Showing posts with label awareness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label awareness. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

24 Coke-free and Counting...

The story goes I ate the mums at my parent's wedding reception...but, I digress.

It's been 24 hours without a vanilla Coke (my own personal brand of heroin, for all you Twilighters). And I haven't displayed any wierd withdrawal symptoms, like killing my neighbors. Yet.

Although I came close when a bored--and apparently unsupervised--child in the building pulled the fire alarm. Not only did the Star Trek Enterprise screeching (red alert! red alert!) drive me from the condo, it brought the police, firemen, and paramedics to our quiet little corner of the world.

And is it just me, but do you have to be eye candy to work those professions? Everyone of those guys looked like they were on their way to a calendar shoot. Because they were looking mighty fine I forgot all about tracking down that little kid who interrupted my well-guarded blog writing time. But, I digress.

My Coke elimination strategy based on consuming raw foods--besides making me forgetful--has worked its magic so far, so I'd like to pass on the magic to you (in case you cared):
  • Camomile tea with raw honey and lemon.
  • Blueberries in plain, non-fat yogurt (hey there, Brown Cow).
  • A couple bottles of water.
  • Odwalla green smoothie and a handful of blueberries
  • Ambrosia for the gods chocolate smoothie: 2 bananas, spring water, lucama powder (Peruvian superfood), raw cacao and hemp seeds. Seriously, I could LIVE on that.
  • Too many raw larabars; coconut creme, cherry pie, pecan, and key lime.
  • A salad of spring mix, and goji berry trail mix topper with a dressing made of tomatoes, fresh garlic, green onions, cilantro, apple cider vinegar and virgin olive oil.
  • Hummus
  • Synergy Kombucha, Superfruit flavor
Okay, it was all a little heavy on the sugar, but it felt good just to get off the refined sugar and caffeine. And yeah, the cacao powder IS caffeine but my story is, it's still healthier than Coke, and I'm sticking to it.

Maybe I should try eating the mums garnishing the dining room table next? They're raw...

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Living Darfur


Oh wow, folks....I've been blogging about a place I didn't even know how to spell properly. It's not 'Dafur', it's 'Darfur'.

Well, then.

My sincere apologies; nice having my ignorance laid out for all to see. And yet, this isn't going to stop me from writing about it as I learn you know.

I'm still planning on fasting for solidarity with the people of Darfur (okay, at least it will make me feel better if not them because sometimes, you can't just sit still and accept things as they are or you'd just go a little looney tunes). And I'm still hoping that as awareness is created around the suffering of others in our world family--help will come.

Here's a youtube video on the Dafur Genocide: A Present Reality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXdWDM4fmRY

This is how I first became aware of the situation in Darfur: http://miafarrow.org/

Former actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Mia Farrow, was fasting for 12 days and it was posted on msn.com. She stopped for health reasons (she was doing water only) but billionaire Richard Branson picked up the fast and others joined in, and of course we still can: http://www.FastDarfur.org/contact/

I liked Victoria's insights which she blogged about during her 21-day fast here:
http://www.victoriatrabosh.com/blog//

She posted this game: 'Darfur is Dying' – "a viral video game for change that provides a window into the experience of the 2.5 million refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan. Players must keep their refugee camp functioning in the face of possible attach by Janjaweed militias. You will learn from this simple game how next to impossible it is to stay alive." >Play the game.

If you are not interested in fasting but feel inspired to do something, Victoria says you can call the White House and protest at 1-800-GENOCIDE or (1-800-436-6243). When you call you’ll be given information to connect to your representative or senator (based on your zip code). Call between 9-5 PM EST.

You can reach the White House at (202)-456-1111.

As always,

Credit: photo courtesy of Mia Farrow's photo gallery on miafarrow.org on her trip to Dafur. The women in the photo are waiting for food.