Category Archives: Random Thoughts/Little Things to Tell You

If I had…

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an extra hour today: I would wander the produce section of Whole Foods and salivate over all the greens.

an extra one hundred dollars: I would buy myself a new CD (think Brett Dennen, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, etc.) and spend the other $80 over 2 weeks on all the veggies I wanted from Whole Foods or the farmer’s market (in which case it would last 4 weeks.)

an extra 30 minute today: I would read most of a National Geographic on the porch with lemonade.

an extra fifty dollars: I would buy a new bathing suit for the season

an extra fifteen minutes today: I would look at flights from LAX to CHI and vice versa, to see if a trip to see my sister or for her to see me is fesiable in the next 6 months

an extra twenty dollars: I would buy fancy cheese and low-sodium crackers and a $5 bottle of wine, and have a mini-date with Jeff.

an extra five minutes today: I would write an email to a friend I haven’t talked to in a while, to say “Hi, I like you still. Let’s talk.”

an extra dollar: I would buy a pack of gum.

an extra popsicle: I would give it to you!

4 minutes (to save the world)

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I went to the dentist yesterday. I never like going to the dentist, because I’m always sure I have 1000 cavities and gingivitis. Needless to say, I was nervous. My dental hygienist was very nice, however, and merely told me I needed to brush my teeth more.

Now, this is coming from a good place, I know, but I brush my teeth A LOT. Or at least, you know, twice a day and after meals if I’m home and I floss. Oh, I floss. So of course, being a good dental patient, I looked up exactly how long I am supposed to brush my teeth.

And I discovered, you are supposed to brush your teeth for about 3 minutes. 3 minutes, people. For those of you who don’t know, that is the approximate length of the song 4 Minutes. (Granted, the version with Timbaland is 4 minutes long, which I guess redeems the fact that the rest of the versions are a close 3 minutes.)

So folks, if you want to save the world (or just your teeth) turn up the “4 Minutes” (by Madonna and Justin, OR if you’re so inclined, by the Glee cast) and dance around your bathroom, brushing those teeth at a 45 degree angle, and make sure to brush your tongue.

Sleep Cycle: Friday to Tuesday

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Some more sleep cycles, since Kelly asked…

Thursday – Friday

Friday – Saturday

Saturday – Sunday

Sunday – Monday

Monday – Tuesday

Overall I think this is working well for me. And, it gets me excited to go to bed, and wake up! I love waking up and seeing my sleep cycle, and I love knowing my average sleep a night, and seeing how I really did wake up at a good time in the cycle. Plus, the sounds you wake up to are SO soothing.

Anyone out there using this? Does any one like it? Thoughts??

Cilantro Patterns.

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For those of you out there who maybe don’t know: I hate cilantro. I don’t know why, as I like pretty much everything else on this planet (except I cannot handle spicy food because it makes me hiccup, and I hate sneaky carrots.)

When I was in China, a terrible taste kept passing over my lips. I couldn’t figure out what it was I hated so much, until one day my roommate Laura and I went to a make-your-own bowl restaurant, and she grabbed a fistful of cilantro, adding it to her bowl. I realized that the greenery in her bowl was offensively smelly, and said, “What IS that stuff??” She said, “Ah ha! cilantro. I guess you hate cilantro.” And she was right: I do.

It’s not that I don’t try. Don’t get me wrong. I have tasted it on occasion at restaurants around town with Liz, putting some in my mouth each time just to double check. As of now, I still don’t like it. I sampled it at Cheesecake Factory with Andrew and Jeff: still don’t like it. It’s in salsa, and I eat it anyways, determined not to let it ruin my meal. I recently bought Jeff a jar of dried cilantro for him to add to meals since I never use it in our cooking, and since he LOVES cilantro.

The point is: I am trying to like it. I just can’t get behind the fact that I don’t like some leafy green some people eat every day. Who I am to judge? Aren’t I to like all things produced on this lovely planet of ours? I’ve eat SILK WORMS and SCORPION for God’s sake. I mean, ME, who eats ALL things, I don’t like a green herb? It’s absurd.

Step in Sierra.

SS sent me this article from the New York Times.

It turns out, I’m not alone in my hatred. And that it might be my brain. And not just me. Which is comforting. The article explains there are others out in the world, just like me, haters of cilantro. But apparently, to help my brain develop a new liking to cilantro, I have to deal with it. And eat it. I particularly like the last line: “If you’re looking to work on your cilantro patterns, pesto might be the place to start.”

Cilantro pesto: here I come.