Aspartame makes my ankles swell
Aug. 12th, 2004 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
afufleAnd makes me pee like the dickens--it's got to be a diuretic. This is only with 3 diet Cokes in 2 or 3 days. I read somewhere that the manufacturer recommends only one serving a day due to side effects. Nice that they've made that so public, isn't it?
Well, I don't usually drink diet C., but Linda left some. I've had the aspartame experience before, so I know not to keep any around, and only have aspartame products sparingly. Maybe it doesn't do that to everyone, but I know I'm not the only one.
Er, haven't done a thing this week but get on the internet. I need to go to V & C's to get my remaining stuff, and return the library books I left there. Darn, I hope they aren't due, but you never know. I have only one I really want to renew, The Tolkien Companion. There's one interesting one called Kokology, with these scenarios you put yourself in. My brother got one of the scenarios from Junior Achievement. You imagine yourself in a meadow. What time of year is it? You see a path leading into the woods, and you decide to follow it. As you get into the woods, what is the path like: narrow, wide, winding, straight, rocky, indistinct, clear, well travelled, hilly, steep, narrow, leading downhill, uphill, etc.? You look down and you see a cup. What does it look like? Old, new, familiar or not, is it full, partly full, empty, upside down, tilted, rightside up, etc.? You go a bit farther and see a key--describe it. What is it to? Is it old, new, etc. Do you pick up the key and/or cup? You go further and there is a bear. What do you do?
You go farther and see a pond or lake--is it dirty or clean, shallow or deep, etc. Do you go around, wade or swim through, etc.? You get to the other side of it, and see a wall. What does it look like? What is beyond the wall? A house, nothing, what?
Okay, when you've decided your answers, or know what you feel the answers are (the first thought in your head on the subject):
Season you picked: your favorite.
(me: summer)
Path: your path in life.
(me: up and down or uneven, difficult to navigate, mossy, so not well travelled;after the bear, straight and to the right, whereas at first it led straight. Kind of dark in the woods at first, not in a bad way, you can smell the rich earth. After the bear, the path seems to go into a bit of a sunny clearing, after the brick wall there is more woods and it's kind of mysterious and a bit scary).
Cup: Love; if full, you are in love; if the cup is leaning, maybe you are falling out of love, if dirty, maybe the relationship needs some work, etc. It's your cup, figure it out!
(me: a child's mug, small, made of white glass, full of clear water. The child is my youngest sibling Matthew, though the mug is from the family's general store of dishes. Since the water is clear, I figure it's pure love. The cup and water are also full of light.
It was a long time ago I did this scenario, and I'm not sure what the cup is like now. It might be a tin measuring cup that I take with me. I think years ago, I also took the cup with me. I guess that means I still love.)
Key: Knowledge, education.
(me: an old-fashioned brass key, tarnished, just like the one to my bedroom. It had three loops to it, the part you hold onto. I guess that means self-education; I didn't finish college, since I had no idea what I was doing, didn't like the school or the idea of endless school. Part of he problem was the false religion I had to endure.)
Bear: Life'w problems; how do you handle them?
(me: Heehee, I completely sidestepped mine, diverted from the path and walked around it, or left for the newer, straighter path that went through the clearing.The Bear didn't come after me.)
Aw, jeez, I'll edit and finish this later. I hope.
Well, I don't usually drink diet C., but Linda left some. I've had the aspartame experience before, so I know not to keep any around, and only have aspartame products sparingly. Maybe it doesn't do that to everyone, but I know I'm not the only one.
Er, haven't done a thing this week but get on the internet. I need to go to V & C's to get my remaining stuff, and return the library books I left there. Darn, I hope they aren't due, but you never know. I have only one I really want to renew, The Tolkien Companion. There's one interesting one called Kokology, with these scenarios you put yourself in. My brother got one of the scenarios from Junior Achievement. You imagine yourself in a meadow. What time of year is it? You see a path leading into the woods, and you decide to follow it. As you get into the woods, what is the path like: narrow, wide, winding, straight, rocky, indistinct, clear, well travelled, hilly, steep, narrow, leading downhill, uphill, etc.? You look down and you see a cup. What does it look like? Old, new, familiar or not, is it full, partly full, empty, upside down, tilted, rightside up, etc.? You go a bit farther and see a key--describe it. What is it to? Is it old, new, etc. Do you pick up the key and/or cup? You go further and there is a bear. What do you do?
You go farther and see a pond or lake--is it dirty or clean, shallow or deep, etc. Do you go around, wade or swim through, etc.? You get to the other side of it, and see a wall. What does it look like? What is beyond the wall? A house, nothing, what?
Okay, when you've decided your answers, or know what you feel the answers are (the first thought in your head on the subject):
Season you picked: your favorite.
(me: summer)
Path: your path in life.
(me: up and down or uneven, difficult to navigate, mossy, so not well travelled;after the bear, straight and to the right, whereas at first it led straight. Kind of dark in the woods at first, not in a bad way, you can smell the rich earth. After the bear, the path seems to go into a bit of a sunny clearing, after the brick wall there is more woods and it's kind of mysterious and a bit scary).
Cup: Love; if full, you are in love; if the cup is leaning, maybe you are falling out of love, if dirty, maybe the relationship needs some work, etc. It's your cup, figure it out!
(me: a child's mug, small, made of white glass, full of clear water. The child is my youngest sibling Matthew, though the mug is from the family's general store of dishes. Since the water is clear, I figure it's pure love. The cup and water are also full of light.
It was a long time ago I did this scenario, and I'm not sure what the cup is like now. It might be a tin measuring cup that I take with me. I think years ago, I also took the cup with me. I guess that means I still love.)
Key: Knowledge, education.
(me: an old-fashioned brass key, tarnished, just like the one to my bedroom. It had three loops to it, the part you hold onto. I guess that means self-education; I didn't finish college, since I had no idea what I was doing, didn't like the school or the idea of endless school. Part of he problem was the false religion I had to endure.)
Bear: Life'w problems; how do you handle them?
(me: Heehee, I completely sidestepped mine, diverted from the path and walked around it, or left for the newer, straighter path that went through the clearing.The Bear didn't come after me.)
Aw, jeez, I'll edit and finish this later. I hope.
