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#200 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

August 25, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, entertainment, health | 5 comments

I have to say, not to brag, but this is maybe my favorite cartoon so far. Not that the drawing is any good (it’s terrible, as usual lately) but I just love the idea of my elliptical trainer having a whole personality that hates me. That I’m not working IT out, which is what it was born to do. I just find the idea hilarious.

I hope everyone’s life is going better than mine. I am so stressed out from developments at work, the kind of developments that really need you to buckle down and concentrate and work hard, coming at time when I should really be finding some better balance in my life – getting more excersise, having more fun, and finishing my novel re-write (of course).

So it’s all very stressful. And I feel very conflicted. And tired. All the time with the tired!

PS – Comic #200! That’s sort of an accomplishment! Right?

#193 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

August 14, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, health | 4 comments

That’s right, I’m pretty anti-plan. After trying all sorts of things in my relatively short life this far (everything from weight watchers to slim fast to south beach) I’m a pretty firm believer that none of this works. Life is about balance and if you don’t figure it out without a trick of some kind, you’re likely to fall right back into the same bad habits eventually. I know I did. Multiple times. The “diets don’t work, weight watchers does” is a pretty brilliant marketing strategy, and a lot of people claim it works for them (talk to me in five years) but in the end I am angrier at WW than I am at any of the other plans, because ultimately I feel it’s being even more dishonest.

Okay, no more talk about this, it’s depressing me, even though I’m the one that brought it up.

#192 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

August 13, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, entertainment, health | 9 comments

I’ve been noticing even more weight loss ads lately, particularly for Nutrisystem (the most annoying of all the ads – for various reasons) anyway, it hit me like a ton of bricks the other day, that if any of this crap worked, we wouldn’t need these ads. You’d just need a couple ads. People would try it, it would be wildly successful, and then everyone would be doing it, and then in a couple years we’d all be blissfully thin and happy and there would be no more need for the ads.

But, supposedly we’re fatter than ever, and yet there are more ads and more diet plans and companies than ever. Hmmm. I wonder, is it possible that diets are not good for you? That quick fixes and “new revolutionary plans” that are impossible to integrate into a real believable life actually set you back and make it impossible to live happy “normal” lives? Gee. Could it be?

I’ve known for years that most “diets” out there are a bunch of bunk (partially through trial and error, and partially just by using my brain) but it didn’t hit me until the other day that we’re inundated by more and more diets and ads and systems and nonesense, and yet the world just keeps tell us we’re getting fatter (and of course by fatter they mean less healthy – because OF COURSE that HAS to go hand in hand with less healthy…even though it doesn’t always). So something doesn’t add up. Has anyone else been thinking about the math on this?

#171 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

July 7, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, craptastic, health | 2 comments

The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope…that’s me. Well okay, that’s actually just a line from a Bloodhound Gang song that I had in my head, but whatever.

Sorry for the unannounced hiatus people, and thanks for checking back in. I was planning to take an actual “planned hiatus” in two weeks for my vacation, but in honor of you people hanging in there I’m going to see what I can do to still post while I’m away. If there’s going to be a computer there then basically I’ll make sure to get the strips done and ready for you, if there’s no computer, then there’s not much I can do.

I’d bore you all with what has been going on, but I plan to do that in the strip, so you’ll just have to hang in there so I don’t blow my whole wad here in the “chatter”. Thanks again for hanging in…!

#113 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

March 31, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, food, health | 10 comments

I’ve been trying to slowly edge towards more healthy lifestyle choices (VERY slowly) and thought I’d see if V8 was an option for getting extra vegetable servings into my diet. NOT going to happen. This stuff tasted terrible. And I don’t really know why…I mean I like vegetables…and I definitely like tomato juice which seems like the base of the drink…but it is NOT like tomato juice…and there is a truly horrible aftertaste. I am liking the new V8 fusion though, which is fruit and vegetables and tastes much more like fruit…so far I’ve only had the Tropical Orange as Pomegranete Blueberry always seems to be sold out near me and Strawberry Banana and Peach Mango are obvious no go flavors for me (see: here). There is also an Acai Mixed Berry flavor, which has potential, but I also haven’t seen that one in the store and will need to check the ingredients when I do.

I know this is riveting Monday morning conversation…what can I say…I’m a riveting person.

#112 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

March 28, 2008 in awesomeness, cartoons, comic of the day, comics, food, health | 17 comments

Sadly, if I do in fact have a sensitive or refined palette, it is totally wasted. I despise and will not tolerate onions, thus a HUGE selection of foods are off limits to me, even whole types of cuisine sometimes. I can almost never order a soup in a restaurant (definitely gonna have onions) and while I’ve found things I really like at Thai and Indian restaurants, navigating the menu is always a bit of a challenge. So this palette of mine, refined or no, is wasted on me. I’ve branched out much more in my adulthood, often with thanks to Adam (I now like roasted brussel sprouts and about a thousand other vegetables I never would have tried without his guidance) but onions remain a hated enemy, I doubt I’ll ever get over it.

Randomly I also hate and will not tolerate: bananas, mushrooms (although I’ve made an exception here a few times in the last year for portabellos with not disastrous results), peaches, apricots, and plums (long story), as well as red grapes, pumpkin, coconut, and cooked carrots.

Any kind of food that you guys despise? Does it limit you?

#111 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

March 27, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, health | 18 comments

It seemed high time to correct some of my rabid readership’s thinking…we are in fact NOT curing cancer with this comic strip. I hope some of you will stick around anyway…

#87 Rabid Lamb Comics

February 22, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, getting sick?, health | 8 comments

Yeah. Questions? Comments? Knock yourselves out…I’ll just be lying over here dead…

#85 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

February 20, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, getting sick?, health, relationships | 6 comments

I know, it doesn’t really make sense, but I guess I thought when I got my head together, the rest would follow. Now, arguably my head is not together just because I’ve been in therapy for a year, but it’s better. Actually, I’m not really sure it’s better…no fault of the therapist, or me really, 2007 was just a really hard year, and you can’t expect to get better or “together” when all you’re doing is surviving. Regardless, I continue to hold on to the possibly erroneous belief that getting my head together will be the first step to making the body come along in the direction I want it to. It would be great if it could start coming along before I go to Hawaii in July…how about that body? C’mon!

Sidenote: I think I’m getting sick (again). Adam has been sick since Saturday night and I’ve been taking care of him. I thought I dodged it with clever handwashing and taking vitamins and such, but my throat hurts this morning, so all that damn hand washing may have been for naught. Anyway, I’ve already got a comic scanned and ready for tomorrow, but I haven’t done Friday’s yet, so we may have the first ever Rabid Lamb Comic interruption if I get hit with this thing. Maybe it would be best if you all mentally prepare yourselves now…I know your day just won’t be right without a morning comic from Rabid Lamb…

Shoutout: A special shoutout/thank you to Josh, who has been helping both Adam and I whore out our blogs. The line of widgets you see on the bottom of some of these posts is my blatant attempt to get more traffic…and it’s all thanks to Josh. Thanks Josh!

#77 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

February 8, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, food, health | 4 comments

Some of you suggested this very idea this week, and it’s true that cleaning is certainly a better workout than just sitting around watching old episodes of Law & Order, but it’s not a REAL workout and I know this because I generally don’t sweat too much…I just get tired and grouchy. Also, a few of you (ahem, TK42ONE) suggested I put on weights or something while I clean, thus maximizing my cleaning/workout time. While I admit this would certainly maximize my time, I do have to ask, just how much do you WANT me to hate cleaning? Because wearing weights while I clean (which I already hate at like, a ridiculous level) takes me like right over the edge into going insane land.

As a sidenote, can we all please notice how much more attractive I have drawn myself when I am thinking about cookies…versus exercise. Coincidence? Oh, I think not.

Lastly, guess what I have to do at some point today…that’s right…dust bunnies the size of my hand are currently roaming freely across our hardwood floor…

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