OH MY GOD I LOVE MARTHA STEWART!

[jagjit]

Backstory:

So this anxiety thing is bad, right? But I've been managing it much better, and have made some lifestyle changes. More water, more exercise, more relax-time, and also ABSOLUTELY NO CAFFEINE EVER. This last part is sad because it means no teeeeeeeeeea. Oh, I know, I can have peppermint "tea" (it's not tea, it's an herbal infusion), or

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[anonymous]

There are also decaffeinated black teas you can get (just like you can get decaf coffee at the store). I know for coffee if you get it "swiss water processed" then it means they just removed the caffeine by rinsing the coffee with bubbly water (I guess similar to what Martha recommends on a small scale) instead of using potentially frightening chemicals. I don't know what processes are used for tea.

Interestingly, it is shockingly easy to get fair trade organic coffee here in London.

I'm glad you're managing better. It's reassuringly surprising how much some changes like that can help. I would have recommended exactly what you said you're doing. Giving up caffeine is a great idea. Giving up afternoon chai, however, is not, so I'm glad you found a way to keep that. I took Heidi to the huge Indian grocery store in Southall and because of your video she understood why there were so many snacks. The funniest is Haldiram's "Karonchy!" mix.

Oh, and we agreed you should submit that video to a film festival.

Hey, you should come visit me here. How about them apples, eh?

Let me know if you have time to IM sometimes.

pk

[jagjit]

I was surprised at how well it worked-- the 2nd brew was plenty strong. Simple, effective, tasty.

Oh wow, that Southall grocery must have the mother of all snack sections.

The video has had interesting reception-- for people in my house, it's just Andrew and me being ourselves, but for other ppls it's more entertaining. The two of us think it's a riot, and it's helped him get through his self-voice-sound hating. Thanks for the kudos.

Come visit you there?? I've got some apples for you: finals finish on Thurs 26 April, graduation ceremony 28 April, spring classes start Tuesday 1 May and go until Friday 23 June. Boo. Aren't you coming back end of May? Or are you staying through June now?

I might start IM-ing again... I just haven't downloaded AIM since the last time I reformatted my computer (which was last August).

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