We touched up a few things, and he said they had lots of great thematic elements, and that I have 'good ears.'  I was floating in bliss for a few hours after that.  I have had such a difficult time trying to get myself to write those cadenzas, and I'm so glad he approved.  It certainly was a highlight of today.

Listening to: a little of everything today.

GreenGoodness: End of Day 1

Wow.  I forgot how *unfilling* raw food is.  I was doing pretty well for 4-5 hours, and then I got super hungry and ate some raisins and carrots.  So I didn't eat entirely liquified for the day, but somehow I feel like 3 organic carrots, a handful of raisins, a piece of dried mango, and 3 sundried tomatoes are NOT going to be the make or break of the day.  I ended up have 2 pots of tea today, as well as two mugs of other tea.  Since I didn't leave the house after noon, post yoga, I just stayed in and practiced all afternoon.  In order to keep from thinking about the raw food crisis, I drank tea.  End of story.  

here's lunch:  Carrot Basil Soupy Smoothie

2 carrots

2 collard green leafy things

handful of basil

half avocado

water

smidge of salt

This was actually quite tasty, despite what it sounds like.  I never used to be into raw soups, but this was quite edible.  I just didn't stay full for too long.  I should probably make more next time.

Dinner was a minty chocolate smoothie:

3 somewhat frozen bananas

Fresh Mint

Water

Spinach 

Raw Chocolate Powder

2 TBSP flax seed

This was quite tasty and has left me quite full for the evening, which is a good sign.  I don't expect incredible miracles from my green binge, but I am just trying to clean things up and feel good.  I did battle some fierce cravings today, especially with packs of rick and vegetables floating around my apartment, but I did a good change resisting, so we're on to tomorrow!

Day 1 of GreenGoodness Smoothies...

After a few weeks of adding green smoothies to my diet (breakfast everyday) I've decided it's time to make a big leap and do what is called a "green smoothie feast."  It's not really a fast, since you're consuming enough calories for a human being (unlike juice fasting...) and your eating lots of yummy things like fruits and vegetables.  The premise of this feasting is to do a detox of processed and cooked foods (which I know I need, even though I've been pretty good so far) and a resetting of one's tastebuds for delicious and healthy foods.  (like plants).   The task is to eat green smoothies for all of one's meals for whatever period of time is appropriate for you.  I am just planning a brief 3 day-er, although some people do this for 45 days!  Since I live in a cold climate and I'm just getting set up, I don't want to be overly ambitious and stretch my time or patience.  (Thus the 3 days).  Anyway, if it goes well, perhaps it's something I'll do for a longer period of time every few weeks or even every week!  

Why green smoothies?  If you go to rawfamily.com, you'll get bombarded by lots of "green" information, but most importantly is Victoria's book 'green for life.'  Basically, she explains how humans do not eat enough greens, how they are a whole other class of vegetables with complete nutritional support, and how our concept of 'vegetable' doesn't really explain the whole wealth of veggies.  (root veggies vs. flowers vs. greens).  A green smoothie basically consists of some fruit, some water (if you're into the vegan thing), and some leafy greens.  The fruit usually covers up the green taste enough that it's just like a normal smoothie, but less sweet.  One can also make savory smoothies or raw soups with tomatoes, greens, celery, etc.  

So here's how today's unfolding so far:

Woke up a 9...overslept, but still made it to yoga in time.

Got back at 11:20, and made 1st green smoothie of the day.

Frozen mangos, 1 banana, 1 tbsp coconut oil, 1 tbsp green powder, some kale leaves.

Some people don't do frozen fruit, but I like my smoothies to have that cold frozen texture-not the watery room temperature thing.  

Anyway, I'm going to make a pot of tea and practice and whatnot, but I'll do an end-of-day post to sum up day 1.