La Bene Vita

Thursday

I had to wait in line and pay $24 for a driver's license renewal yesterday. Happy Birthday to Me! On the bright side, I've lost weight, so when the dude behind the counter said, "Are you still 5-5 and 180?" I was able to say, "As a matter of fact, I'm not! Put me down for 150. " (Yes, I actually said, "") Also, not only was I deliciously slender in my new photo, but I just returned from the beach and have a nice tan.

I ordered cable and bought a 32" HDTV at Best Buy yesterday. For those who have never been to my house, I haven't had cable service in over a decade, and my little former 21" traditional cathode-ray TV was dwarfed by my entertainment center. This is because... dum-DUM-DUM! ...I don't watch TV. Does this surprise you, with five jobs and the goal list below? But apparently, I needed to get cable in time for football season.

Ah, the things we do for love.

But, hey! I'll have all the OSU games, movie channels, the History Channel, Discovery... and music channels! As in, live concerts! All on HD! woo-hoo! I watched Sammy Hagar and Godsmack concerts on Keith's 52" HD and can't even begin to tell you how awesome they were.

(This can't be good for my goals.)

NEW: Advertise "October Novel Prep Challenge"  [13+].
Goal met... (1) It's advertised above (duh.)  (2) I'm periodically plugging it in scroll. (3) I'm still sponsoring it. I haven't run out of GPs yet, though I suppose I should save some for the Merit Badges, since many will likely come out of my proverbial cyberpocket like they did last year.

Learn one new cover band song per week.
Pendingish. I stumbled across an acoustic version of "Drive" by Incubus, which was on the list of songs Luis wanted me to look at. I could do that at PB, too.

Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Pending. Maybe "Dust in the Wind" or "Drive" this week.

Write one new original song per month.
Pending.

NEW: Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
No activity.

Work on music instruction books for fifteen minutes per day.
Fail.

Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Pending.

Write one Textbroker article per week.
Goal met. Still waiting for the client to accept my $50 article and tell me whether he has any others he'd like me to write. The Open Orders list has been pretty much empty for a week.

Submit one short story/article per month.
Fail.

Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch"  [E] every day.
Fail.

Complete and edit "Poor Witch"  [E] by 6/30/09.
Fail.

Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Fail.

Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
In progress.

Maintain 150.0 lbs.
Weight: Dunno. Too damn much. Okay, fine, it was 154.0... "for the record."

Meals:
7:00am Coffee (1)
8:00am Coffee (1)
10:00am Nuts (1)
11:00am Apple ZonePerfect bar (3)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
2:15pm Tall, nonfat chai (4?)
6:00pm Dark chocolate mocha ZonePerfect bar (4)
7:15pm Salami sticks (3) and pretzels (1)
9:30pm Chai (1)
11:30pm Apple (1) with caramel (3), wine (1)
12:00am White russian-ish (1) and fudge (3)