Shattered Faith

I’m typing this up on my new computer. Ooooooooooohh. It came in yesterday and I took off a few hours so I could copy all my stuff over and play with it. So far I’m rather impressed. The whole thing is piano black with leather accents which looks fantastic albeit a fucking fingerprint magnet. The blacklit keyboard and touch sensitive media controls are a nice touch. I had some issues with the controls last night until I realized it’s easier to kind of swipe your finger over them instead of pressing on it. The keys are tactile enough and it’s large enough to pleasently type on it, but I think I would have prefered individual keys ala Macbooks. It has a slot loading DVD burner which is always nifty but it’s a little loud. The embedded webcam can double as a ‘biometric security’ feature that will log me into the computer by analyzing my face. Apparently it takes a little bit to work consistently so as such it’s been a little finicky. A neat feature if a little gimmicky. However it can also log you into websites my scanning your face, so once I can actually get on the internet I’ll give that a try. Dell has come a tremendous way style wise with these new laptops. While it’s not a macbook quality wise, it’s close enough at a fraction of the cost. Color me pleased.

I’m down 12 pounds from when I initially started tracking my progress. I can’t see a difference in the way I look yet but I tried on the pants that I couldn’t quite button anymore and they fit almost perfectly now. Yay for results. I’m feeling really good about this and I have no doubt that I can keep it up and reach a long term goal.. when I decide to set one. I’m going to stick with the cardio here for now. I’ve been rocking the treadmill and I’m glad I made the switch. I’ve had to deal with heel blisters, rubbing thighs and nipple chaffing but It’s been worth it. It kicks my ass which tells me I’m actually doing something. I’m going slow and steady right now, but I’m consistently doing between 3 and 4 miles when I run. Eventually I plan to incorporate some kind of high intensity interval training into the mix, ala sprints. I know I really need to do weights, but I just don’t care for the facility here. I’m unfamiliar with most of the equipment and it gets absolutely packed. I’ll prefer it at home when I can go during off times and not worry about looking like an ass since there won’t be many people there. A retarded excuse, I know – but I’m full of them.

KBR as a company has come under increasing scrutiny from the military and legal persons a lot more as of late. Investigations into shoddy electrical work killing people, missing equipment due to negligence, etc. I don’t really care if they continue with their contracts or not. As long as I can finish out my year so I don’t get fucked on taxes then I’m set.

3 weeks until I’m home again. That came by really quickly. Let’s hope the 3 months afterward fly by too.

Although it will be balls hot. BALLS HOT.