Things that I'm afraid of

Talk about anything under the sun or stars - but keep it civil. This is where we really get to know each other. Everyone is welcome, and invited!
User avatar
Young Val
Commander
Commander
Posts: 3166
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:00 pm
Title: Papermaster
First Joined: 12 Sep 2000
Location: from New York City to St. Paul, MN (but I'm a Boston girl at heart).
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Young Val » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:55 am

Starting tomorrow David and I are embarking on a plants-only diet for 15 straight days. No dairy. No meat. No alcohol. Almost no grains (definitely no flour. Bread! *sobs*). No sugar. No caffeine.

We're doing this for a lot of different reasons, and we're doctor supervised with the whole thing. We're not fasting or anything. We're still eating plenty. It's just that we're eating only plants.

And people, coffee does not count as a plant.
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant

User avatar
Caspian
Soldier
Soldier
Posts: 301
Joined: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:11 pm
Title: Ducky Consort
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Caspian » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:08 am

Coffee's totally a plant. I've picked it off of trees with my own hands.
It's not "noob" to rhyme with "boob". It's "newbie" to rhyme with "boobie".

User avatar
Young Val
Commander
Commander
Posts: 3166
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:00 pm
Title: Papermaster
First Joined: 12 Sep 2000
Location: from New York City to St. Paul, MN (but I'm a Boston girl at heart).
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Young Val » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:18 am

Right?! It's totally not fair.
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant

User avatar
Caspian
Soldier
Soldier
Posts: 301
Joined: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:11 pm
Title: Ducky Consort
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Caspian » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:21 am

You should protest.
It's not "noob" to rhyme with "boob". It's "newbie" to rhyme with "boobie".

VelvetElvis
Commander
Commander
Posts: 2535
Joined: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:22 am
Title: is real!
First Joined: 0- 9-2004

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby VelvetElvis » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:31 am

and wine! Wine is from grapes!
Yay, I'm a llama again!

User avatar
Young Val
Commander
Commander
Posts: 3166
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:00 pm
Title: Papermaster
First Joined: 12 Sep 2000
Location: from New York City to St. Paul, MN (but I'm a Boston girl at heart).
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Young Val » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:33 am

You guys are totally sabotaging me and I haven't even started yet!
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant

VelvetElvis
Commander
Commander
Posts: 2535
Joined: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:22 am
Title: is real!
First Joined: 0- 9-2004

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby VelvetElvis » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:40 am

Not to sound like a further saboteur, but what will you eat? Any recipe ideas?
Yay, I'm a llama again!

User avatar
Young Val
Commander
Commander
Posts: 3166
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:00 pm
Title: Papermaster
First Joined: 12 Sep 2000
Location: from New York City to St. Paul, MN (but I'm a Boston girl at heart).
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Young Val » Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:56 am

Yeah, we basically have a generic printout of this 15 day "program" that we can follow if we want. We probably will follow that initially and then break off after a day or two. For the first day on the sheet breakfast is listed as baked apples and raisins, though, so at least that sounds yummy.

There's lots of salads (sans dressing) and roasted vegetable dishes and things like that. And recipes for green smoothies and stuff. And looots of soups. I think I'll probably make a ton of our own soups, slightly modified to fit the parameters. We have a huge bag of odds and ends in the freezer that are just waiting to be made into veggie stock anyway, and if I do big batches of soups we can bring them for lunches as well as eating them for dinner.
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant

VelvetElvis
Commander
Commander
Posts: 2535
Joined: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:22 am
Title: is real!
First Joined: 0- 9-2004

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby VelvetElvis » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:15 am

What about using butter while cooking? Is that ok, or is that taboo?
Yay, I'm a llama again!

Noodle
Toon Leader
Toon Leader
Posts: 553
Joined: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:18 pm
Title: Pastamancer Tony
First Joined: 06 Feb 1916
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Noodle » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:23 am

What about using butter while cooking? Is that ok, or is that taboo?
this would be a deal breaker. I'm sorry doc, but I'm gonna just have to go ahead and die.

Give me butter or give me death!
Co-Founder of the Canadian Alliance

I'm known as Tony on the internet.

Gravity Defier
Commander
Commander
Posts: 8017
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:32 pm
Title: Ewok in Tauntaun-land

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Gravity Defier » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:25 am

give me death!
Death's new slogan:

Death: I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
Se paciente y duro; algún día este dolor te será útil.

User avatar
Young Val
Commander
Commander
Posts: 3166
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:00 pm
Title: Papermaster
First Joined: 12 Sep 2000
Location: from New York City to St. Paul, MN (but I'm a Boston girl at heart).
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Young Val » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:26 am

What about using butter while cooking? Is that ok, or is that taboo?


For the next 15 days, no butter. No olive oil. Nothing remotely delicious. Tooooooooooorture.

(I'm also going to be beginning my wedding pie prep during this time, so the torture will be very real and immediate).
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant

VelvetElvis
Commander
Commander
Posts: 2535
Joined: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:22 am
Title: is real!
First Joined: 0- 9-2004

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby VelvetElvis » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:28 am

:error:
no death

ETA: Alea. Don't make me laugh at work. They'll know I'm on pweb instead of diligently reviewing charts.
Yay, I'm a llama again!

VelvetElvis
Commander
Commander
Posts: 2535
Joined: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:22 am
Title: is real!
First Joined: 0- 9-2004

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby VelvetElvis » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:29 am

What about using butter while cooking? Is that ok, or is that taboo?


For the next 15 days, no butter. No olive oil. Nothing remotely delicious. Tooooooooooorture.

(I'm also going to be beginning my wedding pie prep during this time, so the torture will be very real and immediate).

What? Does not compute. But I'm here to cheerlead you!
Yay, I'm a llama again!

User avatar
Young Val
Commander
Commander
Posts: 3166
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:00 pm
Title: Papermaster
First Joined: 12 Sep 2000
Location: from New York City to St. Paul, MN (but I'm a Boston girl at heart).
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Young Val » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:35 am

We were supposed to spend this week prepping our bodies for the major switch by cutting back on booze, caffeine, scaling back the dairy, etc. Yeah. Like that was gonna happen. David asked me what I wanted for dinner tonight, since we're going out after we tour (and hopefully book!) the apple orchard, and I was like, "Um, everything? Obviously."
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant

VelvetElvis
Commander
Commander
Posts: 2535
Joined: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:22 am
Title: is real!
First Joined: 0- 9-2004

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby VelvetElvis » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:38 am

I was going to suggest spaghetti squash.
Yay, I'm a llama again!

User avatar
Young Val
Commander
Commander
Posts: 3166
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:00 pm
Title: Papermaster
First Joined: 12 Sep 2000
Location: from New York City to St. Paul, MN (but I'm a Boston girl at heart).
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Young Val » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:41 am

David and I were gently cautioned that most people find the first three days somewhat difficult and "tend to get a little cranky."

No s***, sherlock.


David is a BEAST if he doesn't have his coffee in the morning. I, on the other hand, will shank someone for some carbs.
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant

VelvetElvis
Commander
Commander
Posts: 2535
Joined: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:22 am
Title: is real!
First Joined: 0- 9-2004

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby VelvetElvis » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:45 am

I have no idea how we'd do this. Between his allergies and my stomach (plus a couple allergies of my own), we'd just die.
Yay, I'm a llama again!

User avatar
starlooker
Commander
Commander
Posts: 3823
Joined: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:19 pm
Title: Dr. Mom
First Joined: 28 Oct 2002
Location: Home. With cats who have names.

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby starlooker » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:56 am

But... but... olive oil is from olives, and they're from trees?

Um. Good luck? I cannot wrap my brain around this, not in the slightest, but I wish you well.

*Wanders off for more cream-cheese English muffins*
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...

~~Mary Chapin Carpenter

User avatar
locke
Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead
Posts: 3046
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:07 pm
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby locke » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:43 am

Starting tomorrow David and I are embarking on a plants-only diet for 15 straight days. No dairy. No meat. No alcohol. Almost no grains (definitely no flour. Bread! *sobs*). No sugar. No caffeine.

We're doing this for a lot of different reasons, and we're doctor supervised with the whole thing. We're not fasting or anything. We're still eating plenty. It's just that we're eating only plants.

And people, coffee does not count as a plant.
replace no meat with no legumes/nightshades and you're doing a paleo cleanse (but at least you can eat meat on a paleo one).

with no grains and no sugar, your body will probably drop 5-10 lbs of excess water over two weeks.
So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.

Gravity Defier
Commander
Commander
Posts: 8017
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:32 pm
Title: Ewok in Tauntaun-land

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Gravity Defier » Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:50 am

Driving in L.A. (or anywhere in SoCal for that matter).
Se paciente y duro; algún día este dolor te será útil.

Petra456
Toon Leader
Toon Leader
Posts: 2446
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:48 pm
Title: Actually, I'm Fred (and a monster)
First Joined: 16 Mar 2004
Location: Singing on Krikkit.
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Petra456 » Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:58 pm

I'm afraid to drive anywhere in California. Once we cross that border there's no way i'll get behind the wheel! Will thinks people drive worse up here, but I have no clue how he can think that.
Member since March 16th, 2004.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

Gravity Defier
Commander
Commander
Posts: 8017
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:32 pm
Title: Ewok in Tauntaun-land

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Gravity Defier » Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:56 pm

Will thinks people drive worse up here, but I have no clue how he can think that.
Yeah...from what little I saw, it seemed better/easier up north. I will drive Vegas and Phoenix but the thought of driving anywhere in SoCal scares the s*** out of me.
Se paciente y duro; algún día este dolor te será útil.

User avatar
thoughtreader
Toon Leader
Toon Leader
Posts: 834
Joined: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:00 pm
Title: will wrestle you to the ground
First Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: Portland OR

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby thoughtreader » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:03 pm

SoCal vs Nor Cal drivers are completely different NorCal drivers I like. SoCal drivers are crazy. NY drivers are bad. But I have to say TN drivers (especially in the snow) are the VERY WORST I've experienced.

User avatar
Luet
Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead
Posts: 4511
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:49 pm
Title: Bird Nerd
First Joined: 01 Jul 2000
Location: Albany, NY

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Luet » Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:20 am

NY drivers are bad.
Hey! People think all of New York is NYC. Not fair. Many of us Upstaters are great drivers. :P
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus in Return to Tipasa

GS
Soldier
Soldier
Posts: 313
Joined: Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:55 am
Title: Ganon's Bane
First Joined: 02 Feb 1922

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby GS » Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:55 am

SoCal vs Nor Cal drivers are completely different NorCal drivers I like. SoCal drivers are crazy. NY drivers are bad. But I have to say TN drivers (especially in the snow) are the VERY WORST I've experienced.
NJ drivers are the absolute worst. There is no argument. Because I refuse to believe that there could be a worse group of drivers.
I don't want to do things. I want to not do things.

Gravity Defier
Commander
Commander
Posts: 8017
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:32 pm
Title: Ewok in Tauntaun-land

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Gravity Defier » Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:56 am

I found a grey hair in my eyebrows. It's happening...I'm getting old. I'm afraid of being old.
Se paciente y duro; algún día este dolor te será útil.

User avatar
Tiny genius
Toon Leader
Toon Leader
Posts: 622
Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:59 am
Location: Starship Herodotus

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Tiny genius » Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:51 am

Things that terrify me most (and this one's probably already up here) are GAS MASKS!
"Other universes may exist, but ours seems to be based on war and games" - William S. Burroughs

User avatar
Young Val
Commander
Commander
Posts: 3166
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:00 pm
Title: Papermaster
First Joined: 12 Sep 2000
Location: from New York City to St. Paul, MN (but I'm a Boston girl at heart).
Contact:

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Young Val » Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:30 am

I found a grey hair in my eyebrows. It's happening...I'm getting old. I'm afraid of being old.
I am kind of excited about grey hair? I want some. (I am probably romanticizing this the way I romanticize glasses). So far I haven't been able to find any, and David has confirmed that for me. He's got tons already.

I do, however, have plenty of wrinkles coming in -- despite a lifetime of zealous sunblock application. There were those two years where I smoked cigarettes, though, so, that's on me.

I am actually looking forward to turning 30 in July. All good things on the horizon.
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant

Eaquae Legit
Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead
Posts: 5185
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:30 pm
Title: Age quod agis
First Joined: 04 Feb 2002
Location: ^ Geez, read the sign.

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Eaquae Legit » Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:38 am

I have so much grey hair. I've been greying since I was about 18. I try to think of it as "tinsel". Rei likes it and insists I'm only allowed to dye my hair if I want to enjoy a new colour, but not to cover up the grey.

I'd forgotten this thread existed, but I'm afraid of not being able to finish my phd. :(
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII

buckshot
Toon Leader
Toon Leader
Posts: 1286
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:20 pm
Title: Farmer from Hell
Location: Colbert Washington

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby buckshot » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:05 am

Of course I fear not finishing my short bucket list before I lose control of my health!

User avatar
Luet
Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead
Posts: 4511
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:49 pm
Title: Bird Nerd
First Joined: 01 Jul 2000
Location: Albany, NY

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Luet » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:46 am

I don't have much grey hair but I have already decided that I'm never going to dye it (I've never been a dyer). I have more grey hairs than wrinkles, however, thanks to a round face and a lifetime of oily skin. I knew there would be an upset to the acne at some point!
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus in Return to Tipasa

Gravity Defier
Commander
Commander
Posts: 8017
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:32 pm
Title: Ewok in Tauntaun-land

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Gravity Defier » Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:33 pm

I don't mind grey hair on my head; I've had that since I was 11. It's grey hair anywhere else that bothers me.
Se paciente y duro; algún día este dolor te será útil.

Dr. Mobius
Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead
Posts: 2539
Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:11 pm
Title: Stayin' Alive
First Joined: 17 Aug 2002
Location: Evansville, IN

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Dr. Mobius » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:17 am

Due to technical difficulties elsewhere most of my grey is in my beard, especially around my chin.
The enemy's fly is down.
Image

User avatar
Tiny genius
Toon Leader
Toon Leader
Posts: 622
Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:59 am
Location: Starship Herodotus

Re: Things that I'm afraid of

Postby Tiny genius » Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:34 am

I seem to be on an asymptotic path toward an adult body. My parents went prematurely grey but I don't think I'll age and have to die of something else.
"Other universes may exist, but ours seems to be based on war and games" - William S. Burroughs


Return to “Milagre Town Square”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Ahrefs [Bot], Amazon [Bot], Google [Bot] and 65 guests