November 17, 2009 by megnificent
I hate to say it, but I’m actually kind of bored with Project Runway this year. Of course, I’m still watching every episode, but it just seems to have lost it’s spark. I know it isn’t some weird Lifetime bias, although it does seem to have a lot more commercials this year. All the elements are there – the guy who cries all the time, the super edgy designer and the token bitch to stir up anger and controversy, but for whatever reason, I’m just not that invested this year.
It makes me a little sad when I lose my attachment to a program, it’s like outgrowing a friend, in a way. Don’t get me wrong, I still love Tim Gunn as much as I always have, but at this point that might not be enough.
Maybe this year was just a lackluster cast, maybe things will be back on track next season, I just don’t know if I’ll stick around to see it.
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November 3, 2009 by megnificent
OK, apparently I am really crap at this whole writing a blog thing when I don’t have some stupid pain to whine about. I have never been the type of person to keep a journal or a diary, although I feel like I should have for two reasons. One, I would probably be a much better blogger, having trained myself to write about things on a regular basis, and Two, knowing my earlier hijinks I would probably have something hi-larious to submit to these guys.
Have you ever seen a Mortified show? If you haven’t and you live in a city that is lucky enough to have them I say buy tickets RIGHT NOW. You will laugh you ass off at the crazy, cringe-worthy, totally identifiable performances. I went a few times in LA and it was always a good time. I even went so far as to contact them about starting shows in Philly, but as I was not up to the challenge of actually running the program myself, it didn’t happen. If any of you are interested in giving it a shot, I think we could bring this treat to our town.
Sadly, I’ll have nothing to enter…
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May 20, 2009 by megnificent
Ugh, ugh, ugh… after months of nothing all of a sudden this weekend marked the return of the monster. I’d like to use it as an excuse to never have to go to a wedding shower again, but I can’t really say that the excessive cuteness/girlyness actually brought on my migraine. Whatever brought it on, it took Naproxen, Maxalt, an ice pack and four hours to kill the beast. Awesome Saturday night, I know. The worst of it was that I had to miss the party that I actually wanted to go to that night. How does it know? Couldn’t it have taken me out before the shower and let me go to the party? Bastard!
Of course, I am now pretty much just waiting for it to happen again. I am hoping that was a one shot deal, but with this bum noggin you can never really be sure…
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March 19, 2009 by megnificent
I hate to say it, but something is most certainly brewing in this busted little noggin of mine. Today is day two of a very foreboding trend. I keep waking up with a headache reminiscent of the beginnings of the terrible skull crushers from last year. Luckily, it never exploded into anything major yesterday, but I don’t feel like that lucky streak can continue indefinitely. I fear that this may be the day that all hell breaks loose, since the pain and pressure have been growing progressively worse as the hours tick by. The worst part about it is knowing that I took my last emergency dose a few months ago, so there is no hope of rescue if this whole thing goes down. Ack! My kingdom for a Maxalt! (OK, maybe I don’t have a kingdom, but seriously, what does a girl have to do to get some good drugs these days?)
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March 16, 2009 by megnificent
The great thing about dieting with a buddy is that you have someone to hold you back when you lose your willpower. Knowing that someone else is eating the same crappy diet food and feeling as hungry and unfulfilled as you do gives you that little bit of strength at the hardest moments. The terrible thing about dieting with a buddy is that when you and your buddy lose willpower at the same time the result tends to involve some sort of comfort food… and french fries. We had a bit of a breakdown today, and I’m not ashamed to say it was delicious. If I lie to myself a whole lot I can convince myself that I somehow managed to stay within my points for the day. I know I’ll regret the slip come Friday when I step on that evil little digital bastard, but damn those fries were good.
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March 13, 2009 by megnificent
Today was evil scale mockery day and despite my weekend of reckless abandon, I still managed to lose an itty bitty bit of weight. It was just shy of half a pound (thank god for the digital scale), but at least it was going in the right direction so it made me feel a little bit better about my chances. Of course at this rate it will take me about a year to reach my goal, but I guess that’s kind of the better way to do it, right? It won’t exactly get me ready for bathing suit season (not that I wear bathing suits – ever – but still), but it might just get me back into most of my pants in the fall, which is pretty much why I started this whole thing in the first place.
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March 10, 2009 by megnificent
Ok, so I massively fell of the wagon this weekend (the Weight Watchers wagon, of course), but in my own defense, I was away for a long weekend with family, and in our family, the food is central to any trip. I will admit that I am pretty much afraid to step on the scale, and will not do so until Friday, when I’ve (hopefully) been back on track for a few days. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the damage will partially be undone by then, and I won’t get too depressed. I just couldn’t let myself miss out on enjoying our outings as much as everyone I was with, which is pretty much the reason I will never be truly happy with the way I look. It is so frustrating that something I love so much has to be the cause of such disappointment, but when given the choice between great food or a better body image, I will choose the food every time. If only I could learn to love working out as much as I love food, my life would be so much easier…
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March 2, 2009 by megnificent
Today I woke up to piles of white stuff outside. When I was a kid it was my fondest wish all winter, as an adult it’s just another irritation. It makes me a little sad that something that used to make me so happy has become just another thing that makes my day a bigger pain in the ass. What I really needed today, was an old school style snow day. Pulling on layer and layers of clothes, running out to the park with the other kids, tumbling, bumbling, sliding and sledding until you can’t feel any of your body parts, then heading back home, stripping down to whatever layer is still dry and eating soup while the feeling returns to your nose and the tips of your ears.
Instead, I got to put on layers under my work clothes, make my way into the office with the other grown-ups and sit at a warm desk thinking about how much I’d rather be out playing in the cold.
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February 27, 2009 by megnificent
Another Friday, another report from the scale (evil little bastard). I lost less than a pound this week, but I guess a little progress is still progress, right? The good news is that I am battling hunger less and less every day, so at least I don’t feel as weak and tortured as I did in the beginning. I’m actually starting to see how I could do this for a while and maybe possibly lose enough over time to make a difference. I have no illusions of getting down to starlet size, I probably won’t even make it to TV fat, but I will be able to wear my pants from last year at some point and that’s what I care about. That, and having my scale tell me that I’m merely overweight, rather than obese (yes, the scale measures body fat and tells me that I am more bovine than human). Why the hell did I get that scale again?
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February 23, 2009 by megnificent
OK, so I’m still pretty hungry, and I don’t know that there will actually be a point in the process where I feel fully satisfied, but at least I can say that after the first week or minor torture I did lose just over 3 pounds. In my book that makes it (almost) worth the suffering. Let’s just hope that this wasn’t just some first week, body’s in shock, fluke and that more pounds will come flying off me this week.
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