If you haven't watched it yet...

...you are doing yourself a disservice.

Get on the ball, and go watch the Democratic Party Debates .CNN partnered with YouTube and it is HIGHLY entertaining.

Things I can say right now, after watching the entire debate.

1. This is a great change in format! Talk about giving the American people a chance to speak their minds, and make an impression on the possible candidates.

2. I'm really looking forward to what youtube-rs submit for the Republican Debates. CNN is going to be hard pressed to find a handful of useable videos, let alone any that are postive and upbeat. The dark cloud circling the Republican Party that is President Bush has effed it up for all of them.

3. Anderson Cooper is a God among men for being able to keep Mike Gravel from Alaska under control. GOD, what a blow hard!

2008 is going to be difficult for Democrats, almost more difficult than republicans are going to have it. One of the most qualified candidates is a woman. One of the most passionate and inspirational is bi-racial. How are we going to be able to send these people to the ballot without worrying they could lose based soley off of some portions of this country being too "red" to see past the broken down chevy propped on cynder blocks on their lawn? John Edwards may seem like the obvious default, but the others... the others seemed more passionate than John. Passionate, but completely un-electable if the other half of the country gets to vote. No Republican would elect Dennis Kucinich, at least not one in their right mind. He is far too progressive, and liberal to ever get into office. Bill Richardson is fantastic but seems a little light on "what have you done for us lately" topics in the debate. Where is his voting record in Senate? Oh thats right, he's not a Senator, he's a Governor. Talk about jumping the gun a little, ok so he was the US Energy Secretary, maybe we could give him another shot at that job, seems like we still have a problem or two there... And you know what honestly, I don't have a whole lot to say about Joe Bidden and Chris Dodd, I'm sure they're great people and all but maybe I'm ready for someone other than an old, grey haired white man with money to lead the country.

Book Worm

Mmm sugar-free gum. I think I'm going to be one of those unfortunate souls that dies from the over consumption of sugar subsitutes. I've heard it's bad for your liver or something. Right now a good portion of the food I'm eating contains it, but I think eating fresh food (not frozen or processed) the rest of the time is going to even it out. Jenny has been cooking some awesome meals, and I'm so thankful. We had a great chicken w/ stirfry veggies and pasta w/ peanut sauce the other night. YUM. She's amazing. :)

It pissed rain all weekend so there wasn't much else to do besides rent movies, and go shopping. Jenny finally bought a new pair of shoes! She's been walking on pavement for months. She managed a nice pair of $110 North Face shoes for $69. I love Nordstroms. I came out with new makeup from Bare Minerals. I swear to god it's the best makeup I've ever put on my face. My skin is already clearer. We swung by the body shop and bought more shower goodies, and snagged some new books from a 50% off sale.

I made a book list Friday of books I need to buy, read and add to my collection.

Dear Diary - Lesly Arfin
Party Monster - James St. James
Dermaphoria - Craig Clevenger
The Contortionist's Handbook - Craig Clevenger
Stranger Than Fiction - Chuck Palahnuik
Rant - Chuck Palahnuik
Clown Girl - Monica Drake
Remainder - Tom McCarthy
Then We Came to the End - Joshua Ferris
Falling Man - Don DeLillo
A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis
Glamorama - Bret Easton Ellis
Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis
The Good Life - Jay Mcinerney
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell - Tucker Max

We got our tickets to the KEXP BBQ, I'm so excited. We have alot of fun stuff going on in August, and I can't wait!!!

OH ... and I got the most beautiful bouquet of 24 roses Friday at work. :) :) :)

Oily Poop

So, I was researching "diet pills" today. God, I miss Ephedra... it was simple, pick up anything, and it was in there. Now that they've taken it off the market you have to go fishing around for "natural" or "herbal" versions. Suck. In my quest for a magical weight loss pill, I've run across a few really amusing websites, and some really scarry side effects of one of the "Top Selling" weight loss pills on the market today.

I'm talking about the new Anti-Obesity wonder drug, Alli (better known as a straight shot of Orlistat). Some of the features and benefits of the pill is 30% less fat absorbed into your body. So, if its not being absorbed, where is it going to go you ask? Well, I've got the answer...Right out your pooper!

The major side effect of the pill is oily poop, and increased flatulance. Oh man... sign me up. Rather, sign my co-workers up to be miserable, stuck in an office with an uncontrollable farter. I found alot of the information on Wikipedia (I love that site), and the part that stood out the most, in all it's horrific splendor was this... "Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work." (Linked to the post for your reading enjoyment) SICK!!!!!!!!! Who in their right mind would voluntarily take a pill that would simulate IBS and Crohn's Disease... wow.

Thanks GlaxoSmithKline,

You have officially detered me from buying diet pills....shit. Ew, not litterally.

Fatty Mc-Fat Fat

It's diet number 156,768 ... I think I've done about every diet you can possibly do. And to be honest, it's not the diet's fault. Most of them are perfectly good diets, and for most people I'm sure they work well. I just suck. That's all there is to it. I've tried Weight Watchers, South Beach, Slim-Fast, Lean Cuisines, Diet pills, and gym memberships... its halarious actually.

I think I need to stop eating processed foods. I think that might be the problem. I've been eating Lean Cuisines, or varients of, for the last year and it doesn't seem to help weight loss at all. I think there is too much artifical crap in it. I'm going back on Slim Fast, ONLY because it has vitamins in it, and the rest of my meals are going to be drastically smaller and consist mainly of vegetables. Jenny brought me home a stair stepper, very cool considering it was free (a client). And I'm waiting for Cailin to fax me her home work out routine.

I enjoyed my last crappy meal this weekend at The Ram. It had to be the best chicken burger I've ever eaten. Not to mention the mud-pie we all split afterwards. Ya, I'm disgusting...
The next day, Jen and I went to the U Village and picked out outfits that could possibly be our wedding clothes. I bought the pants I loved, but were WAY too small, for insipiration. I will not weigh myself... I will just put those pants on (or attempt to) once a week until the f*ckers fit.

We finally decided on our Save The Date cards, and they will be disgustingly cute. People will probably vomit on them. We also researched (or Jenny researched and I merely commented yes or no) on ideas for food after the wedding and our wedding "cake" or cakes. Many ideas floating around but they are all good and on track with what we want, which is an easy, fun, casual wedding, that people will enjoy like a party rather than something serious and uptight. Maybe by then I can eat some real food, and not blow up like a balloon. One can only dream...

Curly Poop

Thats what my hair looks like today. I wish it were blonder. I miss my blonde hair. I hit the snooze about 4 times this morning, so instead of straight hair, I have a fluffy semi-curly mass on my head, and it's bugging the shit out of me.

Next...

I've spent the last week thinking of magical ways to lose weight. I need to get on that now so I don't look like a cow (or I ate a cow) in our wedding pictures next year. I'm trying to think on a daily scale, instead of a whopping overall scale. So instead of thinking "I need to lose _lbs in a year", I think I'm going to go with "I need to lose _lbs this week/month"... maybe if I work on it daily instead of giving myself an overall goal, which I havent been able to achieve, maybe it'll work. Eh. I've been walking on my lunches, until this latest heat wave hit. I just couldn't stand it the other day, so I gave up and came back early.

Things to buy: Pedometer, step machine, elliptical? I wish there was an affordable gym near our house!!! Maybe some slim-fast (I need to start eating "breakfast").... and hey how about some Trimspa for fun. LOL

In other news, if you havent heard Jenny and I are crazy dog ladies and adopted a 3 month old puppy. So that brings the grand total to three. We are a couple of suckers. Well, actually I think I'm the sucker. Jenny wanted to "foster" a dog, and that quickly (within hours) turned into us adopting the dog. I think I'm the pushover. But its ok, she is a great pup. Pictures below... her name is Sophie Lee.

In the real news... Bush Equals Nixon's Highest Disapproval ... haha, we are fools. Why is this man still running our country? 559 days to go!