Jiffy Lube doesn’t open for another five minutes.

So much to do today, and I’m not even a football fan. I need to get the car an oil change. I need to get a haircut. Both of those items are DISTURBINGLY overdue. I also need to do some birthday shopping for a certain love of my life. Her birthday follows close on the heels of my step son’s, and then Valentines comes right after that.

There is also a band practice at noon and some football game this evening. I’m still mad about the Bruins. They look much more like the Cup Hangover Bruins that started this season and much less like the bulldozer that pummeled the NHL for the months of November and December.

I’d also like to get some more rough ideas strung together for the RPM Challenge. I have two as of last night. Progress.

Go Patriots
Go Bruins
Go Patriots

About 90 minutes ago I opened up GarageBand on my iPad and forced a few ideas out of myself. I now have one crappy piece of crap under way for this year’s RPM. I will not sleep until the ball is rolling on a second song. I want to have two terrible ideas working.

If I’m not feeling into RPM then I’ll just have to force myself to work on it until I am feeling it. I don’t want to get left behind this year.

Today is a day worthy of celebration.

Today is my step son’s birthday! The family party is on for this afternoon. It’s going to be great. I’m so happy for the little man. He is literally twice the size he was when I first met him, and that seems like yesterday. Happy birthday, buddy!

If that’s not cool enough, today is also my nephew’s first birthday! One year ago today we had yet another red head added to the family. Happy birthday, little guy!

How awesome is today? Wicked awesome!

Gridlock as far as the eye can see. Bite me.

Kermit and Ms Piggy at a press conference discussing recent Fox news allegations that the new Muppet Movie is brainwashing people against big business.

The really funny part about this is that some one at Fox news accused the Muppets of being anti-business.  THEY ARE MUPPETS!

What is the deal with the Bruins and the damn South East Division?  They’ve lost seven times to teams in the South Least and after another craptastic showing last night they have lost FOUR TIMES to the Carolina Hurricanes.  Oh and check the standings.  There is only one team from the South East that is actually holding a playoff spot right now, and it ain’t Carolina.  Pathetic!

Last night the Bruins weren’t awful.  Cam Ward was fantastic in net for the Whalers, making 47 saves, but still.  Shut out at home by the Whale?  That’s just wrong.  That crap cannot be happening this year.  The Hurricanes have actually swept the season series.  Insulting!

The next game is tomorrow against Pittsburgh.  Fortunately the Penguins do not suck, therefore the Bruins should play well.

Hopefully.

RPM Challenge update.  I have one 4 bar riff on my iPhone, and two 8 bar thingies on my laptop.  All of which suck more than my usual acceptable level of suck.  That’s it.  It’s only February 3rd, but I am seriously considering calling the whole thing off this year.  I’m just not feeling it.  There is so much going on in real life that I don’t have the time nor the energy to work on a project of this magnitude.  I suppose I could change my mind tomorrow, but I doubt it.  I’m not dropping out of the race, but I don’t see myself giving it much thought this year.  We’ll see how it goes.

One microphone in the back of the room, raised almost to the ceiling.  The drums were facing it, the PA (including the bass) were perpendicular, and the guitar was facing the opposite direction.

The new band trying to cover Cheap Trick.
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Did it work?

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today.

That bitch.

Six more weeks of winter, says a rodent of a weatherman who is probably just as accurate as most human weather people.

Although, if six more weeks of winter means temperatures in the 50s the way they were yesterday, then I think I can stomach it.

I jumped on the weight loss bandwagon on Sunday.  My plan is simple.  No soda at all.  No caffeine (because kicking my caffeine addiction will help me not drink soda, as soda is my only source of caffeine).  Slim Fast (style) meal replacements for breakfast and lunch.

On Sunday we went out to lunch and I had diet coke.  Oh well.  On Monday I was discombobulated when leaving the house and I forgot my breakfast and lunch shakes and ended up getting a chicken sandwich (the usual) at the cafe at work.  I also had one coke zero and one diet coke.

Yesterday was the first day I did everything according to plan.  No soda and shakes for lunch and breakfast.  I was very proud of myself, even though it was only one day.

Today?  OH MY GOD I AM STARVING!!!!  I will have my shake at 1:00pm (10 minutes from now) but a couple of people just came back from the cafe with their lunch and oh my god it smells so good!  I had a shake for breakfast.  Other than that I’ve had nothing but water.  So far I am on track, but it’s only day two and it’s already soooo difficult.  I WANT A COKE AND A CHICKEN SANDWICH DAMN IT!

Focus
Focus
Focus

Not weighing as much as a small car is worth it.  Reducing my risk of a heart attack before I turn 50 is worth it.

It is worth it
It is worth it
It is worth it