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arguchikfor some reason being in west seattle has given me a tremendous appetite for beets. every single day since i've been here, i've eaten beet salad. at first, i got it at the PCC across the street. but today i stopped at metropolitan market on my way back from campus (had to go turn in final grades--a day late, i know...), and got some of their beet salad. it's yummier than the PCC's! the beets have a nicer texture (i think they were cooked a little longer, so they're more tender) and they use more vinegar in the dressing. the one thing i like better about the PCC's is that it has more fresh onion in it. now if i could just get them to put in a little more vinegar...suppose i could just add some extra, myself.
i bought some books at the u-bookstore while i was in the u-district, just some novels i've been meaning to read for a long time. alfred bester's "the stars my destination" (i taught his "the demolished man" last year--that book is the very first *ever* winner of the hugo award!); philip k. dick's "the man in the high castle" (i was about to get "valis," "the divine invasion," and "the transmigration of timothy archer"--a trilogy--but decided to wait); danzy senna's "symptomatic"; and sylvia plath's "the bell jar." *mostly* sci-fi and/or related to my dissertation (all but plath's).
i was delighted to see joe and greg of moonpenny opera playing on the ave. right across from the u-bookstore. (they are also both part of the circus contraption band, for those who don't know them.) wow...so cool to hear a big bass and an accordian--played beautifully and circus-fully--on the ave.! they said they were going to be busking there on the ave. a lot in the upcoming months, so keep your eye out for them if you're around that way!
finally, i have to ask the chicas out there: have any of you tried alternative menstrual protection (e.g. the keeper, or those re-usable sponges), and if so, what did you think? off and on over the years i have worried about the wastefulness of paper menstrual products, even though i use an applicator-free tampon. i'm starting to worry about it again...and if i can, i'd like to stop using paper stuff. there's always the worry about dioxin residues in bleached paper products, too, but i have to admit that i've always been put off by the price of the unbleached paper stuff sold at natural food stores. anyway...just wondering...
i bought some books at the u-bookstore while i was in the u-district, just some novels i've been meaning to read for a long time. alfred bester's "the stars my destination" (i taught his "the demolished man" last year--that book is the very first *ever* winner of the hugo award!); philip k. dick's "the man in the high castle" (i was about to get "valis," "the divine invasion," and "the transmigration of timothy archer"--a trilogy--but decided to wait); danzy senna's "symptomatic"; and sylvia plath's "the bell jar." *mostly* sci-fi and/or related to my dissertation (all but plath's).
i was delighted to see joe and greg of moonpenny opera playing on the ave. right across from the u-bookstore. (they are also both part of the circus contraption band, for those who don't know them.) wow...so cool to hear a big bass and an accordian--played beautifully and circus-fully--on the ave.! they said they were going to be busking there on the ave. a lot in the upcoming months, so keep your eye out for them if you're around that way!
finally, i have to ask the chicas out there: have any of you tried alternative menstrual protection (e.g. the keeper, or those re-usable sponges), and if so, what did you think? off and on over the years i have worried about the wastefulness of paper menstrual products, even though i use an applicator-free tampon. i'm starting to worry about it again...and if i can, i'd like to stop using paper stuff. there's always the worry about dioxin residues in bleached paper products, too, but i have to admit that i've always been put off by the price of the unbleached paper stuff sold at natural food stores. anyway...just wondering...
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caution: menstrual content!
Date: 2006-03-22 11:37 am (UTC)your feelings about the sponges echo my own. blood is such an excellent growth medium for microorganisms...
as for the pill, or other forms of hormonal birth control: i recently went *off* the pill. for some reason i just don't feel quite right when i'm on it. it evens out my moods and definitely lightens up my periods, but something feels *off* to me when i'm on it--i just feel like my perceptions and my creativity are blunted, somehow. i know about all the studies suggesting that the pill cuts the risk of ovarian cancer; but the pill also gets increasingly dangerous for women to take after the age of 35--it increases the risk of stroke, blood clots, and breast cancer (that last is not conclusive, but the evidence is suggestive, from what i've read), even in non-smoking "older" women. plus, it has made some brown patches on my face that i don't like, and don't want any more of; and it makes me more susceptible to yeast and other fungal infections (my dermatologist recently confirmed this for me, in the medical literature...). i'm currently in no danger of inadvertently getting pregnant, so...figured i would go off it and see how i feel.
Re: caution: menstrual content!
Date: 2006-03-22 11:54 am (UTC)Re: caution: menstrual content!
Date: 2006-03-22 12:09 pm (UTC)they recommend simply taking it out and emptying it, then wiping it off with tissues or rinsing with clear water, and reinserting it. then, at the end of your period, you just wash it with mild soap, let it dry completely, and put it back into its handy carrying pouch.
interesting. i wonder if any keeper users have had trouble with infections...