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I was able to catch up on the storylines of all of the X-books on uncannyxmen.net ...

I do not know if this is a good thing or a bad thing... I am now up to speed on the happenings in the X-Men universe, both the Standard and the Ultimate...

but my desire to own every book has been fueled...

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fortunately for me, I cannot live in my comic book collection... so that decision was quite easy to make...

but the yearning...

that still thrives...

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the only thing that I will allow myself to continue to completion is my Gambit collection...

only because I have a very (if not total) comprehensive collection of the Cajun...

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but I have reached the last two issues of the Ultimate X-Men... my New and Uncanny subscriptions having run out months ago...

fortunately for me, nothing interseting is really going on right now...

I find that I like the crossovers more than single book series, probably because it makes more sense to me that all of these different characters would have to interact or communicate with each other more frequently than is protrayed...

Also, I think they would make better movies... but that is just me...

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Interesting how titles with "X" in it seem to be more marketable...

I wonder if that has anything to do with the...

X-Men

venting is very helpful... anger creates energy... if that energy is not harnessed and disspelled then it turns into bad energy...

kind of like when you eat... the calories you do not use turn into fat...

and no one likes that...

anyways...

I need to physically remove this anger from my body...

like an iraectomy or irarrhea or something...

or I could go to the gym and beat the shit out of the heavy bag...

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Today is Ash Wednesday - marking the beginning of Lent...
Today and Good Friday are the two days during Lent in which fasting and abstaining from meat is obsereved...

and then abstaining from meat on Fridays too...

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I think I read somewhere that you are not supposed to eat the flesh of animals that take their rest on the earth, and of those that breathe the air and their products, such as milk from those that walk on the earth, and eggs from birds...

but...no one really ever told me that I could not have cheese... so I am not 100% sure...

so I will just eat sushi...
and fish sticks...

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Fasting allows you to eat one full meal during the 24 hour period in which you are fasting.

I think you are supposed to eat that meal during the midday... you know... noonish...

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I have to go to Mass tonight... I suppose I am not required as it is not a Holy Day of Obligation...

but I will go anyway...

got some praying to do...

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you can eat cheese and milk and eggs when you abstain from meat...

I looked it up.

it is ok.

I had a paczki today...

well several.

umm... several five.

I think you can classify a paczki as a fatty donut with fruit or jelly filling...

so it is much like a jelly donut, but much bigger, and with more fat.

as you can imagine, the calorie intake on these babies are quite high...

so I will imagine that I am going to run a marathon...

while I eat three more of these bad boys...

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I have a dope electronic toothbrush, the reach flosser, and an economy-sized bottle of mint listerine...

I am not worried about cavities or plaque...

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hmph...

so this is why they call it fat tuesday...

time does not like to stop, or even slow down... nevermind backwards...

199 days to go until we are married...

we are busy.

but not so much that you would notice.

lorie and I are throwing at each other spreadsheets that we so cleverly made on excel.

hers are quite pretty...
mine actually work...

Together we have quite pretty functional spreadsheets that can take the number of people you have invited (or confirmed) figure out the different permutations of the cost of the meal, hors d.oeuvres, veggie plate, alcohol, tax and tip, etcetera, etcetera, ad nauseum...

I just have to integrate that onto the master spreadsheet for the rest of the wedding...

yes. I am the guy that has a spreadsheet for everything...

and then uploads it to his pda.

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I showed my hold'em starting hand spreadsheet to luis... he pulled out a card with the same thing.

I think I had more fun making the spreadsheet than he had buying the card.

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lorie does not want to play with the spreadsheet I fixed for the reception.

she does not think it is pretty enough.

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I just made another version of it, which I have yet to show her, that is prettier.

I added colors and junk.

same functionality - just more aesthetically pleasing.

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chicks are weird.

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time is flying...

gotta get to work.

one person, me, who gets thirsty, but does not want just water and is tired of the crappy green tea the office provides.

two: the time of day that I realize that I am thirsty and I am going into food coma. Considering that I have no change for which to feed the vending machine, and given the limited number of choices available, I have two options for a beverage - coffee and hot chocolate.

three 12-ounce cups of hot chocolate. Three cups requires six packets of mix - as each packet requires six ounces of water.

hot water.

three is also the number of half-full to full lip medex containers on my person. Somehow, there was one in every pocket that did not have a hole in my coat.

four: the number of times hot water splashed on me, resulting in the silent screams under my breath. Fortunately for me, our office is equipped with white noise generators which muffle the sounds of my yelps. These white noise generators are very similar to the sound I hear when I have left a loud club or concert, so I feel like my ears are ringing for ten hours of the day. Four also happens to be the number of people that played poker last night. Going back to three, three of the four could be considered fish in a barrel. Going back to two, the number of hours it took me to dispatch each of them of their chips. But that has nothing to do with anything right now...

five is the number of cups of hot chocolate that I estimate I will quaff over the rest of the work day. This could also be the number that I will visit the bathroom over the rest of the calendar day. Five also happens to be the number of fingers that I have on one hand, as well as the number of toes I have on one foot.

six: the number after five, which is also just here because I was on such a good roll that I thought I would keep going. But now I will stop.

today is

02/03/04

hee hee...

neat...

like at 12:34pm on May 6th, 1978 it was

12:34 5-6-78

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that is it.

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