Insanely Awe-dical

In t he same night, my character in Fight Night Round 2 defended the Light-Heavyweight Title and defeated the Heavyweight Champion to be the ultimate double champion!

Also, Kate happened to defeat Anna Kournikova in the US Open in Topspin to become ranked number 1 in the world!

The best night for videogame championship!

...South Beach Diet!

Coming close to the end of the second week of the South Beach Diet, and it's interesting to finally dedicated myself to a diet. I fear the scale, but I hope it'll work for the best after all of these weeks. No fruit, no carbs, no extra sugar...

It's good that it puts a lot of emphasis on snacks and vegetables, and hardly any emphasis on the ALL THE MEAT YOU CAN EAT part. Here's to hoping that Kate and I lost a lot of weight since we worked hard on this diet.

It's been nearly two weeks, and I feel kinda lame since it's not that long, but pats on our backs for this much success.



Gorillaz are doing a 5-night concert in the UK with all the artists in their album. Since they're more popular in UK, I wonder if they're going ape-shit about it over there.

What's a good concert to go to nowadays? I sometimes feel that my music library is so stagnant.

RECOMMEND SOME GOOD MUSIC TO ME!

...of all the trees.

It's nice in Seattle. There is a nice feeling of clean air and peaceful community. It is Los Angeles minus the fear of being mugged on the street plus tons of great images of beautiful waterfront.

It made me think of where I would want to live when I finally find a place to live. Will I live wherever I get employed? Would I dare to live somewhere and find a job that suits that area, as opposed to finding a job and getting used to that area? I heard Portland is nice. Irvine is a nice conservative choice, but there isn't much wow about Irvine. San Francisco is a bustling fun tourist attraction area, but the hills and the expensive area may be too much. San Diego has great beaches, weather, easy Mexico access, but also expensive. What about Detroit, New York, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Houston, or Atlanta?

Maybe I need to travel more...

...that I was overweight at 160 lbs. I was a heavy mass of size 35/36 waist jeans, who was definitely in the obese level.

If I thought that back then, I wonder what I'd think of myself in 8 years.

I have crossed the hefty threshold of 200 lbs over 2 years ago, and the way life is, I don't see the solution magically occurring.

A conscious decision is all that is necessary.

Kate and I had a discussion about being selfish, and it made me think about how I can be insanely selfish at times. Selfish, and self-centered.

Interventions happen because self-dillusion, rationalization prevent one from changing. A group of loved ons instill the fact that their own deficiencies or problems in their lives are affecting the people around them.

Usually people can easily defend these concerns when they come one at a time. Who the hell are they to tell me what I should or shouldn't do? Should I cater my life to fit you?

However, in groups, this defense usually fails -- Obviously if my problem affects all of these people, I would like to make a change for the better, so that my loved ones would be happier.

For me, it may just take one person to tell me this, and it really hits home at times.