Go Go Goji
08-12-2009, 09:28 PM
As I was drifting off to sleep last night, I was already thinking about what fruits and greens I had in the fridge, and going over possible combos for my breakfast smoothie. So check out this dream I had--I think you'll appreciate it:
I was going about my day, minding my own business, when suddenly I noticed that my arm hair had a very subtle greenish hue. I looked closer, and felt it with my fingers. It was damp and spongy, like a thin layer of moss. Within minutes, a few delicate little leaves broke through the skin, just about four or five little clusters on each arm.
So I waited a bit, and the plants grew taller, and taller. Finally, I had growing out of each arm a few patches of weeds! Eeek.
I grabbed each one by the base and pulled up gently. It didn't hurt, but I managed to extract the leaves and the roots. Just like weeding a garden, I was concerned that I might not have gotten all the roots, and whether the weed could grow back.
Of course, I woke up and immediately inspected my arms in a slow and sleepy wtf-y sort of way. Ha! I've been reading a lot lately about changing your body's pH and becoming more alkaline, the benefits of chlorophyll for our bodies and blood. Looks like my dreams are a little too literal.
(But I do remember hearing something once about a condition where people have grown moss on their skin! I tried to look it up today, but didn't have much luck. And it wasn't from drinking green smoothies! It had to do with something else. Poor hygiene? Inactivity, maybe?)
I was going about my day, minding my own business, when suddenly I noticed that my arm hair had a very subtle greenish hue. I looked closer, and felt it with my fingers. It was damp and spongy, like a thin layer of moss. Within minutes, a few delicate little leaves broke through the skin, just about four or five little clusters on each arm.
So I waited a bit, and the plants grew taller, and taller. Finally, I had growing out of each arm a few patches of weeds! Eeek.
I grabbed each one by the base and pulled up gently. It didn't hurt, but I managed to extract the leaves and the roots. Just like weeding a garden, I was concerned that I might not have gotten all the roots, and whether the weed could grow back.
Of course, I woke up and immediately inspected my arms in a slow and sleepy wtf-y sort of way. Ha! I've been reading a lot lately about changing your body's pH and becoming more alkaline, the benefits of chlorophyll for our bodies and blood. Looks like my dreams are a little too literal.
(But I do remember hearing something once about a condition where people have grown moss on their skin! I tried to look it up today, but didn't have much luck. And it wasn't from drinking green smoothies! It had to do with something else. Poor hygiene? Inactivity, maybe?)