An unwashed sock in the laundry basket of life!!!

Michelle Onesock

Does this ever happen to you?? You know, you do the wash/laundry and you know for a fact that you accounted for all the dirty socks you wore that week. They were all there, in the laundry basket ready for washing! You smiled, all smug knowing that this time you had them beat! Dirty socks will not get the best of me!!

The laundry is done. You start looking and your all like YES! So far so good. Each sock i find has their counterpart waiting for it. Then, you get to the last sock...hmmm...you look around and down and all you seem to see is 1 sock. WTF??? These are your favorite socks too! The pair you always save for last to wear because you want to show the world how cool you really are! You do a throuough search to no avail!! That pair of socks is gone. Lost somewhere mysteriously! Probably with all the other lost socks that people have lost over the years!

It's pretty crazy really but it does happen. It happens to the best of us. Happens to me all the time and believe me, i have A LOT of socks!

I have yet to come up with a solution to this mystery of life. Not sure if i ever will.



So, i am a bit under the weather. I developed some sort of cold/cough/chesty thing all in the matter of a day. I was thinking that maybe i am rundown because of all of the running i've been doing, but i then realized that running really builds up the immune system. With proper rest of course, which i have not been getting. So, there you have the culprit. Not enough rest. Not rundown, just tired.

I am working it out though. I am on day 27 of my running streak. There is literally no way i am stopping now, short of some sort of freak of nature happening. It just ain't gonna happen.

With my garmie on my left hand, i clocked in at 3.3 miles. Couldn't do more. Please think good thoughts for me to finish up this thing i started. I am not asking anybody to pray. Just do whatever it is you do to send good vibes to people.









So, i'd like to share with you a freaking really cool feature on the Mac! It's simply called a screenshot plus widget. You download it and you can take photos of anything on your desktop! It enables you to become very creative very easily! Too easy almost! The top photo is my docking station or as i like to call it, my parking lot and the photo underneath is part of what you see when you click on something called dashboard which is the second from the left on the parking lot!

What i love about the Mac is how user friendly it is. If you know how to navigate through itunes you can certainly use a Mac Book!

I am craving a Starbucks beverage. Lucky for me, i have a Starbucks within walking distance from my home. Or is it lucky??

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." jack kerouac


Mr. Slyde over at slydesblog featured this video and with his permission i'd like to feature it here. It's called pilobolus. Very cool, i've never seen anything like it! I am hoping they stop over in my area so that i can grab a ticket or two!!

In slydes words:
Anyway, here is Pilobolus. If you haven't seen them yet, prepare to be freaking AMAZED.....

Good Food...Music...Books...Oh My!!!

It's an absolute cornucopia, the Union Square Green Market! I don't think i can describe it any other way. The colors...just imagine the most brightest, unusual and exceptionally beautiful colors and multiply that by whatever it takes to make you realize just how elaborate the colors of food can be. You spend time there and think that time has stood still, just for a moment and just for you. The crowds are everywhere, yet there is a stillness in the air. The produce calls out to you and makes you want to take it all in. This is NYC remember, a place where you breathe in more car fumes and are afraid to cross the street for fear of a cabbie running you down. Yet right here, at Union Square is a small oasis of life! Farmers selling their stuff, fresh right from the garden. They even let you taste stuff before you buy it. I am a city girl, no doubt about it but once or twice a week i look forward to spending time at the green market.



These are the smallest eggplants i have ever seen! Upon seeing them, i knew i had to buy some. Being that i am not 100% raw i intend to saute these babies up in fresh garlic and some macadamia nut oil. Sublime at best!!!













This time of year seems to be teeming with tomatoes!! I snatched these suckers up real quick because they were going fast! I do not have a clue exactly what kind of tomatoes these are but lets just say you can put a little sea salt on them and gulp them down one at a time. They are sweet, juicy and just amazingly colorful. I love them!!














These strawberries were certainly calling to me. I have not had a decent batch of strawberries all summer long, until now! My goodness, they are small, very small but they are bursting with goodness. You can really just look at them to see just how sweet they are. They are very red and beautiful.

The green market also had an over abundance of peaches, plums and nectarines. All excellent. I prefer peaches over everything else so i stocked up. They are almost gone. You need a large napkin, when eating these peaches to catch the sweet nectar oozing out of them. Ah, greatness comes in all shapes and sizes!!

There were other purchases, string beans, corn, some sort of melon that i've yet to try. My eyes couldn't really take it all in, so i stopped and met up with a good friend for lunch at The Coffee Shop, 29 Union Square West.

Wonderfully busy, but enthusiastic atmosphere. This place is for people watching, no doubt! The food, well its OK, i've had better, much better actually but being that i have not been there in quite a while nor has my friend we decided to wait the 15 minutes for a nice outdoor table.


The Stills! I first got turned on to them back in 2004 after hearing the wonderfully hypnotic “Still in Love Song” from the highly-praised “Logic Will Break Your Heart” debut. Their new song “Being Here” gets back to basics with a more accessible approach: nothing fancy, just a mid-tempo ditty with a sweet sentiment propelled by smooth-as-a-baby-bottom vocals and a super catchy chorus. After two spins, I guarantee you’ll be crooning aloud “Being here, oh ho oh ho, being here!” over and over and over. I’m doing it right now. Check out The Stills . They are pretty freakin cool!!

Now on to some reading material that i deem worthy of a look see!

Kris Carr is my friend. She is indeed a wonderful woman living a life of truth, light and love. She is sending out her message far and wide and sure knows how to work a crowd...She is very funny and so full of life. I am sure you are all aware of her first wonderful book Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips Good reading, humorous and its easy to get lost in the sheer joy you feel knowing Kris had a good time writing it.


So, what did she go ahead and do? She wrote another book!! This one, i'm told is greatness once again. I remember her writing it a few months back and she was so gung ho about meeting her deadlines, she hardly had time to blog and come to her own forum. How's that for dedication folks?? You can purchase her book Crazy Sexy Survivor Rebellion at Amazon!!

Then, the second book i am interested in reading is a book by a man named Dean Karnazes. To me, Dean is a hero and a wonderful man!! Read a little bit about him here UltraMarathon Man and make sure to view that video on the bottom of the page! Mr. Dean ran 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 different states. Is this incredible or what? I get goose bumps just thinking about this incredible feat of pure magic.



So, this book 50/50 is definitely on my fall reading list! Being a very dedicated runner, i feel this book will inspire me to pick my running up another notch or two. Besides my running streak of 35-40 days, i am planning to participate in a few different races this year. First up is Race for the cure. Pretty self explanatory i suppose. I've done this one before. It's a 5K, easily doable for me!!

Second up is this Cow Harbor 10K. I'm a bit worried about this race because i am not quite at the 10K mark just yet. Very close though. Today i ran 6.14 miles which basically means i needed to run the length of a football field to have run a 10K. I was so very close. But see thats the remarkable thing about running. There is always tomorrow to do more. I am having the time of my life, running. There is nothing that even comes close to the way that running makes me feel.

So, these are just some of the things i'm interested in and really wanted to share. If i can inspire just one person to put on some running shoes and get on out there, then my job is done. Remember, fall is coming and to me, fall is THE BEST running weather ever!!!!

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
Maya Angelou

"Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours." Swedish proverb

All the news thats fit to print....

I don't usually write about T.V. shows that i watch or want to watch, but i thought this warranted some attention. I am excited about TrueBlood. I already have my DVR programed to record it.

From HBO.com
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders and government officials around the world have chosen their sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.

Local waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), however, knows how it feels to be an outcast. "Cursed" with the ability to listen in on people's thoughts, she's also open-minded about the integration of vampires — particularly when it comes to Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), a handsome 173-year-old living up the road. But as Sookie is drawn into a series of mysteries surrounding Bill's arrival in Bon Temps, that tolerance will be put to the test.

A sexy, scary new drama from 'Six Feet Under' creator Alan Ball, 'True Blood' delves into the meticulously-crafted world of novelist Charlaine Harris. Described by the Emmy®-winning Ball as "popcorn for smart people" and featuring a colorful cast of local misfits, 'True Blood' promises an intense ride.

Now i don't know about you guys, but the thought of vampires and 173 year old people, well it just creeps me out just enough to absolutely want to check out this show! Alan Ball, the creator of Six Feet Under certainly has what it takes to create another hit for HBO. "popcorn for smart people" Fuck yeah! Can't wait for this one!

Upward and onward...
Not sure if you noticed, but i have been forced to put the comment moderation feature on ON!! I will not go into the reasons why, but just know that whoever is a regular commenter on my blog will not have a problem. Please don't hesitate to comment because i love to hear from you all and it makes blogging that much more interesting and fun.

To my anonymous friends out there, keep them coming. I welcome your comments. Just know this, i find it very cowardly not to reveal who you are. If you have something to say to me, wouldn't you rather that i know who you are? Or are you ashamed that if you reveal yourself i will think less of you? Nope, in fact i would think you are brave and wonderful and honest. But, of course it is your call. If you would rather post as anonymous, that is fine with me.

I just want to update everybody on my running streak! I am on day 23 of consecutive days running at least 5 miles or more! It's really amazing that i seem to have the stamina to do this. A few days ago, Sunday i think, i had a really hard run. I almost thought to give up my streak, but that is so not me. I set a goal and always follow through. It's as if something is propelling me forward. I intend to have a big celebration on Labor Day September 1st. A day off. One day at least.

















Believing you can! Isn't that an amazing sort of mantra to live by? Believing you can results in knowing you can and knowing you can gets you to the finish line. I don't only mean the race finish line, i mean anything in your life, that you want to do, accomplish, write, travel to, read, just anything really. It's all doable. There is no such thing as "i can't", or "i won't" but there is "i'd rather not" or "i think i want to do it this way".... Right?

Let's talk raw. There is absolutely no right or wrong way to eat raw. My goodness, there is high raw, 75-80% raw is high raw?? I have no clue really. There is 80/20 again no clue. Superfoods, cacao, nuts, dulse, zucchini pasta, nut pates...again you can eat all of these foods or none! You can do green smoothies and be done with it. The one and only thing i agree with or think is very important is getting the greens in every single day!! Fruit too. I can easily live on lots and lots of fruit but i choose not to. I am a runner afterall.













I really feel i have to talk just a bit about this man! Mr. Michael Phelps. Michael is 23 years old and a hero to most of us. He is an accomplished swimmer and has set a new world record by winning 8 gold medals. So, he now holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics, surpassing Mark Spitz! This has never happened before and i am quite certain it may never happen again. It's just amazing to me the discipline and determination this young man has. He is my hero. He is the man!! Thank you Michael for making these summer olympics one to remember!!














If you're not watching Mad Men, you're crazy.
There. How's that for a post title?

Put simply, it is, by far, the most adult, most stylish, best written show on television at the moment. And I say "adult" in the sense that it's subtle and complex, not in the "there's a lot of sex" sense (although there's plenty of sex).

Set in early '60s Manhattan, the show is centered around ad agency Sterling Cooper, the men who run it, and the women behind the men. That's what it's "about," but what it's really about is social change; the things that lead up to it, the people who are going to be affected by it, and the way it sneaks up on you without you realizing it. It's the only show I've ever seen that makes me want to go out and pick up a copy of The Feminine Mystique. Not that the show's about feminism, but the spectre of its arrival looms large over everything. But let's put that aside for a moment and discuss other things.

The look of the show - if you're a fan of mid-century modern design - is like a series of eye orgasms. Everything and everybody looks fantastic. And not just fantastic, but dead on for the period.

And setting the show in an ad agency is brilliant, not only because being an ad man on Madison Avenue was one of the most glamorous jobs you could have at the time (think Darrin Stevens), but it's perfectly suited for discussing social change. Like it or not, advertisements are powerful indicators of who we are and what we consider important.

Breaking it down to its basics, it's a soap opera, with the usual soap opera subplots of secret pregnancies, hidden pasts, adultery, and backstabbing business dealings. But the sum is so much greater than its parts. The style of the show and the way it tells its stories is so low-key that at first glance it might come across boring, but again, that's of a piece with what the show's trying to say. Events sneak up on people and they don't always have easily read reactions. When I first started watching season 1, my initial reaction was "Nothing happens." When I got to about episode 5 I looked back and realized that a lot had happened. It's just that the writing and the directing was so subtle - and so not the normal television method of spelling everything out for the viewer - that it took a while for things to register.


The main character of the show is Don Draper as portrayed by the so-handsome-it-hurts Jon Hamm. If there's anyone who can bring back smoking, drinking and cheating on your wife as glamorous, it's him.

I'm not going to list all the characters here but i would like to talk about Christina Hendricks as Sterling Cooper office manager Joan Holloway. She is FABULOUS. With a body straight out of a pinup calendar and the ability to deliver a bitchy line that would make Bette Davis jealous ("You're the new girl and you're not much, so you might as well enjoy it."), she is drop-dead gorgeous, fascinating and MUCH smarter than the people around her realize. To be honest, she's probably my favorite character. Beautiful, stylish and bitchy. How could I not love her?

I urge you to rent Season 1 from Netflix and catch up on Season 2 on Sunday nights on AMC at 10pm.

Oh, and if you're trying to quit smoking, stock up on gum and carrot sticks ahead of time.















Let's just enjoy it while we can!!!

Now I am quietly waiting
for the catastrophe of my personality
to seem beautiful again,
and interesting, and modern.
The country is grey and
brown and white in trees,
snows and skies of laughter
always diminishing, less funny
not just darker, not just grey.
It may be the coldest day of
the year, what does he think of
that? I mean, what do I? And if I do,
perhaps I am myself again.

Let the bodies hit the floor!!!!

here we go, here we go, here we go now
One - Nothing wrong with me
Two - Nothing wrong with me
Three - Nothing wrong with me
Four - Nothing wrong with me
One - Something's got to give
Two - Something's got to give
Three - Something's got to give
Now!!!(you can't hurt me!)

I'm just in a really heavy metal/rock kinda mood!

Drowning Pool is a four-piece alternative metal/heavy metal band that was formed in 2001 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Check Drowning pool out here!!! The above song is great to run to in the last mile of a run! Really, i wouldn't steer you wrong!

Speaking of running i would love to tell you about my running goal or challenge. So, i came across this irun365. Yep, this guy is wanting to run every single day for 1 year! Not only is he wanting to do it, he is doing it!! So i thought to myself..what can i do to be noticed? What can i do to prove to myself that i can indeed set a goal and meet that goal. Suceed in setting a goal and then actually doing it!

Well, running right? Currently, I am on day 16 of consecutive days running. So, i then thought..what can i do to make myself keep going? It's August. Summer is sort of winding down. Just keep running, i thought. Well, obviously i cannot run every single day for 1 year. I just can't. Nor do i want to. But, i can run every day until August 31st! So, thats what i'm doing. A minimum of 5 miles a day until August 31. At that time i will have run for 35 consecutive days. Cool right?

So, in voraciously reading running blogs i came across this wonderful gentlemen seetedrun. Like you guys here, he always encourages me with wonderful, sometimes pretty funny comments over at my running blog
runningdowndreams. Don't worry, this is not a plug for you to read my running blog so don't feel pressured or stressed to have to add another blog to your nightly reading!!!

Once i was sure i wanted to do this, i sort of mentioned it in passing to Ted on his blogs comments. Jokingly, i said dude do it with me!!! And he said OK!!

Well i said this:

Ted, do it with me!! How cool would that be? We can totally support each other and cheer each other on!!

And Ted said this:

The book I am currently reading is about Dean Karnazes’ chronicles of his 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days. If he can run 26.2 miles for 50 days in a row, I can run 5+ miles in 22 consecutive days with you as my virtual running partner. Bring it on !!! Let’s pull the feat and record it on daily basis via blog. You are on! Let rock and roll and have FUN !

So, that is exactly what we are doing! Having FUN!! The one and only thing we decided on is if either one of us feels pain while running, we stop. Simple!! Not worth any injuries!!!

So, thats how it went down! It's fun and challenging and i am loving it.

So, while i am not 100% raw for the raw fu challenge, i am doing a challenge of my own.

In other news, i think i finally came up with a name for my Mac Book! Aspire is it's name. Simple, yet very telling. This name is everything i am and want to do. Aspire is helping me do just that. I love Aspire so much. While, this may have been an impulse purchase, as my therapist likes to point out, I am extremely happy to have Aspire as part of my household.














Aspire is pretty isn't she? She is with me at all times. Well, except when i'm running of course!
















I just feel so creative. Like i can create a masterpiece of a blog post! Ok, that is way to much pressure i just put on myself. Let's just say that Aspire will help me along the way.

I urge everybody to go here please southwest blend and listen, just listen. You will hear a very enlightened young lady discussing some pretty pertinent issues.

This pisses me off very much!! read and prepare to be pissed. I would love to hear your views on this. This is what makes young children self conscious and awkward and way to much into "looks" IMHO!! Buck teeth??? WTF!

Here you go:

“LIVE WITH INTENTION. WALK TO THE EDGE. LISTEN HARD. PRACTICE WELLNESS. PLAY WITH ABANDON. LAUGH. CHOOSE WITH NO REGRET. APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDS. CONTINUE TO LEARN. DO WHAT YOU LOVE. LIVE AS IF THIS IS ALL THERE IS.”
MARY ANNE RADMACHER

I'm just saying!!

WORD!

Would you like to dance with me???

I'm going to guess that most of you saw this video already! But i highly suggest you check it out again. This could easily be me. Fuck, it is me, just a guy! I'm not embarrassed to admit that i do this at home, privately! In my living room. I do. What i am really embarrassed to admit though is i literally have no rhythm nor am i able to follow the music while dancing. In other words, i look like a total fool.

Guess what? I don't care!

From Widpedia:

Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. Dance is also used to describe methods of non-verbal communication (see body language) between humans or animals (bee dance, patterns of behaviour such as a mating dance), motion in inanimate objects (the leaves danced in the wind), and certain musical forms or genres. In sports, gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming are dance disciplines while martial arts kata are often compared to dances.

Oh my check this out:
It has long been known that successfully foraging Western honey bees perform a dance on their return to the hive, known as waggle dance, indicating that food is further away, while the round dance is a short version of the waggle dance, indicating that food is nearby. The laden forager dances on the comb in a circular pattern, occasionally crossing the circle in a zig-zag or waggle pattern.

Even the bees dance!! How incredible is that. Think about it. They literally communicate with other bees through dancing.


The evolution of dance!!!
Who doesn't remember John Travolta dancing in Saturday Night Fever? Well ok if your 20 years old you may not remember, but go rent it. Then there's Michael Jackson doing the moon walk. Classic. Chicken dance. Not so classic. But, you get my point. Dancing has been around for a very long time. Hey do any of you know what krumping is?? I do!
Krumping is an urban street dance-form that began in South Central Los Angeles. It is characterized by free, expressive, and highly energetic moves involving the arms and chest, and has become a major part of hip hop dance culture alongside other forms, such as breaking, popping, locking, and freestyling. Krump is a relatively new dance-form. Like other styles of dance, Krump is seen by many as a faith-based art-form. Accordingly, many of its pioneers spell Krump as an acronym (K.R.U.M.P.), which stands for Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise.

I'm pretty sure my form of dancing can be considered as some form of K.R.U.M.P.! I think!!!

You know i used to be really self conscious and awkward or embarrassed in the presence of others. I would obsess over my short-commings. I'd be all like damn i can't dance! Damn, i can't sing. Damn, i shouldn't be saying damn. Damn it. Then i thought to myself...who gives a crap whether or not you can dance, sing or say damn. I can do other things. I can run!! I can.

So, i started running. Then i started singing in the shower. Then i started dancing in my living room, privately while saying damn. So, now i can run, dance, sing and say damn pretty much simultaneously.

I've gotten many comments on my previous blog post about getting a life. Or having a life. All, and i mean all the comments were positive, encouraging and uplifting to me. It's quite a revelation to realize how people see you. I am so glad that you all see me in a positive light. A person who has a life!! Who is living!! This makes me very happy and i thank you all!!


I know this video is called "Where the hell is Matt, but i kind of want to rename this "Where the hell is Michelle" I'll tell you! I'm right here where i belong! Amongst friends and loved ones. Amongst people who care.

I say we should all get up and dance a little bit. Privately or amongst friends. Even amongst strangers! If this last video is any indication of the power that dance has amongst people, strangers and foreigners alike, i say there should be a lot more dancing in the world.

Just do it!! Hey, its good exercise too!

"We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams."

"A child sings before it speaks, dances almost before it walks. Music is in our hearts from the beginning." ~Pamela Brown

"Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels." ~anonymous

I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Dancing is like dreaming with your feet! ~Constanze

Nobody puts Baby in a corner. Dirty Dancing!!!


"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance."
~Japanese Proverb


Lisa: Dad, don't you think you're overreacting?
Homer: Don't you think you're *under*reacting?
Lisa: This conversation is over.
Homer: This conversation is *under*.
Lisa: Goodbye.
Homer: *bad*bye

Little girls cry, big girls say Fuck You!!!!

"I would rather be disliked for being who I am, than be loved for being someone I am not."


















I was told recently to grow up and get a life! I am still really trying to figure out what this person actually meant. Does this person think i am a pathetic human being with no prospects and no ambition? Does this person think i am a loser? I really do not know. But, i'd like to say this:

1) If i wanted tips i would carry around a tip jar, where you could either throw in money or hmmm tips!
2) I'm a contributing member of society, I pay my taxes, I'm on good terms with my family, I have lots of friends, and I enjoy life.
3) I am creating the life i want to live!
4)When I grow up and pay for my house I will let dogs come inside my house
5) For me, its about the journey, not the destination!
NUFF SAID!!!


So, on to Raw Fu! There is so much going on there i don't even know where to begin. First, maybe check out bunnyberry's blog! She is certainly rockin the raw fu! Here's my page Michelle. I was thinking that maybe i've entered into this challenge all wrong. What i mean by this is simply i didn't actually decide on a specific challenge. I don't like that about myself. Believe me, once i decide on something that i want to achieve, it will get done. The problem is in the deciding.

So, since i am not 100% raw at this time, i was thinking more along the lines of challenging myself physically. Athleticallly?? I feel that if i am physically fit and strong, i will be emotionally fit and strong. I don't really know too much about "working out". All i do is run. And nope, i am not running away from anything. Nor am i running to something. I just run.

While i'm not in the best shape of my life, i am truly in much better shape than i was 8 months ago and i have raw to thank for that!! So, my challenge to myself and to Raw Fu will be to run at least 6 days a week 5 miles each time. So far, i am on 10 days straight of running. Yes, i know i need a day off. I've been told plus i just know. Yet i can't stop right now. I will. Just need to wrap my head around the fact that a day off is a good thing!

RAW!! What can i say? Simply that without raw i would not have lost 30lbs. I've never been 100% but i was close and learned so very much. I cannot stress enough how wonderful raw people are! There is a very cool bond and trust that is like no other. Everybody is so helpful and wants to share what they have learned with you! I soaked it all in. I learned so much. It's big and getting bigger! Just yesterday, after i ate over at pure juice and take-away i was walking and noticed some sort of commotion going on. I looked and saw a big sign "juice bar". Of course, it caught my eye and i investigated. It's a friggin raw take out juice bar AND they sell plants. I'm all like what the fuck?? Pure food and wine take away is at 126 E. 17th Street and this place called Sal Anthony's The City Gardner is at 119 E. 17th Street. Too close for comfort?

So, this place seems pretty cool. They have nori wraps, collard wraps, house salads, raw pizza and some nice desserts as well. Next time, i will check it out, or should i say try it out!!! So, yeah raw in nyc is getting bigger by the day!














I see a lot. I must see whats out there. Sometimes, i'm not even really looking and i still see. I see good people. I see people who care. I see people who won't and do not judge me. This is what i take in and what i absorb. I see people encouraging others and in turn i encourage. I see myself caring. It's all good, believe me.

Everything i write here is for others to see me. To really look at me and understand where i am coming from. There are so many things i want to write about and will. I have so many ideas floating around inside my head. It's amazing really, what the human mind is capable of.

I love my Mac! For sure! I don't know how i ever got along without one. I highly recommend purchasing a Mac if you can afford it. I got the 13 inch Mac Book 2.1 GHz. It's very user friendly and Photo Booth really rocks. I learn something new, literally every single day!! I am thinking of a name for my Mac. I have a few ideas and will reveal the name with photo of my baby very soon.

Time for me to skedaddle and hmmm, grow up!!!












"Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it ot hump it, piss on it and walk away."

An offer you simply cannot refuse!!!

So, here is item number one that i want to give away! It is certified organic Maca Powder 8 Ounce, not opened and very nutritious!!!












Second item is from Living Tree Community Foods. It is a 8 ounce jar of Organic Raw Black Sesame Tahini! I did open the jar and take a very small taste with a clean spoon and did not double dip!!!

So, here is my thoughts. I will give each item to the first and second person that comments here and then emails me their name and address. michellejoy61@gmail.com is my email.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with these items. They are not old or spoiled. I just do not care for them and really don't want it to go to waste! So, the Post Office is not far and i can get these out on Monday!

This is not a real post. Just my offer to you, my wonderful friends.

Tomorrow comes a real post with substance and jokes and all the stuff i'm known for!!!













Dinner last night! Massaged kale salad, it was excellent and i ate a whole head of kale! How's that for a healthy dinner??? There's sprouts and hemp seeds in it too!!!


Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
your heart is true you're a pal and a confidant

I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

And if you threw a party
Invited everyone you knew
You would see, the biggest gift would be for me
and the card attached would say,
Thank you for being a friend

If it's a car you lack
I'd surely buy you a cadillac
Whatever you need, anytime of the day or night

I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

And when we both get older
With walking canes and hair of gray
Have no fear, even though it's hardly here
I will stand real close and say,
Thank you for being a friend


And when we die, and float away
I'll see you there, and once again
Thank you for being a friend