I'm fueling up as I type this...I just saw the sign for the price of air. Unbelievable.

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Magnificent Seven - Classic Steve McQueen (with a side of Bronson). A real "mans" movie. One against many, being a man, type theme. Great scene in the beginning with McQueen riding "shotgun" in the hearse...and a great quote. "Don't you ever say that again about your fathers, because they are not cowards. You think I am brave because I carry a gun; well, your fathers are much braver because they carry responsibility, for you, your brothers, your sisters, and your mothers. And this responsibility is like a big rock that weighs a ton. It bends and it twists them until finally it buries them under the ground. And there's nobody says they have to do this. They do it because they love you, and because they want to. I have never had this kind of courage. Running a farm, working like a mule every day with no guarantee anything will ever come of it. This is bravery. That's why I never even started anything like that... that's why I never will. "

Blue Velvet - Dennis Hopper is a maniac meets an almost "Last House on the Left"-ish feel meets David Lynch. Intrigued by Eraserhead, I had to set my TiVo to record any David Lynch flick....and well Dennis Hopper as a maniac and weird sexual crap is an added bonus

Big Fish - Beginning was "eh", in the middle it got good, and the end was real good...I like Ewan McGregor, and I like "Big Foot". Tim Burton is a top 10 director/writer for me so I figured I'd like it. I wouldn't say it was a 5 star netflix. Maybe a 3.5. I kind of liked the story of the town in the middle of nowhere. I hated the "Big Fish" in the river....the way it was shot/looked.

TV:
Dexter - I'm trying to prevent myself from buying the books this series is based on and ruining it because I really like the actors/characters. Dark show that ties up loose ends frequently so you don't feel like you have to invest a lot of time into it.

Earl and Office - "Eh" Just brainless entertainment. Funny to watch while doing other things.

What's up next? Some classic Halloween theme movies. "The Witches" for Laurie, and Night of the Living Dead.

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Diet update:
Fell off the wagon a little, still maintaining, but haven't lost any more. I have been eating "ok".

Eraserhead:
I saw this movie only for the first time last night. I consider myself fairly affluent with film. Enough to say that I know enough about film to be somewhat of a credible critic. Dare I be cocky and say I know what the hell I'm talking about.

Add Eraserhead to the list of movies that completely screwed up my head. Not in a horror/scary way and to be honest, I'm not sure WHICH what, but I haven't stopped thinking about it since I saw it last night. I won't even begin to try to interpret it, as I don't think I can. However an amazing movie. #2 on the list of movies that screwed me up.

BTW - Exorcist is #1 and there is no #3.

TV Shows I'm into this season:
Can't wait for DEXTER
Heroes...eh.
Earl and Office
Weeds
Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Where do I start. It's been a crazy week in movies for me. I have no life and winter (even though it was 80) hibernation means "catch up on movies".

First I'll start with my new release review

Into the Wild - Sean Penn adapted John Krakauers classic book into film. The TRUE story is about a young guy who gives away his life savings after school and treks to Alaska with numerous adventures in between. I waited for 2 years for this film to come out and It came out friday, in select theaters. I went to NYC (The Great Sunshine Theater) to see it. It was great....the way they layed out the timeline made the looong story actually bearable and enjoyable. If they would have time lined it from start to finish without going into the future/alaska it would have been horrible. While I don't think this film, especially at 2.5 hours will appeal to a wide audience, it is certainly a GREAT movie. I feel they didn't go enough into the time he spent with the old man, which was a BIG part of the book. I would have liked for them to go into his head a little more while in Alaska too.

Jersey Girl - Kevin Smith version. George Carlin is great. Story kind of sucks. Ben Affleck = "Eh". I hate Liv Tyler and J Lo. The kid and Carlin made the movie. Watched it because it's the only Kevin Smith and Ben Affleck movie I haven't seen.

The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock. Pretty much enough said. Great classic.

Lady In the Lake - Great idea, somewhat poor execution. Almost Blair Witch meets murder mystery classic. If the acting and story were a little better, it would have been great.

The Shining - I watched this because Laurie never seen it. The kid actor in it is simply amazing. Combine that with Jack Nicholson's acting, Steven Kings writing, and Kubricks directing and of COURSE you get a great movie. But this movie is better than great. Scatman Crothers is perhaps one of my favorite actors. Shelly Duvall is ugly, and I felt she was the weakest link of the movie.

The Hitcher 1986 - Took this recommendation from a co-worker just to see Rutger Hauer. It wasn't too bad. The ending was "eh". I could have wrote a little better ending but it did it's 80's cheesy horror flick thing. Someone should re-write this movie from Ryders point of view. I hear there was a new version released earlier this year that I probably will never check out. It was cool seeing the chick from Fast Times at Ridgemont high in another movie though...

I know I watched one or two more, I just can't remember which. I caught glimpses of some other movies, but did not watch them yet. In the queue is Psycho, Grand Prix, Eraserhead, Big Fish, Last Tango in Paris, Fearless, Dirty Dozen and Stagecoach and I forget what else TiVo recorded. Most/Some of those I already saw and are my favorites, like Dirty Dozen and Psycho but I'm ashamed to have never seen Eraserhead and Big Fish. Big Fish better not let me down as everyone says it's great but I have a preconceived notion it's going to be fucking gay.

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http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/19/elementeos-13-year-old-ceo-highlight-of-tiecon/

13yr old raises 6.5M in venture capital.

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Maintained again.

Fruit for breakfast

Chicken strips for lunch

Popcorn for dinner (hey, I watched "Jersey Girl" I needed something...)

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I maintained.

Monday

breakfast
2 eggwhites while walking to a meeting

lunch
sliced grilled chicken in a whole wheat wrap with a piece of lettuce
fruit

snack
banana

dinner
turkey burger a little bit of bread
small salad

Still 165

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The Bridge - Documentary about suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge. Controversial because they show footage. Very good, not great, but good. I could not relate to a lot of it, from a "family" perspective. Maybe that is a good thing. And the long-haired leather jacket guy should have "jumped" in the beginning...that was frustrating. I also wouldn't have minded a background on the work involved to film the documentary, but maybe that was in the "extras" that I didn't watch.

Eyes Wide Shut - Seen it before, watched it again, late at night with Laurie as we both remember it being good, but didn't quite remember it in detail. I still don't care for Nicole Kidman, even more so in this movie, however, I really dig this movie. Then again, I'm a guy and it has lot's of nudity. Kind of a dark twist on a actual more than "realistic" issue of infidelity and trust.

The Cincinnati Kid - Steve McQueen...Ann-Margret...that SHOULD say it all. It was great. Not top 100 great, but up there. Steve McQueen is a great actor, and Ann-Margret in this movie...should be next to the definition of sexy (however also next to brat). Favorite scene...after Steve McQueen takes her to the cock fights, and drops her off home...the script is genius, and her acting is genius. I liked the ending to this movie too...not spectacular, which is why I liked it. P.S. Don't try to search You Tube for "cincinnati kid" the only two clips are an Ann-Magret clip (and not a great one) and the entire ending to the movie.

I started watching a few Hitchcock movies, but fell asleep, so I need to finish watching Rear Window and Dial M for Murder...from what I saw, they were great....but it's Hitchcock what did you expect?

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Maintained a 4lb loss this weekend. Considering what I ate, I am happy.

Saturday:
3 eggwhites with Cajun Seasoning & Kethcup
Banana

Dinner - Chicken Parm & Ziti w/ whole wheat pasta (not that it helped!)
Baked sweet potatoes
Wine

Sunday:
Houlihans for lunch
1/2 Chicken ranch type wrap, all fat sauce on the side, didn't eat
House salad, local dressing (only at about 1/3rd of it) no croutons, cheese, or bread

Dinner - Ria Mar for dinner
Garlic Chicken
Potatoes (like the homemade fried chips kind)
Rice
Veggies
Ugh. it was horrible for one, two....it was bad.

At one point I was down to 164 this weekend, this morning I was 165.

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Friday

Breakfast:
Some pineapple
Banana

Lunch:
Grilled chicken caesar salad

Dinner:
Some Asian grilled chicken salad
Drinks (Jack and Diet Coke)

Before poop weigh in this morning was 165 even. Only 15lbs more to go.

Going to Laurie's co-workers house for dinner tonight...no clue what's in store for meal but I'm quite sure it is going to be great.

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I estimate loosing many-a-lbs to the porcelain god in a short moment.

Thursday's meals

Breakfast:
2 eggwhites ketchup...brought banana, wasn't hungry
Coffee

Lunch:
Jalapeño Cheddar Chicken Burger, no bun (cheddar was mixed in with the burger unfortunately)
Small cup of fruit (I'm on a pineapple kick)
Pickles

Dinner (went out):
grilled chicken with fresh moz. and roasted peppers - BAD
Water

Still at 166.

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Yesterday, I got back into my usual wake-work-home-laurielovin routine.

Breakfast:
2 scrambled eggwhites with ketchup at 7:30ish
light and fit yogurt at 10ish

Lunch:
Roasted turkey lunchmeat
(I ordered a sandwich on whole wheat, but threw out the bread as soon as I got back to my office)
big leaf of lettuce
a few pickles
small cup of fruit

dinner:
left over turkey burger
string beans
applesauce

all water to drink all day.

woke up this morning to 166lbs.

Starting to get that "eating right" good feeling. I slept GREAT last night and felt great when I woke up. Not sure if I should wait until I get down to 150 to start really working out or what...

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Because traffic sucks.

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Laurie had this money tree sent to my office today!! Best. Girlfriend. Ever.

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Day 2.

Still away from home in Bumblefuck, NY on business. Therefore, I was pretty much stuck with crap to eat as being pressed for time, and 3 other hungry employees brings you to places like Panera Bread for breakfast. Have you ever been in there? I feel like I absorb carbs before I even walk through the door. As tempting as it was to get a cinnamon crunch, french toast bagel or a few chocolate chip muffies (muffin tops). I managed to squeak out still with "shit" for breakfast. A toasted multi-grain bagel with low-fat spread. I redeemed myself a little bit by not using spread...maybe half a teaspoon at MOST.

When you are dieting and used to eating crap, and a lot of it...when dieting, even crappy food tastes good.

I had a medium coffee with skim milk as well.

For lunch, we stopped on the way home to a pizza place/Italian place. I got a small side salad, no dressing, which came with roasted peppers, lots of onions and cucumbers. I didn't eat any of the onions for fear my co-driver/co-worker would pass out from my breath, but I did manage to eat about 3/4 of the salad....so yeah, I had 3/4 a plate of lettuce cucumbers and roasted peppers. And a diet Dr. Pepper. 0 calories, but still bad...however I needed a little caffeine for the car ride home in the torrential down pour.

I got home early, about 3:30pm. I made MY homemade turkey burgers. I'm too lazy to write out the recipe right now, but the ingredients consisted of:
Lean turkey
Italian breadcrumbs (I tried to avoid, but its a necessity. However only 1Tbspn to 4 burgers)
Onions
Garlic
Worcestershire sauce
Jalapeño peppers
salt/pepper
Parsley
1 Egg white, whipped

Then I made 1 can of french cut green beans. Moms homemade pickles (I tried to like them, but I'd rather vlasic...she's still perfecting them) and applesauce.
Ketchup on the George Forman cooked burger, and no bun.

Pellegrino to drink.

Yum.




Here is what I looked like after dinner.




at 169lbs!!! Ouch. I need to loose 20lbs. Goal is 150 with a 6pack.

Well, this morning I woke up and weighed myself again, and was 168lbs. I lost 1 lb in most likely water weight in 2 days. Expected. I also haven't shit in 2 days (being away from home stage freight and all) I plan on loosing a good pound to the porcelain potty today.

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Being away from home and traveling for work made day 1 a little challenging, and without a scale I have no clue on progress yet.

Breakfast:
Egg whites - Approx 1.5
Few small pieces of melon
Half a Lowfat yogurt
Coffee

Lunch:
Skipped due to being in the middle of bumblefuck, ny
I managed to score some Snackwells cookies (waste of 200 calories) and a diet Dr. Pepper

Dinner:
Ruby Effing Tuesdays
Salad bar where I filled half a plate of salad with cucumbers and chickpeas....low fat dressing. Only ate half of that. Then a "mini" turkey burger.
Few glasses of wine.

I didn't drink much water throughout the day yesterday.

I will be home today and I'll take some pictures and record my weight.

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