26 January 2009

(Un)smoking

Ok I changed my mind, I'm quitting. Went to the city this weekend and paid $9.25 for a pack, plus an extra dollar for a mini Bic. New York's great for making me feel really, really broke. Keeping it real, I guess. In Ohio I'd pay around $6 for both. I have one cigarette left, it'll be my last.

Also, I ate like 9,000 Starbursts over the course of the last week. I think I should quit those too, but I still have a pound and a half of them left. After that.

In trying to be healthy/do all the lacrosse conditioning I skipped over the last month, I worked out today and went to the cafeteria with a salad in mind. Those are usually pretty quick and easy because most stressed out Vassar kids need things like protein and carbs, not lettuce, so there's never a line. 

Today, though, there was no salad at the salad bar. And what's more, I left my Nalgene in the cafeteria so I'll have to drink out of cups until the next time I can get to the mall. I need to quit taking things like salad and water for granted, I guess I've learned.

It's probably because it's a new semester, everyone spent the break growing their asses, classes aren't hard enough yet to forget dieting, spring break's coming up, et cetera. Salad's good for making you feel better about yourself, even if you do follow it up with a Coke.

I eventually tracked down some spinach and croutons, which was just ok. I felt pretty good about myself until I just ate half of a cake and some of the yellow Starbursts left over from a weekend of pink/red/orange lovers. Which is everyone.

So now I'll just drink some water out of my cup and work on the paper I already have due tomorrow. Coincidentally, it's about blogs "as a socially embedded site for the ongoing negotiation of meaning". Whatever that means...

Luv yall,
MLN

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