electric boogaloo...

to my happiness, netflix is full of tv shows i've never seen.  and truthfully, ive seen almost every tv show ever.  except 'glee'.  not that interested...

so i'm on season 1 of "breaking bad".  i started this one a few months ago after my 'mad men' marathon.
*'mad men', by the way, is one of my all time faves ever

this of course is in addition to my movie-watching.  but after episode 2, i was hooked.  :)
i am not yet at the point where the show makes me want to make meth & sell it... but im only on season 1.  haha!

queso no!!

so i went to a fundraiser with my mom last night.  with lots & lots of snacky food.  and there it was...

the hugest tray of queso dip ever!!  and i said, "no, queso!  i shun you!"

and i walked past it.  :)

i also passed up a cheeseburger/fries/coke lunch with my mom in lieu of a club/grapefruit/unsweet tea. 
i know, i dont recognize myself either.

the one & only saving grace is that i am responsible to answer to someone if i eat this stuff.  that is the only way i can get this done.  to answer to someone.  it keeps you honest.

back when i used to work out, i did the same.  i had a friend that i worked out with every day.  we never skipped a workout because we answered to each other for that very reason.  makes you feel like big brother is watching you if you eat that bowl of queso...

i would like to report that i feel so different/better/lighter/energetic at this point but i dont.  however, i have skipped the following since monday...

*cheesesteak
*8 cans of coke
*cheeseburger combo meal
*bacon/egg/cheese croissan'wich
*checkers burger
*hugest tray of queso dip!!

"project: nutrition"  lesson of the week:  cheesesteaks are considered fast food  :(

hours you'll never get back...

hmmm... "king of paper chasin'"...

only watch if you enjoy bad acting, people gettin' shot and some more bad acting...

thats all i have to say about that. 

no mas queso...

i'm doing it again.. i'm giving up.

i tried this in may and ended up eating a bowl of queso and downing it with 2 cokes at the end of the week.  but this time i have someone to answer to.

and its only been since sunday, which as of today makes 4 days, but i haven't cheated...

* no queso
* no fast food
* no soft drinks (except for jack & cokes)

i already had to get permission to have a philly cheesesteak & was denied.  :(
and im wanting a coke soooo badly, its ridiculous.

but i have way less desire to give up & have one of my "forbiddens" because of this monitoring system. 
let's see how long i can go this time.  she...may...go...all..the...way......

and as of today, 7/25/12, im at 120.8 lbs. 

transporation vote - july 30

if youre in georgia, you've heard about this...

the transporation special purpose tax...  t-splost

voting on this is set for july 30.  i hope that you guys are already registered, and i hope that you'll vote for this as well as everything else you vote for this year...

here's a full project list...

so, read up on it, make a decision & go vote about it... 

for your information, i, personally, am voting no.  and so should you!!  ;)

droppin' the hammer....

i finally saw a movie that id been wanting to see!  "thor".

and i liked it.  :)

it was easy, fun, less than 3 hours long, full of action, takes place in the scary scary desert & has some particularly frightening looking bad guys.

i love natalie portman.  i love kat dennings.  i love norse mythology.  for real.  i have a book just on vikings and norse mythology.  :)  these things make me happy.  and anthony hopkins as odin??  brilliance.  and i almost didnt recognize rene russo.  this movie was a superstar explosion. 

you have a good-looking blond action hero, and you have the slimmer dark-haired semi-villain brother.  i love it. 

and did you spot stan lee?  ;)

its funny 'cause his name's willie...

"willie!  oh willie D, (willie D...)"
this one has a very catchy tune but its no shaft.

"willie dynamite"... where to begin...
the hot pink-wearing pimp who is not very nice but good at his job... and is played by no other than...

are you ready?

you have to be ready...

you have to be really ready...

gordon from sesame street!!!!   its hard for me to get past the fact that this very flashy, fur wearing and successful pimp was also in "elmos potty time".

i was bored during the neighborhood pimp business meeting.  i checked twitter during that scene, but it was oh-so-triumphant when he gets all his bitches out of jail.  they even played the theme song again during this scene.  all his bitches love him...

what did i learn from willie dynamite:
"black is booti-ful"... so says the jail wall in this movie..... ,
that i want leopard interior for my car,
and i dont wanna be a 'ho.

power trip

its mid-July.  the operating cycle for our next power bill is starting.  its also mid-summer which means we're running a/c constantly.

ive been wanting to do this for a looooong while - see if i can single-handedly reduce our power bill. 

may - june: $236.54
june - july: no bill yet.  im assuming its in this range though...

can i make july - august less?  im certainly going to try. 
1 - i know theres a window in the house that doesnt close completely.  you cant tell by looking but its slightly open at the bottom.  im fixing this.

2 - i know theres rooms in the house that go unused for weeks at a time whose vents are open and using a/c.  im fixing this.

3 - i know that theres lights on where theres no people.  im fixing this.

4 - i know i have extra fluorescent bulbs that aren't being used.  im fixing this. 

i also know that power company websites often have tips on saving energy.  and they'll even send someone to your home to do a power inspection.  to tell you where youre wasting power.  wasted power = $$
http://www.georgiapower.com
http://www.georgiapower.com/earthcents/residential/energy-checkup.asp


i dont like losing $$$ because i dont have any.  therefore, im fixing this. 

do u feel lucky?

2 c1int eastwoods in a row...woohoo!  from westerns to 70s cop, hes just a badass.

working in a video store for all those years, i saw a lot of crap movies, nothing really worth noting.  but ive never seen this one??

good 1970s actions movie fun - lots of guns and shooting and glass breaking.  and apparently in the 70s people just took out guns and shot into crowds at bad guys.  or shot randomly without stopping to really, i mean REALLY, aim at anything or anyone.  And 70s action movie blood is always probably thick red paint.

and i have never ever never seen a creepier looking killer.  unless you count "smiley" which i am not, because no one and nothing is creepier than smiley.  (*look this one up if you want to be disturbed)

LIKE:  although the threat of puke happened more than once, im happy to announce there wasnt any!

and i know why they call him dirty harry...
great action classic!

next up: "willie dynamite"

register!!!! its good for you...

if you haven't yet, register to vote.  its your right and you didnt have to do anything to earn it.  it was earned for you.  appreciate it, be grateful for it & utilize it!!

and if youre one of those that complains about government, register to vote :)

and not just for the pres... theres lots to vote for, congress, local, etc.  if you want to make a difference, then make one!

jo' kidding, right??

and action & adventure - adventure classics - movie #2 is "joe kidd".
honestly, anything with robert duva11 & clint eastw00d is ok with me...

this one makes me wanna learn Spanish, like i shouldve already.  i'm ethnically lazy.

and i didn't know you could shoot a guy while drinking a beer & i didnt know you could drink holy water, but apparently YOU CAN!

what did i learn about myself from "joe kidd": 
spurs annoy me

soooo fly....

SUPERFLY!  it will never win an oscar for cinematography & there is the longest tub scene ever in history that i coulda done without...

but add one really cool photo montage that tells a story in like a minute & a half, a groovy diner i would love to work in (minus the black light, naked lady pic on the wall), and then throw in one super slo mo fight scene and there you have it.

i now, however, miss phone booths, wood paneling, coffee shops, macrame', and wicker furniture...in other words, my childhood.  wha' what?!  oh, and i cant forget all the cocaine...

next up?  'joe kidd' starring c1int eastw00d :)  im really looking forward to this one.  there's a lot of movies i havent seen and i have almost certainly never seen a western.  unless you could 'the quick & the dead" and one of my all time top 10's "3:10 to yuma"....but thats another movie for another project...

netflixishness... its so fly...

like i need a new project subject...  but i found one.  today.  it popped into my head just like that.  pop.  netflix.  :)  im going to watch every movie on netflix haha!!  for real yo'....

so lets start with any online movie site - netflix, blockbuster online, etc...  i happen to have a netflix so there we go.

im starting with the first genre on the list, first category in the genre & first movie in the category.
what movie is that, you ask??

superfly.  and surprisingly enough, i havent seen this one yet...

made in the USA...

if youre not yet aware of it, the US olympic team uniforms were made in china...

reaction has been angry.  as it should be.  we keep giving the world these signs that we're not serious about taking care of our own first.

check this out:  its an article to read if youre interested in this...

project by project...one state at a time...

i will be writing about several projects at once, so if youre reading this, and youre following a certain project, search the posts by labels.

the reason i have to do this is because my brain runs on different tracks all at once.  and i get ideas all day every day for every project subject i have on board. soooo.... with that.... official "project: project" subject #2....  America

and the first post is going to be about what we buy as a country.  with so many Americans out of work, it just seems logical that we buy American.  and its soooo easy but something we dont think of.

so im going to give you a step 1: check your bathroom - go through your bathroom.  check the items you use on a daily basis.  your shower wash, your toothpaste, your mouthwash, your shampoo, your deodorant, etc.  what do you see?  how many of those daily items, those 5-10 simple items, are made in the US?

step 2:  find new items- for the items you did find made elsewhere, look & research American companies that make these same items & start picking out substitutes.  the next time you shop, you can now buy American.

step 3:  tell your friends - have people you know do the same.  what a totally small & easy step that could make such a difference

ok, check this out - World News has a site that shows US companies.  its a good source. 

now, what you do is just be aware when you shop.  do a bit of research.  and keep American jobs in the US, where they belong.  such an easy step towards a solution....  :)

Too doggone tired!!

I had to postpone project: sleep deprivation until next week. With the July 4th holiday & all, i havent had a legitimate way to measure my sleep. Ive also been dogsitting for 5 days.

When i dogsit these dogs, and i do often, they wake me up several times a night to go out. They also have a pretty serious schedule & eat and go out at 5:30 on thr dot! They are very punctual.

Even thru the day, napping isnt possible. Soooo..... Starting next week. But i have found some sites worth noting & i will still start with removing parasites to see what happens.

Im also going to start a sleep log to figure out whst im actually working with here in the first place. Very broken, very light, & very sporadic sleep patterns....

nightmares: day 1

so last night i tried to sleep "early"... 1am.  i woke up a little after 2am.  and couldn't get back to sleep.  i did doze off but woke up again in the 3am something range...  i dreamt a lot.  but didnt really sleep a lot.

i tried to take a nap today which was a lot of the same - waking up, not really sleeping and dreams.  but lately my dreams have been a bit nightmarish and i end up waking up.  but even with normal dreams, i still wake up.

i also looked for pumpkin seeds today and did not find any :(  i will look again tonight.

Parasite Cleanse?

through the years ive gotten lots of advice on how to get my sleeping back on track.  i've also read lots of articles, books etc...

my first "project: sleep deprived" entry is going to be about the most recent cause that i read about - parasites.

i dont know if a parasite can really cause as much sleep trouble as i've had for the last 10 years, but its all experimental and part of this project.  so lets look...

i google'd "parasite sleep"... i got a lot of info.  and for the record, parasites are gross.  and it makes me freaked out that this may be happening inside of me!  :0   and probably you too!!  gross!!

so, starting tomorrow, 7/3/12, ill start trying to rid myself of these parasites.  ill also keep track of my sleep to see if theres a correlation.

you can try herbal remedies or something as simple as pumpkin seeds. i will be careful though what i use.  nothing weird i buy off the internet.  and i dont know the order of cleanses having to do with parasites.  i know that most cleanses start with the colon first and then move on to kidney, etc.  i ASSUME the same applies here but haven't looked that up yet... 

conclusion:  "project sleep deprived" starts tomorrow.  :)

intro :)

so, my brain is constantly going with all kinds of probably projects that i should start.  do i ever start them?  sometimes...  do i ever finish them?  of course not. 

so ive come up with some new projects lately and one of them inspired me to start a new blog. this is a project that i actually NEED to do and complete.  so lets go...

im going to start with a sleep project.  i havent actually slept since 2003 and have had a lot of trouble because of it... so welcome to project: project.