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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:47 am
by pinback
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:35 pm
by pinback
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.
Thank you all for playing: PINBACK'S STOMACH 2K6!
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:47 pm
by AArdvark
How's that willpower strengthening thing going?
THE
OOOOMMMMMM!
AARDVARK
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:11 pm
by pinback
I'm not engaging in any "willpower strengthening".
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:31 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:51 am
by pinback
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.")
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:15 am
by AArdvark
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?
THE
MOVE TO WHERE THE
FOOD IS
AARDVARK
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:32 am
by pinback
There ARE necessities.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:07 pm
by ChainGangGuy
Please tell us more about this chicken lunch that brought you back into the meat-eating fold after 25 days.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:20 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:03 pm
by pinback
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.