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I’ve been reading Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (a.k.a. The Bloggess) and it is amazeballs.

Every time I sit down to read it, I find myself laughing within minutes, maybe even seconds. It’s a very fun book and hilarious, but not for the innocent-minded. It’s definitely a book for adults and only those adults that have good senses of humor, for rude things. Don’t get me wrong, the book isn’t really rude, it’s just hilarious. But there are words in it that you don’t want your children repeating. (Ostensibly.)

I’m about 70% done the book so far, and I should have finished months ago when I first got it, but I’ve been busy… and lazy… and I fall asleep easily when reading. Insert various excuses here. However, I have read about 50% of it in the past 2 weeks.

I particularly enjoy reading it in a doctor’s waiting room. Because I will start snickering and then bust out laughing and everyone looks at me like I’ve grown an extra head or three. Actually that’s not such a great thing, especially for my own social anxiety, but I feel it brightens up an otherwise dull and boring place the no one ever wants to be anyway. I mean, some days it’s like waiting at the DMV. And then they skip you. And you get furious. So you tell them of their mistake and they add you back into the queue. AT THE END. I mean seriously. What. The. Absolute. Fuck.

It happened.

Anyway though, it’s a great book and absolutely fantastic. I wish I had so much to talk about in my life that I could write a book about it. Or even maintain this blog on a regular basis. But whenever I come across something interesting or funny, I usually forget to write about it or when I go to write something, my brain just blanks.

It’s super fun, y’all. 

If you like hilarious things that will make you giggle and squeak and make other uncontrollable laughing noises, you should totally pick up Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson. She even wrote a second book which is coming out soon (September 22nd, actually) and it’s called Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things. Preorder that shit. Seriously. I did and I’m a cool kid now, right guys? Right? Guys? Guys…

Damn.

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Wednesday was my company’s Thanksgiving dinner. So I was off diet for that. There was a hypnotist and it was hilarious. It wouldn’t work on me, or on most of us, but the ones it did work on were so great. You really had to be there to appreciate it.

Thursday I was on diet until dinner when I got calzone with Babylon.

Friday I was mostly on diet except for lunch, when I finished the calzone.

Saturday and Sunday I was off diet.

Monday I was mostly on diet.

Tuesday I was on diet until dinner.

I think I’ll stop doing these weekly updates except for actual weight loss updates, since I keep forgetting to do them anyway. Heh.

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Wednesday I was off diet.

Thursday I was on diet until dinner, when I got Chinese with Babylon.

Friday I was off diet.

Saturday I spent time with my parents and got my dad an iPhone 5s as his new phone. He loves it but can’t figure that thing out much yet. Lol. Off diet.

Sunday I went to Babylon’s sister’s wedding, so I was off diet then too.

Monday I was mostly on diet.

Tuesday I was on diet.

 

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Wednesday I was on diet until dinner, when I went to Houlihans with Wolfe.

Thursday I was on diet until I went to dinner with Babylon, also went to the dentist and got my first and hopefully only filling.

Friday I was on diet.

Saturday and Sunday I was off diet. Went to a nerdy burlesque show with Spike. Had a pretty good time. Ran a bunch of errands on Sunday.

Monday I was mostly on diet. Morning weigh-in showed 9.2 pounds lost. Whoohoo!

Tuesday I was mostly on diet.

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Wednesday I was on diet.

Thursday I was on diet and went to the gym.

Friday I was on diet until dinner, cuz it was Halloween. Went to Greene Turtle with Babylon, Lucky, and a guy from my work.

Saturday and Sunday I was off diet.

Monday I was mostly on diet and did a weigh in. 8.2 pounds lost.

Tuesday I was on diet until dinner. Got Sarku since I was near the mall for my allergy shots and I was so hungry. Hung out with Spike a little while he was on break.

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Wednesday I was on diet until dinner, when I had breakfast. Again.

Thursday I was on diet and skipped dessert during the day so that Babylon and I could get creme brûlée at Houlihans.

Friday I was on diet until dinner when I had tacos with my mom.

Saturday and Sunday I was off diet.

Monday I was on diet and went to visit my mom and then Babylon.

Tuesday I was on diet until dinner.

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Wednesday I was on diet until the evening when I had a few snacks. I also made roasted red and orange peppers and put them in olive oil in jars in the fridge. They smelled delicious.

Thursday I was on diet.

Friday I was on diet until dinner. Babylon, Lucky, and I did a stream of Skyward Sword that night. It was hilarious.

Saturday and Sunday I was off diet.

Monday I was on diet until dinner, when I got sushi and chinese with my mom.

Tuesday I was on diet and took Thomas to the vet for the first time in too long. About 2 years or so. He did really well and everything went great. He’s very healthy, they said. And at his size, 14.5 pounds isn’t fat. He’s apparently just a very big kitty. Wow.

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Wednesday I was off diet.

Thursday I was kinda on diet.

Friday I was on diet until dinner. Spike came over and we got Giorgios and watched Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart. It was a good movie, though a little weird.

On Saturday, Babylon and I went to G&Ms for crab cakes. It was delicious. Then we went to my parents’ house so I could do laundry and they could get to know him a bit.

Sunday I was off diet, hung out with Babylon, and did some overtime work.

Monday I was on diet.

Tuesday I was on diet.

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Foods I tried:
– Mexican style tortilla soup: not as spicy as expected, which is good. Too many beans though.

Wednesday I was on diet until dinner and hung out with Babylon.

Thursday I was on diet until dinner and then my parents brought my new chairs down for me and helped me set them up. So awesome! So excited! Can’t wait for the table to get here…

Friday I was on diet until dinner and then we went out to the Irish pub for Babylon’s birthday!

Saturday and Sunday I was off diet. Sunday was D&D.

Monday and Tuesday I was mostly off diet.

This week was bad…

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Every time I start making progress on my weight loss, I gain it all back as soon as I’m on late shift at work. Because by the time I get home, I’m so hungry that I just stop thinking or caring. I’ve tried bringing dinner and extra snacks to work, but it’s just not happening. I get home and just devour everything…

I don’t know what to do. It’s so frustrating that any progress made is obliterated by a single week.

I hate this.

And I want a cheeseburger…

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