Change in Distance: Going for 26.2 miles

It's less than a week before I run my first marathon at the Detroit Free Press Talmer Bank Marathon. It's kind of a big deal for me. I started this running earlier this summer after adventuring towards a raw vegan living foods diet that heightened my energy level. My training has been DIY: I started researching a lot about running, reading forums, watching Youtube videos, and changing my running form from a heal strike to a toe strike- all in effort to get myself to a 26.2 mi race without injury. 

If you don't have Sunday plans yet, I'd def appreciate any support on the course and/or at the finish line- I'm also looking for some photos/video at the finish line if you can help. When I ran the Dexter/A2 1/2 marathon it was pretty awesome to pick out Brad's and my family's cheers near the finish line. 

The marathon race starts @ 7am - Sunday Oct. 16th @ Fort/Cass Downtown Detroit.

My real goal is to finish. But, my estimate/goal is that I'll finish in approx. 4 hours. Since there's about 4,400 participants (in the marathon alone, not to mention the 1/2, 5k, and relay) I may not cross the starting line until about 7:30am. So, I'm guessing I'll be at the finish line around 11:30am, possibly 11am possible 12pm. This guess may not be accurate as I haven't ever trained with a watch.  The overall race ends at 2pm. 

YOU CAN TRACK ME, VERY COOL.

Thanks to technology, you can track my progress during the race (whether you're there or not) with the free Detroit Free Press Marathon app available for iPhone and Android. You'll need my bib number which is 5866. My bib has a little computer chip that tracks with a sensor at each mile marker- crazy! You can search for the app or go to the website to download. 

If you will be there, please send me an email and I will write your name on my arm and run a mile for you. Last time I ran 20 miles, my feet became very sore around mile 19 and I just started yelling while running down the road looking like a lunatic. Who knows, if you come to the race, I could be screaming your name and cheering you on too! 

To help spot me: I'll probably be wearing all bright blue with headband, tank top, and shorts if the weather's good. 

Okay! Lemme know if you'll make it out. Thanks! See ya!

http://www.freepmarathon.com

Change "Only Important" Stories with Facebook: Alien Encounters and Preserving the Future with Pizza!

Personally, I think Facebook is relatively a waste of my time.  I took a 3 month hiatus over the summer while interning and learning the raw food lifestyle at the Creative Health Institute.  Most of my communication was by snail mail and I used my cell phone very little.  That was nice.  And healthy.

I reactivated my account a couple of months ago when I needed to Share videos for a freelance job I did. Since then, I've stayed "plugged-in" and may be regretting it...

Facebook continues to lose its usefulness for me over the years:  I no longer need to find that drunk girl I met the night before during a party in college.  I can remember the majority of birthdays of my family and select friends.  I am okay with being a jerk for not knowing your birthday with my lack of checking Facebook.  I use to find "Events" useful... but after college, fewer friends use Facebook regularly to make an invitation reliable, ex. "Why weren't you at my birthday party man?!  I sent you the FB invitation."  The layout has become more and more cluttered with lame "Friend" stories and statuses.  And I don't care to learn the "New" features with each frequent update.

The one thing I find Facebook useful for is to contact the friends of which I don't have their email or phone number and vice versa.

By having an active Facebook account, I still get sucked into checking it on a regular basis to see if anyone's contacted me.  Afterwards, I scroll through the "News Stories" for that sixth sense of what my friends are doing far away.  

The problem for me is that a lot of the "Stories" are generally lame or from people I don't know well.  99% of the time, even if you're my close friend, I don't care what you ate, what you saw, what you did.  For the remaining 1% of the time, I want to read something really awesome like, "Crazy night!  Got really drunk, surfed a tidal wave, and ate the raw meat of a shark after killing it with my bear hands!!!!!!!!!!!! :)"  I also want that Status Update followed with an Event invitation to have a bonfire on the beach with a bunch of friends to eat the remaining shark meat while playing drums and dancing with the shark jaws. 

Just the other day, I couldn't find any cool shark stories on Facebook because the Detroit Lions beat the Dallas Cowboys and are undefeated.  I don't have to watch football to know that.  A hundred people told me that with their Status Update.  In an effort to find a good shark story, I made another effort to Unsubscribe from the Stories of people I don't know well enough and/or care.  

It was at this point I discovered a new Facebook feature that gave me more options of how I can Subscribe to this crappy content: "All Updates, Most Updates, or Only Important."  It was the third option that made me laugh!  "Most Important."  Really?!  Come on Facebook!  I know you're company is worth millions or billions of dollars, but this "Most Important" feature seems a little self righteous.  I don't think I've ever read any "News" or anything of real importance via a Facebook Update.  They certainly might exist, but they're at the bottom of the list of drunken photos from the night before and what people ate afterwards.

Actually, this "Most Important" could be a great idea!  If I Subscribe to only the "Most Important" updates from all of my "Friends," I can then find out those who I should absolutely avoid.  I'm very sorry to say this, but if I read that you have eaten a pizza and that is the most important thing you can tell me... Well, I'm gonna stop being your friend, both on the internet and in real life. 

I'm not counting myself out on all of this either.  I certainly contribute my fair share of links and status updates to clog the toilet of information which is the internet.  I still contribute wasteful tweets and links about how I'm running, or eating raw food, or blah blah...

At this point I'm not sure where I'm going... So I travel 88 m.p.h far into the future while reflecting on all this rather lame information being archived on some crazy giant Google server.  Here, I meet an alien riding a hover board around a Google server that stands alone amongst mountains of concrete debris and bent steel.  I look to the alien, whom I've never met, and he or she says, "Welcome Lazer!"  

How does this fricking alien know my name?  Before I can ponder the question, the alien feeds me an entire pizza, 10 shots of booze, and takes a 100 photos of me while I vomit.  What the fuck was that for alien?  Hiccup!  The alien captures my vomit in a large glass vile, straps it to his back, and pulls me onto his hover board.  We fly towards an enormous starship and the alien explains:

I need to keep you alive!  I'm well informed about your subsistence on pizza and alcohol along with your necessity of self documentation.  We've got lots of questions for you!

My skin tans from the bright entrance light of the starship.

I'm an anthropologist and I've been studying the human race for millennia.  We recently discovered this artifact on Earth that we call Google.  From it, we've collected countless data.  We've been very fortunate in our research to uncover your Facebook!

Inside the starship, I'm lead into a large cathedral with thousands of aliens and one giant alien on a thrown at the top of a thousand stairs.

Please proceed to our Leader.

I stare at the alien while trying to process all of this information.  He or she pushes me forward and I now stand at the steps before their Leader.  He or She begins:

Mr. Lazer, I'm impressed we have found you!  Although the human species discovered time travel, very few of you have made an attempt to use it.  You were all too busy documenting your present that you forgot about the past and stopped looking towards the future.  We thank you for coming!

In an instant, the Leader flies down the thousand stairs feeds me an entire pizza, 10 shots of booze, and takes a 100 photos while I vomit again.  Before I can wipe my mouth, he returns to his thrown at the speed of light.

Your Facebook, Mr. Lazer, is the most impressive document we have read among any other species.  It's more important than anything our ownkind has authored.  The last generation of humankind successfully destroyed planet Earth while documenting every single detail leading up to it.  From this authoritative document, authored by every member of your species, we have insight into the last living day of Earth: We know what each of you was doing, what you liked, what you ate, what you thought, what you were feeling, what you looked like- it is truly incredible!

The Facebook, Mr. Lazer, is like a religious text or philosophy for our species.  It offers us all of the insight and knowledge on how not to live.  Humankind destroyed its very own environment that it created and the Facebook tells us exactly how you did it.  Our species learned the secret to surviving happily and sustainably by doing the opposite of what the Facebook says.  In doing so, our species and millions of others have inhabited millions of planets for millions of years.  We thank you for your contribution to the Facebook.  It has saved millions of lives.

Whoah!!!  Facebook is very important I guess.  I never looked at it that way...

Can you tell us more about the original Creator, Mark Zuckerberg?

Ummm... well I never personally met him, like in physical person you know... I think there were a few more than he... at least originally... Did you happen to see the film The Social Network?

Oh yes, the Mr. David film, very interesting indeed!  We've only seen select scenes though... We uncovered a scratched Blu-Ray disk under remnants of Arizona... Tell us more!

Well, I saw it at the theater and-

Was there popcorn?

Well yes, there was-

Tell us, what is popcorn really like?

Well, it's like popped kernels usually covered in butter and salt that you eat-

Oh, are you hungry again?

Before I can reply, the leader flies down the stairs, stuffs me with another pizza, and 10 shots.  I'm not sure if he takes my photos or if I vomit because at that point I black out.

Now I'm hungover, trying to collect my thoughts and finish this blog entry.

Lately, I was thinking that Facebook can be pretty dumb along with the people, including myself, that contribute to it. I thought that the quality of our lives may suffer from the use of Facebook and other lame technology and communication.  I thought we are creating an exponentially growing clutter of crappy pointless information.  I wanted to at least inspire myself and others to create better lives for themselves and better content or "Stories" that we share via Facebook, Twitter, etc.  

Now I realize that I may be wrong.  Every bit of information we share on the internet that may be dumb and useless now... will be very important to the survival of aliens and the Universe in the far future!

So... If you want to eat a pizza, go for it!  And please tell me about it via Facebook and Twitter.  And know this: For every person that "Like"s you eating pizza, one alien will be saved!

Change in Taste + Health: I'm a Certified Raw Living Foods Chef!

Citrus Mint Gazpacho.  My own recipe.  Delicious for that hot summer day!

Last weekend I completed my internship at the Creative Health Institute in Union City, MI where I have been transitioning to a raw living foods diet.  I spent 3 months of the summer here and several hours in the kitchen preparing delicious healthy gourmet raw meals, snacks, and desserts.  I've felt a great transformation in my health and energy as a result of this diet, including: increased physical performance with my running, a boosted sex drive, mental clarity, general happiness and more!  I'm now a firm believer that a balanced high raw diet is a critical component for a healthy life.

Receiving my certifications from Master Chef Na Young Anderson.  Na began her journey to raw living foods when she first came to CHI with ovarian cancer in 2009.  Since then, she has healed herself and continues to teach at CHI.

One of my most rewarding experiences in the kitchen was the development of my palette:  My first day, I tried a salad dressing that was prepared and the chef asked me, "What does it need?"  At that time I was pretty clueless. The majority of my food preparation in the past was simple and singular: SPICY.  I still love spicy food, but now I understand the complexity of all the flavors much more: spicy, sweet, bitter, sour, etc. and how different ingredients, herbs, and spices will affect that.  I can now taste a recipe and figure out what it may need to improve itself.  It's so rewarding to add that pinch of this or that from your intuition, taste it, and say, "Much better!"  Since then, I've created several meals just from intuition and taste and people will say, "That was fantastic!  I must have the recipe," and I smile, point to my head and say, "It's up there!"

Raw Vegan Blueberry Banana Crepes with Cashew Frosting.

Aside from flavor and taste, I'm becoming more and more intuitive with the nutrients I eat.  I'll typically eat to nourish my body and not just be full.  I feel more and more connected to what my body needs.  My body has craved both nutrients and junk food during this transition.  I've found my appetite to shrink at times when I was eating nutrient dense raw living foods.  Then my appetite grew tremendously at times since I've been training for a marathon.  I would crave more carbs and fruits.  Then, there were other times when I was able to eat a GREAT amount of junk food, more than I had prior to my transitioning, and STILL not feel full.  That's usually what happens when your body is hungry for nutrients and you give it junk.  It's been a crazy fun experience as I continue to experiment both with my diet and exercise.

Staff, Volunteers, and Guests at Creative Health Institute

As I move towards the future, I'll continue to incorporate the raw living foods lifestyle and share it with those who want to learn.  I may also try working as a personal chef for a few of my family members to get greater experience. I'd also like to travel and perhaps work as a personal chef on a ship!  We'll see!

Wheatgrass Face.  Good for skin.  Taken during my 10 Day Detox.

A quiet night at CHI.

CHI grounds.  Firefly show.  The photo doesn't do justice.

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Now I'm not a nutritionist, but a few tips if you are interested in transitioning to a raw living foods diet:

-RESEARCH.  Read books, websites, watch videos, listen to podcasts on nutrition and the raw living foods lifestyle.  Everyone has a different body type, will experience the diet in their own way, and will need to develop their own personal approach to better health.

-TIME.  The transition takes time.  And unless you're extreme, it will most likely continue to be a transition for a long time.  Judgement and guilt can present itself on the day to day basis:  Say you "slip" and have X food one day and you feel like you blew it... That happens and you shouldn't have any negative feelings about it.  Just remember that you're intention is to improve your health, your working at it, and getting better each day.

-ADD FIRST.  THEN SUBTRACT.  The important thing is to add healthy raw food to your diet.  If you love a particular food, don't subtract it right away.  That approach most likely won't work for you.  As you make progress adding more and more raw, the later steps are to slowly subtract the unhealthy components, perhaps doing less and less quantities until you can do without.  Again, it's a transition.

- DETOXING.  Toxins enter the body through a variety of means: the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe.  The body naturally tries to release toxins through a variety of means: lymph fluid, excrement, urine, sweat.  However, toxins are stored in the body's cells when you consume higher levels of toxins: chemicals in processed foods, pesticides on non-organic foods, unnatural cleaning supplies, etc.  

When you start eating a high raw diet, you're body will detox.  And it will continue to detox throughout eating raw foods.  Detox symptoms can include: irritability, fatigue, headaches, and more.  If you slowly incorporate more raw, you may slowly feel detox symptoms.  

Some suggest doing a rapid detox cleanse such as the detox programs offered at the Creative Health Institute and other centers.  When I did my 10 Day Detox at CHI, I had days of irritability and fatigue.  And I came in as a young rather fit individual with no health conditions.  I did eat meat and dairy, but, I ate a good amount of raw fruits and veggies and tried to avoid processed foods.  I also exercised somewhat regularly.  It wasn't until my 3rd or 4th week on the diet when I experienced my "awakening" of energy.  And it felt great!  I started running everyday and now I'm training for a marathon.

So if you're beginning the transition at an older age, or with a poorer diet, just know that these symptoms are natural and you'll probably experience them more than I did.

Again, I just want to reiterate that I'm not a nutritionist, doctor, or expert.  I'm still transitioning, will continue to do so, while researching and learning more of what I think is a wonderful lifestyle.  I strongly advocate a well balanced raw living foods diet from both my personal experience and some of the miracles I've seen while at the Creative Health Institute, but you must be responsible for your own decisions and perhaps consult experts while doing so.

Change in Age: Oh Hey Birthday!

It's my Birthday!  Here's a video!

Change in Karma: I Saved a Cat from a Tree and a River

Tonight I was lucky to check off another Life Goal from my Things to Do in Life list:

Save a Cat from a Tree. ... And / or River

[HERE is an article the local newspaper wrote up on it.]

Now that item/goal did not actually exist on my list- which also mainly exists in my head, sometimes forming itself on paper. However, after the experience, it seemed appropriate to add it retrospectively.

Here's the process of events that lead to perfect timing of the universe, the cat, and myself:

- I finish work in the kitchen at CHI and go for an 8 mi run.

- I return from the run, grab water from the kitchen and prepare to make a massive amount of granola for Friday breakfast.

- A volunteer enters the kitchen and invites me to the banya (sauna).

- I put on my bathing suit and head to the banya, putting off the granola for later.

- It's now night time and very dark in the country.

- 2 of the interns are near the banya and river and tell me they hear a crying cat and they intend to save it.

- The other interns shine the flashlight and we deduce that the cat is on the other side of the river but still can't see where its cries are coming from.

- I say, "Well, I'm gonna do the banya and then shower and if it's still there, I'll put on my pants and boots and hike over there to find it."

- I come out of the banya and the interns have found the cat: It's at the very top of the trees hanging over the river, approximately 50+ feet in the air!

- We decide there's no way to climb the tree that high, especially at night.

- The cat starts to move more in the tree as we shine a light on it.

- We think it may try to jump.

- I walk to the end of the dock with some anticipation of the cat falling. I worry about the current and if I'd actually be able to see the cat in the river at dark.

- Cat falls or makes a leap of faith from the tree.

- I immediately jump in the river as cat falls 50+ feet.

- I see the splash and I search for the cat.

- I'm able to catch a glimpse of the cat from the interns flashlight.

- The current brings the cat towards me, I make a clean grab and pull it out of the water.

- I hurry to the dock where the cat jumps from my hands and scurries off into the night.

- No bites or scratches.

- I return to the banya.

Cat Lives = (9 - X) - 1 [X = Lives previously lost]

Lazer's Karma Points = X + 1 [X = Previous karma points. Exact number of points unknown.]

Boom!

Change in Running: My 1st Half Marathon on Raw Food

Look for me with the headband, green tank, and yellow shorts!

I finished the Dexter-Ann Arbor Half Marathon Run this past Sunday, June 5th, 2011!  And I did quite well for my own expectations.

My breathing and body felt great for the entire 13.1 miles and I did it in 1 hour 42 minutes and 18 seconds with an average 7:49 per mile pace.  I only trained for about 2 weeks too!  I attribute a majority of my performance to the excellent diet of 100% raw living foods I've been eating as an intern at CHI.

My results:

Chip Time = 1:42:18

Clock Time = 1:43:34

Pace = 7:49

Overall Place = 375 out of 3137 finishers (Top 12%)

Sex Place = 319 out of 1679 male finishers (Top 19%)

Division Place = 40 out of 100 male, age 20-24 finishers (Top 40%)

Now, I don't really consider myself a runner.  At least yet.  This was my 1st race and I didn't have much time to train or learn about the sport in general.  This was mainly a quick mile marker for me to achieve my goal of finishing a full marathon.  I'll be running the Detroit Marathon October 16th and I'll definitely be training for it.

The goal of a finishing a marathon is important to me because it represents both physical and mental possibilities and restrictions.  There was a time when I thought the idea of running 26 miles was crazy and something I was incapable of.  I still think it's far... But now, I think it is possible.  As I continue to run, I grow stronger physically and mentally.  Those original ideas of restrictions are now changing to possibilities.  And it feels great!

This was my training schedule and some of my diet and prep for the 1/2 marathon:

5/4: 2.5 mi

5/5: 2.5 mi

5/6-5/15:  10 Day Raw Detox at CHI.  Transitioning to Raw diet.  No running, but some Yoga and Rebounding.

5/16-5/22:  Busy as CHI intern in the kitchen.  No running, little exercise.

5/23:  3.5 mi.  I begin to notice a sharp increase in energy for the first time since coming off the raw detox.

5/24:  5.6 mi

5/25:  6.5 mi

5/26:  Some weight lifting and stretching.

5/27:  9.5 mi

5/28:  Rest

5/29:  11 mi.  (My feet were sore, but breathing and muscles felt good.)

5/30:  Some weight lifting and stretching.

5/31:  5 mi.  I notice my left calve is really tight and bothering me a bit.

6/1:  5 mi.  Epsom salt bath in the evening.

6/2:  2.5 mi.  Epsom salt bath in the evening.

Dinner:  I had like 6 fresh garden burgers in lettuce wraps.  (My appetite has definitely increased with all the running.)

6/3 (2 days before race):  Rest.  I had my first colonic.  It was awesome and I felt great and much lighter afterwards.  Epsom salt bath in the evening.  My left calve is feeling better.

Breakfast:  Extra large bowl muesli (chopped almonds, pecans, walnuts, raisins, coconut...) with almond milk.  Banana, blueberries, strawberries, glass of orange juice.

Lunch:  Green energy soup smoothie.

Dinner:  Green energy soup smoothies and salad with sprouts.

6/4 (Day before Race):  Rest.

Breakfast:  Oatmeal, banana, blueberries.

Lunch: Chocolate banana smoothie with raw cacoa, maca, and hemp seed.

Dinner:  Snacked on apples, bananas, strawberries throughout the evening

Evening enema to clean me out so I won't have to take a crap during the race- and it worked :)

6/5:  HALF MARATHON RACE DAY.

Breakfast:  Smoothie (1 banana, 1 carton blueberries, 2 cups goji berries, 2 cups rejuvelac).

Drank 20 oz of rejuvelac prior to race (a fermented sprouted seed drink, high in probiotics).

Bathroom right before race started.  Didn't have to take a bathroom stop during the entire race- my plan worked out!

A few things I learned during the race as a newbie from either my experience or others:

-I shouldn't have worn a 100% cotton tank during the race.  From sweat and the t-shirt rubbing for 13 miles, my nipples were sore afterwards.
-Trim or shave armpit hair more.  13 miles of sweating and arms moving resulted in a bit of underarm rash burn.

-I didn't wear a watch or have a pace watch.  I did the math at each mile marker clock and realized I was keeping a consistent 8:00 pace.

-I would watch people who looked like pretty good runners and keep pace with them for a while.  Sometimes I would notice my breathing was better, or I felt better, so I'd move up.  Continued this throughout the race.

-I didn't know when to pick up my pace... I started speeding up my pace after mile 11.  The end of the race was uphill so I was worried about when to give my full energy.

-I say or think positive affirmations when I run and I repeat them.  Especially during spells when I may feel fatigue.  My favorite one that I learned at CHI and I continue to use is:  "Everyday in Every Way, I'm getting Better, Better, Better, and Better.  Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, and Spiritually."  For running, I sometimes like to switch "Better" to "Stronger."

-I did this race without headphones because they discourage their use on the race website.  I normally run with headphones as it helps me pass the time...  However, there was a lot of stimulation during the race and lack of headphones was no problem.
-I especially enjoy when neighbors are at the street cheering runners on.  I also got a few free high fives from little kids which helped.

-It was great to here family and friends cheer you on near the finish line!

-It was really gross to see that they were serving greasy pizza at the finish line... and that a lot of the runners were eating it... blah!  I went out to lunch with family and had a fruit salad and veggie salad. 

Thanks to my family and friends who were able to support me at the finish line!  It helped a lot!  Also thanks to my sister and brother-in-law for the photos!

I'll keep ya updated on my training and diet for the Detroit marathon.  Raw living foods baby!

The Creative Health Institute (CHI): What is it?

Creative Health Institute, 112 W. Union City Rd, Union City, MI 49094

What is this Creative Health Institute (CHI) place that I've been interning at for a month now?

Well first, our mission statement:

Our commitment is to inspire every participant in our program to live a transformed life of superb health and well-being and to enroll others in sharing our vision.

CHI teaches health and wellness through the raw living foods philosophy as originated by the late Dr. Ann Wigmore.  The core ingredients to the lifestyle are super nutritious young organic greens, fruits, sprouted nuts and seeds, fermented foods, and dehydrated foods.  The importance of living foods lies in the enzymes that assist in digestion so that the body can properly absorb the nutritious foods it takes in.  When food is cooked above 110 degrees, those enzymes start to break down and we lose a majority of the food's nutritional value.  The three most important foods of the Wigmore program are rejuvelac (a fermented sprouted seed drink), energy soup, and wheat grass juice.

Along with nutrition, the Wigmore program believes in proper digestion, assimilation, elimination.  At CHI, we eat a lot of pre-digestive foods such as blended foods and we take the time to chew our food well to aid digestion and assimilation.  We practice proper food combining and we eat foods like sprouts that are rich in enzymes to support digestion.  We do lymphatic exercises, skin brushing, and enemas for elimination of toxins that are absorbed by the body via food, air, skin (soaps, detergents, etc.)

[Yes, you heard me right: I do enemas now.  Yikes!  I was nervous at first, but they're easy and you feel great after them.  Enemas we're historically the natural way to aid digestive problems and support a healthy colon... then I don't know what happened... people became uncomfortable talking about poop and thought it's better to take digestive drugs.  More on this some other time.]

CHI offers several programs:

-10 Day Detox/Rebuild Program

-10 Day Detox/Rebuild Program - Weight Loss

-5 Day Detox/Rebuild Program

-5 Day Detox/Rebuild Program - Weight Loss

-Juice Fast

-Raw Chef 1, 2, 3

At CHI, we believe the body is wonderful and self-healing.  By eating nutritious raw living foods, you support and build your immune system to fight disease.  Participants young and old come to CHI to heal health conditions such as diabetes, cancer, obesity, and more... While some attend to continue to maintain their health with the self-healing tools we teach.  Many of the guest teachers here are passionate volunteers who attended CHI in the past and healed themselves of major health issues like cancer.  A lot of miracles happen in the world of living foods!

As an intern, I've taken the 10 Day Detox program.  Afterwards, I've been working in the kitchen and juicing wheatgrass.  I'll be working in the grow room soon enough too.  It's a lot of work, so it's sometimes tough to keep up with posts.  I'm still really new to the raw living foods lifestyle so I'll be posting information as I learn it.  Feel free to comment if I say something inaccurate.

Here are some photos of the lovely environment surrounded by farm country:

Russian Banya (Sauna) on left.  You can jump in the river after, only 10 ft away.

Future garden.

The grow room.  Lots of wheatgrass!

The intern house.