The other day, I decided that I wanted to slim down. The med doesn't help. So, I'm eating more carefully. I'll also start up walks again. I do some stretching here but of course, it's not enough. I don't weigh a lot. I'm 5-11 and a half and 166. But even for my age, it's the wrong kind. It's why I loathe med and anxiety bc it just screws things up. It wasn't long ago that my stomach was much lighter.

To me, it's a sign that whatever I'm on even if it does help me sleep is responsible because I don't overeat. However, was eating a little junk recently. It was a Halloween phase and probably a direct result of feeling down about things. Sometimes, it's really hard. Especially dealing with the aches and pains which come for no reason. Thus, my curse laced rant last night. Normally, I can control that but I needed to release some energy. It helped along with the reading of a Jack Higgins novel, "Rough Justice." I read two more chapters before. It's all the cool characters I love with tons of suspense and secret missions.

Anyway, I'm still feeling lazy due to the pain. Will it ever stop? As for the diet, so far, so good. Here's a running tab of the first 3 days:

DAY 1

Breakfast-omelette w/OJ Omega 3/Vitamin and banana protein shake
Dinner-half a pound roast beef w/homemade macaroni salad and Vitamin Water
Snacks- 2 chips, some peanuts and Hazelnut Iced Coffee
Dessert-apple and water

Day 2

Breakfast-scrambled well w/OJ Omega 3/Vitamin and smaller banana protein shake
Dinner-sliced peppermill turkey w/leftover macaroni salad and coleslaw plus Grapeade
Snack-some peanuts and water
Dessert-pb choc. chip granola bar and water

Day 3

Lunch-sliced peppermill turkey/water
Dinner-salad w/Italian dressing, leftover coleslaw, sliced turkey w/sliced apples and honey plus Blackgrape Lifewater & Fish Oil Omega 3
Snack-PB pretzel minis and medium decaf
Leg stretches plus abs

Over the weekend, the historic Healthcare reform bill was passed by Congress by a narrow margin of 220-215. Of course, it's far from over with the Senate next of what's sure to be serious opposition to such a radical concept.

I'm not here to over analyze what will happen and if it's more detrimental than good for reasons cited (debt, expense, government, etc). I am tired of it to be honest. It's been beaten to death so much already. However, I wanted to address one word Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of a bill that barely passed with even opposition from more conservative Democrats.

The word I'm referring to is, bipartisan. Webster's Dictionary defines it as the following:

: of, relating to, or involving members of two parties ; specifically : marked by or involving cooperation, agreement, and compromise between two major political parties

In yeoman terms, it means members from both parties agree on key subject to be passed. When only one Republican member votes in favor and even members of your own party are skeptical of the healthcare bill, how can Pelosi actually conclude that it was not only historic but bipartisan??? As a registered Democrat, I guess her definition is a little different from mine.

On the important issue, this country remains divided which doesn't bode well moving forward no matter the outcome. Isn't that what's hurt most? It just seems like it's the same old same old with a brick wall more unmoveable than the Berlin Wall which fell exactly 20 years ago in East Germany, uniting so many after years of separation since World War II. So, on a historic day which many overseas are celebrating, here we are the world's strongest country still in a state of chaos. What exactly does it say?

More like Bi-------partisan.

So, tonight I went over to P's and chilled with everyone. I think I needed it. I was getting bored. So, we all hungout and I even had a Killians Irish Red and smoked the first time in months. Not cause I was trying to but because I just felt like it. Sometimes, getting high is a nice release from shit. Lately, things had sucked and my Mom didn't help last night.

We picked up stuff and watched the football games, including the latest Giant debacle to which I responded by clicking the TV as soon as it ended. By that point, I was halfway to doing too much. When you don't do anything, it's predictable. I just didn't care. Even better, they had the good stuff. I was laughing and cracking jokes. To put it mildly, I am a funny person and of course even wilder as one would imagine. A classic sample from later on:




Between football, hot wings, good fries, good bud and P taking care of customers, our homie L was in rare form playing funky ass Jamaican beats which we sometimes freestyled to and messed around with. Here is one funny highlight:



As you can see, that's L shaking his dreads to the beat while I rap about Sammy Sosa and the juice like a nutball. Just who I am. Always cracking one liners and saying random things. No wonder I always enjoy this stuff. In particular, the cool beats and just rhymin' with P and C. They're mastahs and hopefully, P's debut album comes out next year. Welcome To Hell! It's hot!!!!!

Anyway, I did get sick but oddly enough, didn't puke much and walked back bc P was too knocked out to drive around the corner. But I am fine. Go figure. Haha. Concluding the night, one more memento of L in his glory: