The Return To Innocence

I really wonder if I am the only person actively trying to research the major comparisons between Chinese sea buckthorn oil and Brazilian andiroba, copaiba, pracaxi, and acai oils. I'm talking bioactive compounds, nutritional compounds, fatty acid compositions, phytosterols, polyphenols, microelements, carotenes, capacity for tissue regeneration and cellular regeneration, etcetera.
Part of me wants all those oils and extracts all in one, but it feels selfish. What if all the Brazil oils can do everything the Chinese oil can do? No, seriously, I mean that.
Would I be satisfied? Yeah, probably. It's just that I've been invested in sea buckthorn oil for over a decade and it's hard to switch to another healing botanical from another country just like that.

Actually, what am I doing? I don't have to choose. I had a memory lapse. Sigh. I love you, Rochelle.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/111067455/beauty-by-brazil-all-natural-amazon
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78951907/2-oz-everlasting-superfruit-rich-natural
(Those glowing reviews, by the way, are mine. I was the Superfruit co-creator.)

So, where does your OCD and or ADD addled brain wander off to late at night when you want to sleep but can't because *something is important on the internet (and you forgot why)*

So. Homemade smoothie with frozen acai berry pulp, vanilla coconut milk, organic chocolate syrup, full leaf seabuckthorn green tea, cocoa powder, honey powder, and cinnamon - now with the addition of coffee and cream. I am awesome.

I've taken to adding a few drops of sea buckthorn oil to my daily water, just because. Also because I love watching the oil molecules dance around in the water as I shake the bottle, before settling at the top. Also it tastes really good. Also, it helps with acid reflux and stomach issues.

So, yeah, the crappy weather matches my feelings and pain levels. It's adorable.

Someone asked me if a friend's taste in books might make me judge them. No, I would not judge a friend based on their book tastes. But I will say this: If you truly believe that characters like Anita Blake and Bella Swan are paragons of feminism and are amazing strong female characters, I will do this with a look of incredulity until my neck hurts. But I won't judge you. Everyone has different and various tastes.

Tonight, Adam will return from yet another job in New York City, and tomorrow we will prepare the bedroom to receive the delivery of the new bed.

Current research: Goji berries versus Sea buckthorn fruit. Comparison of micronutrients, macronutrients, ORAC scores, phytonutrients. This is hard, because there is not a lot of stuff written about the specific comparison between super fruits like goji, sea buckthorn, acai, aronia, noni, and pomegranate. There is a staggering amount written about each fruit, but not necessarily strict comparisons. Oy.

At a local GNC I found this fabulous antioxidant drink that I love so much I can't describe it.

I surged through a bout of mild insomnia last night. The only interesting thing on was a four-hour marathon of One Life To Live on the Soap Opera Channel. I sat there and ate chips and wrote novel chapter outlines while eating organic potato chips and watching actors scream and cry hysterically and actually mean it. There appeared to be real tears, real facial flushing, real horror. It was fascinating. Most soap opera actresses can sob with the best of them without producing a single tear. I applaud the skills of Bree Williamson and Melissa Archer and might even watch them again.
I wound up falling asleep at five in the morning, after taking a double dose of Valerian Root, which is the best sleep aid I have ever tried (second is Tryptophan).

I had an amazing dream about a colony being built on the moon in one hundred years. The head engineer met his future self in a dream and was told to make the main dome twice as big or it would fail. In the meantime, I was hanging out with my apparent sister and browsing through internet files of 20th and 21st century actors and actresses: "Oh, look, our mother looks just like this actress! Your boyfriend looks like this guy!"
Then I learned I had been accepted at an exclusive university for students with magical potential, but was denied a full scholarship and given only partial financial aid. My futuristic magical devices, however, had other ideas, and teleported me into the administrative offices so I could show proof that I deserved full scholarship and aid.

I woke up at 12:30. I was attacked viciously by burning pain and spasticity. My temporary nectar and ambrosia, my manna, was a combination of Soma, Canadian Tylenol (which in the US would require a prescription since it contains methocarbamol), Guanara, a B Complex, a hot shower with neem and shea butter cleansers, and a cup of Rachel's Vitality Pomegranate Acai Yogurt. Which needs repeating. Pomegranate Acai Yogurt. Dude. I need to buy wholesale. Pomegranate. Acai. Yogurt. Gnah.

I am watching old episodes of Gilmore Girls. Sometimes I think that show really was about me and my mother. Mom and I were doing the rapid-fire quirky dialogue thing before it was cool.

Oh, now, this is brilliant. Goji berries and acai berries do contain the proper amino acid blend than helps maintain healthy youthful skin. I was right. So, technically, if you take the oil or extract of goji or acai, and combine it with, say squalene, hyaluronic acid, MSM, alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, and certain plant and fruit oils, you really could make an skin moisturizer that actually would slow and smooth the symptoms of skin aging to some degree, depending on the individual. Vicki, it looks like our idea for the Psyche Lotion really was spot on!
http://www.perfectoils.com.au/goji-berries.htm
http://www.biossential.com/amazon-thunder/acai-articles/acai-berry-information.htm
http://www.happi.com/articles/2008/05/amino-acid-skin-care
I are Research Lady.

Oh my gods oh Mother Danu oh for the love of Pan YES.

Bom Dia Acai Energy Conquer Juice.
Acai juice, yerba mate, black tea, guarana, pomegranate juice, goji berry juice, noni juice, mangosteen puree, yumberry juice, apple juice, merlot grape juice, ginseng, taurine, vitamin C, l-theanine, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin K.

Augh.
It has everything I want in a juice. Everything. Superfruits galore.
It tastes amazing and divine and I can taste every bit of every fruit ingredient, seriously.
And I am actually energized. Screw coffee.
And it's three bucks plus change. It's less than coffee.
And it's sold at Giant and at the little deli next to the Metro across from my office
And it's amazing. Did I mention divine?

*FLAIL*
*EXPLODE*

*scampers off gibbering*

(This almost makes up for the fibro flare and the migraine.)

I swear, the gods of chocolate love me and hate me at the same time...

Dark Chocolate with Goji Berry and Maca
Dark Chocolate with Acai and Yakon

I am so very tempted to run to Whole Foods tomorrow.
Maybe I should wait. Temptation can wait, right?
Right?
Right?

*fidget, whimper*

On my way home yesterday, I went to the salon across from the Cleveland Park Metro (for eyebrow waxing). Afterwards, I stopped into Yes Organic Market. They had a juice smoothie I've never tried. So I bought it. I just drank it. If you could see my face, you might see very wide eyes, a huge grin, and me about to start bouncing in my chair.

It's called Sambazon Rio Energy Organic Acai Juice, with Guarana and Yerba Mate.

Coffee? What coffee? I do not need coffee, thank you. This is fine.
Painkiller? Muscle relaxant? I don't need those either. This works just fine right now.
Nice!

Luckily, the Whole Foods store at the Tenleytown Metro also carries it, which is fortuitous, since they also carry Gojilania goji juice. The real kind, not the diluted kind. It's extremely anti-inflammatory and good for the fibro flares.
(http://goji-leadership.com/goji_health_benefits/alternative_health/goji-juice-and-fibromyalgia/ - I take all this with a grain of salt, but it's interesting)

I am making a little shopping list for Whole Foods right now:
Sambazon Acai Rio Energy Juice, Gojilania Goji Juice, Kashi TLC Chewy Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Cookies, Stonyfield Farms Shift Power Punch Acai Smoothie, Spiru-Tein Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Energy Bar, Zoe's Whole Grain Chocolate Peanut Butter Bliss Energy Bar.

Yes.

...What?

Danny and I gave into our Smoothie King cravings and drove to the local shop. I bought an Acai Adventure with double yogurt smoothie. The stuff is unbelievably addicting. I love the taste of Acai berry in a smoothie. Acai berry is delicious and reminds me of pomegranate mixed with dark chocolate. It's also one of the most nutritious, healthy foods on the planet.

Adam was smoking salmon on the grill when we got back. I'm eating an awesome dinner now: Grilled salmon topped with fresh garlic scallions from our own garden; purple potatoes doused with SmartBalace butter and marjoram; and of course, my acai smoothie.

Dinner rocks.

And a new episode of the Simpsons soon.

Yay.