registered!

so i'm now registered with febfast (thanks carlie!) so go to www.febfastfundraising.com.au/jade_sorensen and get donating!

day 1

ok, so i didn't want to put all this in the first post, i wanted it to be a 'preview'.

so how's day one going? well, superfrigginawesome would be about the best word to describe it.

although i'm only halfway through day one, i'm feeling really positive about it. i got up this morning still buzzing from wooting it up at dj tiesto (totally, absolutely the height of awesome - even with (who am i kidding, especially with) getting drenched by the pouring rain). i didn't drink much on my last night, mostly vodka red bull for the caffiene energy to keep me bouncing to tiesto!

i've had my teaspoon of Swisse Chlorophyll, a thompson Liver Cleanse capsule and leftover chinese for breaky, and put on Jack Johnson 'In Between Dreams' and am sitting here as the rain comes down typing this post.

do i think i can keep this up? mostly..yes. the biggest 'threats'? A friends heavy metal gig next weekend, and soundwave and future music. i think the music festivals will be ok, i'll be too busy running around listening to the music to bother having to go get a drink. the mates gig however...well, me an kleiny go way back, used to do much drinking together back in the day, and there's definitely going to be an automatic...'you're what?' when i say i'm not drinking. not that my friends won't be supportive...it'll just probably take a few goes to explain :)

so off to the gym with me...peace out!

taking a leap

so as you all know, i'm going to do febfast this year (you also know i don't use capitals when i type....deal with it). so what is febfast? well, go to www.febfast.com.au if you want all the details. basically, i'm spending the month of feb SOBER! yes, me, yes, i'm serious. this is to raise awareness and funds for youth with substance abuse problems. i have yet to register, but will be soon and then you can all donate!

so....why? i hear you all ask. well, the reasons are:

*i need it...my body needs a detox bigtime, like mega bigtime...my skin has never been this bad, and my skin is the last thing to show when i'm abusing my body, so i'm full to the brim with toxins. i've also joined the gym (i'm off there after i post this) and i'm eating better too, part of a full body makeover.

*people i love...there are people very close to me with substance abuse problems (or who have had them in the past, but have recovered woot woot!). unfortunately, we lost someone at the end of last year through a substance abuse problem, and he was far too young and too vibrant to end that way (or any other).

*it's a good cause!!! we lose so much when we lose our young people, so many have poor social skills when not high/drunk, and either continuously are high/drunk to get through a normal day, or don't function through a normal day as well as they should. now i'm not talking about societies values of 'get a haircut and get a real job', i'm talking about painting, music, laughter and pride in a job well done, no matter what that job is...being able to hold your head high, because the drugs/alcohol didn't do it....You did it.

so thats the long and short of it...i'll be blogging as i go, the hard and the easy bits, so keep reading!