March 12 - Truth in plane sight
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March 12 - Two Weeks Hungry
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Hello Readers,
Well I have been unable to post updates as regularly as I would have hoped going in to this, my work has been keeping me super busy, but I wanted to provide you with a nutshell of my experience so far. I have now been on rice and water for two solid weeks, barring one 24 hour period.
This past Friday I had a small wedding to attend, there was no rice served but I intentionally did not eat any of my rice portion that day and only ate a similar portion of food as I have been eating in rice, and the next evening was surprised with a birthday party in my honor. While there I ate some none non-rice foods for my dinner and had a couple not-water beverages.
While these breaks have satisfied a desire to taste something other than rice it has not abated my general hunger. While eating only rice sort of gets old, it taste's pretty good and by the time I eat everyday I am hungry for it. What I am learning is that though I'm not always hungry, although I do think about my hunger pretty frequently throughout the day, it's that there is no real satisfaction to the meal in the sense that "That was a really fulfilling meal". That's something I've always taken for granted and to look at me I've had more than my fair share of "satisfactory" meals. While this perhaps give me a slight glimpse into other's hunger it still seems pretty unfathomable to me to have live one's life and perhaps never be blessed with the luxury to eat until full from both the variety and quantity of food finishing a meal by sitting back happily from the table and loosening the pants.
I have now lost at least 10 pounds through SimpleSizing my diet and sent 10 days worth of foods savings to feed others. Will you join me by giving up tomorrow's coffee and donating $2.00 to feed a hungry person?
Today's featured charity is The Hunger Project. DONATE NOW!!
Hello Readers,Well I have been unable to post updates as regularly as I would have hoped going in to this, my work has been keeping me super busy, but I wanted to provide you with a nutshell of my experience so far. I have now been on rice and water for two solid weeks, barring one 24 hour period.
This past Friday I had a small wedding to attend, there was no rice served but I intentionally did not eat any of my rice portion that day and only ate a similar portion of food as I have been eating in rice, and the next evening was surprised with a birthday party in my honor. While there I ate some none non-rice foods for my dinner and had a couple not-water beverages.
While these breaks have satisfied a desire to taste something other than rice it has not abated my general hunger. While eating only rice sort of gets old, it taste's pretty good and by the time I eat everyday I am hungry for it. What I am learning is that though I'm not always hungry, although I do think about my hunger pretty frequently throughout the day, it's that there is no real satisfaction to the meal in the sense that "That was a really fulfilling meal". That's something I've always taken for granted and to look at me I've had more than my fair share of "satisfactory" meals. While this perhaps give me a slight glimpse into other's hunger it still seems pretty unfathomable to me to have live one's life and perhaps never be blessed with the luxury to eat until full from both the variety and quantity of food finishing a meal by sitting back happily from the table and loosening the pants.
I have now lost at least 10 pounds through SimpleSizing my diet and sent 10 days worth of foods savings to feed others. Will you join me by giving up tomorrow's coffee and donating $2.00 to feed a hungry person?
March 11 - Lose weight, gain clothes
So far, we have raised $4,376 for hunger-related causes.
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Wait for the ending...
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Wait for the ending...
March 10 - I'm not a rock star but I play one on the internets
Big thanks to Preston Long who is working with Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, The Nightwatchmen) to provide supplemental video material for the Axis of Justice tour which begins in Seattle on 3/24 and features Slash, System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Steve Earle, Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil and Ben Shepherd, Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, The Coup’s Boots Riley, The MC5’s Wayne Kramer, Shooter Jennings and more. In other words, a bunch of big rock stars.
This video, or a more polished version of it will be featured in conjunction with the Axis of Justice tour which Morello describes:
p.s. - the idea that Kim Thayil of Soundgarden could theoretically be watching this video totally trips me out. I used to love watching him when I was like 15. Seriously. And Mudhoney? I'm no rock historian but as I think back to like 1992 a very clear mathematical formula emerges: No Mudhoney = No Nirvana, No Soundgarden - in essence, No Grunge. And who would want to live in THAT world? Not me.
This video, or a more polished version of it will be featured in conjunction with the Axis of Justice tour which Morello describes:
The model of the Justice Tour is simple,” said Morello. “Feed the Poor. Fight the Power. Rock the Fuck Out. I’m very excited to be doing this and jamming with my good friends on the various stops on the tour. I’m equally excited that these artists will be rolling up their sleeves to help alleviate hunger and homelessness in these hard times.” Morello also noted, “It is very important to me to keep ticket prices super cheap so that everyone can enjoy these very special concerts."
p.s. - the idea that Kim Thayil of Soundgarden could theoretically be watching this video totally trips me out. I used to love watching him when I was like 15. Seriously. And Mudhoney? I'm no rock historian but as I think back to like 1992 a very clear mathematical formula emerges: No Mudhoney = No Nirvana, No Soundgarden - in essence, No Grunge. And who would want to live in THAT world? Not me.
March 8 - I Saw What I Saw
"Your courage asks me what I am made of and what I know of love and what I know of God..."
So far, we have raised $4,351 for hunger-related causes.
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So far, we have raised $4,351 for hunger-related causes.
Today's featured charity is The Hunger Project. DONATE NOW!!
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