When I was at the health food store, they gave me a free magazine, and one of the articles was about how spirulina is really good for you. Now despite possibly being the name of my newest character (Princess Spirulina, anyone?), it's called a "super food". I'd never heard of it.
Most of the time "super food" equals disgusting...but from the picture it came in cool little capsules, which to me sort of nixes the ick factor by a lot. I can do a nifty little capsule since that most likely means I won't actually taste anything. I go to the counter, ask the girl at Sunrise Farms in Lansing, IL where I'd find this magical thingy and off I go with my new shiny green bottle.
When I got home, I discovered it wasn't in pill form. It's powder...scary green powder. I tried to sniff it without inhaling it and that doesn't really help. It didn't smell like much of anything but honestly I wasn't that close to it.
Because I really wanted to take the super food I'd just paid like 20 bucks for, I got out a spoon, measured off a tablespoon like the directions said, readied a glass of water just in case, and downed my spirulina.
Truth be told, it had no flavor. It was like eating air...only pretty dry (and eventually sticky). It was on my tongue, the roof of my mouth, my teeth, and whatever other anatomy makes up the mouth. I gulped down water and because there was so much powdery stuff I sort of exhaled it into the glass.
Maybe this is too much information and maybe it makes me sound like I have some backwash issues, but I'm going to keep on talking because I'm totally at a loss in both stories I'm currently writing.
Now where was I? Ah, yes...green backwash.
Here's where I need to digress...because of my discusses health issues I discovered I had a muscle strain and went to the chiropractor, who is WONDERFUL. Today is the first day I actually feel better. Well, his office is moving and they have an enormous fish tank in the lobby, which is pretty well neglected by the office staff seeing as how I imagine there are fish in there but I can't really see them past the algae.
Now back to me and the backwash...inside my blue tupperwear glass is some greenish blue powder, now wet from the glass, and it looks exactly like the algae in the fish tank.
Are you f'ing kidding me? I just paid like 20 bucks for algae in powder form?
So now I don't know what to do because it's supposed to be so great for you and all but it's just disturbing. I should really add to my 100 Things that I have a slight phobia of the fish in my fish tanks. I get creeped out by the thought of touching them. So now I keep thinking of my super green food touching fish, which in turn is touching me.
But because I paid so much &#($@ MONEY for it, I guess I'll disguise it with something and eat it all the same.
I wonder if it's still good for me if I eat it with a Hostess Cupcake? Hmmm...
Brad Voiles, Tanner Townsend, Cristian Guererro, and Tony Cogan. What do I have in common with these Raicats?
I'm on the DL under mysterious circumstances. Yep, that's right. I need a time out and I took one in the hospital ER. Unfortunately they don't know what's wrong with me, not even after a CAT scan. Ah, modern medicine. Gotta love it.
Luckily I'm okay to write, though it's hard to think sexy thoughts when your medical team scratches their head and says come back for more. They must see me and think cha-ching!
Now excuse me while I look for some leeches online. If the CAT scan fails, I can always try some old fashion bleeding, right?
Apparently Tony Cogan needs some TLC from the SmutNMutts blog because he is rumored to be in the hospital with appendicitis. For those of you who don't know he's the Gary Southshore Railcats awesome starting pitcher. He currently has an ERA of 1.50, which for those of you who don't know is freaking kick ass. Tony Cogan doesn't just rock, he rocks times infinity.
This is very serious and I hope he's doing okay and resting. Get better soon Tony! We need you healthy and on the mound! Tanner came back from his injury so we need you back for a healthy roster!
