21DFF Day 2

So far, the fast is going well. I bought a shit ton of groceries yesterday and am enjoying eating in. Also, since people tend to lose weight on this fast, I weighed myself this afternoon to see where I'm starting from. My weight loss may be offset, however, by the fact that I'm on week two of a six week prednisone cycle my doctor prescribed to treat my Crohn's disease. As I learned yesterday, this shit makes you hungry, suddenly and ravenously. We'll see. Starting weight: 180.8lbs.

21 day financial fast -- Day 1

Katie and I have decided to do Michelle Singletary's 21 day financial fast. The details are laid out here, but basically, for 21 days you only spend money on necessities. the criteria for determining what items are necessary might be a bit foggy (actually I think I need a Big Mac right now) but deep down we know what we can and can't live without.

I don't spend incredibly frivolously, but I tend to drop loot on fast food, booze, restaurants and bars and that adds up quickly. I've also gotten a little, um doughy in the past years, and I attribute that directly to eating out lots (well and just eating lots), so for these reasons I've decided to do this. Hopefully this will give me a bump in the right direction and help me hone some good habits. Today is Day 1. Here we go...

my colonoscopy

so i have a colonoscopy scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, and therefore today i have eaten nothing but italian ice and white grape juice. in about ten minutes, i will begin the cleansing of my colon which involves drinking about a gallon of this solution that will cause me to violently jettison the contents of my bowels for the next five hours. wish me luck.

my new favorite hobby

recently i've decided to entertain myself by providing helpful answers to questions on Yahoo! Answers. the Y!A community has provided me with helpful insight on a handful of occasions, so i decided it was time to give back. here are a few samples of work from my burgeoning career.

His LadyBug

WHAT SHOULD WE NAME THIS KITTEN?!?!?!?
I got my husband a kitten for part of his birthday present after his other cat had to be put down because of health problems. This kitten is so cute and adorable. It's fluffy =) Shes black with a white chest, chin, and feet. She's very sweet. give me some ideas for names. I'm wanting something cute. Thanks!

* 21 hours ago

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i was kinda leaning twords the name duckie? lol, what do you think?

21 hours ago
i think that a lot of people asumed it was a boy?? even though I said "she" a few times lol, sorry that I was unclear. But it is a girl.

5 hours ago

i said:

turbo
dicknuts
balls
puffy
stinky
catdick
cockmouth
mittens

if you don't use one of these names you are racist

* 21 hours ago


here is a young lady who wanted to find out how her favorite drink is made:

K

Vodka and lemon. how do you make it?
Its what I always order I love it but how do you make it?

* 1 day ago
* - 3 days left to answer.

david

are you goddamn kidding me?

* 1 day ago

crazy old jedif is looking for the elusive title of that club banga:

Jedif

What is the name of that club song?
one part goes like:
the girls be goin crazy
the 'something' be goin crazy

* 2 days ago
* - 2 days left to answer.

david

oh, it's called "the girls be goin crazy" by 2 krazee

* 2 days ago


james was taking a survey on his favorite reggae legend:

james KuL

I wont to see how many people like bob marley the singer for people who dont know him tell me your fav song?

* 2 days ago
* - 2 days left to answer.


david

that's not even a question.

* 2 days ago

so yes this is how i've been using my time on them internets lately. the awesome part is that there are like 25 more of my insightful replies out there. click here to peruse this ever-expanding encyclopedia of useful answers.

my new album

i just realized that my new header looks like my folk album cover.

street heat

i love my car. it looks pretty good, gets decent gas mileage, is kind of fast when it needs to be, and has a sunroof and working a/c. it's also fairly reliable despite having over 236,000 miles. i recently had to replace the spark plug tube seals and the valve cover gasket, so as a show of respect i decided i would repaint the valve cover.

here is what i did:

removing the valve cover

i pulled the spark plug boots, removed all the hoses that were connected to the valve cover, then removed the valve cover nuts. i lost a nut and it drove me insane. luckily i had a regular nut that fit.

cleaning that shit

this is what the old vc looked like:




as you can see, about half the paint has chipped off and it is greasy and basically looks like some doodoo. to remove the old paint i got a spray can of paint remover from autozone. this stuff is lethal. i've heard people say to leave it on for 24 hours, but it will chew through the old paint immediately. it burns like a bastard if you get it on your skin. i used sandpaper and a toothbrush to get the more annoying crevaces and made sure it was completely free of the old paint.

to make sure it got nice and clean i sprayed it down with engine degreaser and gave it a rinse. i let it dry and was ready to paint.

painting

i shoved masking tape in any holes i didn't want to get paint in and hit it with about three coats of primer, then another three or four of glossy red. it's good to pull the tape off while the paint is still a little wet otherwise some of your paint is bound to peel off where you don't want it to. i sanded down the honda "H" and "honda motor company" lettering, and this is what it looks like now:

our first date part 1 or "the night we met"

as most of my readers know, i've been dating a girl named katie for a few months now. she's cute/smart/funny/quirky and in my opinion, things seem to be going well. we get along, but often find ourselves disagreeing on one particular subject. it seems that there is a discrepancy in the set of facts that either of us presents regarding our first date. i will now use the blog format to resolve this dispute and set the record straight.

it was late december of 2008 and christmas was fast-approaching. our friend bub was having a party at his silver spring house, and kevin, chris and i decided to go. it was a friday night and i wouldn't get home till a little before ten. my friends were accomodating enough to wait for me.

there were only a few people at the house when we got to the party. i started with a strong drink and decided that i would be especially social that evening. as the night grew old i grew very drunk, and my list of people met and ladies charmed grew tall. suddenly i noticed that a little person was talking to me. she was about 4'11", snowy white skin, strawberry blonde hair and very pretty. she looked really wasted and was slurring her speech and falling all over me, but there was something very charming about her, so i stuck around.

"hi, i'm katie" she said. "can i pleeeeease get your number?"

"sure," i replied. "here it is. my name is dave. your beauty has me speechless, unlike the twelve other only mildly attractive girls that have given me their numbers this night. wilst thou now come with me, little one? i have something to give you."

it was the eve of the winter solstice and the full moon above was huge. together we walked through a standing of tall, black, leafless trees and crossed a wooden bridge where we came upon a snow-covered knoll. her eyes were cold and beautiful like the full moon in a frozen river. it was here that i presented her with the Moon Ring that she now bears, anointing her my lover...