Ruffle Butts

I'm a little tired and I haven't done my reading for class tomorrow, but I still wanted to update: I've recently got a really awesome job at a small business, more to come on that later. Suffice to say, it's an excellent opportunity. Also, I have to dress a little nice every day for work. Prettying myself up a bit in the morning helps me to wake up. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I have to color coordinate instead of tossing on jeans. But I like being a little dressy every day.

I have a midterm exam due on Friday (take home) a final and a paper on Tuesday. Then my summer classes will be over and I will pick up a few more hours at work.

My current schedule

Wake up at 8am, get ready for class and work
10-12: Theology class
12-1230: commute
1230-530: RUFFLE BUTTS (that's where I work, like I said, more later.)
530-6: commute
6-8: Ethics class (on TuTh)
8-11: Dinner, study, etc
11-8, SLEEP (Clearly, I didn't make my deadline tonight. It's already midnight. Okay. I'm going. Okay! Good night!)

P.S. I'll be back on Friday night or Saturday. I PROMISE!

Broken Steel and The Pitt

KEVIN BOUGHT THE TWO EXPANSIONS FOR FALLOUT AND HE BOUGHT ME RUM. Wow, I have a pretty sweet boyfriend.

I just wrote two papers. I am going to take a final in an hour and a half, then go to Dress Barn to fill out, umm, something. Some kind of personality thingy. You know, there are often those in addition to applications. Then I am going to come home and KILL A BUNCH OF SUPER MUTANTS (Tiffany, if you think radroaches are scary, you are going to pass out when you see a Behemoth). And probably eat a sandwich. Or a pot pie. Then we will go see the new Transformers movie at midnight FOR FREE.

Funny things that super mutants say:

• "Die human!"
• "I'll wear your spine around my NECK, human!"
  
• "I'm going to RIP YOU TO SHREDS, MEAT!!"
• "Why won't you die!? I'm hungry!!"
  
• "Why do you humans ALWAYS FIGHT?!!?"
• "Well I was hit on the head the other day, and I remembered that I'M A WOMAN!"
  
• "OW! Arm HURTS!"
  
• "What you up to? Something fun? Something to eat? ME BORED!" "Why you care?! You human or something?!" "Never mind! You too dumb to talk to!"
  
• "I have a joke for you. Ready? Knock knock. Who there? Humans. Humans who? Kill the humans, kill them ALL HAHAHAHAHA. HAHAHAHAHA Oh that's a good one HAHAHA!"
  

Tequila Rose

Uggg. I have to be in a wedding tomorrow. Not a big fan of weddings. Receptions, I like. Receptions with good music, food, and beverages. Those will probably be the three things I spend the most money on when I get married. Flowers? Pffft. Who cares? Location? As long as it's got a dance floor. Invitations? SERIOUSLY? Why would you care more about the invites than the shindig itself?

Anyway, Kevin brought me back a shot glass from Nevada. It is super cool. I have yet to break it in. He get's paid today, so maybe he'll buy me some booze. Isn't he wonderful?

I never did get that side stepping march thing down

So, I wanted to start working out, but I don't have a job. This means I have no money for a gym membership. I don't even have money to buy a crappy work out DVD. Luckily, there are TONS of good workout videos online! I found this site that has a whole bunch. You can watch them for free or buy them. ... Why they hell would you pay for them??? It's FREE.

I started yesterday with Bootcamp Calorie Burn(note: open in IE, doesn't work with FireFox. Try the IE tab add on for FireFox). It's 30 minutes long. I made it through 10. I thought I was going to die. BABY STEPS. Luckily, this kind of cardio burns a heck of a lot of calories. Regular aerobics burns 354 calories/hour. High Impact aerobics burns 413/hour (for 130 lb person: see here)

I probably won't be able to do the whole 30 minutes for at least a couple weeks. That's a heck of a lot of jumping around.

Jack and cokes

I do intend to start updating more regularly, I suppose. Maybe I shall pickup a meme or two. I like the Thursday Memes, so maybe I'll pick up a couple of those. Anyway, I went to a bachelorette party this weekend. I'm an honorary bridesmaid for a girl who lived across the street from me during middle school and high school. Honorary Bridesmaid essentially means that I process up the aisle like the rest of the ladies, but I get to sit down during the ceremony. Oh, and my dress doesn't match the theme. It's a plain black dress. There are five of us Honoraries.

My sister, this girl, and I were best buds back in the day. But, it's been a while (about 4 or 5 years) since we've actually talked or hung out. Anyway, bachelorette party: honestly, I'm not a fan of them in general. I don't have a lot of girlfriends. In fact, I imagine I'll be hard pressed to find two bridesmaids whenever I get married. And whenever I do get married any "bachelorette" party will involve booze and video games. And no lingerie parties. I do not want other ladies buying me panties. They can buy me some comfy pyjama pants and tank tops. Oh, and more booze. But, you know, whatever floats your boat. I've just been thinking about all this stuff this weekend, since I had to attend all this stuff.

I've got a sexy dress to wear to the rehersal dinner though. Pix next week.

IT'S BACON!

An introduction to some of Sir Dugas' Gastronomic Delights:

Frying bacon and cooking up some ramen

Umm, I love this picture. I don't think Abbey cares for it much, but I think it's delightful

Eggs with the ramen to make "Fried Ramen"

Some seriously burnt bacon

It's okay, the other side is fine.

Tim with his complete meal:

A bacon weave with fried ramen. Aka: heart attack on a plate.

I fried up a couple strips of unweaved bacon for myself and Abbey

Also, Tim made hard tack. Essentially whole wheat flour and water. It's like a giant cracker. It's hard as a rock. Keeps forever though, probably.

Ewww, neck flaps

96 oz

I was pretty darn good yesterday. Since, like I said, I was setting a more attainable goal of 1488cal/day it was much easier.

Actually, the goal is set by My Daily Plate. I enter how much I weight, what my activity level is, and how much I'd like to loose. So I set it at 1lb/week with a "lightly active" level, which is defined as "seated and standing activities, e.g. computer use."

So, each time I adjust my weight, it adjust the calories I can have. So, when I weighed myself this morning, it was down a couple pounds! Wooo! That means I can have about 1,464 calories a day to lose one pound per week.

Yesterday, I only had 1359 calories, which was almost 125 calories less than my limit. I think it's because I drank so much water.

Anyway, hopefully you aren't getting sick of me talking about weight loss.


In other news, Papa John's isn't hiring T_T I was going to apply to be a pizza delivery girl. Buuuuut, the hair salon next to Papa John's IS hiring for a receptionist. I got an application and I'm going to turn it in today, after I make myself all cute.

Wish me luck!

Eenie meenie miny mo

1200 calories/day has proved too challenging for me. I'm setting an easier goal: 1500/day. I've been eating about 1600-1900/day recently. I figure if I can get it down to 1500, that'll be pretty good. I just wanna loose a few pounds so I don't feel terrible about myself when I look in the mirror. It's getting better though. I've got two red-blooded male housemates who think I'm sexy. Doesn't mean they're gonna get any, but it's always helpful when someone thinks you're sexy.

I was just so stinking used to being Skinny Minnie at 100-105 lbs. (The healthy BMI ranges for my height are 101-136lbs). That was a bit too skinny. I see these girls with tiny freaking arms and I think: I never wanna look like that. Well, that's good, because I don't think I could get there anyway. After I get a job, I'm also gonna get a membership to a gym. There is Curves really close to here. I wish I had a bike, too, so I could bike around. Hey! Maybe after I get a job I'll get a bike! That would be great. We live really close to downtown. I could bike to the organic market downtown or to the farmer's market on Saturdays. It's like one mile away. That would be sweet.

Okay, so now I just need a job.

Love,
Stargirl

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The picture below is me at about 100 lbs.

Mary in Summer 2005

STUPID DELCIOUSNESS

So, I'm trying to loose some weight. Nothing major. I'm not even seeking to get down to my pre-antidepressant weight, (which was nearly underweight, actually). I'm just trying to get down out of the "overweight" BMI range, down to a healthy 21 or so. So, I'm tracking my calories at The Daily Plate, which is darned useful. Because I don't want to confess that I just scarfed down a pint of Ben and Jerry's. Sooo... I don't eat the ice cream. It's useful in that way. Also, I know how much I eat, so instead just eating whatever when I'm hungry, I try to eat more filling things. Below is a chart showing my calories for today. Holy Crap! 46% Came from that stupid DELICIOUS Totino's Pepperoni Pizza. Dangit. It was so delicious. T_T I am going to have to find something else just as delicious. Especially since eating stuff like this drives my sodium intake through the roof too.

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