Pinback's Stomach 2K6!

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:47 am

I also gave up smoking. But as I was averaging about three packs a month, I'm not sure that really counts as climbing Mt. Everest either.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:35 pm

I had chicken for lunch today, so that's the end of the meat thing. What was the final tally, then?

Booze: 7 days.
Meat: 25 days.

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AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:47 pm

How's that willpower strengthening thing going?

THE
OOOOMMMMMM!
AARDVARK

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:11 pm

I'm not engaging in any "willpower strengthening".

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:31 pm

Why did you bother to give stuff up, then?

I'm resisting my urge to write messages on this BBS that don't have jokes or riddles in them. Funnily enough, this message is exactly one of those posts. A time waster. Something I should have aborted three lines ago.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:51 am

I thought an exercise in restraint would be good for illuminating the fact that the less you get, the less you realize you need to be happy. I think it was a success. I still continue it, but there's a difference between "restraint" and "giving something up... forever!"

(Specifically, this is a trap known all-too-well to dieters. "Eh, I had one bite of ice cream. I broke my diet! It's a failure! Might as well eat the entire rest of the tub now, and become one again.")

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:15 am

illuminating the fact that the less you get, the less you realize you need to be happy.

Then how come all those starving peoples in Eastern Africa aren't the happiest motherfuckers on the planet?

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MOVE TO WHERE THE
FOOD IS
AARDVARK

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:32 am

There ARE necessities.

ChainGangGuy · Post by **ChainGangGuy** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:07 pm

Please tell us more about this chicken lunch that brought you back into the meat-eating fold after 25 days.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:20 pm

Yes! Was there something special about it, or did you feel an actual, physical craving for flesh? Because if it's the latter, well, we've all been there and experienced that ourselves.

We can contribute to this thread.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:03 pm

It was the special over at Border Grill, the restaurant put together by the "Too Hot Tamales". It was braised chicken, marinated in coriander and served with a rojo mole sauce and a mushroom corn cake.

I could not resist the description, no, but I am not going to Border Grill and not ordering meat. It's just a thing with me. Border Grill is an experience, which I will not temper for any spiritual quest.

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