Hi, this is Gabe. Sorry, my title doesn't have anything to do with my project, but I thought it was pretty catchy, no?
The story of one man's self discovery began on a Tuesday some time ago. I chose Tuesday to keep a record of all my activities since Tuesday is often my busiest and therefore often my most eventful day. But, boy was I wrong this time. Not only was it a fairly typical day, but I had the runs quite often. As somebody with an enflamed bowel, I tend to go to the washroom more frequently than the average person. I counted around 11 times that I had to go to the washroom and that includes using the sink and the whatnot.
But what probably compounded this problem was the amount of coffee that I consume each day. Even as I write this, I have a nice large dome shaped glass of ice coffee, garnished with a lemon on its edge. I have a love for both coffee and cold drinks and since I discovered ice coffee I've been living in paradise. Thus, probably the calalyst for an increase in coffee consumption.
The only thing that seems to top my craving for coffee is my food addiction. Believe it or not I'm one of those few lucky people that eat at least three meals a day. Although, that Tuesday was one exception unless you count 4 slices of salami as dinner. I did get to eat at both macdonalds and the rocket 88 cafe that day which has made me realize that I don't really eat all that healthy usually. In fact, I ate macdonalds again earlier today which shows how consistent I am at it. It is also quite a waste of paper and other things that they use to package that stuff in nowadays. Saddly, most of my diet consists of fast food.
Aside from all the coffee, I probably don't drink all that healthy either. I finished off my day with a nice bottle of smirnoff before going to bed. I know, it kind of defeats the point since its probably the best time to drink in the morning, before classes start.
I don't really drink booze that often though. I just do it more often lately to deal with the stress of school, with having to commute for more than an hour each day, and with having to deal with the fact that none of these illustration teachers at ocad know what they're talking about. They remind me of a story I heard about a man who sought out every master in the world to learn martial arts. By the end of the story none of the masters knew anything. Maybe my instructors have a great deal of success and experience in the industry, but none of them seem to know how they got it.
The story of one man's self discovery began on a Tuesday some time ago. I chose Tuesday to keep a record of all my activities since Tuesday is often my busiest and therefore often my most eventful day. But, boy was I wrong this time. Not only was it a fairly typical day, but I had the runs quite often. As somebody with an enflamed bowel, I tend to go to the washroom more frequently than the average person. I counted around 11 times that I had to go to the washroom and that includes using the sink and the whatnot.
But what probably compounded this problem was the amount of coffee that I consume each day. Even as I write this, I have a nice large dome shaped glass of ice coffee, garnished with a lemon on its edge. I have a love for both coffee and cold drinks and since I discovered ice coffee I've been living in paradise. Thus, probably the calalyst for an increase in coffee consumption.
The only thing that seems to top my craving for coffee is my food addiction. Believe it or not I'm one of those few lucky people that eat at least three meals a day. Although, that Tuesday was one exception unless you count 4 slices of salami as dinner. I did get to eat at both macdonalds and the rocket 88 cafe that day which has made me realize that I don't really eat all that healthy usually. In fact, I ate macdonalds again earlier today which shows how consistent I am at it. It is also quite a waste of paper and other things that they use to package that stuff in nowadays. Saddly, most of my diet consists of fast food.
Aside from all the coffee, I probably don't drink all that healthy either. I finished off my day with a nice bottle of smirnoff before going to bed. I know, it kind of defeats the point since its probably the best time to drink in the morning, before classes start.
I don't really drink booze that often though. I just do it more often lately to deal with the stress of school, with having to commute for more than an hour each day, and with having to deal with the fact that none of these illustration teachers at ocad know what they're talking about. They remind me of a story I heard about a man who sought out every master in the world to learn martial arts. By the end of the story none of the masters knew anything. Maybe my instructors have a great deal of success and experience in the industry, but none of them seem to know how they got it.
The remainder of my day consisted mostly of studying, work, critiques, etc. Rather than actively participate in any social event, instead I tend to get most of my social interaction mainly by chance. I would occasionally run into a person here or there and participate in small talk. This is nothing new to me, but this is probably the first time in a while I ever put much thought into it. Social interaction is probably the weakest thing on my list, with working and washroom time being the most dominant. However, ironically, its through work at school that I get most of my social interaction and if I didn't go to school and just stayed at home then I would probably turn crazy.
Anyhoo, that's my reflection of myself. Hopefully I'll be able to put it in novel form next time.
Good night and Happy Halloween,
-Gabe October 28, 2008
Anyhoo, that's my reflection of myself. Hopefully I'll be able to put it in novel form next time.
Good night and Happy Halloween,
-Gabe October 28, 2008
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