Yesterday was the 4th of July and - well lets just say it was cheat on the diet day so we had a little too much to drink. It was a blast though and I feel pretty good this morning all things considered. I only gained back half a pound which is pretty good. Back on the diet wagon today. Goal for next week is at least 5 pounds.

Am thinking of maybe going to a movie this afternoon.

It feels like Saturday. Most of our clients are closed today so email has been really quiet. Went today and bought a new charger for my personal cell (the old one got stolen along with a bunch of other stuff). Found out i am eligible for an upgrade on 9/11. Am seriously considering getting an iPhone. I guess it depends on if I have the money by then.

My goal is to have lost 4.5 pounds by Monday morning - and if I am successful in keeping that up the rest of the time I am here I should meet my goal of 20 pound lost. It will be the smallest amount I've weighed in about 8 years.

Haven't done much tv watching here - too busy and there are kids here.

Ready for the workday to be over.

Had a pretty good day today. Lost 1/2 a pound since yesterday for a total of 3 pounds. Am hoping that we won't have to work too much tomorrow.

Last night Garrett (my boss' baby) woke up and screamed bloody murder for like 30 minutes. It sounded like he was being beaten. I felt bad for Beth.

Looking forward to the weekend.

I had the most delicious salad today for lunch. I created it out of what was in the kitchen: Spinach, leftover pork chop pieces (cold), cheese, dried cranberries, and blue cheese dressing. It was heavenly - and totally within the rules of my diet. Beth (better known as the "diet nazi" was very proud.

Had kind of a bad afternoon - very stressful. At one point i was so mad that I almost started crying.

Can't wait for this weekend when I can actually relax and have some fun (hopefully).

I have lost 2.5 lbs so far.

It is really beautiful here, but kind of dirty at the same time. It reminds me of Key West. Yesterday was kind of stressful - i don't know why but i am really stressed by working in a different environment - I'm sure I'll get used to it. We had pork chops, broccoli, fresh scallops, and whole grain rice for dinner last night. It was phenominal.

Today is even more stressful - it seems like everytime I am about to work on something I get a phone call and have to switch gears. I hate that.

It's almost time for lunch. I'm starving.

Let me just start by saying - the drive from Dallas to Tiki is the longest drive ever. What's funny is I've driven further distance-wise. McLoud to Orlando for instance. But I am so exhausted after the drive today. It might have been because I was following people and had to constantly be paying attention so that I could keep up.

The house we are staying in is really nice - five bedrooms with and elevator - though we aren't actually supposed to use that. The caretaker is living up on the 4th floor and, so that he doesn't creep us out and invade our space, he and his son are using the elevator to get out of the house. Since the elevator doesn't work unless all the doors are closed, he asked that we not use it unless loading/unloading heave stuff. He's afraid one of the kids will forget to close the door and then he and his son will be stuck up there.

It is extremely humid here. It reminds me a lot of Florida actually - though not as pretty, imo.

I'm staying here with several kids and a baby - so that's going to be interesting. I'm really not used to dealing with kids on a regular basis - especially not pre-teen girls.

Us adults are doing a bootcamp like diet where we don't eat carbs for two weeks - my plan is to lose 20 lbs in five weeks. Crossing my fingers.

1) Love Story - Taylor Swift
2) My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews
3) Is There a Ghost - Band of Horses
4) Cowboy Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks
5) Faith - George Michael
6) The Ghost of a Good Thing - Dashboard Confessional
7) Coney Island - Good Old War
8) Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani
9) Standing Still - Jewel
10) Too Too Too Fast - Ra Ra Riot
11) New Slang - The Shins
12) One - U2
13) Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake
14) Hot N Cold - Katy Perry
15) Stupid Girl - Garbage
16) Drawn to the Rhythm - Sarah McLachlan

There is talk of a Buffy Movie in the works - good news right? Nope - it will be a Buffy "reboot" and will not have any of the original characters and Joss will probably not be involved.

Seriously?

Stoopid

1) Pride (In the name of Love - U2
2) God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
3) Breathless - The Corrs
4) Where I Stood - Missy Higgins
5) Strawberry Wine - Deanna Carter
6) The Dance - Garth Brooks
7) Rockferry - Duffy
8) Chariot - Gavin Degraw
9) Read My Mind - The Killers
10) Bend and Not Break - Dashboard Confessional
11) Cry - Kelly Clarkson
12) Fall to Pieces - Avril Lavigne
13) Right to be Wrong - Joss Stone
14) Warwick Avenue - Duffy
15) Silent All these Years - Tori Amos
16) The End of the World - Skeeter Davis

I am reading Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a true story by Chuck Klosterman. Mr. Klosterman is going to be at the University of Oklahoma next week give a lecture of some kind. Jessica and I are going.

This book is going to be in my top 10 of all time I can tell, just like Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is.

Last night I purchsed two Dr. Who Soundtracks. I will probably listen to them in their entirety once and then just listen to the Dr. Who theme song over and over again. Because it makes me happy.

Jessica and I now have BBCAmerica which we shall watch obsessively because we love British television. Also we can now watch the new season of Torchwood when it comes on sometime this year.

Tomorrow is the Death Cab for Cutie concert in Tulsa. I could not be more excited. Yesterday Jessica and I were watching The OC and the song Soul Meets body came on and I said "Dude, tomorrow night we'll be hearing this song - LIVE"

And then we squeee'd.

So I was just reading about Joss' new movie The Cabin in the Woods that's coming out in 2010 - and I noticed that Bradley Whitford has been cast as one of the main characters. In case you are a silly person and don't know - Bradley Whitford played Josh Lyman on The West Wing and Danny Trip on Studio 60. I just have to say - that's frakking awesome. I'm basically in love with Bradley Whitford and now he's going to be in something written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard. Seriously? Headsplode

I call this one "Goodbye Forever, BSG"

1) A Good Lighter - Bear McCreary
2) Another White Dash - Butterfly Boucher
3) Time after Time - Cindy Lauper
4) Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional
5) We Belong Together - Gavin DeGraw
6) Freak on a Leash - Korn
7) Forever Young - Youth Group
8) Behind Blue Eyes - Anthony Steward Head
9) All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
10) Addicted - Kelly Clarkson
11) Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie
12) Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional
13) The Long Way Around - Dixie Chicks
14) Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters
15) Break Away - Kelly Clarkson
16) Looking for Shelter - Good Old War
17) Freebird - Anthony Stewart Head

Going to play some Catan tonight. It's been a long time.

I really don't feel well today.

I just read that Andy Hallett, the actor who played Lorne on Angel, passed away yesterday of heart failure. Man that is so sad...

RIP Andy Hallett

What is it with French people? Always striking and taking hostages - at least they aren't beheading people like during the revolution...

French workers take hostages

So last night was the final episode EVER of Battlestar Galactica. I am so happy and so sad at the same time. I think overall it was a really good ending....there were a few things that I wasn't real happy about but they were pretty minor and i totally understand why they happened the way they did. I'm in Frisco, TX at the 1st National Galactica Watercooler meetup and it was really fun to watch the finale with everyone.

I'm just suffering from the post series finale depression. I really can't wait to go home and watch the episode again.

Athena


Starbuck

I want a Doctor of my very own to keep in my closet for a rainy day......

Okay so I'm bored. Here are some lists of favorite things - feel free to copy and post your favorites on your journal...

Top Five Movies

1. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
2. Juno
3. Amelie
4. Benny and Joon
5. Serenity

Top Five Songs

1. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
2. Rain - Patti Griffin
3. Sittin on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
4. Everlong - Foo Fighters
5. Imagine - John Lennon

Top Five Fictional Characters

1. Howard Roark - The Fountainhead
2. Brian Kinney - Queer as Folk
3. The Doctor (David Tennant) - Doctor Who
4. Malcolm Reynolds - Firefly/Serenity
5. Josh Lyman - The West Wing

Top Five TV Shows

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Dr. Who
3. Queer as Folk
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
5. Firefly

Top Five Books

1. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
2. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
3. A Density of Souls - Christopher Rice
4. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
5. Sex, Drugs and Coco Puffs - Chuck Klosterman