(2nd today)
Thanks for the input, Stepfie! I do see what you mean with the fruity comparison, although wonder if anything will ever come close to blueberry cheesecake. Guess it can't hurt to try some other confections though, right? Never know, maybe I'll find a new favorite! And even if I don't, well then, I've indulged my sweet tooth a bit, eh? ;-)
As for the color schemes, you were right about my colors not quite fitting together. I like what you put together, but it's a little too "bright" for me, I think. A little too *green*, I guess - I was leaning more towards blue-green/blue-grey, but haven't been able to find a good combination of those colors that contrast enough for my liking. (The more I think about it, I'm realizing that the greens/tans remind me of how my ma decorated her place; maybe that's why I'm not crazy about it!?) So, being the wishy-washy dude I am, I decided to go with all greys - stuck with the black trim, but "smoulder" for feature wall & "penny black" for other walls (obviously, I'll have to find comparable colors over here, as I don't seem to find any retailers for Crown in this area). My living room and kitchen will both be brighter rooms, so I want the bedroom to be a bit darker. I'm thinking that with this scheme, I can go with some funky colors for bedding, and it'll be a lot easier to change it up when I want. I actually have a blue lava lamp in there, so I'm thinking some form of bright blue sheets/accent colors, like pictures or some such, and a small area rug. Then again I don't know... hrmmph.
I called JC from the H3X B0mbs last night to see what was going on - haven't talked to him in a while since I haven't been able to make any of their shows. He told me that they've changed their practice night to Sundays, and invited me out (if they're going to have it this week - he's supposed to call & let me know). I've got my own practice tonight, and now that I'm driving the truck again, I'm going to pick up my bass rig & bring it home. The bass player, DA, has been wanting to check out my cabinet, as he has an Ampeg bass head & my cab is an Ampeg as well, so if I go, I may take it out with me so he can see how he likes it (he's thinking about upgrading & buying one). It'll be good to hang out with the guys again, especially since it won't be in a bar. I'm sure I won't be able to hang for the entire practice, so I'll have to arrange to take the cab with me when I go (don't want to leave it there).
I bought a new scale last night - I'd bought a really cheap one a couple days ago, think that I don't really need all the body fat % calculations & such. This was a simple "speedometer" type dial, which should have been just fine, but for the life of me, even after about a half hour of fussing with it, I couldn't get it to zero out consistently. My weight would vary � 2-3# each time I stepped on it, depending on the zero. I took it back and bought a simple body composition scale. They were all a comparable price, once you got above the bottom-end scales. Anyway, I weighed in at 217.4, but either this scale is off a bit in bf% calculations, or I'm a fucking fat-ass... it listed my bf% as 28.9% one time, and 29.6% the next. For reference, most charts show that for men, anything over 25% bf is classified as obese. Technically, I suppose I am, but I sure don't feel it, and nobody else will believe me when I tell them I am, so i guess I carry it well. To be classified as "healthy", I should be between 18-22% bf.
Ugh, I'm getting side-tracked by the numbers. What I was trying to get at is that according to my own goals, I'm already 1/4 of the way to my goal! I do expect to gain weight in the next few weeks, since if I keep lifting, I'll put on some muscle mass, and it's unlikely I'll lose a similar amount of fat concurrently. Tomorrow will be the end of my first two weeks back at working out, so next week sometime (as long as I'm not too sore) I'm going to try to incorporate a little running on my off days. That should help!
p.s. After hearing (and downloading) that Arthur Brown song, I'm on a big retro kick now - I'm gonna hit the record stores & see if I can find any Electric Prunes, or The Seeds, or Blues Magoos, etc... I wonder who else sounds like these guys? I'll have to do a little online research...
12:19 p.m. - 2011-12-15
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