zacwhit @ 6:46am: Getting in Shape - Week 2
Let's start off with some stats, shall we?

Weight: 199 lbs.
Waist: 41.5"
Chest: 42"

For most of the week I was pretty good at sticking to my plan. Did 10 pushups everyday, ate a bowl of cereal and a cup of either grape juice or tea in the morning,and limited lunch and dinner. And no soda.

Till the weekened came along.

On Saturday I went to Chino for a reenactment, and as usual, there was hardly anything at the event that was vegetarian friendly, save for nachos. So I had no choice. And to drink I had the option of Diet Coke or beer: I chose the former. Shorehouse after Rocky may've been a bad idea. And yesterday after we came back from LA we went to Romano's Macaroni Grill. I had made plans to eat half of my eggplant parmesean, but my dad made me angry right before so just out of frustration I sort of ate it all.

Despite that, however, I'm pleased to report a two inch loss from my stomach region. My chest is still as it was, but then I typically had a 42" chest when I was thinner anyway, so not too much worry there.

And life without soda's been a lot easier than I imagined!

moonshadowtiger @ 12:49am: Holy crap, what a couple days.
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paperbagofdoom @ 9:26pm: Yesterday I saw two of my closest friends get married.

I am so happy I was able to be a part of it (I was the flower boy).

I can't fathom the kind of thinking that would be against such a beautiful ceremony. They looked so happy reading their vows to one another, and I know they will live a very happy life with one another.

If you see any 'Yes on 8' signs, I fully support defacing them.
Let them know they can burn in their own hell.

pirate_dolly @ 4:23am: mildly amusing...
Go to urban​dicti​onary​.​ com and type in your answe​r to each quest​ion in the search box, then write​ the definition​ it gives​ you.

( I do this instead of sleeping.... )

mr_sulu @ 9:05pm:




im in california, i hitchhiked! so fun.

adopted a kitten who was almost dead in san francisco, where i got to see these fools, along with iron&wine, and a buncha other great musicians. so awesome.


call me


503 737 8797

especially you jojo, ive had quite the itch to see you in recent months! its been much too long.

theteabegreen @ 6:06pm: "Naked Woman Leads Pasadena On High Speed Chase -- Unbelievable" (some helicopter guy)
Some of you may have heard about a high speed chase that started in Pasadena involving a blonde naked girl. When police finally removed her from her crashed vehicle, they found that she had a live chinchilla with her.

Before you wonder, I'd like to set the record straight - THIS WAS NOT ME.

She was driving a white Acura. I drive a green volkswagon.

hgolightly88 @ 5:13pm: Politics
Just read an article about how McCain went to Minnesota to a Republican rally and got booed after telling his supporters that he wants to lead a respectful fight & that Obama is a decent man/family man, trying to calm them down.

Whether or not McCain is actually being a gentleman or attempting to win points for looking nice, the way his supporters are acting is kind of nuts. Some of the quotes that were given were things like,

"I don't trust Obama. I have read about him. He's an Arab."

or

"I'm really mad because of socialists taking over the country."

or even

"Off with his head".

It's astonishing. A woman doesn't trust him b/c he's an Arab?!  Seriously..? There's multiple things wrong with that statement. 

And yet, Palin is just fanning the fire even more .... I dislike her so much.

revaladdinsane @ 11:50am: 3 Down, 47 to go

Connecticut Ruling Overturns Ban on Same-Sex Marriage

By SHARON OTTERMAN

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, reversing a lower court decision that had concluded that the civil unions legalized in the state three years ago offered the same rights and benefits as marriage.

With the 4-to-3 ruling, Connecticut becomes the third state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. California legalized gay marriage in May 2008, and Massachusetts in 2004.

“Today is really a great day for equality in Connecticut,” said Bennett Klein, senior lawyer at Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, which argued the case before the Supreme Court. “Today’s decision really fulfills the hopes and dreams of gay and lesbian couples in Connecticut to live as full and equal citizens.”

moonshadowtiger @ 10:24am: WoW news
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hgolightly88 @ 11:24pm: Things are already looking up
So, my mom misinformed me. My grandma will continue to help me...but not really anyone else nearly as much. True, my monthly amount goes down a tad bit so that I can help more with school costs but it's completely fine. ::whew:: I'll still try to get a job, but now I can wait for my wisdom teeth to be taken care of.

My grandma went on a rant about how I haven't f*cked my life up & how I am doing things right, compared to the rest of the family. It was a touching message and I love her for how much she does for me.

Photo shoot will probably be this Monday. Yikes. :-P I'm going to be drinking wine that day to calm my nerves. Brian will also be drinking. That is how we are able to take photos. lol

oh_by_jingo @ 10:13pm: what would i want to do more than anything on halloween?
oh i don't know, bryan scary's glitter odyssey (they describe it as - a glam-rock explosion of futuristic phenomena!)
on halloween, bryan scary and the shredding tears are performing along with burlesque dancers and body painters in brooklyn.
i want to go soooooooo bad.


i love this man!

hgolightly88 @ 5:48pm: ::Breathe::
Today has been eventful.

My mom called me out of the blue, after no phone call in weeks, to tell me my grandma has officially stopped helping out anyone financially, due to the stock market. I'm one of those people she was helping (our agreement so long as I was going to school full-time & keeping up the good work). I emailed my grandma, asking her if the financial help w/ my schooling is also done. I'm waiting for the answer.

So, I definitely need a job in a time when that's not so easy to come by. :-P My mom has support from her man, so if I do need help badly, she has my back & I'm thankful. And I have food & shelter w/ Steffan & his father. I was going to wait till my wisdom teeth were taken care of, but I'm going to start applying for everything now.

Then, my dear friend Brian emailed me to ask me to do a photo shoot with him and Steve. Gawd help me. No nudity or anything like that ... Lord knows I am not one to be okay with these things ... but I did say yes, in the name of friendship.

I am nervous about various things at the moment.

zacwhit @ 8:06am: Interesting Branches in the Family Tree
My mom's been doing a lot of research into our family tree lately, and discovered some interesting things.

First off, my mom, sister, and I appear to be related to about 2 or 3 Virginia militiamen from the American Revolution. They all served in Augusta Company (meaning they were from Augusta, VA), and they appear to have all been officers. It may be enough to get my mom into the Daughters of the American Revolution, and myself into the Sons of the American Revolution.

The irony is that she found all this the day after I announced I was going to join the redcoats.
 
And secondly, we also appear to be distantly related to George Armstrong Custer, of Little Bighorn infamy.

All in all, it's quite awesome.

pirate_dolly @ 2:18am: dood! I'm a frikkin' DRAGON!
so... I just had the most awesome aerial class EVER! not only do I continue to do well on tissu, but I frikkin' had my first lesson on BREATHING FIRE! holy crap yay!

so.. tissu went really well. was able to correctly remember how to do a drop that I learned recently. learned a brand new frikkin' drop! yay! and refreshed an old one! I'm a droppin' machine, I tells ya!
I was also able to get halfway up the tissu using a new type of inverted climb that I also just recently learned! yay!! I think I could have gotten farther... but I was getting tired.. and I was a little nervous about it.
I also got to do some refresher work on the hoop, which was nice. I've been neglecting my hoop studies. I miss me some spinnin'. =)

then... I was fire time!!!

went over the basics of how everything worked, and learned a few tricks! I enjoyed it a heck of a lot more than I thought I would. I like fire. I like it a lot. I had forgotten. today I got to hold it in my fingertips.

( wanna see? )

hgolightly88 @ 12:09am: Movie
So, I finally got around to watching The Pianist. It was well done ... pretty depressing, but it was expected. Not exactly the happiest subject matter.

I think Life is Beautiful (despite the fact that it was really unrealistic) won me over a lil more in terms of feeling more emotion in response to it, personally. :-)

moonshadowtiger @ 12:02am: The wow geeks are coming, the wow geeks are coming!
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theteabegreen @ 6:00pm: Less Tired. Want Booze.
I am definitely feeling better today. I'm not nearly as tired as I have been...even without the wonderful effects of coffee.

This morning I went to the city employee appreciate day bbq. Free food. Yeah. I didn't win a raffle prize. Booo. I got to hear my co-worker Terry sing. Yeah.

That's about it. Just have to make it through today. Then I have to make it through tomorrow. Then I have no work for two whole weeks. On Saturday we are performing our preshow, MONSTERS OF ROCKy, and I'm looking forward to that a lot. Next week I don't have anything planned. The week after that Brian and I are going to take a drive. We will visit Granite Bay (Sacramento area), Napa, San Francsico (avoiding marathon weekend so that I don't burst into tears), San Jose (Winchester house!), and Solvang. Hopefully we'll visit some wineries, do some wine tasting, and return with several bottles of wine. I have no patience for letting wine age though. I want it and I want it now.

paperbagofdoom @ 9:44am: Leif goes out of character for a minute.
Yeah, so.

I kind of yelled at some woman.

In front of her twelve-year-old kid.

But its not like she didn't deserve it.

She probably didn't deserve the F-bomb, though.

So I'm at Noah's Bagels after my class has been canceled. Its nine in the morning, I'm in sort of a bad mood, tired, and sort of cranky. I get out of my car, and realize I forgot my book in the car. I reach back in, and the devil-woman attempts to screech into the empty space next to me, stopping right in time not to hit me. She slams on her horn, and I give her a dirty look, which was incredibly effective </sarcasm>. She then grabs her daughter by the wrist and drags her into Noah's, making sure I know that she will be getting there ahead of me.
While in line she keeps on glancing over at me, making sure I know that SHE DOESN'T LIKE ME, and once even whispers into her daughter's ear while staring daggers at me. She orders, then I order (cheddar, bacon, egg on an everything bagel), and while we are both waiting, she keeps on glaring at me. Keep in mind, I never look back - I'm catching this out of the corner of my eye.
My order is called, and I go up to get my sandwich. Her order is then called, and while she passes me she SHOULDERS ME WITH HER SHOULDER.
That's right.
Some twiggy angry bleach-blonde bitch tried to nudge somebody out the way with a shoulder-span of more than two feet.
I turn to her and shout, 'What the fuck is your problem? You almost hit me in the parking lot with your car. Who the fuck are you? Go suck a dick, bitch', gave her the finger, and walked out.

Okay, I didn't shout it. But I said it loud enough to be heard by the woman behind the counter (who looked scared), the old couple at the table near us (who looked confused), and the woman's daughter (who looked like she was about to cry).

I almost keyed her car, but didn't after I realized none of my keys are sharp enough to do real damage to the car itself.

I was in a bad mood this morning, but that felt amazing. 
I'm totally good now.

zacwhit @ 11:09pm: Getting in Shape - Week One
So as I've stated, I want to get back into reenacting, which requires me getting back in shape and losing some weight. Seeing as I've already spent hundreds of dollars on Civil War equipment, it depresses me a little bit to find I've grown out of it. And since I'm going to be spending hundreds of dollars on Revolutionary War gear, I want to be sure to be a good and proper weight and size so I won't have to keep spending more money to accomodate my size.

As of right now, I'm:

Age: 21
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 200 lbs
Waist: 43.5"
Chest: 42"

My goal:
To reach 170 lbs. by the end of January 2009. That's 30 pounds in 3 months. 

My plan of action: 

• Cut out soda entirely and switch to tea. It's healthier for you....and cheaper too I think. I've tried in the past to cut down, but failed after one week or so. No more. Besides, if I'm to portray a British soldier of the American Revolution I'd better get used to my tea, eh? 
• Eat more fruits and vegetables. Though I'm a vegetarian, I'm ashamed to say that I could do a Hell of a lot better in this department. Oh, and cut down on the cheese. If I could give up meat (and I used to be one of the biggest meat eaters around...no joke), then I can certainly cut down on my cheese intake. Same with soda, too.
• Start walking and/or hiking. I do a lot of walking at school and work, but not enough. To start, I think I should try walking at least 30 minutes two or three times a week. Just getting me moving has to be beneficial. Since Whittier is surrounded by lovely hills, as well, I see no reason not to go hiking. Though my dad goes hiking all the time and often invites me to go with him...I decline. Not solely for lack of motivation, but because...well...you know how my dad aren't the best of pals. Since I have a car now, I can go off hiking as I well please.
• Ideally I'd like to join a gym so I can lift weights and whatnot, but I'm too strapped for cash right now for that. Perhaps I can talk my parents into it, though...but I doubt it.
• More stretching in the morning and before bed.

And other plans will develop along the way I'm sure. Any tips or suggestions are greatly appreciated. I'm thinking I might make this a weekly report, so all of you can remind me of my goals and what it is I have to do.

oh_by_jingo @ 9:34pm: insanity!
gogol bordello was crazy! crazy awesome and crazy scary.
we got very front, which at the time i thought was a good idea, but then i came to realize that being rammed into a metal barrier over and over again was not very fun.
3/4 of the way through the show i think i went crazy from being hit constantly by the crazy bitch next to me (she was pushing me and hitting me the entire time and she didn't even have to i just think she wanted my spot) and i freaked out and felt like i was about to throw up or pass out and i didn't want eugene hutz to see me like that so i had to get out haha. i just stood to the side away from the crazies for the end. if i ever get to see them again i will not stand in the very front because i am totally covered in bruises! but mr. hutz is super dreamy and an amazing performer and i am glad i got to see him up close even though i didn't get to touch him like megan and chanel.

so my halloween costume ideas i think are narrowed down to - enid from ghost world, a zombie, ziggy stardust, or the color green. i think this weekend i am going to goodwill to see if anything strikes my fancy. i really want a reason to wear a wig and/or do crazy and elaborate makeup.


p.s. eugene hutz was drinking straight from a bottle of red wine on stage, i thought that was pretty hilarious.

looblylemming @ 7:08pm: 6 am is too early for me to eat
So today didn't exactly leap to provide me with exciting things to share. I watched the OC/Geass dub about a million more times, but nobody including me wants to spend one more second thinking about it.

Saturday classes started. I had to wake up a 5 which was totally awful, but I think in the end the class will be worth it. Since today was the first day and we didn't have a model, we just kind of got back into doing basic stuff with charcoal. Chris says I've gotten better since the last time he saw me, which I would like to think has some truth to it, though at this point I really couldn't say.

I think Ms. Russell might have seriously messed with my ability not to be a total spaz in english. (Even though she was fabulous). Also, colette always spends the whole time acting completely superior to absolutely EVERYTHING. It's very frustrating.

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theteabegreen @ 3:06pm: Can't Stop Being Tired.
I have been so tired since getting back from con more than a week ago. I've been sleeping tons and tons. Perhaps I'm still getting over the cold that I had last week.

I don't know, but this has to stop. I'm tired of being tired. Yes, bad pun intended.

Yesterday (and the day before) my eyes stung and felt crusty for the majority of the day. It felt like I had only had an hour sleep, even though I had a full nights sleep. Caffeine offered little help. Last night I was so tired when I got off work, that I could barely stay awake as I drove to Alhambra to spend the night at Brian's apartment. I tripped and fell as I was walking up the stairs. I draped a moist paper towel over my eyes and went immediately to sleep.

This is not normal for me. I'm very close to going to the doctor. *shudder*

Hopefully I'm still getting over my cold, but I don't think that is it because I no longer have any cold symptoms.

I'm feeling a little better today, but I would still rather curl up in a dark corner rather than deal with people.

*sigh*

I'm off work next week, but I'm not looking forward to it because I am no longer running my marathon. I just look at it as a big open space.

zacwhit @ 10:00pm:

My car's leaking something fierce - oil and washer fluid -, so I'm going to be without a car tomorrow while my mechanic takes a look at it. No big deal though....it was bound to happen. One of the joys out auto ownership. :^)

I've been trying to fight it since February...I really have...but I'm going to become involved in Revolutionary War reenacting. For the British (yeah yeah...I know I'll be getting Tory comments, but eh). It doesn't seem to be as politically hostile as the Civil War community is, and there's a more genuine sense of closeness from what I can tell. That being said, I'll be keeping my Civil War gear for the bug will inevitably bite me again. I just need to lose 30 pounds to fit back into it.....

But something else quite awesome happened the other day. While at the 1st Annual Drum Barracks Yard Sale (where I made $128!), the Company of Military Historians had a table set up. The president of the Southwest Chapter and I got to talking, and he invited to join the organization. A bit about this group: it's essentially the premier military history society in the U.S., if not the world. Many of the famous historians we read are members. So I'm joining....I'm really excited about it too! 

theteabegreen @ 2:52pm: Beach?
Anyone want to go to Laguna Beach with me this Friday for a day of splashing around in the waves? I promise to get you back to the LA area in time for Clue.