Griff's Village

I love food, unfortunately. I'll look at a restaurant menu days before I eat out, then spend those days fantasizing about how the food will taste. I like chocolate, I like cheese, I like sandwiches and chips and fries and burgers and pizza and all the stuff that's worst for my body. I don't much care for exercise, either. I am getting better at portion control, though. I used to get an appetizer and dessert whenever I ate out. I almost never get an appetizer now, and I only sometimes get dessert. I haven't given up soda, but I almost exclusively drink diet. (I know this still isn't good for me, but at least it's bad in a less fattening way.) I haven't given up any of my favourite foods, but I am more restrained in terms of how much or how often I eat them. And I'm getting better at physical activity. I walk all the time, and I have a miniature pedal bike under my desk so that I can pseudo-walk while I'm working. (I'm doing it right now, while ed...

A local community theatre will be putting on a production of Ken Ludwig's BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY in about a week. I am not going to write about Sherlock Holmes, though. At least not today. When I was a student, I never took part in extracurricular activities. I was never into sports, I preferred being on my own, and I wasn't interested in spending my downtime at school. It wasn't until I got older that I started to think about the experiences I had missed out on. In late 2023, my therapist advised me to get out of my comfort zone. Orders are orders, so I thought back to my days as a student, asking myself what I should have done differently. I don't like sport any more now that I did then, but I've grown to love the art of storytelling even more. If I could go back to high school, I'd have joined the theatre club. Not as an actor, but in a behind-the-scenes capacity. I already have a diploma, so going back to high school isn't really an optio...