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Searching through my flickr account; I don’t know how long ago this was… maybe two years ago.. but; it just reminds me… Bonnie is sooo cute.

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Hey there friends.  I am still around.  Things have been pretty bleak since I got laid off; and I haven’t been feeling “up” to doing too many things.

But; I felt it was time for me to check in.

Well folks, It sure has been a long time without any update from me.

So, what has been going on?  Well, first and foremost - I was laid off from my job. Beyond that I’ve bought RockBand, my Grandmother was in (and then out) of the hospital, I traded an Oldsmobile that I didn’t like for a Volkswagen that didn’t run. I’ve rebuilt the non running Volkswagen, I’ve purchased a game for my DS called “My Weight Loss Coach”, and I purchased and was subsequently insulted by “Wii Fit” for my Wii.  Apparently; if you exceed the maximum weight limit in the software you cannot play the game and the software resets itself.

I have been looking for new gainful employment; however I am still holding out hope that my company may call me back shortly - it certainley was a great group of people to work with and I definetly wouldn’t mind going back.

Although, I have also been thinking hard about where I am going these days and have been wondering if this isn’t the time to take a big jump and maybe leave the area and start again somewhere else…  who knows.  I am sure that I will be shown the way to go.

And, if you’ll excuse me…  I’ve got some video game drums to play now…

Well folks; the dust has settled and the holiday has passed. First off… I blew the diet completely out of the water for the entire weekend. Velocity diet failure. I had a great first 11 days; and then I started messing up. I apparently can’t handle adding ANY type of solid food without going off of the schedule. So, its time to jump back on the horse and give it a go again….

Otherwise it was an amazing weekend; I did some work on my recording computer to get it back up and running again so expect some new music to be posted in a week or two. Also, I got my first sunburn of the season. Summer is on!!!!

Hmm… it’s been a few days without any update… so, heres the story…  This past weekend I was involved in a wedding party and had to travel quite a bit.  I was not fully prepared to manage my diet needs so I ended up just eating normally all weekend.  I tried to keep it healthy, and I think I did because before my weekend I weighed 372, and today I weigh 374 - which i am sure is almost all just water retention.  SO, I am back on the plan, but I figured that I would start counting over again. Lessons Learned?  Yes, plan well in advance to be able to work your diet around events such as weddings, etc.

Also, I got a twitter account this past weekend.  It’s kind of fun.  http://twitter.com/billbates if you want to follow me.