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gosh, colonel, it's a penguin!
Aug. 3rd, 2001 01:32 pmI decided spontaneously today that I'm going to try to kick my caffeine addiction. I tried it once or twice before with the "cold turkey" method, which basically just ended with blinding, debilitating headaches and general pissiness, and then right back on the caffeine when I couldn't take it anymore. This time I'm starting out by alternating regular and caffeine-free Diet Coke (caffeine-free Diet Coke, the most useless liquid on the planet), and then switching more and more of the regular to the caffeine-free. And then, once I wean myself off the caffeine, it will be time to try to kick the soda addiction. That will be harder, since it's entirely psychological. I *need* to drink more water, but I usually won't if there are ANY other options, unless I'm at or have recently returned from the gym. If I can cut out the soda, then maybe the weight loss will pick back up.
And while I was making spontaneous decisions about caffeine in the grocery store, I also decided I had to have the stuffed penguin on their display of various arctic/antarctic animals. He talks, in a voice that sounds a lot like that one guy they get to do all the movie trailer voiceovers. He tells me he's a bird that can't fly and what he likes to eat, and also makes what I guess is the typical king penguin noise, all when I squeeze his soft little tummy. My cat hates it, especially the penguin noise. I have too many toys, I think I have almost as many now as I did when I was a kid. Granted, it's only too many because we're running out of room to put them; we have one of those five-shelf units you can find at Home Despot completely full. And will I stop buying toys? Probably not.
And while I was making spontaneous decisions about caffeine in the grocery store, I also decided I had to have the stuffed penguin on their display of various arctic/antarctic animals. He talks, in a voice that sounds a lot like that one guy they get to do all the movie trailer voiceovers. He tells me he's a bird that can't fly and what he likes to eat, and also makes what I guess is the typical king penguin noise, all when I squeeze his soft little tummy. My cat hates it, especially the penguin noise. I have too many toys, I think I have almost as many now as I did when I was a kid. Granted, it's only too many because we're running out of room to put them; we have one of those five-shelf units you can find at Home Despot completely full. And will I stop buying toys? Probably not.