March 31, 2004
My new favorite Myoplex is the Cappuccino flavored. But for some reason, it didn't occur to me that it might be caffeinated. Looked at the package today, one serving has 125 mg of caffeine!!! D'oh. Those will be used earlier in the day. No more last meal Cappuccino's for me!
March 27, 2004
Or Extreme MakeUNDER. I let my kids play with makeup today. They love it. They are total girls. Here are the results:
That's the topic I'm throwing out for discussion today. I have always been perpetually uncool. I am not exceptionally good looking (although, sometimes the makeup and hair things come together and I'm almost there), I'm not exceptionally talented, I don't necessarily have the best social skills (I'm not even sure I like people all that much), and I'm not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. I was alienated from my peers early on when I skipped 2nd grade. It's so nice to feel resented on both sides. I was a late bloomer socially and sexually (I lost my virginity at 17 - a freshman in college, that was late for my peers). I was never in any of the "cool" groups. I was a band fag (picture to follow soon). I blended into the background. I associated with misfits and castoffs. Can I change my status at the age of 32? Has anyone done it, without striking it rich somehow?? I think that's part of what my doing BFL is. I want to be exceptional amongst my peers. I want people to look up to me, and actually ask me advice that I can give. Actually, my big evil scheme is to be better than everyone else, but, shhhhhh, don't tell anyone!
March 26, 2004
What is with the language??? I don't know what to call it?? It's like a cross between IM shortcuts and Ebonics. Here's a sample "i was very str8-4-ward wif her" and that's just one sentence. If you want people to actually visit your blog, and God Forbid, actually stay and read it, use plain English please!! Not only does it give me a headache to decipher it all, but it makes you appear EXTREMELY uneducated. It's like Hooked on Phonics vomited all over your blog!! I understand the need for shortcuts when IM'ing. There is a need for speed. But a blog is something you can spend some time on, edit, rewrite, etc. Please, please, please, it doesn't have to be poetry, but illegible graffiti just doesn't work for me.
March 25, 2004
OK. I'm disgusted with myself. Since starting this blog, I've been WAY to concerned with what other people think (ya think?). My whole life is like that, and I'm tired of it. I'm tired of being nice to people just so they won't be pissed with me. I'm tired of keeping my opinions to myself. I'm worried that being so "nice" is starting to equal being way too BORING!! So from here on out, I'm writing what I feel. No going back and editing, no thinking, "I wonder if that's such a good idea?". Ya know what, it's my idea, and it's a GREAT idea, and if you don't like it you can kiss my ass!!!!! I have like, what, 40 readers a day??? I can't imagine anyone I know finding this site without my help (some couldn't find it with my help!). So what the hell am I so concerned about. Isn't it refreshing to hear someone put all their bile and vitriol into some form of coherent communication? Granted I may not know a whole lot about a lot of things, but I am a passionate person, and I love what I love. So, if the tone of my blog starts to change (especially around that TOM), I have a few words to say to you "BITE ME!!!"
Whew, that feels better.
Whew, that feels better.
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! The new Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban trailer is online HERE. I am such a dork for anything Harry Potter, it's like a delayed adolescence! The movie doesn't come out until June 4th. How long is that... AAACKK! a little over 10 weeks!!! I SO can't wait! Good lord, I sound like a 12 year old girl!! I can't wait because it's been too long since the 5th book, Order of the Phoenix, came out and I need my Harry Potter fix! At least my 5 1/2 year old LOVES Harry, so I have a convenient cover for when I go to the movie. Go ahead make fun of me, I dare you!!
Goddamn motherfuckers ate all my dutch chocolate!!!!! I was being a good girl, saving it for my free day on Saturday and it's GONE!!!!! My husband got it for me when he went to Amsterdam, and damn that stuff is (was - sob!) good! I thought for SURE he ate it, as he's such a woman when it comes to chocolate and self control. Plus he said he only had 2 and I found no evidence in the nearby trashcans, so I have to believe him. My daughter SWEARS she didn't touch it, she was nearly sobbing when she told me it was gone. She's been told that if they dissappear it's her head on the chopping block. So, nobody will fess up, yet it's all gone??? I don't sleepwalk, and I certainly haven't touched it, so, what, we have gremlins or something?? Maybe Bob's cockroaches gave up at her place and found mine. Damn it. Damn it damn it damn it!!! I was in the middle of my YogaFit workout (recommended by YogaGirl), and I can't even complete it because my stress level just skyrocketed!! And don't tell me it's only chocolate!! Not unless you want me to rip you a new one. That was what was propelling me to eat clean this week. That was my free day reward!!! First Fannie May closes, now THIS!!!
March 24, 2004
That would be my scorched non-stick pan. Smells like plastic burning. It's the 3rd time I've used it and it will be the last. That's what I get for using an el cheapo one from the grocery store. I need a small pan for when I make my egg whites. To get an All-Clad one that matches the rest of my collection it will be $45 ($80 if I want it non-stick - EEEK!). But it might be worth it not to smell the toxic fumes of teflon any more. Well, Shutterfly hasn't delivered my 4 week pictures, so I need to save them to disk and take them to the Kodak picture maker kiosk to make some. What fun. It's one thing to have my picture online where I don't know exactly who is viewing it, it's another to have some pimple faced camera counter clerk looking at them while they enter the damned password. There has got to be a better way.
Remember when I said I had lost my leather jacket? Well it turned up! I guess one of my hosts found it in her closet in November (!) and just now got around to calling me!! At this point, the jacket can go in the trash (the lining was all ripped anyway). I'm just happy to have my Gap gloves back!!!
Remember when I said I had lost my leather jacket? Well it turned up! I guess one of my hosts found it in her closet in November (!) and just now got around to calling me!! At this point, the jacket can go in the trash (the lining was all ripped anyway). I'm just happy to have my Gap gloves back!!!
March 23, 2004
You have GOT to see this. WHAT were the Weight Watcher's people THINKING!! Check out this website of Weight Watchers Recipe Cards from 1974 Click on the cards to get a "description" of each item. I kid you not, I have not laughed this hard in AGES!! Tears rolling down my face, can't breathe!!!
As a comparison, check out Skwigg's What I Eat page, and tell me what looks tastier!
By the way, one of the women on the BFL Women's Club posted the link!
As a comparison, check out Skwigg's What I Eat page, and tell me what looks tastier!
By the way, one of the women on the BFL Women's Club posted the link!
March 20, 2004
...and I'm doing OK. I was hoping for better numbers at this point, but that may be asking for the world. I've had my obligatory Four Week Freakout. According to the body fat doo-dad at the gym I went down .5% body fat, but when I compare numbers it looks like my lean body mass when down by almost 3 lbs. I know those numbers are tricky and that reading might not be entirely accurate, but I don't trust the guys at the gym any more with calipers than I would with high-school algebra, so that's what I have to go on.
In a nutshell, I lost 5.3 lbs and 6.75" total. I haven't been sleeping all that well. After getting sufficient rest and a steady schedule of solid night time sleep, I may see more muscle gain. Skwigg was nice enough to send me to this article titled Sleep's Healing Properties and another one Rest to Gain Muscle. I NEED to take that advice!! Thanks Skwigg! It's just been near impossible since my DH had been gone, and now I feel like I have a bit of a sleep deficit. I've been napping every day with my kids so that helps, but I'm having the damndest time falling and staying asleep at night. I actually may have to call the doctor soon. I'm concerned that this cold may have mutated into a sinus infection. If that's the case, antibiotics are in order. Starting Monday night, I'm going to go to bed at 9:30 every night. That way I can get a solid 8.5 hours a night and hopefully feel a LOT better by the end of the week.
In a nutshell, I lost 5.3 lbs and 6.75" total. I haven't been sleeping all that well. After getting sufficient rest and a steady schedule of solid night time sleep, I may see more muscle gain. Skwigg was nice enough to send me to this article titled Sleep's Healing Properties and another one Rest to Gain Muscle. I NEED to take that advice!! Thanks Skwigg! It's just been near impossible since my DH had been gone, and now I feel like I have a bit of a sleep deficit. I've been napping every day with my kids so that helps, but I'm having the damndest time falling and staying asleep at night. I actually may have to call the doctor soon. I'm concerned that this cold may have mutated into a sinus infection. If that's the case, antibiotics are in order. Starting Monday night, I'm going to go to bed at 9:30 every night. That way I can get a solid 8.5 hours a night and hopefully feel a LOT better by the end of the week.