2007-04-12 - - 6:24 p.m.

I just remembered that this existed! And even more amazingly, I still remember my password.

For the last few days, I have been bringing lunch to work. This is really unusual, but the shittiness of the food available around my workplace has compelled me to either suck it up and bring food, or resign myself to spending ten bucks a day on utter shit that doesn't even make me feel full.

The problem is that I've always hated bringing food. I would usually just put leftovers in a container (I don't like sandwiches much). I'd just sit there at lunch looking at it and thinking, "I don't want this. This sucks. And this stupid tupperware turned orange from the pasta sauce, gross." etc etc.

However, despite my distaste for bagging it, I was driven into a corner. The last edible thing in the hospital cafeteria - the poutine - is now completely awful because the gravy is watery. It's more like broth than anything, which just wrecks the whole thing.

Then, I saw that they were selling tiny little containers of salsa with five tortilla chips for three dollars.

(This is not hyperbole. I actually counted the chips.)

I figured action had to be taken.

The answer?

I have to trick myself into eating lunches I bring. Not only must lunch be prepared in the morning, but I have to make it as pretty as possible.

It will be interesting to see how long I can keep this up. I can barely dress myself in the morning, let alone cook. I don't even like cooking. It's pretty awesome to have something good to eat at work though.

(When I run out of motivation, I'll probably have to get someone to hand-feed me while doing the "this is an airplane! whoo!" thing.)