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I've been hitting the elliptical machine four times a week, and lifting weights. I'm up to an hour on the cardio, at a heart rate 0f 160+. I'm pretty much the same weight, but I'm visibly more built. Also, between the cardio and quitting smoking, I really feel fantastic. Still got quite a gut though! The elliptical machine's really been a Godsend for me. Even back in high school, I couldn't run for more than a half-hour without my lower back giving out on me, because I'm built like a beef bus. For the record: 270, 6'4", XL - XXL shirts, 38x34 pants (though i can fit in a 36, depending on the pants.)

This series is terrible. All the nonsense of 52 and Countdown for this? EDIT: But yeah, Rogue's Revenge is awesome!

I drank 3 fifth bottles of Cisco in an hour. On the regular. That's why my liver used to hurt!

Yeah, I'm not about preaching to people, and don't mind being around drinking. It's just not something I have the luxury of doing anymore. Really a small sacrifice, as life's been pretty damn swell since I sobered up.

I hated Luminous Arc... So bad. Front Mission 3's the best in the series, but I like 1 and 4 too. I don't know why I didn't get into Disgaea 2 as much as the first one... maybe I would have liked it better if it had come out first?

I'm a couple weeks away from having 18 months.

The best Strategy RPGS I've played are the original Disgaea, Arc the Lad 2 and Final Fantasy Tactics (not the FFT advance series, those are godawful.) The original Shining Force games, the Langrisser (Wasong) series, Tactics Ogre, Front Mission and Vandal Hearts all deserve honorable mentions. Arc the Lad 2 is really overlooked since it was part of an expensive collection by Working Designs, and most people played through the incredibly lackluster and short first game before playing the second. It was HUGE. Good story, fun battles.

Shaved my eyebrows. Wore a mullet and a leather vest often. With sweat pants. Peed at the urinal with my pants and drawers around my ankles. Shit my drawers and, ashamed, hid them in the back of a clothes drawer for months. Killed my hamster by swinging it around in a sock. I had no idea this would be hazardous to its health. I had a jabba the hutt playset that had a little "dungeon" compartment in it. I filched a ton of my mom's cosmetics and mixed them in there. I was making potions!

Ugh. You're a brave man, Bob, I'll give you that. I've walked out of comedy clubs when a comic is bombing, not to be rude, but it's just unbearable.

Oh my god, I had to turn those off after a few seconds. I felt so embarassed.

Vitamin X, Lushus, Czech. Good senses of humor, and good guys.

Yet the Pit's where they adore Mike"tell your slut friend to keep her legs closed and maybe she won't get raped"SC. Ok.

Might as well copy and paste. Y'all are crazy. Just saw Quantum of Solace. More like Quantum of Bollocks. Total let-down, since Casino Royale was fantastic. The plot's totally uninteresting, and a weak save-the-planet allegory. bad villain. Horrible action sequences, with camera cuts literally every second. A terrible car chase, and a terrible stab at the awesome parkour scene from Casino Royale. Daniel Craig's still a good choice. Bad movie overall, though.

Just saw Quantum of Solace. More like Quantum of Bollocks. Total let-down, since Casino Royale was fantastic. The plot's totally uninteresting, and a weak save-the-planet allegory. bad villain. Horrible action sequences, with camera cuts literally every second. Daniel Craig's still a good choice. Bad movie overall, though.

You bastard, Milky. I had that song stuck in my head all day at work. The only thing worse would be "rockabye". Now I have "Rockabye" stuck in my head. fuck

There we go. Biggest burn ever. http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...2&hl=\

Seattle's great. Good nightlife, great food, great arts scene, relatively clean, fresh air, just about the best area in the country economically. Weather sucks. People can be a bit cold. lots of druggies and a huge homeless population. You take the good with the bad.

What thread was the "Frog Ending" in? That kills me. Every. Time. MikeSC self-destructing in the Duke Lacrosse rape thread was epic, but that was the Pit.

Just bought an '89 Jag XJ6 in pristine condition. I'm an idiot. But i love my car :-)

I'll fuck anything that moves. Have been lately, too.

Washington's suicide and serial killer capitol of the US. Yay! Pretty up there for drugs too.

Fair enough! If this diet's a miserable failure, I certainly don't want anyone else doing it. Well, I've been off a week. gained a few poinds (probably due to taking steroids for a few days, had a BAD flu. Also, all i could keep down was ice cream.) I've been stabilized at 243 for four days, eating pretty well, just watching the carbs and sugar. Keeping calories around 2000. Not bad at all! Still look and feel really good. Went to the gym on a free pass, and I haven't lost any noticeable amount of strength. Also, I can start working out regularly again in a week, which I'm excited for. (I work out at the company gym, and I'm on assignment away from the office for one more week.) I've also noticed my eating habits have changed for the better, probably mostly out of habit. The only thing I really crave that I can't have tons of is high-sugar fruits like grapes and watermelon, and juices. Also, my blood pressure is 118/69. Not too shabby!

238. Cheated a few times due to dates. 1 week left.

Look man, hunger pangs aren't something that you can just imagine away. If I was having them I would have shitcanned the diet long before almost 3 weeks. And everyone assumes I'm just going to fucking binge on Twinkies and Cool Ranch Doritos the first chance I get. Incorrect. I'm already ramping up my physical activity. There's a maintenance plan after the diet, and it's not too lax. I'm fine with that. Whether or not you think it makes sense, three things are true: -I've lost a lot of weight -I've had no hunger pangs -I'm pissing ketones like a motherfucker, without eating a bunch of fat like on Atkins. Maybe I'll gain the weight back. But there are plenty of people who don't. Men have gone through three, four of these courses and haven't grown tits.