I slept in through most of the morning today, largely in part to having stayed up all night configuring and playing with my new iPhone. The grueling part of manually imputing contact info that was previously only on my AU cell phone now MUST begin, as otherwise I’ll have to haul two phones around with me. I should have everything on my PC anyway… which reminds me, my MAC address book is also a mess. Another thing I will be forced to deal with soon is all the photos stored on my old phone. (Sadly, the iPhone’s camera is not as good as my old cell.) Oh well, there is nothing like necessity for making you get things done! I helped my roommate buy a bike this afternoon as well, which was very time consuming. We ended up going to Salvatores’s for dinner as well, so I definitely ate mostly cooked today.

Today I had:

green smoothie (with fresh Japanese pears today)
non-cheese, fresh tomato pizza at Salvatore’s (seriously, THE best pizza anywhere, hands down)
fresh lemon juice
nut-date balls

I experimented with raw food today, making a new humus recipe, which wasn’t half-bad, fiddling around with herbs in my tomato sauce, and adding different spices to my lara bars. (I think I have a favorite now, which includes the works: cacao powder and nibs, cinnamon, coconut…) All this kitchen activity occurred despite a disaster this morning: My green smoothie dropped onto my computer keyboard. All is well now, but I wonder about things growing out of it later… The rest of the day disappeared in various computer-based projects.

Today I had:

green smoothie
cabbage with carrot pâté
humus and broccoli
natto
raw date-nut balls
nori (as is- a snack!)
red wine

I sent off my roommate Yukiko and dog Leo to the airport this morning. It’s really going to be sad to see them go. They were supposed to stay longer but things do not always pan out as expected. After a tearful goodbye, I headed to a raw food event in town. Somehow I got the times mixed up and arrived at 3 instead of 6, so decided to get my hair cut and window shop while waiting. Was rather hungry by the time evening arrived. I spent a lovely time meeting new friends (one is a raw food chef: http://oixi.jp/mihokosakai/) and chatting with old. Great food of course - very raw!

Today had:

green smoothie
raw juice
falafel, humus, greens, flax crackers, pate, nori rolls…
red wine

Today I spent a lovely day with 4 incredible gals in Tsukuba, Ibakari. After a yummy lunch at cafe NON (I had greens while the rest chowed down cow patties- no, not THOSE cow patties), and a little walk through an expansive, serene park, we took a tour of award-winning scientist Marcy’s shrimp research facilities, checked out the huge, tree-lined campus of Tsukuba University where Kristi is doing gender studies research, went over to Kristi’s for a wee visit (and I gratefully grabbed some of her unneeded clothing), and then went to what I think must be the biggest and loveliest shopping mall in Japan. I thought I was in the US! I resorted to cooked vegan for the evening, however. Surprisingly, despite the dicing and splicing of shrimp eyeballs etc. with the financial help of a government whose interests lie getting the little guys sexually active so we can eat even more of them, I was not put off as much as I thought I would be. Maybe because it is too big?

Today I had:

green smoothie
green salad
nan and vegan curry
banana

A day of hanging out with mates, rollerblading, and raw food uncooking. Weekend on a Friday. Yippie!

Today I had:

olives
fried burdock root
oolong tea
apple juice
vegetable nori rolls ( mix of yummies)
green leaves and seaweed salad
date-nut balls
red wine

I went to a great Amnesty International event this evening, and met up with lovely friend and colleague, Kristie Collins. A documentary about foreign workers in Japan called “Sour Strawberries” was shown, and I bought a copy as it might come in handy in the classroom. Debito (of http://debito.org) was there in the flesh as well. (He’s Japan’s gaijin activist.) I ate tonight too, a great vegan-friendly salad.

Today I had:

psyllium husk shake with apple juice X 3
green powder drinks
giant salad with avocado, tomato, tofu, and basil sauce
baked potatoes and a few fries (oops)

I finished writing my Twitter paper today, so before I send it off to a national journal for EFL, I’ve sent it to my esteemed colleague Haruko to check that it does not contain too much crapola. It was day 2 on liquids for me, though one of those liquids included a small cup of coffee. No, this is not detoxifying, and hardly alkaline, but boy, does it add another level of hyper focus when you are trying to wrap up a project! It’s nice that my body, despite the coffee, seems to fall into detox mode very quickly now (or is this my imagination?). Yesterday was a bit of a drag, but today I wasn’t hungry, had great levels of concentration, eliminated 4 times, and felt very light and happy.

Today I had:

juiced apples with water and psyllium husk powder X 4
cup of coffee
lemon juice and honey
green powder and water X 2