Tuesday, January 10, 2006
XM 3 day trial
On Sunday, I did a 3 day trail of XM. I liked it. I thought subscription radio was a silly idea, but it's really quite nice. About 100 crystal clear, commercial free stations that play non-stop. Sounds cheesy, but I'm really considering popping for it. I've had a pretty bad problem with broadcast radio.....it's horrible. Too many commercials, the same 12 weak songs all day. I listen to mostly talk radio since the rest is almost completly un-listenable. I don't want to spend any more money, but I figure what the heck 13 a month won't kill me.
Monday, January 09, 2006
Dark Days Ahead
The Winter of Discontent is January for me. I get paid twice in December due to the holidays. I get caught up, buy a few presents, and then try to ride out January without another big check untill February. My car is a disaster. I won't put anymore money into it at this point, and it could die at any moment. My truck is in limbo untill Harmon recouperates so that's a no-go. And even if it were to be fixed, I can't pay for it. I have just enough food and cash to make it through. I know that my returning to college relys on my ability to A). Get financial aid, and B). Have a reliable means of transportation to get me there.
On the positive front, I talked to my manager at BB. She'll give me more hours if I open up my availability. I'm cool with that so long as I don't have to run into the idiot I've had problems with. Since he mostly works in the morning, I don't see that as a problem. He could mess it up for me though, so I might need to just explore other options.
It looks like my RPG days are over. I put out an offer to run a game for awhile and nobody went for it, so I give up. I've tried to get a group together with miserable effect in the past and I refuse to put such effort into something like that again. I'd consider walking into a pre-assembled group, if the situation was right.
I think my healthy step this month is to drink more water and plan healthy meals for lunch and breakfast. I think 1/2 cup of oatmeal or an egg will do. Lunch will either be grilled chicken or pork, or a salad. Sugar and starchy foods are my weakness. When I cut out sweets and bread I drop weight like mad. Next month might be exercise time. Since I won't be hosting a game now, I'll take the junk room I was going to convert into a game room, and make a wieght room. I need to be in shape before I shave my head.
On the positive front, I talked to my manager at BB. She'll give me more hours if I open up my availability. I'm cool with that so long as I don't have to run into the idiot I've had problems with. Since he mostly works in the morning, I don't see that as a problem. He could mess it up for me though, so I might need to just explore other options.
It looks like my RPG days are over. I put out an offer to run a game for awhile and nobody went for it, so I give up. I've tried to get a group together with miserable effect in the past and I refuse to put such effort into something like that again. I'd consider walking into a pre-assembled group, if the situation was right.
I think my healthy step this month is to drink more water and plan healthy meals for lunch and breakfast. I think 1/2 cup of oatmeal or an egg will do. Lunch will either be grilled chicken or pork, or a salad. Sugar and starchy foods are my weakness. When I cut out sweets and bread I drop weight like mad. Next month might be exercise time. Since I won't be hosting a game now, I'll take the junk room I was going to convert into a game room, and make a wieght room. I need to be in shape before I shave my head.
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