Weekly Round Up Number 2

The secondweekly re-cap of my blog posts across the board.

	Excelsior N/A
	Tru.Funk.Soulja N/A
	A Comeback Karate Kid N/A
	Journals of a Neophyte Skater Monday 18 January: Sk8 Update; Monday 18 January: Pipes Skatepark; Thursday 20 January: Sessioning; Friday 21 January: Polish Hill
	WP Humane Society Volunteer N/A
	Marko’s Meow N/A

Weekly Round-Up

The first weekly re-cap of my blog posts across the board.

	Excelsior Monday 4 January: Puerto Rican Food
	Tru.Funk.Soulja Monday 4 January: Funkin’ in the New Year with AWB
	A Comeback Karate Kid Monday 4 January: Origins of the Comeback Karate Kid; Monday 4 January: Karate Kid Through the Years; Tuesday 5 January: Chronology of Styles; Wednesday 6 January: Challenges
	Journals of a Neophyte Skater Saturday 9 January: Getting my own board
	WP Humane Society Volunteer Saturday 9 January: December 1st; Saturday 9 January: Bear, Bunny, and Cesar
	Marko’s Meow N/A

Puerto Rican Food

typical puerto rican meal

The sound of frying like a downpour after a long dry spell, when it starts raining hard right away instead of building up to it, a sudden onset and the sound those raindrops make on the metal casing of my window air conditioner. I love to sleep to that sound, let sleep pull me back into its embrace. Now the smell of chipotle in adobo sauce warms the air and I feel a warmth inside of me that feels like the bright light of the kitchen next to the dark outside the windows. It feels like home and belonging.

Note: For those who don’t know, I recently got a roommate, a Puerto Rican friend of mine. He has really warmed up the place, especially the kitchen when he cooks! And the table is used for something besides setting things on. When his daughter comes over, it feels even more homey. Since he’s been here, we have decorated the place more with our things, and keep it pretty tidy and functional!

Either Or?

I’ve never understood why Evolution and Creationism have to be mutually exclusive. The case for the theory of Evolution is solid, but that doesn’t insist upon discounting creation stories. If God is all powerful and creates whatever God imagines, why couldn’t God then, place beings on Earth in differing stages of evolution. Like a staggered race, some beings just had a few millenia head start on single cell organisms.

When I was a child, I brought home a book from the school library about Evolution because I liked the illustrations of ape-like men. My Mom was upset when she saw it, and said we don’t believe in that. I felt so ashamed that I stuffed the book under the couch cushions until time to turn it back in.

I don’t think it has to be like this. Believing in God shouldn’t rule out the case for Evolution. Most cases of either, or, can actually co-exist. Science and Religion used to be part of the same field. It wasn’t until the Enlightenment era where a great divide took place. Many scientists who still believed in God were excommunicated from the Church for their findings. I am not saying what to believe, or what is right and wrong. All I am saying is things are rarely black of white, but shades of grey.

Juice Fast Day 2

Breakfast Juice

Strawberries

• Kiwis
• Rhubarb
• water

Lunch Juice

• Spinach
• Tomatoes
• Carrots
• Cucumbers
• Celery
• Onion
• Garlic
• Water

Dinner Juice

• Mango
• Carrots
• Ginger

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After two days of fasting I had little to no energy, was dizzy, dehydrated, and ready to pass out. The fast should not have done that, but it is my belief that the medications I am on (that you are supposed to eat with) were metabolized differently, and it made fasting harder. I also had diahrrea from the veggie juice (too much information, i know, but in the interest of science).  I decided to eat because I have passed out and had to get bags of fluid at the hospital before, so I know what it feels like, and I was about there. I am still juicing, however, and experimenting with new combination. I love my juicer. The strawberry-kiwi-rhubarb juice was the best yet IMHO. Better luck next time