The Gift of Life

I had to post the following because I found it sooo inspirational!

Rachel Reuther Most people have a toxic relationship to food and no one should feel so unworthy as to only eat one meal a day. In fact as a society we need to start understanding what real food is. Food is grown from the ground not something that is processed from a box. I'm a chemist I know what a lot of these chemicals in processed foods do, most of them are added to addict you and only added to addict you. Not everyone's biochemistry will lead them to food addiction, but a good portion of people do. The same neurochemical pathway that can addict people to drugs can be used by sugar and some of these food additives. You think you are making the choice to eat something rationally, but in reality you are driven by addiction. Food companies know this and exploit people for this. The only true way to break these cravings is eating whole natural plant foods and if your only eating these types of foods you can eat as much as you want. If your food isn't good quality healthful food your workouts wont be fueled properly and losing weight will be hard no matter how much you exercise. Weight-loss is 80% eating and 20% exercise, you absolutely need both, but it only really works if you eat right. I highly recommend you check it out. Eat to live by Joel Fuhrman is a great first book!

Feel The Bern!!!!

My Valentine's Day Message. And of course it works both ways.

Job of the Future

Duped

I recently learned that my ex-boyfriend deceived me one hundred times more than I originally thought.  He cheated from day one of our four-year, living-with-me, 'committed' relationship.  I found this out from the woman he cheated on me with (and there were several more).  She contacted me and told me all of the horrible things he did to her.  This man is a disgrace to his gender and nothing but a pathological liar, narcissistic, misogynistic, thief and a worthless piece of s**t.  He is Satan himself, and I am glad I dumped him.

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Keep Your Head Up

'Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots ...

And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot
When you come around the block brothas clown a lot
But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up
Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up
And when he tells you you ain't nuttin don't believe him
And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him
Cause sista you don't need him ...

And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it's time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women ...'

-- 2PAC

Video was sent to me from two good friends that I am thankful
to have in my life. You know who you are -- love you guys.

Love Your Body !!!

I love this campaign. This is the 2008 poster.

Thought of the Day

Every woman deserves a man that calls her baby, kisses her like he means it, holds her tight like he never wants to let go, doesn't make her jealous with other women, instead makes other women jealous of her, is not afraid to let his friends and family know how he really feels about her, and makes sure she knows how much he loves her.

Super Moon

I love the clear night sky with a full moon.  So naturally, I was outside on the evening of March 19, 2011 taking pictures of the super moon rise.

I also was out at the brightest point approx 2:30 am and again at moon set between 6 and 7 am March 20, 2011.

Breakfast at Bagg's

I was introduced to Bagg's Sq. Cafe from a friend of mine at work, and I have been in love (with the cafe) ever since. The building, I assume, once thriving as employment for factory workers, has been renovated into a first floor cafe, top floor lofts and businesses in between.

The experience I get from this little cafe is one that makes me feel as if I am on vacation. My friend Reena and I like to meet on Saturdays for breakfast. Yesterday was one of those days that we met. We usually bring our cameras and laptops, talk about photography and life experiences.

It is really a fun, relaxing time and I look forward to my next vacation at Bagg's !! :-)

Christmas Cheer

On the first day of Christmas I went to work to see, turkeys in a crabapple tree !!

Togetherness

I like the idea of growing old with someone who knows me better than anyone on the planet, even if we annoy each other on occasion (or more).

Information Control

This is a form of mind control. If one controls what you can and cannot see or hear, one is unable to make a rational decision about that matter.