(now with updates! woo hoo!)

August 28 - well apparently my pictures suck LOL. i'm going to update them soon. Need to find the right moment, you know? Having nothing but long arm photos i take of myself ... that doesn't really do it for me.

And i totally spilled red wine on my iphone yesterday. i should probably add that i'm a little clumsy.

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lately i've had Radiohead's Reckoner stuck in my head.

it's one of those rare songs that get in your head without warning, and doesn't leave. Rarer still, i don't want it to.

So that pretty much sums me up. Sometimes i'll sing at work, subtly rock out on a subway, play guitar at home, or complain about the newest Green Day single...

I try to exercise 4, 5 times a week. So far i've dropped from 285 lbs to 235 () in a little over 8 months. I feel great, i'm focused, ready to move on to a new challenge.

I don't think i'm a typical dude... i don't sit around reading car magazines, i get bored watching football... I have aspirations of going back to university and changing my English major to a specialist, of (re)visiting areas in this city that inspire and teach, and as much as I want to travel to Cancun, other locations are more appealing. UPDATE: i should mention that i hate MMA/UFC/anything that involves punching the crap out of another dude, and hanging out with a bunch of big dudes who cheer it on, clearly inferior to their shallow heroes and legends that cost them $50 to see act like barbarians on PPV... $50 can get you so MANY better experiences in this city. (no i'm not talking about THAT).

I like Hell's Kitchen and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I think Green Day and Coldplay suck. I'm not going to waste $13 on Transformers 2 (update: OR GI JOE!).

Actually, am i the only one who doesn't want modern technology ruining my crappy '80s cartoons? Do we REALLY need Transformers to be made as a movie? We all know it was the toys that kept us going back to the show, but really... if you sit down and rewatch these shows (GI JOE, Transformers, Thundercats (ugh), etc.) you'll realize the shows are actually HORRIBLE and SHOULD NEVER be brought back into pop culture. The movies suck not because they didn't get Optimus Prime's personality right, or Bumblebee isn't the right model of car... It's BECAUSE THE SHOWS ORIGINALLY SUCKED BUT WE WERE TOO YOUNG TO REALIZE OR CARE.

k i'm off my soapbox. for now.

But I am going to download the latest episode of Entourage, and I can watch Gladiator on repeat.

I take pride in being an honest person. I have opinions, and i'd like you to hear them. You may not agree, and i may not agree with you, but i'll never think less of you for thinking different. Too many times i've had to deal with people taking offense to me not liking their music, tv show, book, etc. I don't get it? Why are people upset that i don't like something they do?

August 24 update: new song stuck in my head! Can you guess what it is? I keep hearing this...

"The waiting drove me mad... you're finally here and I'm a mess.."

the zoo? museum? something cool like that.