Me, Backwards

… is back in town this weekend.  Despite an iffy forecast, yesterday’s weather turned out to be pretty good, so I headed up to Skydance.  I got 4 jumps in fairly quickly, and spent the last couple hours just hanging out and chatting in the (not-too-cold) sun, drinking a tasty adult beverage (Captain Morgan Silver and Diet Coke) in a nondescript blue cup (since it was still before the “beer light” went on).  At the end of the day, I got measured for, and ordered, a new jumpsuit.  I’d been hoping to hold off till I reach my goal weight (whatever that may be) but I seem to be in an extended holding pattern at or near this weight, and I’m getting to the point where I’m fighting my old suits since they’re a bit baggier than I need right now. (more…)

I think with all the other forms of mass communication available, I find my way to my blog less and less these days.  But still, the brevity of Twitter & Facebook doesn’t always do it for me - sometimes I really need to write.

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This week, I’ve seen numerous friends post on Facebook about dreading the New Year’s Resolution crowd at their gyms.  Yesterday, I was in Burbank for work and the salad bar had way more people than it normally does.  At Safeway this morning, the Lean Cuisine (and the like) frozen meals were prominently displayed on the endcap of the frozen foods aisle, on sale of course.  Within a few weeks, the gyms will be back to their late 2009 levels, the salad bar crowd will be back to normal, and the Lean Cuisine will be back to regular price. (more…)

Yeah, yeah, I know everyone else is doing it, but I’m home, sick, and bored on New Year’s Day and it’s a new decade, so let’s look back at the last. (more…)

In thinking “I should write an end of year/beginning of year” post, I looked back in my draft posts and found one that I’d started at the beginning of 2009. (more…)