It is getting to be that time in my life again. The time where common sense takes over and I can no longer be happy with my bodies shape. I am a firm believer in diet/exorcise. Screw the Atkins, or the South Beach or even pills. That is the easy way out. If it is easy to lose the weight then it is easy to put it back on. I need to drop my intake an increase my movement. From there I can lose the gut.

Others around me are taking the path of healthy-ness, that however is not the reason I am seeing my need to lose the weight. I think it has to do with wanting to live a little longer. I need to emphasize (for myself) that this is for me and not because of other peoples perception or opinion. By stating that I can be seen as defensive but I feel that I need to do it for myself and not because other people think a certain way or I feel the need to fit in.

A Fry'd morning. Every Fryday I peruse the local paper for the 4 page Fry's advertisement. I scour the advertisement for what I consider "deals". Then on Saturday morning I make the coffee an then make my pilgrimage to Fry's. Today for example I purchased the Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JBRTL 80GB hard drive for only $29 after a $20 and $30 rebate. I also had to replace a broken sound card. So I purchased the SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit. The sound card was a necessary purchase, and the hard drive was a deal that I just could not pass by. I am very diligent with sending in my receipts for rebates. In fact I use rebate checks as a way to purchase new stuff at Fry's. Kind of like a revolving checking account.

After returning from my expedition I got to work on painting a bedroom. This room originally had wallpaper so I was only able to TSP the walls to get rid of the wallpaper glue. Tomorrow I will spackle and sand parts of the wall. My plan is to finish the sanding next weekend and put on one coat of paint.

The Pope died today. I have to admit that I am sad. I finished reading Angels and Demons by Dan Brown and it gave me some insight on what is happening in the Vatican right now. I recommend the book and then of course I recommend reading The DaVinci Code but not because everyone else is reading or has read it. But because both of them helped me look at the history of the Vatican from a non-catholic viewpoint.