its almost too easy

a full week has gone by without any exercise and i still haven't put on weight. in fact the opposite!

current weight: 81.1kg
remaining: 9.1kg

the thing about computers....

they suck! well perhaps not always the computers themselves, but the software that we use!

i have a couple of partitions on my hard drive which i decided to merge back into one. partition magic happily displays that this is possible, and going through the process all looks fine. ok, ready to start the process. no warning messages saying that if something doesn't go right then all data will be lost, nothing suggesting that it was about to perform a highly critical task and that there might be a possibility that it wont work, nope nothing.

half an hour later, and 5% through the process of merging an error occurs. no message for the error of course! rebooting the computer and then jumping back into partition magic to my joy it suggested that after a "power failure" (yeah sure, that's what it was!) "it has found that a merge was unsuccessful, but it had set restore points and would be able to restore everything the way it originally was. i select yes and off it goes. that was over 24 hours ago. no more messages, nothing. did i mention that both partitions are no longer visible. i'm now missing 65gig of available hard drive space! i don’t really care that i have lost all my old data, i do care that i now have 65gig less space!

so not all software that suggests that it can perform tasks seamlessly tells the truth. lucky i didn't "pay" too much for that software!

another drop

no exercise so far this week and the weight still falls!

current weight: 81.7kg
remaining: 9.7kg

every bit counts

weekends are usually a hit on the scales. i guess a different routine for two days is the main contributer (including eating goodies in front of the tv watching footy!). i usually start a friday with my lowest weight of the week, then by a sunday night or monday morning i launch back to a weight of midweek, then fighting back for an overall weight loss in the week. anyway, this weekend not being any different to most, i have managed to not only maintain a friday weight, but slightly shed. only0.2kg but i'll take that any day!

current weight: 82kg
remaining: 10kg

round 5 tips..

woho, i thought of a new use for my blog.. tipping suggestions for afl!

round 5
port V geelong @ aami
last years premiers have struggled lately. their only win coming at home against the lions (who almost came back in the last minutes of the game) and last week a draw at home against the blues.the cats are in a similar position. absolutely smashed 2 weeks ago against the dee's and last week beating essendon (probably not all that surprising considering they are bottom of the ladder). so who's going to win? port, but only because they are at home

roos V hawks @ the g
hawks are up after a win, not really sure why, you can count all their wins from the last 30 games of football on one hand. sure they beat the lions, but the lions at the time had only 1 more win than they did! completely over using the footy their win was nothing more than pure luck. any in form team will make them pay for that style of footy.. enter the roos. winning each game, including the tight ones they will win for sure.

freo V carlton @ subiaco
blues in the same position as port. they look good, had some recent form but just haven't yet taken off on 05. freo were very disappointing last week (like always in melbourne). they will settle down back in the luxury of their home ground and will take the points. tough couple of weeks for the blues with two tough road trips.

sydney V melbourne @ scg
the dee's smashed last week by the saints. first loss of the season so its not panic station time just yet. although going into the "way to small scg" to play the swannies who will be ropable losing at home last week after beating the lions @ the den the week before. this could be a great game, and just as easily be a terrible game. depends what game the swans bring to the table. the flood that everyone loves at the minute, or a free flowing structured game of footy. swans at home by a squillion.

dogs V crows @ the dome
who knows about the doggies. they can be a strong one week, then look like a pack of amateurs the next. crows on absolute fire with a win against the power followed by a win on the road against the swans. thats going from one of the biggest grounds to the smallest and still clearly out classing their opponents. with a win two weeks ago at the dome they return to take on the dogs. not really even sure what more to say about the doggies, barking one week then put down the next. tough one against the coasters, they showed a bit of grunt but fell away towards the end. lets pick the crows.

brisbane V west coast@ gabba
well on an even playing field on dont think anyone in their right mind would pick the lions this week. the coasters have won the past few matches at the home of the lions which is not bad against the strongest team in the land in the past few years. without using any facts i would say they have probably won more games at the gabba than any other team (besides the lions themselves). the lions being completely outclassed by hawthorn last week who lets face it suck recently, wont be too confident against an un-defeated team in the coasters. west coast to win

saints V tigers @ the dome
the saints had the goods last week against an in form dees was a complete surprise. the saints hit hard by injuries to key players looked like they would struggle for a decent score against melbourne. but like always in football, nothing is as it seems and they completely out classed the dee's, including the scoreboard. apart from last week the saints have been disappointing up forward with an un-fit g-train, no reeeeeeevolt or kosi-edge-ski! they are really depending on their mid-field. the tigers had a blinder last week. they played just like the hawks with a truck load of possessions, not unlike any other week but for a change they actually used them properly. but with 3 wins on the board maybe they have learnt how to overuse the footy to their advantage. i guess richmonds game all comes down to richo. will he fire? will he sook like a girl? will he kick a bucket load of points? anything could happen in front of the packed dome on sunday sunset. go saints!

essendon V pies @ the g
it looks good to have the bombers on the bottom of the ladder! its about time they took their turn down there. every other team has spent their fair share of time fighting for wooden spoons (especially my team!). having said that i dont think they'll be there for long! the pies have been hit by a captain curse. no bucks, no pebbles and a few others missing it doesnt look good. can tarrent take on the responsibility of kicking goals (rather than points). lets face it, he's going to have to... again this could be a great game, or one of the worst, however these two teams always seem to fire on anzac day, especially hirdy who will win the best on ground. bombers to win.

seeya monday arvo for the results

thai red curry follow up....

results of last nights curry are in. i can confirm that its all clear, not as hot coming out as when it went in.... why you needed to know that i'm not sure.. i guess you didn't ask so i'm sorry!

shedding the k g's

the original goal in my weight loss program was 10kg. having now reached that goal (or close to it) i still think the rolls are still rolling on! time to re-asses me thinks.

for the life of me i can't remember what my optimal fighting weight was when i was a fit little bugga! just looking at my current bmi i still fall into the overweight category. its time to set a new goal.

looking at silly bmi charts, for a male of my height i need to weigh around 72kg to fall into an acceptable weight category! holy crap that's another 10kg :(

back on the treddy tonight!

current weight: 82.2kg
remaining for new goal: 10.2kg (72kg)

something to be

so i got rob thomas' solo album today. not too bad. probably sqeeze a few hits out of it (and a few squillion bucks). its not of the usual high standards of matchbox twenty but i guess it will do for now!

that makes my song count at 1860, 8.9gig. i guess thats nothing campared to you techno heads who download 800mb tracks by their hundreds!

"i don't wanna be lonely no more"

thai red curry

lets just say i hope it doesn't feel as hot when it comes out as when it came in... stay tuned for tomorrow!

everyone loves a good blog

i'm probably the last software developer in the world to create a blog, in which case this is probably the lamest first entry in the history of first blogs.

i'm currently deciding if there was any point at all in creating a blog in the first place. i kinda don't actually understand the purpose of blogging. perhaps someone will explain it for me some day.

perhaps i could use it to track how much weight i have lost. each day i could write down my new weight and also how much sexersize i had the night before. yeah thats what i'll do. this being my first entry (but my diet starting months ago) i will list my starting weight, and then each day add my current weight. here goes:

jan 17th 2005: 92Kg
today: 83Kg