Mundanities

[flemmings]

I have finished Poison Master. Thank God.

The many manga I ordered from amazon.jp on Saturday and cheerfully expected to arrive today did not: because, the webpage informs me, they're expected to ship some time in September. So much for 'in stock.' And what's this constant note of theirs -'this item is not eligible for priority shipping'- but we'll charge you priority anyway and we don't offer any other kind internationally? Jerks.

Tendonitis in my right shoulder has reached shut down levels. I cannot play solitaire. I cannot type. My lot is woeful indeed.

One of the cures for inflammation seems to be Intermittent Fasting. It sounds useful except that the very idea of not eating for 24 hours sends me straight to the fridge.

Why I am more blessed than 90% of the human race: I usually don't have a set time in the morning I must be up at. Yes, my income is laughable in consequence. But I don't have to set my alarm clock most days of the week. I can wake at my own pace. That right there is one of the basic definitions of Heaven. And it's monstrous that most people do have to wake to alarm clocks. Future generations will regard that fact as we do the excesses of the Inquisition: sadistic, misguided, and unnecessary.

ETA: The good part of the recent lj kerfuffles? A slew of people whose opinions I can live happily without are leaving lj. Not nearly enough of them, and there are still too many 'but I'll stay on lj for naninani' posts. But still. The air will be so much saner shortly.

Comments

[mauvecloud.livejournal.com]

But I don't have to set my alarm clock most days of the week.[...] That right there is one of the basic definitions of Heaven.

I agree with this.

I wake by the alarm and compared to my peers [of same age, qualification, etc] my income is laughable anyway.

[incandescens]

And it's monstrous that most people do have to wake to alarm clocks.

I agree. Totally.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Quite apart from the fact that any office job I've had could have been done at any time of the day or night, so why *not* let the nightowls work in the evening? Service jobs are different, I know: which is why I always think service jobs should be paid more than clerical.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about alarm clocks...but mine tend to be of the nearly 5 year old and 8 year old types, that thankfully likes some cuddles, hugs and kisses before they roll me out of bed for whatever reason that is deemed important enough.

ahh! and speaking of intermittent fasting ..it's coming up soon, funnily enough I don't notice it and is easier to get through than it sounds (even when it used to coincide with English summers which can have pretty long days). However the word 'Diet' send me to the fridge faster than Ramadan does. ^___^

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

One day last week aching joints kept me awake till past midnight and then woke me again, irrevocably, at 4:30, and I had a full day's shift thereafter. 'You look tired,' one of the mothers said to me at 5 pm. 'I've been up since 4:30 on less than five hours sleep,' I explained. She gave me a smile of pure schadenfreude and said, 'Welcome to the world of motherhood.' I'm sure there's compensations as well, but.

We have the occasional student fasting during Ramadan (our cradle Muslim staff are both lapsed agnostics at this point) and they say it's much easier to do in their home countries where everyone else is fasting too. I assume you have to cook for the family? cause the kids are still too young, yes? That would drive me mad: handling food and not able to eat it. Hell, the water thing would drive me mad all by itself.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

She gave me a smile of pure schadenfreude and said, 'Welcome to the world of motherhood.'

I hate it when people do that to me. even if they are right...so I do try not to do it...

re: the fasting. - Oh no the children can do it whenever they feel they're ready...you can start once you're twelve but these days parents seem to be training them young...so I'm probably the exception to the rule.

I wouldn't say I'm a fully practicing one, but for me fasting has become as much tradition, as much as it is religious and its a family thing and for some reason it makes me feel good.

it's gonna sound cliche but maybe it's mind over matter. I think I've gotten used to it. The water thing is a little harder to get round but I manage. ^__^

[xsmoonshine.livejournal.com]

Heh. I should probably try this intermittent fasting thing too. Of course, just reading about it has sent me after the choco-pies.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Bread and margarine, in my case; but the principle is the same.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Ummm sometimes the simplest things in life are the best. ^___^

...and I love your mouse icon..it's the 12Kingdoms mouse right?

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Rakushun in the flesh. Clearly in the process of giving an informative lecture on something.

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

Fasting... oh man. I can do it if I am in the 'mood' and distracted by working on projects. But if I have to make a conscious decision to fast I will be racing you for the fridge!

I an envious of your lack of alarm clock! I think the low income is worth not having to wake up at a set time. I wake up every weekday morning and the first thought that goes through my head is, "I just needed one more hour of sleep."

I agree with your likening alarm clocks with the Inquisition.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Forgetting to eat is one thing. Deciding not to eat is another. The latter involves hunger pains and swimmy-headedness and dots before the eyes. OTOH I'd like to get accustomed enough to it that it doesn't automatically bring on a headache, because every medical procedure these days seems to involve a clear liquid fast for at least 24 hours.