What Happened
The day started off just like any other, had to go to the local court house to clear up a speeding ticket. I did wear my orange shirt though, in celebration of Halloween and Orange Day. I like it, the shirt. I even finished up the Orange Man Project FAQ, which should answer any question you have before you even think it. I had a long day at work today, so I got off about two hours later than I wanted to. Sadly this meant I wasn't able to go get any extra supplies with which to make a cool costume. That's okay though because I have a pirate hat, and a very cool one at that.
Tonight I went to pretty fun Halloween party. Lots of costumes, pumpkins, etc. I can't believe I forgot my camera. Best costumes there were a very hot Rainbow Brite, and a guy dressed as Zorro, that everyone thought was really suave until he tried to throw his hat across the room and it smacked hard into some girl's face. (While I remember what Rainbow Brite looks like, seeing pictures of the show make me realize I have no idea what it was about.) I know I was in a few pictures, so I'll see if I can't get a copy of one. I am the Orange Man, dressed as a pirate. Arrrrr!
Eating Schedule
One large raw carrot, eaten in the shower. I insist this is prime carrot eating time that the general populace will some day learn about and take advantage of. Unfortunately I forgot to take carrots with me to work again, which resulted in much hunger after figuring in the fact that I worked extra long today. Ugh. After getting home around 5:30 pm, I downed two more raw carrots of a good size, and it was good. The party tonight had some carrots mixed in with their cookies and such, so I took full advantage of them before anyone else spotted them. Someone else may have grabbed one while I wasn't looking, but I think I ate them all. Tasty baby carrots are even better when they are one someone elses tab.
I came home early to try some of those recipes and finish off the 4.5 lbs of carrots left. That's a lot of carrots in a short time. I started off with the carrot slaw. I didn't actually have a shredder, so I bought a carrot peeler and just peeled the carrots. I also didn't bother measuring anything before pouring it into a bowl to mix.
I don't know about you, but this didn't look great, and once poured onto the carrot peelings, it didn't taste great either. I managed to eat it all, but I'm sure it isn't something I would ever again attempt to eat. It might taste better with better measuring proportions, but I'm not even going to bother trying.
Next, I decided to try this recipe from a reader.
Get a carrot peeler and keep peeling the carrots down until there is pretty much nothing left except a pile of carrot shavings. Now toss this in a pan and lightly fry it with a little olive oil, honey (just add to taste) and some dill (I normally just use the dried stuff you get in little jars at any herb and spice area of the supermarket). You only need to fry it for a couple of minutes pretty much just to heat it up and thats it. Give it a go and let me know what you think.
Carrot peelings? Oh, I have carrot peelings alright.
Then just put some olive oil in a pan, dump in some dill, heat for a minute, then toss in the carrots.
Honestly, this was the single best meal I have had these two weeks. Maybe that is to much dill, but it made it extra tasty for me. Why oh why didn't I try this earlier? Thanks Chris!
The rest of the carrots I juiced and drank up before the strike of midnight. Someone at the party had taken some hypo needles, from the hospital that they worked at, for their costume. Having actual needles seemed a little excessive to me, but whatever. I thought that maybe I should take one and then I could just inject carrot juice directly into my blood stream without needing to drink it. However that thought went out of my mind pretty quick as I absolutely loathe needles in my skin. To all you people that say that needles barely feel like a prick, go suck an egg. I have never been stuck with a needle and had it not hurt like a form of torture. I once had a diabetic roommate that would throw his used needles at me. He got on my bad side real quick like.
Some time after midnight I ate 2 cookies that I brought home with me from the party. They tasted so good. I would have taken a picture of them, but between them being visible to my eye and them entering my stomach, there wasn't enough time for the camera to turn on, let alone take a picture. It all happened so fast. It must have been fate.
How I Felt
Obviously I was hungry most of the day. Then I was sleepy. After a nap I felt pretty good. After getting home I still felt good. After eating the unpleasant "carrot slaw" I didn't feel to great, but that feeling was quickly eclipsed by the joyous taste of dill carrots. Oh how glorious was the moment of dill! I felt so full afterwards. However, after eating the cookies I just felt sick. I'm am no relatively certain that it was not wise to eat cookies after only eating carrots for two solid weeks. Good grief. Did I mention the headache (probably a sugar headache)? Bleh. Tomorrow I'm going to eat toast for breakfast, and that is is. Actually, that is really all I have so I guess it isn't much of a decision.
Weight Measurement
I must have eaten a lot of carrots to be weighing in at 236.8 lbs. Either that or those cookies where the densest cookies ever in the history of man. I should have checked their lead content before consumption. There is no way I can work on the conclusion tonight. I guess the conclusion will be a combination Conclusion/Day 15...or something.