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Feeling blue (or, at least, not a sunny shade of yellow)? Did you know that bananas are the ultimate cure to your physical and mental ailments? I didn’t until today. Today, a couple of kind nursing students set up an informative booth on – take a guess – bananas in the Vanier commonsblock. Not only do bananas individually contain enough glucose to fuel a 90-minute workout, but they have also been scientifically proven to be the best post-drinking miracle food and to contain chemicals that combat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Being a person who suffers from SAD in those long winter months, I’ll definitely be investing in some bananas in the near future. So. Feeling crappy?
Eat a banana.
Click here for more banana facts.
Anyways, after visiting with the wonderful banana ladies, I went for a run down to Wreck Beach. It’s not far from The top of the stairs isn’t far from Vanier. For those of you who have ventured down to the nudie beach, you’re familiar with the ridiculously numerous (and steep) stairs that lead you down there. It’s annoying if you just want to relax in the sun, but a great workout otherwise. It was my first time down there in the daytime and, consequently, my first time experiencing the incredible nudity of it all. Bananas abound.
I even saw naked volleyball while I was running around.
It’s funny though – I felt out of place feeling fully clothed. But no worries, mum, I was good. I just kept jogging on my merry way, enjoying the… scenery. And I managed to run all the way back up the stairs, even though I nearly collided with a 60 year-old man on his way down. Needless to say, he wasted no time stripping down after passing the “Clothing Is Optional Beyond This Point” sign. It was pretty amusing.
So I’m feeling alive again. Exercise > mochas when you’re trying to wake up your brain. Plus, if you take a jog before a 1.5 hour Chem lecture instead of chugging a sugary cup of coffee, chances are you won’t be plagued with trying to ignore Lake Superior filling up your bladder after only 20 minutes of discussing the importance of H-Bonds. I’m sure I missed out on a lot of the more riveting points of that lecture due to the discomfort caused by my caffeine fix.
Oh, I had my first Math 110 class today. Y’know, the 8:00 am one? Yeah. We counted apples.
No joke. My prof drew a diagram like this:
He tied it into the classification of the number systems, though. He’s a really nice guy, I can tell. Even though it’s early, I enjoy the class. And hey, if I go to the class everyday for the rest of the year, my friends say I might even start learning division by December.
Awesome. Sounds like my kind of calculus.
All those naked people have piqued my appetite. I’ma go eat now.
Lindsay
PS. I apologize for the pointless pictures. I got really excited when I figured out how to insert them.
4 replies on “This ____ is bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s!”
Do you really suffer from SAD?!? I have the reverse- I get unreasonably grouchy, upset and easily miffed when it is sunny. Thus Vancouver is really quite an ideal place for me to stay.
I have the opposite of SAD… whenever it rains (and I’m INSIDE), I get happy for no reason. Oh my.
That has got to be the best math picture EVER.
Bananas also help you… poo easier apparently.
Great job at getting up those Wreck Beach stairs! I literally cramped up just walking up them a year back… it was pretty brutal (and I consider myself pretty active/athletic but those steps just tore my leg muscles apart).
I’ve been down to Wreck a couple of times, but on none of those trips did I witness the banana show. Once was in the wee hours of the morning though and being around a bonfire sharing life-views with a group of strangers and friends is something I highly recommend.
I do love them stairs though. Quite a good workout =)
Also, I saddens me to read all of these fabulous banana facts and how it’s essentially a magic fruit — I can’t really stand the smell or taste of them. And now I see it would make my nutrition life a lot better if I could. Oh well — guess I’ll have to stick with opples in lieu of banonos.