Baseball failure

If the Mets' first game was what we were all hoping for, the second game was what we dreaded. Pedro is out and likely on the DL in his first start, and the team lost in extra innings against an inexperienced Marlins' bullpen because all of our bats decided to go cold at once. We need consistent run production and healthy pitchers. I'm going to be biting the nails I no longer have over game 3 tonight. Let's see some offense people!

I just read an article over at slate.com about cutting sugar out of one's diet. Its an interesting idea that I have been wanting to try; I love sweets more than anything, but diabetes is a big deal in my family. Eliminating might be impossible, but cutting down sure isn't.

It won't happen though; I told myself that I felt better when not drinking coffee during the day, and that habit ended after two weeks. I can't go long without soda, and while I can go months without tobacco, it doesn't go away for good. I want to live a good and healthy life, but at the same time I can't see it being a life worth living if one doesn't give into some of their vices. I always use this as an excuse for why I hate being single; when I have someone around that consistently cares about me, giving up other things is a snap. Until then, down the hole I go.

The other reason a no-sugar experiment would fail is that I am afraid of becoming like the author of the article. A quote for you:

For snacks, I had raw cashews and tamari almonds and guacamole and bricks of Gruyere in various combinations.

Is it possible for authors of these kinds of articles to be normal human beings? Who the fuck eats tamari almonds? I didn't even know what Gruyere was until now, and now that I do know, I have another question; is it really true that cutting out processed foods makes the grocery bill go down? With all this gourmet shit plus expensive/organic produce, they still must be spending a fortune on food. The first person to write about how they ate Planters nuts and Polly-O string cheese in their diet/food experiment will be the one to get me interested.

A Slate commenter described food talk as "porn for white women". They couldn't be more right, and damn does it take the steam out of many a good idea.