clarify/rephrase

[nolly]

I think my comment in the branch discussion in serenejournal's LJ may be more clear than my original statement, which was something of a first draft, so I'm reposting it here:

I know that I rapidly become irrational when I need food, especially when I'm physically tired. I've gotten pretty good at having a plan for dealing with this in ways that don't have much impact on other people. Occasionally, factors beyond my control throw a monkey wrench into those plans, and the cranky spills. If I am not exhibiting basic courtesy, I don't feel I have a right to expect it from others. However, in this situation, rudely ignoring me is going to be rather less exacerbating
than rudely arguing with me, which is part of what I felt needed to be said -- whether it's heard or not. Handing me food or otherwise assisting in acquisition of food is likely to be helpful, but I don't actually expect that from anyone -- it's bonus if it happens, but ultimately, it's self-care and self-responsibility.

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Emergency Food Supply...important @ cons...

[msgeek.livejournal.com]

Clif bars are good but they're a bit expensive. Usually there is some sort of power bar sort of selection at the 99 Cent Store and I load up like a fiend for Comic-Con. This year they've got South Beach Diet bars for $0.50/bar. Those have 210 calories but 20 grams of protein and only 6g fat. And they are CHOCOLATE. I don't see that as a problem, I see that as a selling point. It's like a chocolate crispy rice bar except it's not gooey with marshmallow.

The high amount of protein tends to offset the carb blast. In situations where there's a bunch of panels I want to attend in a row and I can't dash off to Tin Fish for real food a power bar of some sort keeps me going, particularly if it's a high-protein variety.

Re: Emergency Food Supply...important @ cons...

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I'm pickier about ingredients than price, as general rule, and the South Beach bars I've looked at have too many fake sugars for my taste. I prefer the Kashi bars.

It's generally not a problem, though; the problem occurs when I have a plan -- eat X at Y -- and discover it won't work when I"m too far gane to make a new plan. If I know plans are likely to change (llike at a con), I'm prepared; it's when they change unexpectedly that I sometimes fall down.