What's With Me?

Scott called today and said I hadn't been posting regularly, so I figured I ought to say something. It was great talking to him today. We chatted about the possibility of him coming out for a visit sometime soon. I'd really like that -- and I think he'd have a great time out here. Hopefully we can hook up when I'm back in Wisconsin. I miss Scotty, and I'm sure all of you who know him feel the same way.

Oh, Saturday I kept my appointment to get a new car stereo installed. It was relatively inexpensive (well, the new system cost as much as getting the old factory-installed one fixed, so there you go) and it's super schmancy with a detachable faceplate and it plays CDs, MP3s, and I paid $10 to have a hookup installed so it can play music off my iPod. Pretty dang cool.

I had the work done in Issaquah (it was recommended by the dealership the car came from) and while they were working on the car I sat on the curb by the nearby gas station and read comics. Even at the time I thought that was pretty funny; a grown man reading comics behind a gas station.

Speaking of which, I've been catching up on my comics and in the past couple of weeks I think I've read about 200 comics. In some cases I'm catching up on a year's worth of a single title's books. What?! I was busy... with City of Heroes.

I had my thyroid checked this week. It's normal. I had my resting metabolic rate tested. I burn 2300 calories a day, just sitting there. So, what that tells me is this -- my weight is my fault. apparently I eat and live unhealthily. So, tomorrow it changes. I did this 5 years ago and it made a big difference in my life and tomorrow (today as you read this, probably) I start again. Not a diet, but a lifestyle change. That's a better way for me to think about it. Diets are lame and restrictive, this is more about shifting they way I think about things. Eat less, eat more healthy food, cut out empty calories (chocolate, soda, etc.), get more exercise, that sort of thing.

Hopefully it goes as well this time as it did last time.

Okay, time for bed. I'm sleepy and I have to figure out what I'm doing tomorrow for food and exercise.