Alas! I'm still alive!!!

Man, it's been a really long time since I last posted! i think this may be the longest that I have been silent. Either way, I'm not sure anyone reading, so it doesn't really bother me so much.

Just got back from a wooooonderful trip to Hong Kong, Macau, and last minute trip to Taiwan! For some reason jet-lag this time around has been the biggest pain in the ass. I'm sure it's just b/c i'm on the East Coast and have to add 5 more hours to the jet lag clock, but let's just say... getting up at 3:30 am and watching the ceilings talk makes you want to pound your head into the wall and hope that it knocks you out.

In the meantime, I've been occupying my time by reading the Omnivore's Dilemma, which is the most fascinating book I've read in a long time. So much so that I'm reading all food labels now, refuse to buy anything with high-fructose corn syrup, been eating clean and free of processed foods, and VEGETARIAN. I hardly think that I'll be spending the rest of my life stewing seitan and tofu, but for the time being I think that the animals on PETA's list are safe... unless I decide to go club a seal. I KID.

Alternatively, I've been thinking a lot about processed foods and high fructose corn syrup. For the sheer fact that I was raised by a Costco mom and grew up eating frozen burritos and canned chili, I'm surprised that I'm not glowing neon green already. If 2,000 years from now, archeologists dig up a toxic casket and I'm still perfectly preserved and raidiating corn syrup, there's a reason. So I've decided ... as my new year's resolution... I'm giving up processed foods! Except when I'm on vacation b/c sometimes you just gotta have the nation's finest soda. (Ahem, Apple Sidra!). Actually, I'm still considering this one... is it even feasible? Or maybe I should just give up corn syrup...

I'll give that one more thought.

Anyhow, other resolutions:
1. run marathon.