Last Weigh-in

This coming Thursday marks the last day of the Biggest Loser contest at my job. I came in #5 at the last weigh-in. As such I'm trying to do good and so at Dennys I ordered grilled fish, vegetables, and mash potatos.

I didn't finish the potatos. Hopefully, I do well Thursday.

~Posted From My BlackJack II

Unhappiness & T.V

From the center of people with too much time/money on their hands comes a study with the following findings:

"Unhappy People Watch More T.V Than Their Happier Counterparts"

Did they really need a study to prove this? It's called escapism! You're unhappy with your life so you delve into a medium where you can focus on situations that distract you from your own problems.

This is why you hear celebrities say things like "I don't watch tv." Of course not! Their lives are far too exciting and interesting to want to hide out in a world of medical dramas, situational comedies, and "reality" shows.

Since I refuse to incriminate myself, I will not say how much tv I watch =)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27771304/

~Posted From My BlackJack II

Where There's Smoke...

Santa Clarita Smoke
Originally uploaded by Rick O!

Smoke fills the air, ash covers my car. It must mean one of two things. Either I have been transported back to Sicilia and Mt. Etna (checking....nope still here.) or there are some wildfires somewhere. Anyone watching the news and he continued coverage of "FIRESTORMS!!!" would know that it 's the latter.

One would think that after living in SoCal for as many years as I have that I would grow accustomed to the acrid air as wildfires rage on, much like how I grew accustomed to the plumes of smoke from that active volcano years ago. However, this is not the case. I am coughing and wheezing and my chest hurts. Ehhhh.

Then there's the driving. It's almost like the fire is right in front of the drivers. I mean, seriously, I left for work on time and I ended up 3 minutes late. Cars crept along the freeway for no apparent reason, other than the clouds of smke. Not don't get me wrong. I'm all for safety and everything, but visibility of the road and other cars was not affected by the smoke. Yet, some drivers felt the need to let their odometers drop to 40.

All in all I feel restless and icky because of the fires. I took several pictures of my own over there weekend and I'll post those shortly.

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Voting Today

So, its 7:45 am and I've been waiting in line for about 45 minutes. The line was not even that long, it's just moving very slowly.

Why is it moving so slowly?

Because of all the people who decided to wait until this morning to even look at the booklet. Listen, if you do not know by now, don't waste my time trying to figure it out. Like the guy who asked for one of those voter guides after he got here.

Well, I'm almost there. I'll post an entry with a picture of my "I Voted" sticker!

~Posted From My BlackJack II

Rainy Days in LA

Rain, Los Angeles, CA
Originally uploaded by The Spinosaurus

Rain is rare is Los Angeles, but I love it. Yesterday, was Day 1 of the Tamale Festival and the skies were grey. It was great to be outdoors and enjoying the music and the food. The fact that the weather was gloomy...maybe I'm just a gloomy, overly-romantic person, because I loved the weather.

The rain woke me up this morning. That and the fact that I felt like it was alot later than 7:30am. This time change is kicking my butt, but I would rather have it where I am awake early with the chance to just lie around in bed waiting for another hour to past, rather than waking up late because we moved time ahead an hour. That was me several months ago.

So now I am sitting here looking out the window at the grey skies, with the smell of fresh cooked pancakes that my sister cooked (and I will not be eating becase there will be plenty of food today) Thinking about how wonderful the sound of the rain against the window.

It's a rare and wonderful thing here.

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Happy Day!

After fitting into one I tried another pair of jeas that I had pushed off to the "too small side of the closet. Then another, and another....

They all fit!

I feel like I just went jeans shopping and I didnt pay a thing! Yes, thats 7 pairs of jeans.

It's a very happy day.

~Posted From My BlackJack II

Happy Dance!

I have a few pairs of jeans that were banished to the side of my closet as they no longer fit thanks to my friends double cheeseburgers, and animal style fries.

I have not seen those friends for some time. As such I thought I would try on one of these banished pairs of jeans.

I cannot believe they fit! Now I am doing a happy dance! =)

~Posted From My BlackJack II