my work currently has a "Biggest Winner" challenge going on. It started monday. It ends the first monday in April. the buy in is $30. 3rd place wins back their buy-in, 2nd place doubles their buy in, and 1st place takes the rest.
i joined it. i also joined weight watchers online and started doing all the keep-track stuff.
i had a doctor's appointment in december. the doc put me on high blood pressure medicine. i'm 26. i weigh 300 pounds. i have some serious changes i need to make in my lifestyle.
basically, i've been irresponsible with my health. i used to go cross country skiing all the time, i used to hike mountains all the time. i haven't been on a serious ski workout for years. 2010 closed as the second year i never climbed a mountain.
this is going to be a lot of work. but i've reached the point where i have to stop procrastinating about this.
please help me out on this - if we're ever out to lunch or dinner or something, remind me i have to be wise about what i choose to eat. i can't do this alone.
I think I just found out what Alex Ramuglia has been doing with his spare time. He is a model for mini glitter hats!
http://www.orienta...p;categoryId=389891 (www.orientaltrading.com)
I was looking at Oriental Trading Company to see if they have any sales of tiny gift boxes for wedding party favors when I came across this and I just couldn't resist. Am I the only one who thinks this looks a LOT like him?
2010-2011 New Years celebration at John and Mallory's place. We are all very lucky nobody went to the hospital.
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Inexplicably, my shoulder is very sore. I'm going to have to puzzle that out.
Fun cover of Jonathan Coulton's "Skullcrusher Mountain": http://carolinemart...alled-skullcrusher (carolinemartin.tumblr.com)
Some people just don't have as much fun as I do at work:
From:xxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:12 AM
To: Erik S. Dahl
Subject: RE: REMINDER - POTLUCK tomorrow
Okay
From:Erik S. Dahl
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:10 AM
To: xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: REMINDER - POTLUCK tomorrow
I’ll bring some more cheese and crackers. Never too many cheese and crackers… right? Right??
SPDCA: Thanks to everyone who participated in the pool. At 1:30pm, Saturday, Dec 18, 2010, I cleaned my light fixtures to empty them of years-worth of dust and insects. Congratulations to the winner!
Fun guest strip week over at Dresden Codak. Particularly like this one: http://dresdencodak...16/kc-guest-comic/ (dresdencodak.com)
SPDCA: Anti-jokes.
A man walks into a bar. He is an alcoholic and it's destroying his family.
Knock, knock. Who's there? The police. I'm afraid there's been an accident. Your husband is in hospital.
What do you call a cat with no tail? A Manx cat.
Why do undertakers wear ties? Because their profession is very serious, and it is important that their appearance has a degree of gravitas.
How many electricians does it take to change a light bulb? One.
Why do women fake orgasms? Because they want to give men the impression that they have climaxed.
Two men are sitting in a pub. One man turns to the other and says: 'Last night I saw lots of strange men coming in and out of your wife's house.' The other man replies: 'Yes, she has become a prostitute to subsidise her drug habit.'
Two cows are in a field. Suddenly, from behind a bush, a rabbit leaps out and runs away. One cow looks round a bit, eats some grass and then wanders off.
Why are there no aspirin in the jungle? Because it would not be financially viable to attempt to sell pharmaceuticals in the largely unpopulated rainforest.
SPDCA: holy shit. i can't believe i survived that christmas party.
everything that follows is quotes from other people.
on microphone:
"I'm getting drunk tonight and I hope you'll be joining me. Please don't drink and drive- if you aren't staying at the hotel, let me know and I'll get a cab for you wherever you need to go."
later:
"dave, you and your two dates look like you need shots!" (hands over three shots, downs his own shot immediately)
"dave, how the hell do you have two dates?"
(__________ is pretty smashed, proceeds to lapdance/striptease __________) "someone tell _________ to put his clothes back on!!!"
"EVERYONE! IT'S TIME FOR THE 30 MOON SALUTE!!"
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amazingly, it went downhill from there.
i've never hurt so much while playing a game of soccer, like the game i had at 1pm.
Cleaned my room and master bathroom for the first time in... a long time.
I feel like I should open them up to the public for showings, like they do with soon-to-be-opened Mormon temples.
#heyladies
So I'm on to a new series: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (to those who would note that I seem to be watching a lot of episodic television lately: I'm funemployed, deal with it).
People have been telling me to watch this for awhile, and I understand why. It's pretty good. I'm somewhere in season 3 now, and the show has clearly hit an easy stride. I just can't figure out what I like about it. Obviously, the characters are supposed to be irredeemable and generally unlikable (although I find myself pulling for Charlie in like every episode). Most of the episodes have the same structure, too, so there is very little development or surprise. But I still feel compelled to keep watching.
I appreciate the reincorporation of jokes, a la Arrested Development, and the constant And Thening of the situations, also like AD. So, maybe I should just go watch AD instead?
Also, I can't help but draw some parallels to people we know. Don't nobody be offended now, but Charlie is a deadringer for Aaron, Mac reminds me of Mike, and, I hate to say, Dee and Dennis remind me of my sister and I.
Karnivool. The best Austrialian band EVER? This shit will definitely hold me over until the next Maynard album comes out. It's like a combination of Tool and Dredg.
I'm looking at you, Josh. Listen to the album Sound Awake. Maybe then I'll have hope for you.
Supposedly Rare Star Trek: TNG Production Photos:
http://slightlywarp...ation_pictures.htm (slightlywarped.com)
As you may remember, friends, on idkfa v. 2 and maybe 1 I had magic powers that allowed me to post to the front page. That doesn't exist anymore, because Josh has become more egalitarian in his old age, but I'd like to propagate a tradition here that we had there.
On Thanksgiving, my family has a tradition that we go around the table and say what we are thankful for. Sometimes it is silly, like "I'm thankful for good sex!" Actually, nobody at my family thanksgivings has ever said that. And I'm thankful for that.
It can be something specific or general, something like "friends and happiness" or "I'm thankful that I get to do this specific task at my job next Thursday."
Ready set go! Give Thanks!
SPDCA: Fixing a toilet.
The metal lever connected to the flushing handle in the top of my toilet broke off. A few times, in fact, each time making the lever a bit shorter, but this time the lever broke enough that I could no longer connect the chain to the release in the bottom.
This left me with a metal lever, corroding where it sits below the water line. What I needed was something to extend it a little bit, and have some surface to hook the chain onto, as well as have that extender be a non-rusting material, and something that would clamp on to the remaining lever enough to survive a flush and refill.
My solution (rather than going down to Home Depot and buying what I can only guess is a $2 part), was to take a pen apart, use the pen's outer cylinder to wrap around the metal stump, and shove a large rubber band in with the metal stump to make sure the pen didn't slide off. Hooking the chain to the end of the pen (where it would normally clamp around your notebook, or pocket) worked well, as the tab on the end of the pen makes sure the chain can't slide off.
Now it flushes like a champ, at the added cost of a pen I stole from the barber, and a crappy rubber band that came with an Amazon package.
I win the prize.
I keep looking at webcams for the local mountains and dreaming of not being at work. I know I need to stop but its just too damn tempting. Almost, very nearly played hookey yesterday to go play in about a foot of fresh snow yesterday.
I know the longer I wait the better the snow cover will be, but avalanche danger increases as well... Damn.
