november 4: celebrations

the poll results are coming in. fireworks are being set off. i love living in a liberal town. of course, i'm home, tucked in to bed, not partying on one of the most historically significant nights in our country's history. is it really true? have we actually elected a black man to be president? pretty cool, my friends. pretty cool.

yes, i did say the other night that politics make me want to puke. that's my story and i'm still sticking to it. but even so, the thought that enough people can come together and either get color-blind, or rally around color-consciousness, in order to make this happen, is really pretty damn cool. i'm pleased. i'm really pleased. i'm sure the aftermath is going to be hellacious, but at least so far, we're not looking at anything like the 2000 results, or the 2004 results - the 2 "stolen" elections. now we just have to keep the man alive and see how well he can do the job.

back to what's really important: i vote with my dollars, i vote with my lifestyle, and this blog is supposed to be about my lifestyle, so here we go. tonight i finished up the last of the almonds i bought the other night. here's what i'm finding: when i get home, first thing, i have this massive salty-savory craving. if i eat to satisfy that craving, #1, it doesn't get satisfied, and #2, as soon as i've eaten enough of that to make me feel a little ill, all i want is some fruit. which is, of course, lousy food combining to eat fruit after fat. so i have to simply conquer the craving and not give in to it when i get home at night. i think it's habit more than anything. back in the summer, all i wanted for dinner was watermelon, and now that it's dark, i think i want "something else..." i had all that crap the other night, and it all sucked. i know i don't really want any of the things i think i want. it's just a bad habit i've let myself get into.