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EJ March 28 2002
Mar. 28th, 2002 09:10 am- Mar. 28, 20022nd accounting class was OK. I kind of alternated between "This is so
easy it's stupid" and "What the fuck am I doing?" Last class, the
prof had gone on and on about how ledgers are ALWAYS done in ink.
This class she told us we needed to do our work in pencil. I didn't
have a pencil, of course. What a pain. So when the rest of our class
was going to be devoted to doing our project, and I didn't have a
pencil to do the project with, I left. No point in hanging around for
an hour and a half if I don't have the materials to do the project
correctly.
I am feeling committed to getting in shape and losing some weight
before our cruise in October. I'm excited :)
I was dreaming about shoes when the alarm went off this morning. I
was at one of the antique stores in Bloomington, and I'd found a pair
of dark brown distressed leather toe shoes with a leather ankle-
straps. They were a size 5, of course. :( But it was a pretty cool
dream, anyhow.
- Mar. 28, 200215 years ago, I...
1. was a Junior in HS
2. was a virgin
3. wore braces
4. had a stupid crush on Aaron Mendenhall
5. was in a production of <i>Midsummer Night's Dream</i> as Moth, a
fairy.
10 years ago, I...
1. was 22 years old
2. lived in Greencastle, IN
3. was going back to college
4. lived with my parents again
5. don't remember much about it.
5 yeas ago, I...
1. was 27
2. lived in Austin with my sweetie
3. worked at Johnson Controls, Inc as a dispatcher
4. had cute guys at work to flirt with
5. was about 40 lbs lighter than I am today.
1 year ago, I...
1. decided to get my shit together
2. was pretty active at my gym
3. went camping at Excalibur with Jaime and Kathleen
4. weighed 26 lbs less than I do today.
5. made a bunch of money at Natural Magic's Spring Fair
Yesterday, I...
1. Went to accounting class
2. booked me and J on a cruise in October
3. decided to quit caffeine again
4. did some laundry
5. put away some dishes
Today, I...
1. woke up
2. got cleaned up
3. got dressed
4. walked the dog
5. took the bus to work
Tomorrow, I will...
1. probably leave work early
2. reorganize my stuff for Excalibur
3. load up my car with stuff for Excalibur for the last time.
4. take a nap
5. see <i>Stranger Brew</i> at midnight
Five items I have brand loyalty to:
1. Caress shower gel
2. Chanel
3. Lee Jeans
4. amazon.com (does that count?)
5. Chuck Taylors
Five snacks I enjoy:
1. pop tarts
2. hershey kisses
3. cheetos
4. frozen yogurt
5. grapes
Five songs I know the words to, even without a lyric sheet in front
of me:
1. Anarchy in the UK, the Sex Pistols
2. Jaded, Push Down and Turn
3. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper
4. Close But No Cigar, Thomas Dolby
5. Black #1, Type O-
Five Games I Like:
1. Warcraft
2. Spades
3. Tetris
4. Ms. Pac Man
5. Pinball
Five Albums That Changed My Life:
1. Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine
2. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
3. The Wall, Pink Floyd
4. Dead Man's Party, Oingo Boingo
5. Louder than Bombs, The Smiths
Five Things I Cannot Live Without
1. Oral hygeine
2. 8+ hours sleep a night
3. an outlet for my creativity
4. books
5. something to write on & write with
Five Things I Would Do With $1,000
1. Buy a bed
2. Go to Chenonceau
3. buy a lot of shoes
4. pay some of my credit card debts
5. help X with her middle child's dental bills
Top Five Guilty Pleasures
1. abusing the internet at work
2. Oreos
3. country hick music
4. looking up old friends & acquaintances on yahoo & google
5. Boone's Farm
Top Five Locations I'd Like to Run Away to:
1. New Orleans
2. San Francisco
3. Perth
4. Chenonceau
5. New Zealand
Five Things I'd Never Wear:
1. bell bottoms
2. anthing midriff-baring
3. platform shoes
4. silver lipstick
5. any tacky "holiday" themed sweater
Five people currently on my bad side:
1. Kevin S. Keck
2. co-workers
3. George W Bush
4. The Easter Bunny
5. sis in law (she's still not speaking to me)
Five bad Habits I have:
1. cuticle biting.
2. abusing my credit card
3. grinding my teeth in my sleep
4. popping gum
5. stealing covers
Five tv shows I like:
1. That 70's Show
2. Dark Angel
3. Futurama
4. The Simpsons
5. ??? that's about it.
- Mar. 28, 2002The New and Improved Atkins Diet
by Robert C. Atkins, M.D.
The classic diet best-seller has finally been updated! Read it here
first.
Why Atkins Works
Eating the Atkins way has special advantages. Here are six reasons
why doing Atkins works:
1. This diet mobilizes more fat for use as energy than any diet you
have ever encountered. In a clinical setting and countless
testimonials, Atkins has repeatedly been proven to take off more fat
than other programs when an equal number of calories are consumed.
This incredible advantage has been researched and validated.
2. The controlled carbohydrate nutritional approach is not one of
deprivation. Sheer hunger is the main reason for the failure of most
weight loss efforts. A lifetime eating plan needs to be palatable,
pleasant and filling. You will have to abandon sugar and other
refined carbohydrates such as white flour. But most people find that
once they shake off the sugar addiction, they feel no strong desire
to go back to it. For them, a nutritional approach that allows them
to eat a vast variety of meat and fish and salads and vegetables
prepared in the most appetizing manner -- i.e., with butter and cream
and spices and herbs -- is anything but austere. Eating Atkins-style
is a food lover's dream come true -- luxurious, healthy and varied.
3. Atkins is the easiest way to maintain weight loss. The trouble
with losing weight on a low-calorie/low-fat diet or on a liquid-
protein diet is that the maintenance program is so very different
from the weight loss program. So when you go back to your former way
of eating, the pounds return with astonishing speed because you are
unprepared for maintenance.
There are sound physiological reasons for this. When you restrict the
number of calories you eat, your metabolism shifts into a survival
mode, meaning it slows down to conserve energy. When you go back to a
higher-calorie diet -- as you inevitably must -- your body is still
in its mode of burning calories slowly. So it becomes extremely hard
to continue or maintain weight loss.
Success at maintaining weight loss is the great plus while doing
Atkins. What most people know about it is that you can usually lose a
lot of weight rapidly. And you probably can. But the key point is
that the weight doesn't return. One of the reasons is that it doesn't
create a big difference in the number of calories you eat during the
weight loss and weight maintenance phases.
The Atkins Nutritional Approach is actually a continuum of four
phases that transition seamlessly from one to the next. Phase 1,
known as Induction, crashes you through most weight loss barriers and
will generally introduce even the most metabolically resistant person
to weight reduction. Phase 2, Ongoing Weight Loss (OWL), will carry
you smoothly toward your goal. Phase 3, Pre-Maintenance, eases you
toward adopting permanently a new, healthier way of eating that, with
a modest degree of diligence on your part, will allow you to stay
slim forever. Phase 4, Lifetime Maintenance, is the game plan that
will keep those banished pounds at bay for the rest of your days.
Let me state one crucial fact that you should always keep in mind:
For people who comply with all four phases of Atkins, failure to
maintain weight loss is very rare.
4. Not only does Atkins not deprive you of the pleasure of eating, it
energizes you and makes you feel just plain good. And those two
things are definitely factors in keeping the weight off, because few
people are willing to go back to feeling lousy once they've
experienced the joys of feeling good. As a matter of fact, for about
half the patients I see, the most compelling reason they continue to
do Atkins is that they feel noticeably worse if they stop the
program.
Plus, when you are full of energy, you are more inclined to exercise,
enhancing weight loss and replacing fat tissue with muscle, which
will also help you cut inches from your measurements. People will see
the change in you, enhancing your sense of accomplishment and self-
respect.
5. The plan is healthy. Research has repeatedly demonstrated that
controlling carbohydrate intake results in improved blood cholesterol
and triglyceride levels, moderation of blood-sugar levels and
reduction of blood pressure. All these indicators result in reduced
risk for cardiovascular disease. And, incidentally, in my 40 years of
practice, I've yet to see a single study that has shown that a high-
protein diet causes kidney problems.
In addition, Atkins can effectively and quickly make a positive
impact on many of the most common annoyances that patients reveal in
the privacy of their doctor's office. In all my years of practice,
I've heard and seen it all: fatigue, irritability, depression,
trouble concentrating, headaches, insomnia, dizziness, joint and
muscle aches, heartburn, colitis, premenstrual syndrome, water
retention and bloating. For the lion's share of patients, Atkins is a
specific prescription against such ills.
6. Atkins works because, as an increasing body of scientific evidence
shows, it corrects the basic factor that controls obesity and
influences risk factors for certain illnesses. That factor is
excessive levels of insulin. An essential hormone, insulin governs
the basic mechanism by which the body lays on fat. When found in
excessively high levels -- we medical folk call that state
hyperinsulinism -- insulin vigorously promotes the development of
diabetes, atherosclerosis and hypertension. More recently, it has
also been linked to increased risk of breast cancer and polycystic
ovarian syndrome.
And so the Atkins approach finds itself at the center of health
planning for a long and vigorous life.
- Mar. 28, 2002Went to the library at lunchtime, got 6 books:
Cancun & Cozumel ALIVE, Hunter Travel Guide
The Yucatan: a guide to the land of maya mysteries
Colette, the innocent libertine
Ann Chamberlin, leaving eden
Thomas Pynchon, The crying of lot 49
Victor Koman, The Jehovah contract
Still dithering on whether or not to go for the job at Mandis' new
company.- Mar. 28, 2002SENT TO JEN:
I got a couple of travel guides at lunchtime. Cozumel was originally a
sacred island for Ixchel, the Mayan moon goddess. October in Cozumel
gets up in the mid 90's! Oh well. The ship puts in at 8am and leaves
at 4. I figure we can shop in the morning while it's cool and
hopefully not too crowded, then maybe take a little swim in the
ocean, and back to the ship before the afternoon heat gets really
bad. Apparently the hotels rent snorkeling equip, but I would want my
own mouthpiece. And I'll want to bring a waterproof camera to take
pictures
JEN SAID:
90s!!!! Awesome!!!! Shop in AM, swim & drink in PM.
Perfecto, sweet Moon Goddess, E!
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Pictures & info about Ixchel:
http://www.zihrena.com/images/ixchelm/ixchel_front_g.jpg
http://www.zihrena.com/ixchelm/ixchel.htm
http://cs.chungbuk.ac.kr/~misari/pic/ixchel2.jpg
http://cs.chungbuk.ac.kr/~misari/pic/ixchel2.jpg
http://www.isladecozumel.com.mx/images/historia/maya01.jpg
www.zihua-ixtapa.com/.../2000_2001/ jan/ixchel_maya.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/sunflowerfarm/aMayangoddess.html
http://www.ancient-empires.com/myanprinfigc.html
http://www.cityview.com.mx/cancun2/articulos/cozu.htm
http://www.great-adventures.com/destinations/mexico/cozumel.html
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/4222/atlan.html
