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[whiteadelphi]

* Summer is hideous this year. Most of my year so far has been spent ducking for cover from the weather and split-shifting the only comfortable place to sleep in the house. As I don't have to be up at a certain time, this means my housemate is sleeping the night on the couch and then once he gets up for work I can go to bed. This is not doing me

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[aliasheist]

I know we don't really know each other that much, aside from my blatant awe of your writing and your AMVs, but I have kind of been following how you're doing and hoping that things would take a turn in your favor, and this whole post is something with which I completely identify. Except for the heat. We are the opposite. We are buried in snow and I am freezing to death all of the time.

But. I can comment on the perks of new fandom being generally life-reinvigorating, because I just stumbled into Pacific Rim, and the possibilities of that universe are astounding and I actually got out of bed before noon this morning to read a blog on the science and it's doing lovely things to my brain. (I acknowledge the film has many problems. The nice thing about fandom is the capacity to fix said problems.) Just thinking about writing PacRim fic has got me working on regular writing, so, you roll with that Supernatural crave, roll with it like ain't nobody rolled before.

Also. With regards to the mocha/chocolate milk/Cadbury glory/weight loss thing: I also gave up coffee containing things recently, because my cute autoimmune problem finds them offensive, and I too am consuming more in the way of chocolate milk. And chocolate. Who am I kidding it's silly to fib there. But I find generally when one is consuming very good chocolate one needs significantly less of it. I dunno if they've got it down in Oz, but up thisaway there's a Special Dark Cadbury dairy milk bar that is absolutely astonishing and I recommend it because I don't even like dark chocolate that much and it is so good.

Paragraph break because wall of text was long: I might recommend, if your weight is something you care about and/or bothers you, ramping up your water intake. I'm trying to consume around three liters of water a day for reasons of health and general well-being and my skin not being so dry it cracks and bleeds, and I've noticed the interesting side effect of not being nearly so hungry and notching a significant amount of weight down in the last month and change. And I dunno, maybe being really well-hydrated will help with the heat effects.

Anywho, just wanted to pop in with some gentle encouragement. It sounds like we're coming out of similar places and I hope you're feeling better.

[whiteadelphi]

Hmm, I haven't seen a Dark Cadbury bar, but I'm pretty taken with the brand I'm getting even so! On my weight, I more fret that I'm unfit more than trying to lose weight in any real capacity, and I already drink a lot of water, especially now. Got that part covered! I was concerned enough that when I'm depressed I run straight for comfort food so was downing a chocolate bar or two a day and definitely way too much milk, and I've carved those right down to acceptable levels, and that's good enough for me. I ...should probably hvae takeout less often, too, but when we've just broken a record for how many days in our summer exceed 40C, I'm content to leave that to a time where going into the kitchen won't melt my brain.

Thank you for helping out, though. From one dark place leaver to another, I hope the year treats you well. Annnnd that I can at least entertain you with more writing some point in the near future. Here's hoping. >> I'll at least throw some Supernatural fic up at some point once I've got more than a teaser trailer written up...