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Here I was thinking I was going to have a nice, peaceful day floating on an inner tube down the Provo River... Work on my tan, have good conversations, you know, any person's ideal Saturday... (Looks so nice and peaceful, doesn't it?) Well, Tanner and I could only find three tubes. We then faced a disaster trying to figure out how to get them pumped when the dang air things needed 12 hours to charge. Tanner found the manual pump, and he and Cody ended up pumping up the tubes in about five minutes. Very impressive. We drove up, parked my car, and then crowded me into the back of the LandCruiser under all of the blown up tubes. The boys got the tubes out, and I wriggled out of the car. I saw a sign that said "life jackets required." Oops. We didn't have any life jackets. Meh, we'd be fine--everyone floats the river without a life jacket. So we put our tubes into the water. I got into my tube and was trying to help Tanner by holding his tube for him. Big mistake....

Alright, so I know a lot of my posts are a bit random and sometimes funny. So for the sake of maintaining that, I first want to tell you all about my jeans! I blew out the back pocket of them months ago (and my wonderful mother repaired them for me). Yes, I walked around for a whole day with my left cheek exposed. For a full story, go to this blog . But I stopped wearing them because I thought I'd blow the back out again. Anyway, the jeans were always pretty darn tight! Like I felt like I was squeezing into them, but when I got them on, I found them to be flattering although uncomfortable. I put them on last night, and they were loose. What the! My legs had extra space, as did my rear end. This made me happy, and I don't think I'll be blowing out the back of them again anytime soon! Another piece of info I thought you might like is that my latest addiction is to Diet Coke Plus. Ask Cindy--I have her sell me one on every shift we work together. It tastes better than Coke to ...

I decided on Saturday night, after being infuriated by (dare I say) my co-worker's comments, that I needed to write a blog. A blog so amazing and so spectacular that it would inspire you to read every blog in existence. That's right, a blog in defense of blogging. At first I had a hard time figuring out a direction for this because I was so frustrated. I could have written a blog in defense of blogging or as an attack on all things addicting... I may still include some elements of the latter. The conversation was started by some of my co-workers saying that they do not understand blogging. Fair enough, there are a lot of people who don't. But unless your life has been affected negatively by something, or you have tried something and have reasons for your disapproval, you have no place to say anything. He asked how long blogging takes, and I responded, "It depends on how long it is and how fast you type." He said, "See, and you knock on gaming, and that's ...

Well said.

I've realized there are a lot of things about customers at Blockbuster that irritate my fellow Customer Service Representatives, shift leaders, managers, and me. Let me give you customers a few tips so that you can rest assured that we CSRs won't be making fun of you after you leave. 1. Blockbuster card. Have your Blockbuster card ready. When you're standing in line for 5 minutes, when a 30-minute long line is behind you, or when you know you have a stack of 43 cards to look through, please just be prepared. You bother me when I have to stand there waiting for you to search through the wallet that contains a lifetime of financial records and cards for every place you shop. 2. I am a human. Please HAND me everything. My having to lean three feet across a counter because you are too lazy to extend your arm and meet me halfway frustrates me. Do not set your card on the counter, because then I have a hard time lifting that little laminated piece of paper off the counter. 3. Pay...

That's right, kids. I'm jumping on the bandwagon that I heretofore refused to. I am beginning to read the Harry Potter saga. I checked out the first of the lovely series from the Harold B. Lee Library today. I will begin reading at the gym today. On my list after I'm done with this series include the classics I missed out on in high school (Catcher in the Rye, Brave New World, etc.) and the British books that my Rachel so loves. Yes, this includes the Jane Austen novels I have also heretofore refused to read. It wasn't actually a blatant refusal, rather more a general disinterest. I also intend to read Wuthering Heights and whatever other great works Rachel has in her literary repertoire for me. I want to read Fight Club and Darkly Dreaming Dexter for mere entertainment value. I also am being pushed to read the Twilight Series I have heretofore been disinterested in as well. So many books, so little time. And yet I had to spend the last six weeks reading 30 adolescent l...

Recognize the Princess Bride reference, anyone? Anyone? Good. Well let's see what's new. Yesterday marked one week on the Fat Smash diet. I slacked yesterday a bit more than I would have liked (slacking consisted of 1 bite of a 3 Musketeers bar, 5 Hershey kisses, and a 130 calorie bag of popcorn. I'm fat, I know). But I had to reassure myself today that I didn't totally mess everything up, and I got on the scale: 5.25 pounds! Yay! In one week! Sweet huh? This week I get to have such things as whole wheat bread and cold cereal! It's so nice. I had a two-a-day today--did cardio in the morning, and went back to the gym after work. It's a little annoying, like I've said before, but as long as the scale is telling my progress, I am happy. Five more pounds and I'll be back to where I like myself, though I think I'll probably keep going for a couple more cycles on this thing. I miss pizza and French fries a lot. A $1 McDonald's double chee was calling m...

Well, I haven't been keeping you all up to date with this whole dieting process. Still working out every day, cardio for an hour every day, and 30 minutes of lifting every other day. Actually on Fat Smash I am required to do a couple of two-a-day workouts. I did one on Tuesday, and I have to do one today. Apparently if you do two workouts a day 6 hours apart, it keeps your metabolism boosted. It's exhausting and annoying to go to the gym twice a day and shower twice a day, but whatever it takes, man! I'm pretty hungry on this diet, although I shouldn't be. I'm allowed to have unlimited pickles, carrots, and celery (along with some other things I don't take much interest in). I can have two 100 calorie snacks, which is when I've taken advantage of sweets, but usually I've just had string cheese and four wheat crackers (yes, it's that specific). I've had oatmeal, egg beaters, fruit, and such things for breakfast. I've been eating a lot of salad...