I liked Diet Coke, and relied on it for my caffeine instead of coffee (which I liked and would drink, but wouldn't go out of my way for). Post-surgery, the only carbonation I've had was the root beer I got at Goose Island with the Chicagoistas. It took me three hours to drink 10 ounces of that, so by the end it was warm and flat. Blargh.

The only caffeine I've had since Thanksgiving was two cups of coffee during class a few weeks ago after I pulled an all-nighter for a paper. It didn't give me the shakes, surprisingly enough, but I'm still going to avoid it as much as possible so I don't become reliant on it to stay awake.

I like a 5/6ths diet coke and 1/6th rootbeer soda.

I drank a cup of green tea this morning, thus consuming the first caffeine in a month and a half. It did the trick but it doesn't feel worth it now.

Someone asked my about my star-crossed love, Dr. Pepper, today. I gave the same reply for many, many things these days. "That part of my life is behind me."

That is a total double entendre. As in, no more for me, ever...if I can swing it and, quite actually, on my behind...which is vast.

We also talked about the trend, which I find alarming, of using the seat section of sweatpants and short for advertising.

If one could rent that particular space, I'd be rich.

Drug knowledgeable types...taking Flexeril and Vicodin together. Ok or bad idea?

Took Noodle to the vet today and she is a healthy cat. Also a very good patient. Hopefully she isn't too mad at me.

Add me to the no-soda crowd. I will snitch a sip of a good cream soda or root beer upon occasion but that is about it. Bubbles and me do not agree.

Goddamned, my swim tonight was craptastic. I started over after 3 laps because some kids got in the lane and then it took forever to chase them out. Then had to do circle swim with a craptastic lane sharer. Then THE SAME KID AS LAST WEEK barfed in the pool just as I'd finished a mile. OK, I was early enough, I could stand to wait 30 minutes to finish. THEN thunder started. Fuckit.

I really think they should ban that kid, lessons or no.

I am trying to and cut way down on Diet Dr. Pepper, my main elixir of life beverage. I am down to one bottle of caffeinated in the morning. I am trying to stick to still and bubbly water for the rest of the day.

Notice the phrase "trying to" above? Yeah, am on my second bottle of DDP today.....

We also talked about the trend, which I find alarming, of using the seat section of sweatpants and short for advertising.

What, she just thinks she has a JUICY behind.

Drug knowledgeable types...taking Flexeril and Vicodin together. Ok or bad idea?

If you're ready for bed, I think it should be okay. But I wouldn't expect to be any kind of alert or productive. Or driving, god forbid.

I just spent a bit of time vanity googling my entire family. If you google me+lastname, my sister and her last name, my mother and her maiden+married name, and my father's chosen name in quotation marks, our photos are the first ones that come up in the image search. Now, for my sister, that's hardly surprising. She is the only person, it seems, with her name. But there are maybe five or six of me, and I TOTALLY WIN. I think it's nifty that what my parents choose to go by is also sufficiently distinctive.

Also, my sister's name is all over the web, but not as much as my mother. At least I understand half of what my sister is talking about. And my father seems to have spent his entire retirement writing letters to the editor.

OK, so I just applied for my job (again). Eeeeks.

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