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[chlorophyta]

Started a second round of P90x. I may just be trying to hang on to something familiar amid a month of hard, abrupt changes. I didn't go to crossfit at all this week, and had started feeling like the gains I'd made over the last three months doing p90x would deteriorate if I was relying on getting to crossfit. So I'm going to keep p90x as my 'main'

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[haikujaguar]

I am excited to hear the art thing! But curious as to what you feel you're good at versus what you want to be good at. Do you want to talk it out? :)

[chlorophyta]

I often wonder what I've done to deserve having you as my personal cheerleader. 0_o

[haikujaguar]

Um... I like you? And I like your work? I wish I hadn't lost the bookmark I bought from you, but my child hides pretty things from me, especially if they're small. It could be anywhere by now. Probably buried under a pile of stuffed animals. -_-

I think by the end of this comment you'd successfully done what I was planning to do, which was to encourage you to give it a go anyway. I completely sympathize with always wanting to draw things that are just out of reach, but I find lately that if I'm not challenging myself I'm bored. I'm often frustrated by my failures, but the feeling of stagnation is even worse.

And oh, I'm so with you about cities. So painful, and I want to work on it too.

[chlorophyta]

I definitely didn't mean that as a bad thing! I reread my comment and it sounded like it could have been taken that way. Really I meant that I feel lucky to have your input.

And thank you for asking me to talk it out, I actually thought about a lot of things I might not have, otherwise. =]

[crssafox]

We somewhat recently made the switch to almond milk (about half a year or so ago?) and I love the stuff. It's even more flavorful than cow's milk, IMO, and better for you. My hubby feels "off" if he drinks cow's milk, now, instead of almond milk.

In regards to the soy stuff, be careful with it. Too much soy is bad for you. Apparently it can mimic the effects of estrogen, and mess with the thyroid. I generally try to avoid it being a primary ingredient in something (soy milk, soy protein, etc.) because it is in everything, just like corn is. I originally got off of cow's milk and onto soy milk, until my sister (who is going to school for nursing) informed me of the down sides of consuming too much soy - and after coming off of the soy milk and onto almond milk, I managed to break my weight loss plateau and the scale finally budged.

Oh man, and I feel you on the starchy vegetables. We have taken to just keeping bags of the frozen stuff on hand (we stock up when it goes on sale) just to get more veggies into our diet.

[haikujaguar]

I had this problem with soy products and normal milk; switching brands to organic from non-hormone-treated cows was like night/day difference in how I felt. I still don't drink it often, but now I can. o_O

[likeshine]

oh, i love vanilla almond milk! but i can never get anyone else to even try it.

[shellypants]

The more I think about it, the more I keep coming back to art. Its an insane career path

GOOD. :)

It is insane, and totally frustrating, but... ah it makes me so happy to read you saying this. ;_;