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My name is Anya. I'm 22. I take pictures, write music and blog about the things I care about... which in all likelihood has something to do with politics, gender/sexuality, food or fitness.

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21 March 11
“

Smell is… an incredibly complex and underappreciated physical phenomenon. Inextricably bound up with sex. The nose is really a sexual organ…

Smelling. Is desiring. We have five senses, but only two that go beyond the boundaries… of ourselves. When you look at someone, it’s just bouncing light, or when you hear them, it’s just sound waves, vibrating air, or touch is just nerve endings tingling. Know what smell is?

It’s made of the molecules of what you’re smelling. Some part of you, where you meet the air, is airborne.

Smelling. And tasting. First the nose, then the tongue. They work as a team, see. The nose tells the body - the heart, the mind, the fingers, the cock - what it wants, and then the tongue explores, finding out what’s edible, what isn’t, what’s most mineral, food for the blood, food for the bones, and therefore most delectable.
— Tony Kushner, Angels in America
31 December 10

2011

Aside from saving receipts, all my New Years resolutions are health related.

I never make resolutions, but there are some things I really want to start doing in 2011 so, why not.

1. Eat more fish. Sort of started this resolution already but I’m hoping to continue with it. (Been loving the wild salmon sale Whole Foods has been having for the past month or so).

2. Minimize dairy intake. This is hard. I really love cheese, and half and half in my coffee. Recently, I have only been buying organic, unhomogenized half and half, in addition to only raw cheese. Still, though, I’d like to try and eliminate dairy from my diet as much as possible.

3. Be more active. I’ve been extremely stressed and busy lately and it has kept me from exercising as much as I’d like to. But, now with a new, relatively stable job, I imagine it will become easier to dedicate at least a tiny portion of the day to moving around.

Aaaand that’s it!

Oh and, a new blog, exclusively food related is in the works. I’m really excited about it - just need to spend some more time setting it up.

17 December 10
“ We are not idealized wild things.
We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one day not be at all.
— The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (via suicideblonde)

Reblogged: suicideblonde

24 November 10

HEALTH

Grains, (unnatural) sugar and refined carbohydrates have not been a part of my diet since last February. So, going on almost a full year of this paleo/primal lifestyle/diet/thing. While I am often aware of how much better I feel, these past couple weeks have made me especially impressed with the state of my health.

I have worked every day, for the past nine days. All 8.5 hour shifts and then Monday and Tuesday I worked for 13 hours each day. And I don’t sit at a desk… I am on my feet constantly and always moving. There is no question in my mind that a year ago, I would not have been able to survive that kind of a schedule. Not only have I survived, but it barely affected me. Sure, sometimes I thought hey, it would be nice to stay home today… but I never actually felt fatigued or out of energy. I just kept going and going. And the best part? I really only eat once a day. Not because I’m starving myself - quite the opposite. I am giving my body what it needs in one meal so I am no longer hungry, and the nutrients in my food supplies me with an excess of energy.

Everyone at work kept saying to me, “I don’t know how you do it… I would die.”

The comment is flattering, sure. But most of the time, I find comments like that frustrating. Because really, all you have to do to completely change your health/state of being is to eat right and move around a little. People think it’s so difficult, but it’s not. And even for every hardship, there are 800 pros to outweigh it.

I hate being preachy. And I hate sounding snobby or stuck up. But if you really want to feel better, if you really want to be able to work 9 days in a row, 13 hours a day, just stop eating grains and sugar. It’s that simple.

I really don’t understand how bread or cookies are worth feeling like absolute crap. There are so many amazingly delicious and healthy foods… I never feel deprived. I feel completely satisfied… even more so now than I did when I ate refined carbs.

Anyway, this post has no real point other than me gloating about how great health is, and how I wish I could help everyone feel this way - without coming off as an arrogant snob.

Haven’t figured that one out yet, though.

16 November 10

Amazing photographs of closeted service members

15 November 10
Lunching for Longevity: Anti-Inflammatory Eating

Amen.

13 November 10
whitehousephotostream: P102110PS-0454: President Barack Obama signs books following a discussion on women and the economy with families in the backyard of of a home in Seattle, Wash., Oct. 21, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House. This photograph makes me feel relaxed. Is that weird?

whitehousephotostream:

P102110PS-0454:

President Barack Obama signs books following a discussion on women and the economy with families in the backyard of of a home in Seattle, Wash., Oct. 21, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

This photograph makes me feel relaxed. Is that weird?

Reblogged: whitehousephotostream

11 November 10
Healthy Eats: One of the ingredients in the McRib; BHA (BHT)

healthyeats:

BHA and the related compound butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) have been used for years, mostly in foods that are high in fats and oils. They slow the development of off-flavors, odors, and color changes caused by oxidation. When the food additives amendment was enacted, BHA and BHT were listed as…

Gotta love the FDA. What a fucking joke of an agency.

Reblogged: healthyeats

10 November 10
Like healthy food and good recipes? Mark Sisson has released a free reader-created cookbook, ebook style. Probably won’t be as spectacular as his actual cookbook, but I’m excited to look through it nonetheless! (Click on the image for a link to the download page)

Like healthy food and good recipes? Mark Sisson has released a free reader-created cookbook, ebook style.

Probably won’t be as spectacular as his actual cookbook, but I’m excited to look through it nonetheless!


(Click on the image for a link to the download page)

8 November 10

NYTimes - 6 meals vs. 3

paleochallenge:

THE BOTTOM LINE

There is no solid evidence that six small meals a day instead of three will speed metabolism.

From nytimes.com: The Claim: Eat Six Small Meals a Day Instead of Three Big Ones

Reblogged: paleochallenge

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh