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Guess who just ordered their first binder?

This is definitely a trial and error thing. I got the 988 model from Underworks. I went back and forth on Underworks vs. Love Boat (pullover/step-in vs. velcro) for forever, but I decided to go with the cheaper, local one for my first binder. I was recommended the 997, but I hated the idea of it rolling up and the idea of compressing EVERYTHING, stomach included. Not that I'm all loving my stomach flab and everything, and I'm pretty sure the 997 would compress my hips too, but I didn't think it'd be comfortable to have it all pressed in, so I went for the relaxed midsection binder. If I don't like it or it's too small (another thing that's trial and error was the sizing--I measured myself the way they instructed, and of course I was between a small and medium), I should be able to exchange it without much hassle. People have said Underworks is great for exchanging. Also got a few dollars off thanks to Liz telling me to Google for a coupon. :3 I'm excited, though. I hope it fits!

I've been completely lazy today. I've decided I'm not going to take another muscle relaxant tonight. I feel more or less okay and I don't think it's necessary, so I'll keep the pills I have until I need them again, which hopefully will be never. XD; I've finally gotten rid of the drowsiness, though. (Mostly. It's after 10pm and it's creeping back just because of the time.) Took the whole day. That stuff is wicked. I really did enjoy the first night, though, where either I had no nightmares or they were no match for the meds! I slept all the way through the night, except the like minute it took to go pee real quick, and I went right back to sleep. And I slept until my alarm went off, and I would have gone back to sleep AGAIN had I not had stuff to do.

I want so many different kinds of food right now. Seriously, Chinese, steak, spaghetti and Italian sausage... all things I can't have here. XD; Two weeks until I'm home, yo. I can do that. For now, I think I'll heat up my last frozen pizza. I didn't really eat dinner--they were heavy-handed with the pepper flakes in the General Tso's Chicken. I know that stuff's supposed to be spicy, but damn. It's not good when I can't eat it because the corners of my mouth are burning. I find I can only eat the stuff when Linda and Patty are working at Jump Asian; anyone else working there and they put way too much spice in. It's so funny, I started to get a stir fry and figured I'd save the money.

... and I was supposed to post this like an hour ago. XD; *posts*

Current Mood: content

Went to Prof. Escuadro on Tuesday, even though I'm not part of the group that HAS to go to the optional math class because they have less than 80% in the class. (It seems like there might be two guys and that's it. I was there to go over something, two other girls were there to ask a couple questions, and we all ended up leaving, but the guys stayed behind.) I needed help determining the formula for a line. It's been EONS since I had to concern myself with that, whereas pretty much everyone around me's done it within the past year or so, so everyone was getting it and I was kind of lost. He worked with me one on one and walked me through the process, and I slowly got it. Now I could probably do it in my sleep. XD Glad I went. It was the one question on the homework that I couldn't even begin to answer, and I showed him the trendline I got from Excel, but like I told him, I could just do that, but I wanted to know HOW to get the line.

So yeah, that was done, and I think my standing with him increased a bit for showing up when I didn't have to. He wrote something on my attendance index card while I was there.

SO GLAD tomorrow's Friday. I need to make a Weis run. I'm out of breakfast foods, out of milk, and I've been meaning to get cheese, because I have a mini George Foreman grill just lying around waiting to be used. I want a grilled cheese sandwich like you wouldn't believe. I'm also hungry at the moment and toying with the idea of heating up a lasagna. I'll have to get a few more of those, too. The cafeteria never has lasagna. Every once in a while I want some cheesy goodness. I hate the microwave, though--it never seems like it cooks the lasagna enough (although that could just be the cheese failing to melt the way I want it to), and the last time I made one, the microwave actually shut off on me. I guess there's a safety cutoff or something. I'm hoping that's it. It completely shut down. It came back on again after a while.

Screw it, lasagna. I'm starving. I don't think I've eaten enough today or something. I only had one actual meal today. (I was down to about 174 lbs this morning. Wanting desperately to reach 170 just to prove I can without the cause being side effects from antidepressants. ^^; The next step is going to be working out, which will most definitely mean either waking up early and going to the gym, which I have yet to do because I like to stay up until two in the morning, or zumba twice a week in VLB, which I haven't gone to yet because I get lazy.)

We ran out of gray stonewear at the ceramics studio, so progress on our vessels has been halted this week. Instead, Bethany gave us the task of making bowls for the school's Empty Bowls project. They do it every year; they were making bowls when I came to visit in February. Students/townspeople come to the studio to throw or hand-build bowls, and they're decorated, and then they're brought to the soup kitchens and people are fed soup in them. Those that get soup get to keep the bowls. This year the food pantries of Huntingdon (and probably statewide) took a huge budget cut, so they really need all the bowls and donations they can get, which means Bethany's trying to get as many people to make bowls as possible. So we weren't wasting a day, she told us to make five hand-built bowls or three wheel-thrown ones, whichever we wanted. I tried throwing on the wheel today. Holy CRAP, I can't do that. I fail terribly at it. I don't know. I think the introduction of an automated tool in the process threw me WAY off. So anyway, I remembered what she told us about making pinch pots and built five bowls by hand. I hated the process the first time, but it came pretty naturally to me this time. I did have to redo a couple, because they got too big, but they came out pretty well. I had so much fun with it this time, I might make more. I'm sure if I ask her if I can make some more, she'll be cool with it. There's something right about building straight with the hands, not with a wheel. Could be because I suck at the wheel, but I feel better working with my hands and manual tools.

We should have new clay in the studio by now, so over the weekend, I'm going to build the vessel up some more. I keep forgetting to take a picture of my progress so far. It's looking pretty good. I can't wait to get to the top and figure out how the hell I'm gonna fix it if it needs fixing, though. There's one girl that's got hers almost done, I think, and she's at the point where she's got a huge hollow structure, but she's had to take the paddle to it a few times to even out the sides. I'd be scared as hell to do that. I keep thinking it'd be so easy to hit the structure too hard, and next thing you know, HUGE crack. Worst nightmare, that. It takes way too long to build that stuff up because of all the waiting inbetween.

Emma had to start hers over. She was making a box (I'm still floored by the fact that everyone else is making these cool/crazy things, rounded shapes, cones, etc., and she's making a box--reeks of laziness to me, but Bethany accepted it, so whatever, I'm not the teacher), and either she left it uncovered, or someone uncovered it and didn't cover it back up, so hers almost completely dried out. She couldn't work with it anymore, and I think she set it down somewhere and it actually broke apart. She's now made a new template and a new base, out of red clay since we had no gray at that point. I guess all this weekend she'll be in the studio. She spends a lot of her time outside now, and she's hanging around with this guy. She said something to me a week or so ago about having a boyfriend. (Mind you, she HAS a boyfriend already, in Ithaca, but she's probably going to break it off with him. She's not too into him anymore, I think.) Her being preoccupied = me alone in the room = happy!introvert. XD;;

Bad thing about next week: Two tests, one in religion and the other in math. (We get a review day for math, no such thing for religion.) Good thing about next week: FALL BREAK! Mom picking me up! Seeing family again! PUPPY! Yeah, I'm excited. :D I'm sad the break's only four days long. And one of those will be a travel day, because I've been forced to take the train back to Huntingdon. It's cheaper, and Dad would have to drive me back here if someone did drive me, and the old man can't do that, hehe. Driving me down is one thing, but having to drive the four hours back, with no one else in the car with him? No. So, I'm going to spend the first couple days at the house. Marcia's coming up there to pick up a puppy as well, and I think on Sunday or Monday, we're going to head back to Brooklyn. This is good, since there was a story I'd written that I thought I'd put on the external HD, but I hadn't. It wasn't even on my flash drive. I know I did this. I have a feeling I put everything on the smaller HD, and then decided at some point to bring the 2TB with me (because, why not?), which did not have everything on it that I wanted. This has been irritating me, because I've wanted to draw something from that story and can't quite remember the details of what I wrote. Like, I do, but there are little annoying things that escape me. XD;;

If only Follicles was open on Mondays. I could get my hair retwisted. It needs it. I actually haven't washed it since I've been here. That's partly because Roger said to go as long as I could without washing it, and it hasn't been itching at ALL (is my hair maturing? Maybe...), and partly because I'm afraid that if I wash it, my hair will be frizzier than ever and I won't be able to fix it... and some of the locks will unravel. Not completely, but enough to bother me. And for that, I'd rather wait. This also sucks, because it means going until December without getting my hair retwisted. I'd say November, but the break doesn't start until Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I wouldn't get home until, at the very earliest, 6pm that day if I took the train. I'd have to go STRAIGHT there, after a six-hour train ride. Hell no. Not worth it. So, mid-December it is. Maybe I'll wash my hair this weekend. Maybe.

Oh, and someone (a Hetalia fan, but that's slightly irrelevant) has come up with the idea to have an International Dance Day next year, on June 3rd, 4pm her time (in the Netherlands)--10am EST. I might spread the word about this. No idea if it'll actually go on, but it might be fun. And I'll be back in the city by that time, I think, so if the Hetalia fan group in NYC got involved, it could be fun, and it might make up for me missing Hetalia Day this year because I'm in the boonies. XDD; (I say I think I'll be in the city because there are plans for a 10-day trip to Germany, after classes are over, I believe. We'd be giving presentations to German students. The most important thing, though, is travel! I think it'd be pretty cool. Other than England (and only a small piece of it), I have seen nothing of Europe, and I really want to. And who knows? I might decide I want to study German, after years of saying I never would. And then I could study abroad there. Well, money situation permitting. I still don't know how much THIS trip will cost. I could be getting my hopes up, but damnit if I'm not gonna try to go.)

And I'm going to stop typing this now so I can eat! The lasagna smells so good~

... and damnit, LJ's down. Will post this up whenever.

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: HetaOni - The Contract of Italy Veneziano (All Faith is Lost)

So yesterday, I developed a cold. This is because the temperature dropped a good 20-30 degrees between Wednesday and Thursday, and I rushed out to class without looking at the weather widget on my desktop, so I was wearing short sleeves and my thin hoodie. All day. Because at that point it was Thursday, and Thursday is my no-time-to-do-anything day, which meant I came upstairs after religion and CS, dropped off my laptop, and ran back out to the studio. I think, between that, lack of good sleep, and the fire alarm being set off at around 9pm because one of the guys burned popcorn and forcing everyone to wait outside in no clothes for ten minutes, I woke up yesterday not feeling quite right. But I'd already skipped a set of Friday classes, last week, so I got up and went. By the time I got home two hours later, I was ready to die. -_- I talked on the phone with Mom (the laptop will be fixed during winter break) and Craig, and decided I needed a nap. I don't recall exactly what time this was. I think I ended up getting off the phone at two-something. I didn't wake up until almost seven. (My first thought: "Well, so much for going to Art Alliance's first meeting." Which was at 5pm.) Emma went to a dance show they had at the theater, and I stayed behind because I knew I'd be a sniffling, coughing, miserable mess, and ended up missing what was probably a great show. (Keigwin + Company, I believe, is the name.) Emma thankfully went back out to party, so I was left alone to work on homework. Eventually that turned into a marathon session of HetaOni watching. New obsession. I'm torn between being patient for the author to upload new episodes, because she is from Japan and they had/have a lot to deal with after the quake and tsunami, and ripping my hair out. It's that good. But anyway.

And TODAY. Oh gods, today. Today sucks.

My body's been acting really strangely lately, I think because of the stress of a new environment or schoolwork or something. Long story short, and being vague (but not vague enough--TMI, menfolk), something was supposed to get here early this week. Something started to come two weeks early and then disappeared. Then it showed up again, and disappeared. It did this three times. I've been wasting supplies because I didn't know when it would come back. Guess when it came back, with a freaking vengeance? And the extremely aggravating thing is, because it wasn't normal this time, I have no idea what day I'm on. It's been on and off for two weeks. I'd guess (hope) and say four. With my luck? One.

So, I'm sitting in bed, sniffling and achy, waiting for painkillers to kick in, and hoping that MAYBE this crap will go away so I can actually get some work done. What I have to do at the studio is going to take several days, and I have to have it done by Thursday morning's class, which is not my class, but the one before it... which really means I need to have it done by sometime Wednesday. Also have a math project that I forgot about, that I've had for a week now, that's due this coming Friday. And I have lots of studying to do for tests this week, and I'm in the process of rewriting that religion paper. CJ is a sad bunny right now. CJ would rather be drawing or writing at the moment. ._. I might actually do a little of that a little later. Right now, religion paper. I need a good one and a half more pages of material, I think. I wish we didn't have to write it from the student's point of view. It's so alien to me. ^^; I am happy to be in bed, though. I'd rather be sitting in my bed than on a hard chair, or worse, one of the stools in the studio. My back does not like those things at all, and because I'm always looking down at my work surface, I get serious low back pains when working in there. I wish they had a chair that could sit as high as the stools do; I could use something with back support.

Plus side? CS homework is done. Programs weren't all that difficult. Although I did have a bit of an issue with the outputs. We had to write a program to ask the user "Is it raining?" and "Is it freezing?" and give four outputs based on the answers: "Oh rainy day" for rain but no cold, "Oh cold day" for cold but no rain, "Oh great snow" for both, and "Oh sunny day" for neither. I could get every output to work but "Oh great snow". When I removed the first part of the if statements (the "raining" part), it worked. So, as a workaround, I just moved the bit to display "Oh great snow" to the top of the if-else part of the program, and it works. Prof didn't say that part has to be written into the program in order (yay, loopholes!), and I'll explain it to him if he asks (at which point he'll look at it, tell me exactly what was the matter, and I'll slap my head and feel like an idiot). What matters, I think, are that the outputs work, and they do. It's probably something very simple that I'm missing, but I couldn't work it out. And originally I had three boolean variables (which was part of my trying to fix the output problem--I added an extra boolean for snowing), but then I looked at the assignment again and realized I could only have two. Removing the snowing boolean didn't affect the program at all, so it's something with the order. For some reason, if I put "raining" first, it doesn't connect raining + freezing to equal snowing. But ANYWAY, screw it, the outputs work. More important things to deal with!

Later, if I feel better, I am totally going to Weis and picking up some chocolate syrup. I've been able to have chocolate milk, but out of a machine. I need some real chocolate milk. And maybe a thing of ice cream. I totally want some ice cream that's not in one of those huge tubs that I have to break my arm scooping out of. ^^; I might get more of those small Stouffer's lasagnas, too. I had one last night, because I skipped breakfast (as usual) and didn't go to lunch because I didn't feel like going back out, and missed dinner due to sleeping... and I figured I had to eat something, so I finally took one of the lasagnas out of the freezer and nuked it. The small one's actually better than the 21-oz one. The smaller one has more types of cheese, I think.

Okay. Back to work. I am determined to get the religion paper and my math homework out of the way today so I can focus on starting the math project and glazing my teapot. And studying for tests.

Current Mood: sick & sore

Rocco Dispirito's black bean brownies

Someone's black bean brownies according to his recipe

That result, the one in the second link? Someone else had theirs come out the same way, looking like cracked mud. Others have mentioned it as well. MANY others. I am not enthusiastic now. Mom thinks she got enough black beans to make two batches, so I think we're gonna do one the way he says and tweak the second one. There are actually two recipes he has, with slightly different ingredients. This one doesn't have flour. I've actually found another one that's ridiculously simple--just 15 oz of black beans and brownie mix from a box--and I think I might try that one instead of the second Rocco recipe. I'm not amused now, because there's no way multiple people could've gotten this result and he got brownies that look like they came from a Duncan Hines box. Not cool, man.

Has anyone tried them, or know anyone that has?

Current Mood: discontent

Also, since I started eating the Fiber Plus bars for either breakfast or (more often) lunch every workday a week ago, I've lost 1.6 lbs (going by Wii Fit balance board). Yesterday I actually didn't get breakfast since I lacked the cash and didn't walk over to the bank, and I had one bar all day, until I got home and had fried shrimp and salad.

But yeah, this is still drinking soda (can't quite break the habit of getting my breakfast with a 20 oz. Pepsi), still eating what I like, no extra exercise (I already walk pretty briskly when I'm out, crowds on the street permitting--lots of dodging involved down by work, what with all the suits and tourists). Mornings are usually a bagel and soda, and lunch/rest of the workday is Fiber Plus and a liter of water. It's working pretty well for me, I think.

Current Mood: chipper

Joseph, who sits behind me at work, is a health nut. He happened to have some Fiber Plus bars (antioxidants, the dark chocolate/almond variety) and let me break off a piece because they were so good. He was not lying. Those things are delicious. Methinks I'll end up getting a box. XD I'll just have to make sure I have a lot of water with me, because I'm looking them up and finding a lot of "drink lots of water or you'll fart yourself to death!" warnings from people, haha. I know I don't get fiber the way I eat, so this'll be a way that doesn't kill me. One bar makes up 35% of the daily recommended amount. And it's not vegetables. That's awesome.

(Seriously, what in the world am I going to do if I ever DO have kids? I don't eat like a mother. XD;;)

So I think I'll get some tomorrow at work. ^__^ He gave me the chocolate chip-flavored bar, but I didn't eat it because I was still concerned about what fiber does to you when your body's not used to it.

Current Mood: cheerful

So I got bored on the train ride up here to PA and started sketching the guy sleeping across the aisle from me, and was doing so well even though he shifted position once, until we got to the point where the next stop was Middletown, and this huge woman blocked me while standing in the aisle. XD;; I only managed to get the guy's head and arms done. Was going for a full-body pic, dangit. She totally screwed me up. I didn't dare ask her to move, because she looked like she had attitude issues, and I didn't want to tip the guy off that I was drawing him, because some people get weird about that sort of thing. He may have ended up seeing the sketch anyway when he came out from under his cap after all the Middletowners got off the train. But yeah, not bad for a quickie sketch. :D Also drew the interior of the train, specifically the vestibule into the next half of the car and everything past it, but I had to rush it since the last stop was coming up. I don't know if I can scan at this point, since Lexmark sucks.

My chocolate craving is gone for now. There were brownies at the bake sale, but I did not walk out of there with a brownie. No, I walked out with a rather large slice of this four-layer completely chocolate cake. I actually had to go downstairs to the cafe and buy a cup of milk from them. It was SO good. It was offset by a sushi lunch that I bought purposely before I even laid eyes on the cake, haha. Everyone I walked by with the cake was like, "OMG, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?", and I said, "I bought sushi for lunch," and they said, "Oh, well, that's okay, then." XDDD I couldn't even finish the slice, it was so huge. I think that cake was the same one Mom and I saw in BJs last weekend, when we were picking up desserts for Aunt Flora's funeral repass. I am going to tell Mom that if she ever wants to bring that cake home, she does not have to worry about offending me. Just make sure we have plenty of milk. ^^;;

Next Doctor Who episode tomorrow (Sunday)! ^____^ It's been so weird not having a normal season.

EDIT: WTF?! My package got to work yesterday?! All the freaking rechecking of the tracking info I did said the thing was still in transit from Edison, damnit! Seriously, a big ol' F U, FedEx...

Current Mood: calm

It's annoying, damnit. XD; I got so close to ~~stealing~~ baking the last two Ultimates chocolate chip cookies, but I already had three earlier today, so I resisted the temptation. I'm so proud of me. Still craving chocolate, though.

EDIT: Okay, the one problem with classical music: It's open to interpretation. I don't know which orchestra's playing this, but there are parts where they play something too fast or too slow compared to the CD I have, and I keep thinking, "You're doing it wrong!" ^^;;

... Oliver totally just rolled over onto his back, and now he's chasing something in his sleep. I have no idea what, but he's definitely running. And now he's on his side again. XDDD

Current Mood: CHOCOLATE.
Current Music: Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, 1st Movement

I feel good. I had a Garbage CD listed on Swaptree as Like New (because I swear that's the shape it was in when I listed it!), but opened it last night to find some scratches on the CD and a couple cracks and scuffs on the case. Maybe I just didn't notice the scratches... anyway, I told the person I was trading to that I'd try to get a new copy to honor the "like new" listing, and managed to get one at J&R. Had to spend $15 for it, but it was the only surefire way I could get a copy TODAY, so I bought it. I feel good for doing it.

The second trader that screwed me hasn't logged in at all since August 14th. (He got bad feedback from another trader on 8/18, saying it took two weeks from the date of the tradeSwaptree already had USPS send a mail fraud letter, but I think MMX7 is pretty much gone.

Today wasn't the best day, partly because of what was going on not far from the job at Ground Zero, partly because of the weather, partly because Dona and I started talking about what we were doing/going through eight years ago. I spent half the day in the psychology book and the other half trying not to sleep. Glad to be home. And the weather's gonna get better. And Mom just ordered pizza from Papa John's. I had her put beef and bacon on it, because I haven't had a bacon cheeseburger pizza since Boston's in PA, and Boston's is long gone. (Replaced by a generic Italian restaurant. I cry.)

Current Mood: tired

Dear Lean Cuisine,

This? The best diet food EVER. Now I can bring pizza to eat for lunch at work and not have my coworkers give me funny looks for tempting them with it.

Current Mood: satisfied

... and I think I wrenched my shoulder or something. I was swinging too hard. Something. I tried to practice hitting home runs afterward and only got four runs, and had to stop because of the pain shooting out of my right shoulder. ^^;

BUT. He did see me beat the computer 12-6. Six of those points were obtained in the first inning with only one out. Mwahaha. I was only playing against a team in the... 400s, I think, but still, I whupped them.

The reason I was even playing? Dad was testing out the Wii sports pack he bought today (the one made by Intec). He was playing baseball and the bat went FLYING. Thankfully, it went in a direction away from the TV. XD So, the grip is broken and the accessories can't be used anymore, but apparently there's a lifetime guarantee on defective items.

I'm tired and probably going to get in my bed soon. We were out all day. It wasn't tiring or anything, we just walked around a few places... but I think I've gotten back into home mode and my bed is here and... yeah. ^^;

Somehow, the person putting our order together at Wendy's today completely screwed up and gave me a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger instead of a single. (Don't ask me how single translates to bacon cheeseburger.) It was good, though, and not too large. Methinks I'll let that replace Baconators. Not as satisfying, but it'll do.

Current Mood: happy

I read the nutrition chart for Popeyes food wrong. For the chicken, it didn't make too much difference, but for the biscuits? Ow. I thought I was eating 60 calories per biscuit, and I have NO idea why I thought that, because it's the biscuits that'll fatten you up. They're 240 a piece. But I didn't eat breakfast this morning, so it's sort of balancing out, hee.

Today I shall go home and box. Or get on the treadmill. Either one. I haven't done anything for the past two days because I was supposed to get up and do it in the morning, and I'm having trouble adjusting to the idea of not hitting the Snooze button.

Kwesi ran off and said he'd be back. I'm tempted to break out my pencil and draw something, if I can.

And apparently Friday is taking its toll on my brain, because Maureen asked me for the building manager's phone number and I stared at her like she had six heads. XD; I'm tired and I Need a Nap. One more hour. Roughly.

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: work

But only a month, so I'm good. And you know what? The more kinks they find and work out, the better. No need for a sub-standard release, and they wouldn't let it go out like that. This DOES delay any possibility of soundtrack rippage, though. I find it funny that I'm more concerned about that than playing the game. ^^;

I have to play as Captain Olimar if he's immediately available. Just because. I told Craig he's in the game and his reaction was "The little fat kid from Pikmin?". I told him Olimar might be a joke character or something, kind of like Jigglypuff (well, I see Jiggly as a joke character...) and Craig said Jigglypuff kicks ass. Like he's ever used Jigglypuff. He's only seen me royally work him over WITH Jigglypuff when he's using someone like Ganondorf. That is my basis for using Olimar. They said something about him being helpless on his own if he doesn't have any Pikmin left. I have to play as him.

Unrelated: As soon as I walked in the door, Mom told me she finished off the Ultimates chocolate chip cookies. A small part of me died inside. She said I don't need them anyway... which she's right about... but if she's going to be scooping up all the bad snacks, we're going to have to go shopping for some good stuff. Like celery and grapes (if they're good enough, which they probably aren't) and apples and stuff. And we're going to keep the fridge stocked up, because I like having nighttime snacks.

Of course, there's ice cream still left in the freezer, so I have a little bit more temptation to get through before it's all gone. XD;

Current Mood: good

- My right eye is doing the pain thing again. It hurts when I blink and it was throbbing off and on earlier.
- I got complimented by Sheryl at SUNY, the one who coordinates all the training and calls/e-mails me to make sure the rooms are available (and schedule them if they are). Late last year, she had me write down a ton of dates from January to March, then earlier this year she needed me to change about half of them. She e-mailed Kwesi, and Kwesi passed it along to me with a CC to Joel. Not sure if I had to or was supposed to, but I thanked him after I'd finished eating lunch. I may not be a fan of clerical work, but I am good at it, so...
- One of my resolutions this year is to be more assertive, to speak my mind. I let it slip yesterday by not getting on AIM last night. I'd decided I was going to wait to say anything, but it's something that needs fixing now. Just for my mind's sake. (Cryptastic, isn't it? :D)
- I just finished a 100-calorie Chips Ahoy pack. I wish they were 200-calorie packs. Methinks I'm addicted. I will not open another bag, though. One a day if necessary, that's it. (Seriously, I think I was thrown off since the first pack was a new experience, but they are exactly like the cookie version, just smaller and thinner. This may have to do more with the chocolate than the actual "cookie", but yum.)

Anyway. Nearly 4pm. Kind of hope Mom waits up for me tomorrow since I'm poor for the next few days. If she does, maybe I'll walk over the bridge. It'll be warmer tomorrow than it has been this week, and as long as I have on a sweater and some leggings, I'll be okay. It's only 40 minutes. Too bad it'll be (below) freezing on Monday, or I'd walk to Manhattan and back. I could probably jog and keep myself warm enough, but any temperature in the 20s or below is evil.

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: work

But it was diet, and it's the first soda I've had in days, so I'm not beating myself up over it. Back to water after this. Speaking of, I have no idea how I'm going to manage 8 glasses a day. o_o I got roasted chicken and a double side of broccoli for lunch and actually took the skin off for a change. (Seriously, people don't like broccoli? It's pretty much the only vegetable I'll willingly eat besides carrots and celery... ^^; I need to pick up some celery. Earlier today I got a craving for celery with peanut butter. NO idea where it came from, as I haven't had it in years.)I'm proud of me. XD Next step is taking the skin off of Popeye's chicken, hehe. THAT will be difficult. I mean, I can do it... it's not sneaking bites of it that's the problem. Methinks I'll dump the skin in the garbage to avoid temptation.

Had my (last) Baconator on Saturday. Then I looked for the calorie count so I could log it in on SparkPeople. THAT'S IT, NO MORE BACONATORS. Holy crap. 830, people. My taste buds will just have to accept the sacrifice.

And I'm going back to using the Wii for exercise every night. I stopped a while ago. You know how it is. Skip one night, skip the next night, stop. I'm doing what I did before--playing as a guest Mii and boxing until I lose my first match, then working the bag for a bit, then hitting home runs, then bowling power throws. I usually end up playing for about an hour or so. I need to find my stopwatch--I want to time my next boxing game.

They blocked web-based e-mail, so no more having instant Gmail updates for me. ;_; I'll have to e-mail things I need to print to my work e-mail address from now on, and hope Lexmark manages to figure something out with their Vista drivers. I hate not being able to print at home. I don't have to do it often, but I hate coming HERE and doing it.

I have an evil headache that almost feels like sinus pain. It's only 2pm. Sigh.

Current Mood: bored
Current Location: work

She's trying to kill me, I swear. Or fatten me up to feed me to... something.

Let's just say there were some very delicious but VERY FATTENING goodies on sale and they kept following her around and she gave in and bought them. There is an abundance of chocolate in this apartment. We still have brownies left. She bought break-and-bake cookies (which, I have to admit, I'm happy about, because I finished the last of the chocolate-chip ones last week, and I love those things), an Entenmann's chocolate fudge cake, and two boxes of Hershey's Pot of Gold truffles. Now, several of those truffles I probably won't touch because they've got flavors I'm not too keen on, so at least those are out, but the rest of it? Eee.

Right. I've come to the conclusion that I need to start running. It's the only way I won't blow up like a balloon. (My butt's big enough, thank you very much.) I don't have a lot of self-control when it comes to chocolate. If I want it, I'll have it. I can take the edge off with a couple Oreos, but full-blown cravings are not eased by Oreos.

Must say, this did come right on time, though. I'm down to my last week of pills before taking sugar pills. Methinks this is where the chocolate craving is coming from. ^^;

RIGHT. CAKE. To the kitchen!

Current Mood: POUNCE!

Freaking Cowbear. Most annoying level in the HISTORY of levels. -_- I was so close. I'd knocked its little bodyguards out of the level and was so close to finally getting it. It's the closest I've ever gotten to picking it up. And don't even get me started on the 999/1000 paper cranes...

Wah. I'm having a crummy day... though I think it's because I'm tired and don't really feel like much today. Fell asleep on what my brain mistakenly picked up as Scary Movie 3, but was actually Scream 3, and kept waking up at various points and wondering where the funny was. ^^; I would've realized had I not been so exhausted. My brain wasn't working properly. I did get to see some guy get blown up in a house, though. For some reason, his limbs (and head, I believe) split off from his body at the moment of explosion, like he'd been drawn and quartered or something. I think that was stupid, but whatever.

Food. Oh, speaking of which, I cooked the soba noodles I got a while ago from Wegmans. I think tomorrow I'm going to bring home another rotisserie chicken (because it was GOOD and I've been craving it again), and eat that with it. Need scallions, too. Scallions are good. Soba's not bad, though. Of course, it's just like any pasta in that it needs something with it. Sauce, soup, other food. It's a side dish. I didn't even really notice the taste at first.

Mom said the noodles look like worms, ha. There's a nice image.

Current Mood: irritated
Current Music: playing We <3 Katamari