Miscellany

Sorry I've been away. I've been busy of late, and my hand was out of commission for over a week due to an unfortunate accident involving my nephews and a go-kart. Catapulting off the tail end of a go-kart is not something I recommend, nor perhaps entrusting the wheel of a go-kart to your nephew.

The orchestra is back in session, and I'm once again Orchestra Committee Chair. The bitching's already begun. A woman came up to me last night, yelling at me that management never got her the stand light she asked for. Why she was yelling at me is beyond me. She's a caterwauler, and someone in the brass section said she sounds like the teacher in Charlie Brown whenever she talks to me. I think that's too generous.

This will be my life for the next year. Here's to volunteering!

On another note, the Fat Pool has begun. I'm in a friendly wager with about five or six other people, musicians and friends who are on the warpath to shed the pounds. We're putting money on the table, and I'm gonna win the pot. $25 to get in, and there's a weigh-in and measurement every two weeks. Every two weeks, we're all putting in $5. The winner of the two weeks will get $15, and the rest will go into the pot. We're looking at about a six month commitment. Now, if any of us want to get out, we've got to buy ourselves out. That's going to be either $50 or most likely $75--gotta make it costly. We were hoping to get some more people at work in on it, but how do you go about inviting them? "Hey Fattie McFee, we noticed you were a little chunky. Wanna lose some weight with us?"

Here's an update about how I'm doing. How much can you lose in a week's time? I've already lost 14 lbs. since last Saturday, which I find pretty inconceivable. I'm doing a two week boot camp of Atkins, and man...my body really responds to the carnivore's diet! The best I've done with Atkins in the past was 12 lbs. in two weeks. I'm hoping to get close to 20 lbs. down in two weeks. That's just crazy to me, but I'll take it!

That's just to get things started and moving in the right direction. I did the Atkins once before, but I like chocolate too much. I guess I need to exercise, and actually learn some self control in the food department. Imagine that.

For now, I'm off to fry up some eggs and bacon.