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Saturday, April 27, 2013 ( 9:14 PM ) shut up christine makoto has a faint nuance to his voice, almost like an accent (he was born & raised in the us & english is his first language) tangent-- when we were just beginning to get to know each other, we were talking about netflix and he pronounced queue as "kwee" as soon as he said it, at that moment i knew i wanted to be with him :) kweeeee anyway i love hearing him speak in japanese to his parents it's very soft, very respectful and polite. sounds as if he is bowing with his words i asked him to teach me japanese phrases syllable by syllable he taught me these words: "mako don arada" beautiful! i would repeat over and over. when i had mastered the pronunciation we moved onto the next phrase "buru gu kin gu" *repeat repeat repeat* "wenaru shi ni taru" *practice practice* we put all the phrases together -- "mako don arada buru gu kin gu wenaru shi ni taru" okay tell me what it means!! mcdonalds. burger king. wienerschnitzel. -__- *shakes fist at makoto* # Thursday, April 25, 2013 ( 11:38 AM ) shut up christine  i was cleaning out my closet and found my old shoes makoto really wants me to keep them but i haven't worn them in forever and also they probably still have a little pee in them we have so much attachment to things as if throwing away a memento somehow erases our memory as if i need to see these shoes to remember where i've walked when i finally understood this, letting go got a lot easier (and i have a lot to let go!) (also, come get free stuff at my house)  # Wednesday, April 24, 2013 ( 12:27 PM ) shut up christine healthcare PSA: women and stroke earlier i did a post about recognizing the classic signs & symptoms of stroke -- facial drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty  but i failed to mention that women may present with different signs and symptoms altogether.for women, the most commonly experienced symptom of stroke is altered mental status. other key symptoms are headache and dizziness altered mental status, headache, lightheadedness, dizziness -- that could be from anything right? stress, not enough sleep, forgetting to eat lunch...this is why so many women fail to associate these symptoms with stroke & therefore don't seek medical attention when these symptoms appear the important thing to take away is that the onset of stroke symptoms is sudden and you need to act fast. call 911 immediately so they can take you to the nearest hospital that is a primary stroke center what you can do to reduce your risk (both men and women):
* american stroke association presented evidence that drinking diet soda may increase the risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack), stroke, or the risk of dying of either, by 50% or more!
* potassium helps maintain normal blood pressure. those who consume more than 1.64 g of potassium in food have less hypertension & cardiovascular disease AND 21% decrease in stroke. here's a convenient list of potassium rich foods * smoking doubles the risk of stroke. seriously. stop smoking. guide to quitting * if you have high levels of LDLs (the bad cholesterol), for each 10% reduction in LDL, stroke risk can be reduced 15-20%. top 5 foods to lower cholesterol ref: recognizing and preventing acute stroke in women # Monday, April 22, 2013 ( 12:11 AM ) shut up christine 
today was cicLAvia!
starting in downtown LA and ending at the beach, the street was closed off to cars
thousands of people came out to walk or ride their bikes/skateboards/scooters/rollerblades. i even saw a lady on a bike with 14 live cockatiels sitting on her shoulders (woah that's a big necklace. why is her necklace moving? omg those are birds)
luckily for us our house was along the route
Ciclovías started in Bogotá, Colombia, over thirty years ago as a
response to the congestion and pollution of city streets. Now they
happen throughout Latin America and the United States.
we had so much fun! i'm feeling it in my butt though, need to sit very slowly
ps happy earth day!
Thursday, April 18, 2013 ( 10:34 AM ) shut up christine you are more beautiful than you think # Tuesday, April 16, 2013 ( 11:39 PM ) shut up christine  everything we wanted was on sale this week! 1 20 lb bag of rice - $7.99 1 package roasted seaweed sheets - $1.99 1 900ml bottle brown rice vinegar - $1.99 7 small avocados - $0.99 (woah!) 1 box daikon sprouts - $0.99 5 cucumbers - $0.57 carrots - $2 for one large organic bunch using just the amount shown on the plate above, we made six rolls of veggie sushi for under 2 bucks and we still have enough veggies left over to make another 10+ rolls later this week  itadaki mas! (japanese for bon appetit) # Friday, April 12, 2013 ( 8:59 PM ) shut up christine boo on one side of our fence is the dae han mortuary, and toward the rear is the rosedale cemetery there are two big trees at the dae han mortuary makoto was chatting with one of our apartment neighbors, who has lived here for 20 years mr. neighbor used to work late shifts and would come home at 2 or 3am on more than one occasion, late at night he's seen a woman in a white dress standing at the base of the mortuary trees, staring with her arms crossed other neighbors have seen her in the middle of the night as well oh. hellz. no. perfect timing we were already planning to move out at the end of may we'll miss this place but it's time to peace out 
ta ta creepy tree!
image via google earth
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 ( 12:57 PM ) shut up christine healthcare psa: organ donation
if this is your belief, i'm not going to shake my head and call you an ignoramus. no judgment here. this is why we have these PSAs, so that you can make informed decisions what you decide to do is your business pero when you die you won't need those body parts anymore and this one final act of love and generosity can give eight more people the gift of life. just sayin' FACTS: - If you are sick or injured and admitted to a hospital, the number one priority is to save your life. - An open casket funeral is usually possible for organ, eye, and tissue donors. Through the entire donation process, the body is treated with care, respect, and dignity. - There is no cost to donors or their families for organ or tissue donation. - Federal law prohibits buying and selling organs in the US. - People can recover from comas, but not brain death. Coma and brain death are not the same. Brain death is final. source if you're still having reservations or doubts about being an organ donor, i highly recommend this movie: the power of two # Wednesday, April 10, 2013 ( 7:50 PM ) shut up christine
healthcare PSA: stroke
it only takes 3-4 minutes to kill part of the brain from lack of blood flow
makoto is at high risk for having a stroke. both his father and uncle had strokes, he has high blood pressure, eats a high sodium diet (hella sunflower seeds! grrr), history of migraines...
in all realness, he's probably going to have a stroke
unless
we do something about it now
know that 80% of all strokes are preventable
how to prevent stroke:
- manage your blood pressure yall. get it under control. i said git it under control!!! most people don't realize how dangerous it is to have high a BP
- stop smoking (obviously!)
- exercise regularly
- manage your diabetes if you have it
- eat a low sodium diet
- drink alcohol in moderation
- know the symptoms of stroke
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if you suspect someone is having a stroke, call 911 immediately
one common mistake is that the people who really need ambulances aren't the ones who call for ambulances! they try to drive to the hospital themselves, and more often than not, they end up going to the wrong facility. time lost = brain lost! you need to go to a hospital with a primary stroke center, not all hospitals have one. the ambulance will automatically take you to the closest stroke center
Wednesday, April 03, 2013 ( 7:26 PM ) shut up christine when i stepped out this morning i thought someone had pelted the sidewalk in front of our house with berries of some kind circular red stains everywhere as i continued walking, i realized they were the bloody pawprints of a small dog they were concentrated at the entrance gate to the mortuary, as if the animal had paced back and forth there with that amount of blood loss, i doubt it could have survived makoto traced the blood trail down our block but didn't find a body i'm sorry it must have been so scared and in so much pain i wish we could have done something # |
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