ok, time to face facts

At first I thought it was just that the vinyl pants were too hot, or that my jeans had somehow escaped into the dryer without my noticing. This week, after finally having to loosen my belt a notch, I faced up to it: I've gained weight.

Not so much that nothing fits, but enough to be uncomfortable. I know how it happened - overeating (new recipes taste good), a few too many trips to the candy machine at work. But I'm going to get rid of it. Here's how:
( the plan )

Yes, I know, it's really fsking optimistic to make this decision the week before Thanksgiving, but it can be done - most of this isn't "festive" eating, it's everyday overdoing it. I'm tough, I've done it before, I can do it!

a much belated...

Happy birthday to kysmetkitty!

books and other goodies

As promised, some of the current contents of my bedside stack:

( The main two )

( One I'm in the middle of )

( I only stopped in to RETURN a book... )

And for extra geek points: Google's jumped into the scholarly papers/citations biz - typing in "fashion" or "costume" comes up with a few interesting essays. When I'm ready to spend some serious screen time, this is where I'm going!

And passed on from geekchick: comicgetfuzzy - not a proper RSS feed, but if the user can keep it coming I like having it on my friends page :)