The State of the Bean
How long have I been at this now? A couple of weeks? I already feel like I’m getting behind. The book thing, for example. Like George, I’m not a reader at all. It’s been a little bit of a struggle. And to add to my troubles, it turns out there are like 9 holds on my book back at the library! Everyone is reading this book, it turns out. So I went down to Barnes and Noble and picked up a copy last week. Just after I did that, the library sent me notice that another copy of the book had come in and was on reserve for me.
Sidebar: If you didn’t already know this, the Lake Oswego library is the best thing going in the area. I make the drive almost every weekend on my way to or from Fry’s. Here’s how fantastic the Lake O library is. You’re familiar with the hold system various libraries use, right? You put your name on the list and when you get to the top, they put the item on hold for you and when you’re done it goes to the next person. Well, at the Lake O library, you get to skip to the head of the line on any item that belongs to the Lake O library. So say someone in Estacada is waiting for my book a month ahead of me. If it’s a Lake Oswego book, it comes to me first. So I managed to jump like 8 people to get the book. So now I have 2 copies. This is a whole other problem.
Oh…the name of the book? You’re gonna have to wait a few days.
The Pie Champ thing was something that sort of came out of left field. I thought I could win it, but when five other guys showed up on Saturday, I wasn’t that sure. It blew right through my 1500 calorie plan, which also wasn’t a good thing. On the plus side, I’ve made some new friends and the folks at Whiffies got some great publicity out of it. So that’s all good, right?
To get back on track with the 1500 calorie project, I’ve joined the Lance Armstrong Daily Plate site. They’re got a fantastic tool for both the iPhone and the Blackberry, so I can track my intake and my exercise both at work and on the go. It’s pretty sweet. But like anything weight loss related, it’s not so much about Day One. It’s about Day One Hundred.
I also need to talk more about the movies and TV shows I’ve been watching. I want to go see The Hangover at some point. And my Comcast DVR is backing up with movies I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never seen. However this conflicts with my new “if you’re awake you should either be working, exercising, or writing” thing. So we’ll see how that works out.
