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Oct. 28th, 2008 11:33 pm
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The funny thing about studying gerontology, especially after having an opportunity to interview the ever insightful [livejournal.com profile] akane42me and [livejournal.com profile] st_crispins, is that I'm now more obsessed with instilling healthy habits. Reading about the potentially debilitating effects of various chronic diseases and how Social Security benefits generally screw over those who take time off work to care for families (i.e. women) does that to you.

In some ways it's easier to prepare for the distant future than it is for the time on the cusp of present and future. Eat more fruits, veggies and soy (alas, being pescetarian for 4 years doesn't mean that quitting junk food is that much easier), exercise more frequently, actually get more than 6 hours of sleep a night. And while I'm at it, write half of that paper due in a week and a half right now, clean the bathroom from top to bottom and learn to say no to nonessentials to which you can't completely commit. Changes spark a cycle in moving towards more positive changes, although there's still the occasional temptation to stay up late just because I can or to indulge in laziness. Strangely enough, 8 AM classes and work have really helped in reforming my habits; I know I wouldn't be motivated enough without those morning committments to jump start the day. And it helps that X has been doing so much better lately, too.

I didn't think it was possible, but I may have managed to become duller than I already am; alas, this whole system reset in priorities isn't the greatest for working in more time for a social life. We've determined that my mother went to more parties her first semester than I have in my entire college career to date. After this summer I've been making an effort to live more simply so that I actually have the time and energy to get everything that I want done. That, and a desire to lock into low health insurance rates once I have to graduate and actually find my own plan. I'm a signature away from confirming that I'll be spending another year here at USC for grad school, but I figure it can't hurt to start preparing for post-graduation life. Then again, we'll have to see what changes after the new president establishes himself in office over the next few years.

Fellow Americans: if you haven't sent in an absentee ballot yet, remember to vote by November 4!

My mother's somewhat annoyed with me because whenever I call I'm always asking her if she's taking calcium supplements or if she's had a mammogram recently. I'm trying to figure out more PC ways of checking in so that it doesn't sound like I'm implying that she's old. Though if I look as good as my mother at 50, I'll be pretty damn happy; I get mistaken for her sister or her peer at a slightly depressing frequency.

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Date: 2008-10-29 10:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] st-crispins.livejournal.com
Oh, don't make your life dull! There's plenty of time for that when you're old! :)

Seriously, the big thing is: don't smoke. I see so many of my students picking up the habit and they are literally shortening their lives. They will regret it years from now, which I suppose, seems far away.

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Date: 2008-10-30 08:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theladyrose.livejournal.com
I definitely understand what you mean about smoking, though thankfully in California this doesn't seem to be too much of an issue. I don't know what the stats for youth smoking are nowadays, but I personally don't know anyone who smokes cigarettes (other substances are another story). If anything, I've heard quite a few complaints about anti-smoking zealots who refuse to give smokers any space where they can light up. I wonder if this is more of a regional phenomenon?

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Date: 2008-10-29 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azdak.livejournal.com
Hey, did you interview [livejournal.com profile] akane42me and [livejournal.com profile] st_crispins because they're so OLD???

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Date: 2008-10-30 12:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com
You say that again and I'm going to pinch your arm until you cry.

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Date: 2008-10-30 08:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theladyrose.livejournal.com
For shame! The kindergarteners have something on you know :P

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Date: 2008-10-30 01:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com
I got the idea from the kindergarteners:)

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Date: 2008-10-30 09:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azdak.livejournal.com
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me!

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Date: 2008-10-30 01:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com
Hee hee, just kidding around:)
You know I'd never make you cry.

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Date: 2008-10-30 08:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theladyrose.livejournal.com
Someone's acting sophomoric here. You make a good case for how wisdom trumps (relative) youth...

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Date: 2008-10-30 09:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azdak.livejournal.com
::whines::

First you don't interview me, then you tell me I'm acting sophomoric. It's not FAAAIIIR!

You don't love me, that's what it is.

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Date: 2008-10-30 01:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] akane42me.livejournal.com
Uh-oh. Sounds like somebody needs a time-out.
I can tell, because I'm older, and I know about these things:)

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Date: 2008-10-30 01:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azdak.livejournal.com
Just because you're the good one...

::sulks::

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