28 Jan 2006
January 28th, 2006
Weight Loss update:
1/14/06 – 193 lbs (new scale added 6.5 lbs)
1/21/06 – 191.5 lbs / 44% body fat (-1.5 w00t)
1/28/06 – 189.5 lbs / 43% body fat (-2 lbs -1% bf = 7 “e” sweet)
Archive
Archive for January, 2006
the blues
January 14th, 2006
first, a quick reminder that I’ve got weight loss posts on the right under “weight loss journal” … unfortunately, its not listing the posts in order that they were written, but some sort of weird numerical order and therefore, 14 jan 06 is below 10 jan 06 .. I’ll have to look at that ..
quick notes:
- weather sucks lately .. winter needs to shit or get off the pot!
- need MMBA merchendise? you can now find it at my house
- 175 mm cranks on my Single Speed – w00t! can’t wait to try them out tomorrow!
- new jeans today – followed jess’s lead and shopped in the men’s section. sucessful jean shopping always does good things to a girl’s mood
- i seem to do better on ritalin than i was on concerta, but ritalin is more addictive. missing a day of it fucks me all up, i think. blah. i’ve got a psycho appointment next week, i’ll have to ask the doctor boss about that. i’m really getting tired of taking all of these drugs. maybe when i check out of the world, paying attention won’t be so important to me, and i’ll be able to get by on ginko
heh .. - what is the deal with ferretts anyway? they’re like mutant rats with cat-like tendencies and act like dogs. i just don’t get it. to me, they just seem dirty and kinda creepy.
- sometimes you’re the windshield; sometimes you’re the bug.
giggidy
January 11th, 2006
You scored as Hedonism. Your life is guided by the principles of Hedonism: You believe that pleasure is a great, or the greatest, good; and you try to enjoy life?s pleasures as much as you can.?Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!?More info at Arocoun’s Wikipedia User Page…
What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03) |
if only ….
January 10th, 2006
When I first heard this story, I thought the guy was crazy for taking the $800k payout (before taxes), rather than the $50k over 30 years, pretaxed. But then I started to think about it. Their payout is ~$575k after taxes. If I were given a check for $575k, I could pay off my house, both of my trucks, buy new trucks (paid in full with cash), pay off all of my other debts, fix my house up a bit, and still put $200-300k into investments.
We’d still work. But that’s ok. We’re still watching the youngest grow, and wouldn’t be ready for ‘retirement’ until he’s close to high school graduation. But, with all of our debts paid off, we could easily stick one of our paychecks in a high-yield savings account and live off of just one paycheck. Even with only one paycheck, we’d have more spending money than we do now with all of our monthly bills and debts. We’re not extravagant.
This would make one HELL of a retirement fund in just a few years.
*sigh*
Of course, I don’t even buy lottery tickets, so I don’t know why I bother fantasizing about winning the lotto. Guess its just nice to dream.