Hey folks!

It's been about two weeks.. have barely had time to scratch my *ss.. well okay.. had time for that.. heh heh.. It is also now three weeks to go til I enter my first ever bodybuilding competition. Scratch that.. NATURAL BODYBUILDING that is! For those who aren't aware.. in regular bodybuilding contests.. steriods are like GASOLINE!! I am CHOOSING to compete in a natural competition where the competitors have chosen to work out cleanly.. (no additives.. preservatives.. or hormone fueled gains) I still have to put together a 'posing routine' but I currently sit at 234 lbs.. for those who haven't followed, I started at 275 lbs and a 40 inch waist. Not bad.. considering I can now wear my nephew's jeans and he's a 32 waist!!! FORTY POUNDS GONE!! I'm wearing jeans I haven't worn for SIX YEARS!! My waist sits 34-36.. I was astonished that I could wear my nephew Bryan's jeans, though they WERE TIGHT.. not like a second skin or anything, but fairly tight. Last mission in the remaining 3 weeks? Chisel out my abs.. they're already shaped decent having stripped off 40 lbs, but that's the last thing I need to do. But I'm damn proud of myself..

Oh incidentally I also fired my dietician. Why? He's pushing me TOO hard, I'd lost over 8 pounds the last week but that wasn't good enough for him!! I know that much of his motivation comes from having TRIED to compete in bodybuilding and failed since he dropped out two weeks before the competition. Oh I thought he was in terrific shape but he didn't btw.. so he quit. I asked him for some nutritional advice, and he charged a bit much.. $200.. but I see though that I'll never have to need his advice again so I don't hold the price againest him too much. However he kept pushing me saying it wasn't enough.. I think his evaluations of my daily weigh-ins were based on 'pharmacuetical related gains/losses'.. Becasue his was a steriod fueled competition too. So when he droppped out, I have to agree with an old sports jock who once said "The SUREST way to prove yourself a loser.. DON'T EVEN TRY TO WIN.." I am COMPLETELY happy with my physique transformation too! Even if I don't win, I'm HUGELY proud of the weight I've lost!! I think my buddy Jon said it best.. "Win, lose are draw.. ALWAYS step forward.."

Man is the powerful being on the planet.. but y'know.. we're also ARROGANT! To wit.. I mean look at birds.. 'There's a creature with the GIFT of flight.. I WANT IT.. I'm gonna CAGE it, put in my kitchen.. so it can NEVER fly around FREE AGAIN.. and it can CRAP on OLD information..'

I've moved a few people.. some of them have BEARSKIN rugs! That's kinda gross isn't it? I mean really.. SKIN RUGS?! Uggghh!! What were they THINKING? "Hey the DEN looks PERFECT.. 'no.. not really.. it's missing something..' REALLY WHAT? mmmmm.. the BACK of a DEAD BEAR.. and lay it out in front of the fireplace.. like in the SHAPE of him! AH.. should we KEEP the HEAD on? DEFINITELY.. we WANNA know WHO this was..."

I also wanted to mention briefly that I had finally taken some vacation time off.. and was all set to go to Taber Alberta (home of the famous Taber Corn-- known worldwide as some of the best corn ANYWHERE) but then my bike's chain broke!! I thought the chain had dropped but instead it wrapped around the front sprocket. Props to my dad since I was ready to just put my bike away for the winter and just get used to mountian bikin' again. But with Dad's help and input.. it's ALMOST fixed again! WOW! Dad may not have his hands anymore (he lost them due to meningitis ten years agao) but he STILL has a WEALTH of information inside his farmers 'fix-it-all' head!!! You're the BEST DAD!!


**Notable Notes from Quotable Folks**

"But I know the RAGE that drives you.. that impossible ANGER..strangling the grief inside.. until the memory of your loved one is just.. POISON in your veins.. and then one day you catch yourself wishing that your loved one had never EXISTED at all.. so you'd be SPARED your pain.."

--Ra's Al Ghul-- (Liam Neeson)
*Batman Begins*

"You know Louise made an interesting observation on the way home the other night.. she said that people who are GUARDED.. are afraid that you can SEE right though them.. that's why they HIDE behind layers of secrecy or humor.."

--Max-- (Adam Arkin)
*HitcH*