Had a very interesting dream the other day, and for all you Freudian and Carl Jung fans, this should be a FANTASTIC chance to analyze my inner workings.
My dream starts out with me and Worthless (a guy I used to date that's not even worth having a name) in a room. We aren't talking, but I know that he wants to spend the night with me. I've had similar dreams before, but with various people, but somehow Worthless steals the spot light in this one.
So anyhow, Worthless has a girlfriend, and in my dream I want to spend the night with Worthless too (usually when Worthless is in my dreams and we have any kind of intimacy I'm not into it at all and feel nothing, wish he was someone else (anyone else!), and then wake up feeling gross, but in this dream it seems that we just wanted to literally sleep). Anyhow, we're in a house, which seems to be my parents', and my Mom has put a single inflatable bed in my room, next to my bed. Through image communication, Worthless and I are able to communicate that that is where we'll be sleeping. Now, Worthless has to convince his girlfriend that for some weird reason they aren't able to spend the night together as there are only single beds. So all three of us go around looking at the rooms (and this is still through image communication) to figure out where everyone will sleep. We come across my parents' large bed and Worthless' girlfriend looks at the bed, and I say "Oh, this is my parents' bed. It's their birthday today, so they'll be using this bed later." So we keep walking, and I make small talk to the girlfriend. I just remember laughing and being nice to her.
All the sudden we've all been separated and I'm outside, and Gemini comes up and starts talking to me. For some reason she knows what Worthless and I are planning and she starts giving me grief about it telling me that I'm lying to myself and that I do actually care if I sleep with Worthless and that I've been pretending to be happy all along. I, of course, defend myself, saying I don't care whether Worthless and I sleep together and she keeps reiterating my false happiness. I see that I can't convince her otherwise, and I stand up to walk away from her, and see a pool with ice over the top of it, like it's frozen, and lots of people swimming and talking around the pool.
I go into the water to swim, and Gemini is right behind me yelling at me, that I should be looking after Worthless' girlfriend and how inconsiderate I was. Worthless sees me in the pool, and decides to join me. Gemini points out that his girlfriend is looking at us through one of the windows, so I look up to look for her. I then feel Gemini grab shards of the broken ice and go after Worthless underwater. Me and another party goer try to go under water to stop Gemini, but she's thrashing around so much that we can't get her. I feel some cuts on my legs, and then the other guy helping is able to pull Gemini up. I want to see what's happened to my legs, so I do kind of an under water handstand, and it feels like I'm bleeding. I start getting scared and I can see the helpers eyes' glaze over with white as he is sickened by all the blood coming out. Then I knew that I had been hurt badly and was going to die. I go back to my underwater handstand and my legs slowly go numb as all my blood drains out of them.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Verdict
With the completion of my challenge, I can now finally answer my questions and quench your suspense (I know you've been holding your breathe all week).
Observations Continued:
Day 3
-Noticeable difference in BM's
Day 4
-Feeling extremely full and bloated today. Could barely eat.
-Going...or rather running to the bathroom every 20 minutes
-People are starting to ask questions
Day 5
-Really struggling today. Feeling sick and full.
-Others have rallied in support and have jumped on the drinking bandwagon.
-Noticed new pimple which may or may not be related to the family size bag of Doritos I ate yesterday
-Unable to achieve 4 litres....Drank a little over 3
-Bladder needs vacating every 45 minutes or so
Day 6
-Still struggling (Officially giving up)
-Drank 2 litres, was much easier as I ran for an hour beforehand
-HUGE (new) zit on my face, situated in super strategic location right in the middle of my forehead between the eyes which may or may not be related to the King sized chocolate Kit Kat bar I ate yesterday
Day 7
-Drank 2 litres
-Lips cracking
-Zit on forehead has orbiting moons
Thoughts/Conclusions:
Verdict:
Observations Continued:
Day 3
-Noticeable difference in BM's
Day 4
-Feeling extremely full and bloated today. Could barely eat.
-Going...or rather running to the bathroom every 20 minutes
-People are starting to ask questions
Day 5
-Really struggling today. Feeling sick and full.
-Others have rallied in support and have jumped on the drinking bandwagon.
-Noticed new pimple which may or may not be related to the family size bag of Doritos I ate yesterday
-Unable to achieve 4 litres....Drank a little over 3
-Bladder needs vacating every 45 minutes or so
Day 6
-Still struggling (Officially giving up)
-Drank 2 litres, was much easier as I ran for an hour beforehand
-HUGE (new) zit on my face, situated in super strategic location right in the middle of my forehead between the eyes which may or may not be related to the King sized chocolate Kit Kat bar I ate yesterday
Day 7
-Drank 2 litres
-Lips cracking
-Zit on forehead has orbiting moons
Thoughts/Conclusions:
- Four litres daily is entirely way too much to drink (unless you're a horse, which may explain why I had to pee like one)
- I chose the worst time to conduct this experiment; wrong time of the month
- I chose the best time to conduct this experiment; I was in training and didn't actually need to be productive
- The real reason why people lose weight doing this is because of all the running to and from the toilet
Answers:
- Does drinking water cause skin to glow?? Unless you're drinking water sourced from near a nuclear power plant or an actor in the movie Cacoon...I think not.
- Does drinking water cause skin to look younger, fresher and more vibrant? Definitely yes...my skin is EXACTLY how it was all those years ago.
- Will it finally solve world hunger, bring peace to all the nations, balance the budget and end the recession? Hmm...this isn't a Miss Universe panel, so I would have to go with "I think not".
- No one has commented on my silky smooth, pimple-free skin
- I hold more influence over my co-workers and friends than I thought (woo hoo popular band nerd is back!!!)
- Whoever thought drinking 4 liters a day was a good idea is crazy stupid
Monday, September 5, 2011
Gotta Go! Gotta Go RIGHT NOW!!!
Title: An Experiment on Myself
Introduction:
The purpose of this experiment is to determine if drinking will improve my life.
Problem:
Ever since I was preteen, I've been plagued with acne. Not normal acne, but deep, oozing nasty acne requiring medication, numerous products and heaps of make-up. I remember explaining to my friends that I had 'accidentally run into a door', when in reality I had poked and prodded my pimple so much it gave me a huge bruise and scab...right in the middle of my forehead!
By conducting this research I hope to address and answer these very important questions:
- Does drinking water cause skin to glow??
- Does drinking water cause skin to look younger, fresher and more vibrant?
- Will it finally solve world hunger, bring peace to all the nations, balance the budget and end the recession?
Methodology:
My method is quite simple. DRINK!! My task is to drink at least 3+ litres of water a day for the next 7 days. I intend to do this by drinking a litre of water with every meal and then one between/after meals.
Control Group: Past Upside Down Girl
Experimental Group: Future Upside Down Girl
Limitations: Many
Observations:
Day 1-
Captain's Log stardate 030911.1
Today is Sunday, and I've decided that today is the day. However, I forgot one little thing; I don't have a water bottle or anything bigger than a mug. After searching my room I found a bottle of wine...Finished that off and topped it up with water. So, I began to drink and drink and drink. Finally, I finished my 4 litres at 8:30pm (2 of which I had in under an hour). From there on, just like clock work, I was going to the bathroom every 30-45 minutes. My last time was at 2:15am....
Note to self...Stop drinking at least 2 hours before bed time! Another observation: After 2 litres, my pee actually looked like water. Now I know why they say it's OK to drink it if you're ever stuck in the desert (with 2+ litres of water.....).
Day 2:
Stardate 040911.2: Situation: Uncomfortable.
Because it takes me over an hour to get to work, and is semi-inappropriate to bring a bottle of wine (even if it is filled with water), I decided to be smart and drink my first litre before going to work. I made sure to try and go, as my mother always told us to, right before leaving but apparently I was completely empty.
About 20 minutes into my 50 minute trip I felt a slight tingle in my bladder, and thought:
Ah this isn't too bad, I can wait another 30 minutes. Then I started noticing all the little bumps, shakes and vibrations.
You can do it Upside Down! Remember how you went right before you left? It's OK, just think about something else..
Yes all the work I have to do and (jolt!!) ummm...yeah work and quoting and (sudden stop) eek! I have training all week so I can sleep in and (lots of vibrations)...
Almost there Upside Down. Look! There's the first bridge! Only 15 more minutes until your stop! Really close now! Just think how beautiful your skin is going to be, so nice.... (jolt, bump, jolt) and shiny (jostle) just pinch a bit harder....Remember that time in High School when you really had to go? I wonder which one was worse? This time or that time, cuz that time was REALLY bad. You were searching for cups in the car and started crying cuz you had to go so badly..
Whoa! Why am I thinking of this? This is the worst possible thing to be thinking of. Think of ummm......(Screetch!!) My bladder!!! Oh good, the girl who gets on 5 minutes before my stop yes!!! Yes! YES!!! OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! TRAFFIC?? why me!?!?!?
Just think how good you'll feel in a couple of minutes...you will be completely empty and....
Ooooh! I can see my bridge now! Yup, just a wee bit closer now. C'mon traffic MOVE! Oh good. Thank God!
You can hold on...just 10 more minutes. Just a quick 1 km walk..
Really? JUST 1km...
Yes Upside Down, JUST ONE K! You run 5 minute K's..If you walk really fast you can get there in 8 minutes...You can do it!!
Hmmm...I wonder if there's a bathroom on the way there? or is there a bathroom on the ground floor? Yes! Finally! my stop!!!
Ok, just walk really quickly, and there will be no problem.
Oh gosh! Walking is worse than sitting on bumpy bus....sooo far to go!! I wonder if someone would notice if I had an 'accident'? I mean I am wearing black. Black is black whether its wet or dry! Eww gross! Did I just really think that it would be OK to pee on myself?
Ok, just calm down, and think of something different; I know....sing a song!
"Ohhh! Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh, over and over and over the fields we go....Oh my God its so far away!!
Sweet! A bush!!! I bet you could go there. No one would be able to see you. You're wearing that big black coat and if you squatted, no one could tell!!
NO NO NO!! I can do it, just 6 more minutes...
Man you are making really good time this morning!
Ok made it to the traffic lights...dang it! I walked too quickly and now I have to wait for two cross walks to turn green. Man gotta go gotta go!! hurry up! hurry up!!
Look, Upside Down you're so close, all you have to do is get in the elevator and go straight to the bathroom! You don't even have to go to your desk, just make it to the elevator...
Phew! Ok crossed the road without getting hit (or peeing)...there's the building!
Ok now just cross the parking lot...good! Now, push the buttons for the elevator...
OMG! slowest elevator ever!..The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout....why are these the only songs that come to my mind? Why can't I think of a cool song like...uuhhhh...eerrr.... Twinkle Twinkle...haha twinkle rhymes with tinkle and I really need to....Oh good, door open....uggg! why oh why is my office on the 25th floor????
Ok, really close Upside Down, nearly there...hold on....
Yes! The doors have opened! Outta my way!!!
And so for the next 2 minutes I was in heaven. Hallelujah!!!
Conclusions:
My bladder works!
Recommendations:
-Invest in Depends, or other adult diaper
-Invest in running shoes
-Possible torture device
The ultimate throne:
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