Quote of the Day: When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water. -?
I know a lot of people who really should take that advice...just saying...
Super Duper Uber Vitamins...
I started taking these GNC uber vitamin packs for womem. They are pretty fancy. I assume that they are fancy based on the fact that there are 6 GIANT pills to take, a very long list of what's in them listed on the box, and they are kind of pricey. It takes me like half an hour to take the vitamins because there are so many of them and they are each massive. I take them with food so that they will not make me sick. Side effects so far: my pee is a pretty fancy shade of fluorescent yellow and I keep burping up the taste of fish oil. The vitamin specifically for joints or something is a fish oil one. Super fancy. I'm assuming that these vitamins will provide me with overall better health. That or they are just improving my gag reflex due to their massive size. I'm hoping to be able to take two at a time by next week. *insert inappropriate perv joke here*
Things that should not be eaten at room temp...
1. Cottage Cheese
2. Cheddar Cheese
I only mention this because I did not have a chance to eat any of the food items I brought with me to work before I got back from my lunchtime run. Meaning, the cottage cheese and cheddar cheese that I had originally intended to eat this morning was not consumed until about 2:30. And they were less then delightful. Though, I once again proved that I will pretty much eat ANYTHING after I workout and I am STARVING.
No, I am not FROM Indiana...
So, I've lived in Indianapolis for almost a year now. I still haven't gotten my driver's license switched (um, they make you take a written test in Indiana if you are not from here. WHAT?!!??!) or updated my license plates and registration for my car. I could blame this on the fact that I'm not totally ready to let go of the last of the things that tie me to New Jersey or pure laziness. It's probably something in between. In the past year, wherever I have been where people ask where I'm from, I always answer "I'm FROM New Jersey. I LIVE in Indiana." I say I'm from New Jersey with a surprisingly fierce sense of pride. As if being from New Jersey somehow automatically makes up for the fact that I currently live in Indiana. Unfortunately, the only thing people associate with New Jersey these days is that HORRIBLE Jersey Shore show (you know, the one where most of the characters ARE NOT ACTUALLY FROM NEW JERSEY!!!). I have to explain, at length, how my origins and the majority of New Jersey are not at all as depicted on that stupid show. Or on the Sopranos. Seriously, people form the midwest have some pretty narrow views on the East Coast. (Conversely, the narrow view that East Coasters have of the Midwest is sadly pretty spot on. There really is nothing but corn out here...).
I wonder if I will ever feel like I belong in Indiana. I miss New Jersey. I miss the Parkway and the Turnpike (who knew!) and the shore. I miss Asbury and NJ Transit. I miss small towns and big cities. I miss bridges and tunnels (ok, tunnels petrify me so I don't really miss those.) I miss hills and trees and sand and ocean. I miss loud people and toll booths. I miss z100 and 95.5 and Q103. I miss Wegman's and Shoprite and pizza that doesn't suck. I miss the Ironbound and Atlantic Highlands and Jackson Premium Outlets. I miss Shark River Park, the giant metal T-Rex on that lawn in Neptune, and the boardwalk. I miss my friends.
I know New Jersey might be dirty in some places and filled with traffic and smell funny but it's certainly got character and I miss it. Indiana is nice enough. It's just so Vanilla. And there is a ridiculous amount of corn growing here. And i'm talking like 15 miles outside the city of Indianapolis. All the neighborhoods look the same. Probably because they were all built at the same time within the last 15 years. People think I'm strange. Okay, okay, people pretty much think that everywhere I've lived so I guess I can't really blame Indiana for that. But at least in New Jersey there were people who got me. I haven't really made any friends here. I guess it took me a while to make friends in Jersey, though, so maybe I just need to be patient. And I need to paint the rooms in my house so it will feel like I actually live there and not like I'm borrowing it or house-sitting. It's just so flat here and plain. And it's not that I'm bored or anything because I always seem busy, I just miss New Jersey. And even if I live in Indy for the next 20 years (oh my god NO. 8 years is my limit!), I will always say I'm FROM New Jersey and that I just LIVE in Indiana. I've tried to fight it my whole life, but once a Jersey Girl ALWAYS a Jersey Girl!
SIDE NOTE: What is the deal with Jersey Shore? Like, I can't believe there is actually a person out in the world (not associated with WWE) who actually refers to themselves as The Situation. First, it's like inviting the world to automatically assume you are an ass without ever having met you. Second, whenever someone refers to "a or the situation" (as in "we have a situation"), it's never a good thing, so why would you want to associate yourself with such negative connotations? Third, it's just a dumb nickname. I mean, come on, dude. If this was my big opportunity to be on TV and be famous, I would have come up with something that didn't, like, define me as a total douchebag. I've only seen like 4 minutes of the show, but that was 4 minutes too much. It makes me sad that this is the sort of thing people want to watch on TV.
Jenn - I guess Bruce knew what he was talking about...
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