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About Pocketina

pocketina

About Me:: 2-time cancer survivor |
Tech worker |
Indie music fan |
Recent convert to vegan & raw food: still somewhat cooked |
DIYfreak | lead maniac of diynotdie.com

Location:: East Coast

What type of friends are you looking to make here?: People with good recipes & ideas to share

Relationship Status:: In a Relationship

Favorite Raw Food or Dish:: homemade miso-carrot spread on raw vegs

Interests (outside of Raw Food):: coding
art
virtual worlds
knitting
craft
diy anything

Favorite Books:: Iron Council, In Your Dreams, The Diamond Age

Website or Blog:: www.diynotdie.com

Twitter Page:: twitter.com/pocketina

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Raw Sprouts: (53 members)
Created by Sam Adkins

Raw Pilates: (18 members)
Created by Charissa

Raw Food Cold Climate: (132 members)
Created by Kristi

raw and crafty: (27 members)
Created by La

Raw Bellydancers: (25 members)
Created by Evi

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seaweed salad recipe anyone?

Added a post Mar 9

There's a really good one on goneraw.com: I changed the recipe a little, added some different kinds of dried ( rehydrated ) seaweed, instead of the fresh, & it came out great! Read More »

Tagged: seaweed, salad

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pocketina joined the group Raw Sprouts Feb 22

pocketina added the blog post 'Happy/annoyed' Feb 15

pocketina joined 5 groups. View Groups Jan 27

pocketina added the blog post 'On raw food choices and cancer' Jan 26

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I've got a bladder infection, so I'm annoyed: I hate being on antibiotics. They really mess up my stomach, and I hate how long it takes to get back to normal again. And, I've now got to go and buy extra acidophilus to compensate for the loss. So, expensive, ouchy and blah.

I'm happy, though, because my blood pressure's been AWESOME since I started eating mostly vegan/raw: it was 110/62! Last year, it was 139/90. Yay!!!

More later, it's busy around here.
:-)

Posted by pocketina on February 15th, 2008 at 4:54pm — No Comments (Add)

A grueling week at work

...of hours and hours of overtime, surrounded by people eating pizza, General Tso's chicken, and sandwiches the size of your arm. I've begun to notice a subtle change in my energy level,but what's interesting is that others noticed it. They can tell I'm not as tired as them, and I'm still zipping around, after many hours of zipping have burned some of the others out.

I've slipped a little: the extra cup of coffee here or there, but when you're at the office for 12-13 hours straight,not…

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Posted by pocketina on February 9th, 2008 at 8:23am — No Comments (Add)

Dinner with the family

I had a semi-raw dinner, in the cause of family unity...you know how it goes. They all had beef & pepper fajitas and I had raw red pepper, avocado, jalapeno, and a smear of refried beans (because I cannot resist homemade vegetarian refried beans, period. Cannot. Do. It.), some cooked dandelion greens (because I cannot eat them raw, come hell or high water), and of course, a whole wheat tortilla.
Ah, the tortilla: I've still got some non-yeast breads in my diet, and I'm not sure if…

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Posted by pocketina on February 3rd, 2008 at 9:10pm — 5 Comments (Add)

On raw food choices and cancer

The most amazing thing about changing my diet to vegetarian/vegan/mostly raw (I'm still transitioning) is how drastic a measure many people think it to be. By people, I mean people I work with, people who know that I've had cancer twice. I guess I'm surprised that people can only see the cancer treatment continuum as a series of things that are done TO you, not things that you do for yourself, to help fight.

Food is a very confusing thing in our society. Advertisers & manufacturers…

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Posted by pocketina on January 26th, 2008 at 10:20am — 5 Comments (Add)

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At 7:53am on April 9th, 2008, Reverence Lily said…: Hey dearie, how're you lately? Haven't seen you around for a while!

At 3:29am on March 22nd, 2008, La said…: hi Pocketina,long lost friend La here, I've been crazy in my own world focusing only on myself, just being a little humbug cus things aren't going my way. That's why I love going to your site and checking out your blogs, ur just blowing raspberries at me and telling me to get a grip, so here I am gripping with both hands. Much love and thanks for the zzrrbtts, La

At 7:21pm on March 18th, 2008, dharti said…: love the pic..and i love your website! how's the east coast treating you? where in nj are you? :)

At 1:03pm on February 28th, 2008, Jade said…: Hi Pocketina. Fabulous profile photo! You have an amazing testimony..

stay in touch.

At 12:46pm on February 21st, 2008, Parag Gotmare said…: Thank for being my friend
u listed u like music
hope so some day i will play for u

At 5:25pm on February 20th, 2008, FiddleMama said…: Thank you so much for your nice comment on my blog post! I really appreciate it. I love your name and your profile info. Wow- you are a magical blessing. Be my friend? :-)

At 5:08pm on February 15th, 2008, Kristen's Raw said…: Congrats on great blood pressure!

At 10:29am on February 15th, 2008, Boogie said…: Hey lady! I wondered when I'd meet up with people from my other internet adventures. :)

At 3:30am on February 15th, 2008, Jenny said…: mmm that sounds delicious, can't wait to try it. . .and i have to say that on a cold, dark and snowy morning like today, i'm completely coveting your snuggly looking hat in the photo!!
xx

At 2:38pm on February 13th, 2008, Jenny said…: um it's sort of without measurements. . . usually in the bottom of the wooden salad bowl, i mix a spoonful of miso, a handful of (fresh if possible, dried if not) dill- which the smell of makes me SO happy- and either a splash of carrot juice or some shredded carrots. . . often a dash of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar, and some water. . . mixed together until creamy dressing consistency, then I massage salad greens, seaweeds, raisins, etc. into the mix. . . .
now my mouth is watering!
xx

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