odds and ends

so i got very little done over break, unless you count cleaning my house, doing laundry, replacing my kitchen faucet and getting drunk. schoolwise, i got very little done. but that's okay. (excuse coming) i had a major laptop meltdown, which has been in the woiks all semester. everything finally went kaput. i was able to save my documents and photos on my memory key, then i wiped the whole thing, erased it all and did a clean install of windows and have been going through the slow agonizing process of putting everything back on. all this so i can run gateway's stupid hard drive scan program so i can tell them what i have known for months--my hard drive is fucked up. i just need it to last through exams and i'll be fine.

i have also started a food diary over at fitday.com, to keep me honest during exams. i spend so much time diddling around on the internet that it's not ridiculous to think that i will actually use it, and i actually have for going on 2 whole days now! they have a huge bank of known foods, and you can add you own custom ones as well (like my yummy kefir breakfast smoothie, which clocks in at about 300 calories). i considered making mine public to really keep me honest, but i don't need the whole internet knowing whether or not i meet my recommended daily allowance of selenium, do i? all kidding aside, it also has a weight tracker, and i am in the red right now...it's funny, i don't feel "severely overweight," but the internet says i am and the internet doesn't lie. can't wait to just be moderately overweight!

because i am still goofing off instead of doing school work, look for a photo post later today with a big announcement.