Just Some Ramblings Brought On By Chocolate Withdrawal(Mocha Chocolata Ya Ya)

Some stuff. You know.

The writer's strike is a bummer for even me and I don't follow a lot of shows in any way that can be considered consistant, so if I am seeing a rerun for the third time then there is a problem. Fortunately there were two shows that started up last night, the ever-frustrating Lost and a new one, Eli Stone. Did you see it? Laugh out loud hysterical, if you missed it you should catch it online. Frankly, they had me at the ads with George Michaels. "Cuz I gotta have faith, faith, faith, I've gotta have faith, faith, FAITH!"

Post a poem tomorrow. Could be fun.

Today was  National Wear Red Day for Women and Heart disease awareness and I remembered.  No worries, red turtleneck with my Blue Ski Jacket sweater.  I knew you'd ask.

I have a sock on the needles!  That is something I haven't had in MONTHS!  How does that happen? 

That is Woolen Rabbit sock yarn and I love it. The photo doesn't show the color, Lady Sings the Blues, at all well. There are blues that are moody and greens that are deep. So yummy.

Last. Lately about 50% of my calorie intake is chocolate. You think I exaggerate? My intake of chocolate is so steady that I'm often just not hungry for meals. That is winter for you. I'm making real attempts to change the chocolate:other healthy foods ratio. Mostly, I am not eating less chocolate, just eating more foods. I get a craving for chocolate? Well, that apple looks good. Craving still there? Wasa bread with peanut butter, yum. I still have that craving? How about a bowl of Fiber One with soy milk. Still.Have.Craving!? Eat the effing CHOCOLATE!!!! This pattern repeats itself over and over all day long. (There is that break after lunch when I don't eat so that I can work out and then the time I am actually working out that I don't eat anything. And when I sleep. Other than that? Grazing.) What doesn't help? Discovering wonderful new chocolate makers that create these delectable combinations that make me want more, more, MORE! (Gitchy, gitchy ya ya da da, Githcy gitchy ya ya here, Mocha chocolata ya ya! Creole Lady Marmalade!!) Oops, sorry about that, the chocolate is getting to my head. See that choclate in the photo? That isn't just any chocolate. That is not the chocolate that you pop into your mouth, grind up with your teeth and swallow. No way. That is chocolate that you savor by placing it on your tongue and waiting. First the semi-sweet chocolate starts to melt away, coating the inside of your mouth with a rich, quality chocolate. Throughout the bark are pieces of salted caramel and spiced pecans, so every one of your taste buds gets an experience, first the saltiness of the caramels, followed by the crunch of pecans and in the end you are left with dried chilis and red pepper on your tongue, a nice spicy bite for the savory bit. I get a bit dizzy just thinking of it. Oh wait, that's withdrawal, I'd better go have another piece.

Three hundred thirty-four to go. I've tried the Orange Ginger bark and their caramels, too. They rock!!! I can't wait to try more.

Comments

[margene]

Winter is for chocolate. I eat far more in the winter than any other month. That chocolate SOUNDS LIKE HEAVEN. (I always let the chocolate melt on my tongue.) Love Kim's yarn and I keep looking at LStB...of course, I knew you had it in stash. Good sock!
I have on red socks, a poem ready for tomorrow, and I miss the writers, too!
Thank goodness Survivor starts soon.

[Kathy]

Not to be an enabler, but . . . have you tried the dark chocolate covered caramels with sea salt at Trader Joe's. Chocorgasmic!

[Karen]

Carmels...I love carmels and chocolate.
Sock knitting is soothing, like chocolate.

[Norma]

Oh,ohohohohohohohohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that chocolate experience sounds divine. Must try.

[Cheryl S.]

Jeez - I forgot about it being Wear Red day. But fortunately, I wore red anyway! But I may have to call you the "B" word if you keep waving all of that yummy chocolate in front of us.

[Joy]

I enjoyed Eli Stone last night too! It's been awhile since I've seen a LOL funny show. Love the sock you're knitting. Beautiful yarn. Excuse me while I go hunting around my kitchen for some chocolate now....

[Marcia Cooke]

I know what you mean about the writer's strike. I am now madly in love with Caesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer. And watching reruns of Home Improvement, or some of those hysterical shows on BBCA. But I have to agree, Eli Stone was good! Do not tempt me with that chocolate, you evil thing!

[Linda]

Chocolate is one of the major food groups for me. Just remember - isoflavinoids.

I work on a labor and delivery floor, and since our patients aren't really supposed to give gifts to any one nurse, they leave us chocolate - Godiva, Lindt, whatever. It's all good, and gets me through the night. Nothing like a 3 am chocolate craving.

[michelle]

Darn you! I just finished my chocolate quota for the day, and now I must have more! I made a trip to one of our local chocolate shops today and I was hoping to stager myself and make it last :) Oh well it's Friday night - party on.

[heather]

Thanks, thanks so much. Now I have to go eat a ton of thin mints to ease the craving. I rarely try the distract-myself-with-substitutes thing, as i KNOW I have no will power and will eat the chocolate in the end. I just can't buy it.

[Kim]

Sigh....George Michael and Chocolate....both are favorites of mine. I LOVE those chocolates that beg to be savored.....mmmmm!

[Carole]

I wore a red sweater today. And geez, chocolate. I've been so good, did you have to bring this up? itchy gitchy ya ya

[alpaca kath]

Did you see Ballotin (an amazing chocolate "boutique" in Newburyport) on the cover of the Sunday Globe Magazine last week? Cool, eh? Shop Local...I do, I do!