Why do I have so many icons when I only use one? :P A better question might be: why do I only use one, but I dunno. It's not really a dislike of change, although I guess I'm more likely to make changes in certain areas of my life than others. Eh, anyway. This is one of two new cake icons I made from Wayne Thiebaud paintings, which I enjoy as they often portray food.

On change: it's easier when you know what the hell you're doing. Change is much more difficult when you might do A if B and C fall into place, but if only B does then you might do D instead, or maybe only C does and then you're just utterly stuffed. Heh. I have a lot of big things going on right now, and I'm really just ready for this damned week to be over so I can sit back and wait to see what sticks.

I'm working on the Valentine's Matt-a-thon though, and it's lots of fun even if I wish my life hadn't decided to get all crazy right after we got all the prompts in. Always the way, isn't it? For the most part though I'm pleased with the fics I've written and kethni has written some seriously good ones. We have some other writers working away on prompts as well, so I'm anticipating a deluge of Matt fics on February 14. Yusssssss.

Ha, I just realized I'm all excited about the Matt-a-thon and haven't given any thought to how I'm going to spend the holiday (such as it is) with my actual husband. Valentine's Day is so lame though, isn't it? For me it's always been about the chocolate, whether I was in or out of a relationship. Institutionalized romance is no romance at all, but chocolate is perfection, yo. Mmmmm. That said, we do usually try to hit Knuckles' parents up for some babysitting sometime the week before or after VD (snerk!) on the pretext of celebrating. Time alone is hard to come by, gotta grab it where you can. Wow, I wish I had some chocolate right now.

My neighbor is on his porch copiously vomiting into the bushes. It's pretty gross. He keeps stopping, spitting and going again, which makes me wonder why he doesn't go into his house and into the bathroom or something. I'd go check on him but these are the neighbors who are always outside setting off firecrackers in their driveway, so I like to keep a safe distance when at all possible.

This neighborhood is so sketchy. I realized it all over again a couple days ago when I was home in the middle of the day and decided to take my dog for a walk--I got a couple of blocks down and this is what I found: a three year old on his porch, COMPLETELY naked, with the front door wide open and metal music blaring from the interior. He was pulling on a rope tied to one of the porch supports, so at first I thought he was in one of those awful child harnesses in which case I would've called CPS on the spot. As it turned out though, he was just playing with a bungee cord someone had tied there. I don't know, I feel like maybe I should've done something, yet I hesitate to butt into other people's business when no one's getting hurt. I'd make excuses for the parents because god knows my own kids have ways of getting up to things without me realizing at first, but the horrendously loud music does make me think it was less "harried parent" and more "otherwise occupied parent." Niiiice.

God, I live in a neighborhood where people throw up on their front lawns at 6:30 in the evening, and let their toddlers run around the yard naked.

My internet travels tonight have led me to a chemical forum.

Nnnnngh. I am so turned on right now. :P Science is HOT.

Wow, I can't believe it's almost 9 p.m. Knuckles took Omen 2 to meet up with his brother-in-law and nephew at some kind of truck show, if you can believe it. I'm under the impression it's a monster truck rally, although earlier in the day when I inquired if that was the case, Knuckles denied it.

I've since been receiving text after text griping about the noise, the rednecks, and how this isn't Knuckles' cup of tea.

Well, hell, if you go to a monster truck rally, it's not like you don't know what to expect. I'm just surprised they're not back by now; I actually thought they were coming home for dinner since I was told it was just a "truck show" and therefore I was picturing something like a car show? But with trucks? Heehehehe. Yeah, obviously not, but Knuckles did lead me to think they were just going to walk around, look at some trucks, and come home. So after they left I took Omen 1 to the bookstore so I could buy "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (I lead a full and exciting life on the weekends), and when we got home we sat down to do a little reading. She was reading something else, I should add.

And we waited for Knuckles to get home. He'd bought steaks this morning and taken them over to his parents' for later grilling, so you can see where I might have gotten the idea that he was going to be home to bring us over there. Nah. Omen 1 and I had been home about a half hour when we heard a car door slam, and Knuckle's dad came stomping in demanding to know why I don't pick up my phone. I dunno, my ringer was off, I guess. :P Anyway, Knuckles was NOT supposed to be home and Omen 1 and I were to have made our own way over to his parents' house for dinner, which would've been fine if I'd *known*. They only live around the corner, no great trick to walk over.

So I had very burned steak for dinner. Anyway. Long boring story short, heh, Knuckles and Omen 2 are still at the "truck show" and I'm just surprised to see that it's already 9. They've been gone since 4 this afternoon. :P

I hate Merriam-Webster Online. What is it about my ticking "thesaurus" that suggests to their server that I want a word's definition and no synonyms? Fuck off, M-W; I'm in no mood for your nonsense. :P

I bought a new top. :D

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LOL, I know it isn't funny really, but my son asked to listen to the president's address since he'd heard about it at school--I'm SO embarrassed I wouldn't have known it was tonight otherwise--but anyway I turned it on for us both to listen (Omen 1 and Knuckles have taken a trip to LA) and, anyway, we're listening to it right now and Omen 2 says to me, "Does this mean we won't have school anymore?"

HA. I mean, seriously, it isn't funny, not on a political level and definitely not on a kids-say-the-darndest-things level, but HA. Sorry darling, whatever Mr Obama says tonight, and hopefully it will be good, there will still be school tomorrow regardless. Sigh. :D

Just a kindergartner's perspective on it all :P

We've had a pretty good response to the upcoming Valentine's Matt-a-thon, with a couple of extra writers signed on and I'm not sure how many prompts, I want to say 5 or 6, which is awesome! But we can handle a few more; as I say we have extra hands and we're raring to go. So! Just a reminder that the prompts should be in on Friday so that we can divide them up on Saturday and get cracking--fics will all be at least 1000 words and posted on Valentine's Day. At this point I'm going to say we can fill as many as we get; I am hoping for a few more!

Reply to this post or the previous ones made by myself or kethni, or feel free to PM either of us too. As far as I'm concerned anonymity is totally cool, anon comments are allowed on this post or if you want to PM me and ask I not reveal who requested your prompt, I'll keep it to my death bed :D

Anything is OK as long as it involves Matt--any slash or het pairing or gen is fine. If you're not sure about your prompt just drop me a line and I'll be very nice about it, honestly :). And we're still open to more writers as well, even if you've never posted anything before.

Also: I've decided to attempt a few drawings--I'm totally rusty, but I'm actually not terrible and I'd like to try since it's fun to have something besides all fics. If you'd like to prompt for a drawing, please do--I'm not as confident that all prompts for that will be filled, but I'll try, and if there are any artists out there willing to offer services, please let me know! I'm really excited for this Matt-a-thon and the more prompters/participants, the better! Thanks <3333

I've just started watching The Invention of Lying, and I'm not sure I really get it. I mean, of course I get it, I just don't know if the premise is holding up for me. Not knowing how to tell a lie and blurting every fool thing that comes into your head are two different things, you know? Also, ( I guess I'll use a cut in case I'm about to spill spoilers )

I sense these things are going to bug me as I continue watching. Carry on.

ETA: OK, the points I made are still valid, but I do have to take back the snotty attitude. I'm nearly done with the movie now and it's in fact pretty awesome :D The story's not nearly as silly as I thought it would be and there's lots of good stuff in it. Yay!

Bah! I'm really depressed to be awake right now. I normally don't mind getting up, but today I feel beat. Plus I have to go to work after dropping the kids to school (I know, right? Work! Heh, I'm such a whiny little bitch :P) and I'd really much rather be writing. This blows, man!

Blows.

No one else is awake in my house and I'm up eating cold fried mushrooms with ranch dressing. And I'm not even hungover, so I have no excuse really. I guess I'm just gross. :P

Yeah, the mushrooms are left over from lunch yesterday. I was frustrated because I was supposed to go back on my diet on Tuesday, and I did, except four days later I still wasn't in ketosis and, frustrated, I made the best of things and went out for a cheesesteak. Yay!!!!! CHEESESTEAKS ARE AWESOME.

I think I'll wait a few days before I test for ketosis again. *shifty eyes*

It's an unconscionable 50 degrees here, my feet are freezing, and Knuckles refuses to let me put them on his stomach. >:( Remind me why I keep him around?

Thanks to the huge success of kethni's Matt-a-thon, we'd like to do another for Valentine's Day, open to all writers as well, of course.

The deadline will be Friday the 29th. If you'd like to leave a prompt, respond to this post and if there's something you'd like either her or I to specifically write, mention it in the prompt. Otherwise we'll divide it up evenly between ourselves, and PLEASE. If there's anyone else out there who who would like to take some Valentine's prompts, please jump in and say so. We'll happily share the love :D Previous writing experience emphatically NOT required.

Prompts can be for any pairing or type of scenario as long as Matt is a main character. We'll post all the stories on Valentine's Day, and the prompts need not include Valentine's Day/romantic themes. All fics will be at least 1000 words.

I plan to cross post this at any Matt communities I know of, but if there are any that I've missed please feel free to re-post at those I've missed. Kethni will be posting this to her journal as well, so go ahead and reply to either of us and we should be able to do all prompts as long as they're in by the deadline. Again, please specify if you'd like either of us to do one particularly, and if you're a writer who's been unsure about posting, this is a perfect opportunity to get involved! Just reply to one of us and we'll be happy to split the prompts up among us; there's almost always lots of juicy stuff to sink your teeth into!

As a side note, if you'd like some art/pics/vids etc, I can't guarantee that it would be completed as I can with fic since that's not our forte, but hopefully we can get some other people involved so feel free to leave prompts for those as well. Thanks! <3333

Last night I started a lengthy post summarizing the many fics I’m currently juggling, but gave up because I am lazy. :P The world is probably better for it. Still, I mentioned it to kethni this morning and she gave me the very good idea of posting snippets—well, good, if reading my fics is something that appeals to you, that is. If not, then don’t click on any of the links below; they will only serve to disappoint.

Heh, I really feel like I’m inflicting these on people. Sorry D:

This is ( An unasked for sequel )

This one is from the next and last chapter of ( Memory )

I can’t properly explain this one except to say that I was watching Girls Next Door when the idea began percolating. I think that the overall tone has become far sweeter than I initially envisioned. ( Erm. Yeah. )

This is the strangest one I’m working on, and the one most likely to become full novel length. It’s…odd. ( Read more... )

This particular AU will probably quickly be recognizable to anyone who reads my fics. :P I’m not sure if I’m actually going to include this snippet or not; I’ll probably alter it a bit if I do. But, anyway. ( Read more... )

That’s it, for the most part. I do have a few other things on my unfinished list at the moment, but these are the most active/closest to completion at the moment, so I’ll stop there.

Wow, I not only just voted in the Cottonelle over-or-under debate (OVER baby! All the way!) I also took five minutes of my evening to complete their online tp survey. This really just about says it all in regard to the whirlwind of excitement that is my life.

Envy is not attractive, people.

You know, I thought I was well past being shocked by anything I could see on reality television but THIS. Oh. My. GOD. And it's probably a super-old episode or something; I don't usually watch TLC's Cake Boss, but every once in awhile I flip past, see it on, and want to ogle the cakes.

( cut on the off chance someone doesn't want to be spoiled )

CAKE DRAMA!

ETA: ( Read more... )

Title: Mrs. Robinson
Rating: R for soft-core porniness
Characters: Matt/Angela
Word count: 2618
Author: boudecia7
Recipient: kethni
Disclaimer: Heroes doesn’t belong to me.
Summary: Matt gets compensated for helping out the family Petrelli. This is a repost from the Exchange and actually follows on from Deck the Halls, which would have taken place ten years earlier and was totally, completely gen. This one is het, as the pairing implies. :D

( Mrs. Robinson )

Title: Memory 2/3
Author: boudecia7
Pairing: Matt/Mohinder (other pairings implied: Adam/Peter, Sylar/Luke, Hiro/Ando)
Rating:R
Summary: Part 1 here. Having woken in a Company facility with no memory of their previous lives, Matt and Mohinder gain a greater understanding of what's wanted of them.

( Memory )

Title: Deck the Halls
Rating: PG
Characters: Matt, Nathan, Peter, Mohinder, Adam, Angela, Maury.
Warnings:AU, gen, main characters are kids
Word count: 3721
Author: boudecia7
Recipient: kethni
Disclaimer: Heroes doesn’t belong to me.
Summary: A Company Christmas – It’s thirty years ago and the company founders are celebrating Christmas along with their kids. Shenanigans abound.
A/N: Reposted from the Exchange. I fiddled with the timeline a bit to bring the kids’ ages closer together, so there may be some canon discrepancies with that :P

( Deck the Halls  )

God fuck me. My daughter's doing squared numbers. She's in second grade. What the hell is she going to be doing in junior high, particle physics?

Heroes Slash awards are coming up again! I'm not sure I wrote anything deserving this time around, but I realize it's kind of a pain to rake through an index looking for a fic or to see what's been posted after a certain date, so, should anyone have an interest, here is everything I have that's eligible.

( eligible fics )

Also: DAMN. That's it? :P I'm seldom doing anything besides writing, so what's up with the low output?

ETA: Oh, duh. I did a few quite long Weiss/Sark fics; that's what happened. I like explanations. :P

This morning:

Me: What's in the Ocean Club bag on the table?
Knuckles: [Omen 1]'s battered soul.
Me: Her what?

Yes...Ocean Club...seafood restaurant...battered sole, duh...

:P

Minor flap about how to pronounce "opossum" this morning, and for once the internet is no bloody help at all. Is that 'o' actually silent? I didn't think so, as I've actually seen "possum" and "'possum'" spelled out before, leading me to believe dropping the 'o' was a deliberate colloquial choice, like saying "fishin'" instead of "fishing."

But there's a ton of Big Fat Opinions floating around on the internet with nothing looking remotely official, and "because I decree it so on yahoo!answers" doesn't fly with me. I'm annoyed. I'm especially annoyed with the person who asserted that the "o" was silent like in "Oedipus," because there's more than one thing wrong with that comparison. >:(

I do like the entry in Urban Dictionary that says when having sex in public you play "opossum" because the "o" is silent though, snerk. :P

Mind you, I think I normally say "possum" anyway when it comes up, but I've always had it in the back of my head that the animal's full name was both spelled and pronounced with the "o". Having my pronunciation/word usage corrected is probably my biggest trigger--I know, I should grow up--but if anyone could nicely set me straight on "opossum" I'd be really grateful. :)

Pretty much everything I've tried to consume today has ended up down the front of my shirt.
Raspberries, soda, marinara sauce from a recalcitrant slice of pizza, and most recently: chocolate pudding. WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END???

On the plus side, I never arsed myself to change the shirt, so at least all the stains are in one place. :-O

Can't resist. :P Swiped from perdiccas, carmexgirl, and now kethni. Come kidnap me from my child-ridden existence, please!!

If you had me alone, locked up in your house for twenty-four hours and I had to do whatever you wanted me to, what would you have me do?

All comments will be permanently screened because it's a secret. Then, repost this in your LJ. You might be surprised with the responses you get.

Who's got the icon that says 'Is Raphael gonna have to smite a bitch?' scarletfblack? I don't know who Raphael is, but the expression on that little guy's face is exactly how I feel right now. :P

I've been cleaning up after Omen 2 ALL day--literally getting no other chores done because I was so busy unplugging bathtubs, toweling up spills, clearing away empty sushi trays, demanding the reasoning behind various food coloring smears all over the floor, and ascertaining that he hadn't ingested poisons during his many, many, many ill-considered "experiments". And I just now went into my daughter's room to turn off the TV Omen 2 had left blasting...and slipped in a puddle of liquid soap that had been INEXPLICABLY poured over the floor. I smell like flowery soap now too.

Arrrrrghhhfghghg!

Title: Encounters
Author: boudecia7
Pairing: Sark/Weiss
Rating: R
A/N: Remains set in same ‘verse as “A Brief Interlude” and “A Turn of Events.”

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Title: Memory 1/?
Author: boudecia7
Pairing: Matt/Mohinder (other pairings implied: Adam/Peter, Sylar/Luke, Hiro/Ando)
Rating:NC-17
Notes/Warnings:This is about half of a WIP I have going, but I want to wait to post the second part until I see how much longer it gets. I'm anticipating it being a 3-parter.


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Just had one of those last minute sale type emails, with this tag: "Items pictured here guaranteed in stock while supplies last." ORLY???

Damn, what a day. Yesterday, I came home to a note on my door that said something like "I have your dog Elliott," (ransom-y, eh?)--no address but there was a phone number. The first thing I did of course was run out to the backyard to see if Lucy and Spots were there, and they weren't. I thought the gates were all shut but it later turned out the back one was closed and not latched, so they'd got out that way. I picked up Elliott and was shocked by how far he'd gotten--he's so old and arthritic I couldn't believe it.

Needless to say, it has not been fun with the children, who are devastated by the ordeal. We posted on all the relevant web sites, made signs to put up in the neighborhood, and drove around all day looking for either the dogs or any kind of 'found' flyer. We went to the animal shelter and were told they only take sick animals and if our dogs had been brought in they would be taken to a shelter elsewhere in Phoenix or one in Mesa. Nothing.

Today Knuckles checked listings for both shelters and found a 2-year-old tricolor female rough collie in Mesa, and since Lucy is a 3-year-old tricolor smooth collie, we had hope that perhaps there had been a couple of misunderstandings in the description. I went down to the shelter a couple of hours before seeing my last patient of the day.

Miserable! The dogs are kept in little 2 x 5 cells with doors to a slightly wider space outside. It smelled awful. Some of the dogs were curled up on their beds, while others were crying or barking. I had to go through 3 separate rooms to see them all, and in the middle one I found Spots. This is when my ordeal really began.

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Damn you LJ; you've really screwed me over on formatting tonight at every possible turn. *eyeroll*

Title: Hindrance 2/2
Author: boudecia7
Pairings: Matt/Monica (implied), Matt/Daphne (implied), Matt/Peter, Matt/Adam, Matt/Luke, Matt/Mohinder
Rating: NC-17
Summary: I’m very embarrassed. I seem to have lost the original prompt this was written for, although I know it came about through a discussion of ‘cosseted prisoners’, which may or may not have had something to do with one of Kethni’s lit classes. As best I can recall, the awesome prompter suggested that Matt be taken prisoner by Mohinder, who would chain him by the neck to a bed and ply him with food and whores all while secretly wanting him for himself. :P Hee

Part 1

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Title: Hindrance 1/2
Author: boudecia7
Pairings: Matt/Monica (implied), Matt/Daphne (implied), Matt/Peter, Matt/Adam, Matt/Luke, Matt/Mohinder
Rating: NC-17
Summary: I’m very embarrassed. I seem to have lost the original prompt this was written for, although I know it came about through a discussion of ‘cosseted prisoners’, which may or may not have had something to do with one of Kethni’s lit classes. As best I can recall, the awesome prompter suggested that Matt be taken prisoner by Mohinder, who would chain him by the neck to a bed and ply him with food and whores all while secretly wanting him for himself. :P Hee!

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Title: Animal
Author: boudecia7
Pairing Matt/Mohinder
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Mohinder injects himself with a formula that has odd results.
A/N: For leadaisy, whose enthusiasm and encouragement are invaluable, always. <3 Happy Birthday, love! <3333333333333333

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEANN!

Wheeeee!

Eek! I have a package from a certain nefarious Brit and it says not to open until Christmas. WHAT'S INSIDE? *shakes box impatiently*

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Title: The Day After, Part 2/2 (Part 1 here)
Authors:boudecia7 and kethni
Pairing: Matt/Mohinder
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Follow-up to A Day in the Life, which came with numerous scary warnings re: noncon, abuse, bdsm and eeeevilness. In this sequel, Matt and Mohinder have escaped Sylar’s White House, but still have plenty to deal with.

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Eeeek! There's only one day left to bid at hope_in_sight! There's so much great stuff there--not just fic, although there's tons of talented writers offering up their wares. There's also art, baked goods, jewelry, makeup, blankets, tarot readings, etc...if you don't like to wade through the jillions of offerings looking for something specific, you can glance down the helpful column of tags at the side to see what's available, and if you're looking for a particular seller or fandom, there are tags for that too.

It all goes to a great cause, to help sweetheart megmatthews get some much-needed eye surgery. Help her have a bright and clear-sighted new year :D

My own offerings (one fic of at least 2000 words and another of at least 10,000 words) can be found here. Heroes is really the only fandom I know well enough to write, but I'll tackle any pairing or genre at the winning bidder's request.

Go check the site out and have fun bidding!

I already tweeted this, but I have to share it with all:




Thank you 7-Eleven, for randomly and indelibly associating crusty looking microwave taquitos with the new Sherlock Holmes movie for me.

Title: A Turn of Events 2/2
Author: boudecia7
Pairing: Weiss/Sark
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Sark’s hiding something Weiss wants. The pair travel to Moscow to retrieve it. Part One

( Part Two )

Title: A Turn of Events 1/2
Author: boudecia7
Pairing: Weiss/Sark
Rating: NC-17 for the story as a whole, R this part
Summary: Sark’s hiding something Weiss wants. The pair travel to Moscow to retrieve it.

( Part One )

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It's not a holiday that everyone on my flist will be celebrating, but one of the things I'm grateful for is how many lovely people I've met on LJ over the last couple of years. So MWAH! to you all. If you're American I hope you're all spending (happy!) time with family, friends and a good meal, and if you're not please treat yourself to something fun and/or delicious anyway, just because you're awesome :D

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Yay perdiccas, for making the above lovely banner for
Hope_in_Sight, so that megmatthews20 can raise money for a much-needed eye surgery! Please visit and join the site to make an offering (doesn't have to be fanfic) for someone to bid on, and/or make a bid on one of the offers already up. It's for a great cause <3333

BTW, I'm about to post an offering of Heroes fanfic if anyone is interested. I'm willing to write pretty much anything within that fandom for my girl's vision!

Omen 2 kept us all entertained in the car on the way home from Avon by telling stories involving turkeys (my siblings have fired his imagination by telling him about the turkeys running wild in the area :P).

Here is one called "School for Turkeys"

"The turkeys went down the road to school and sent all the children home. They put apples on the desk for the teacher. They sat clapsed [sic] like this:" (hunches over and mimes clasping hands on desk) "and waited for the teacher. They scribbled on their papers," (mimes scribbling) "AND THEY ALL GOT A 'F'!"

Ugh, I just told my college roommate something I don't tell a lot of people because it's kind of sensitive, and she *cracked up.* I don't actually know what I expected her to say, but I could probably have done without that. D:

Knuckles bought this DVD workout program called P90X and asked me to do it with him, and I agreed despite that I'm not really supposed to be exercising at all while on my diet. Something about consuming barely enough calories to maintain organ function. I'm kidding!

So we got the pull-up bar and mats and resistance bands and what have you, set tonight as the date to start, and all through dinner Knuckles kept elbowing me and demanding if I was ready to "bring it." I assured him I was. I could tell we were kind of irritating his sister because she didn't know what the hell we were talking about, but tough crap, Tina: you were pissing me off, too. BRING IT!

I was a little too keen to bring it though, because before we began the workout I took my life in hand and stepped onto our Bongo board. The Bongo board is this skateboard-like device that sits atop a single wheel which slides from one end of the board to the other, and we got it a few weeks ago to do balance/ab work. I tried it out a couple of times and then decided to let it mellow in the corner for a bit, hoping that my technique would improve through staring at it. But oh no, tonight I got on, put my left foot down on one end, then brought my right down on the other. Despite a cautious application of weight the board instantly flew off to the right; the thing bloody launched me into the air like a cartoon character. It was spectacular. I came down on my left hand and hip, badly jarring both as this was on ceramic tile of course. For a few seconds I was going to cry because it really hurt, but then I had to laugh. The whole thing was so ridiculous. I did scare the living hell out of everyone who witnessed the spectacle though.

That set the tone for the whole workout. I have zero upper body or core strength, so I really couldn't do a single exercise, and my wrist throbbed through every single attempt at a pushup. Forget getting down on my left side to do anything, either.

Sorry Knuckles: I so did not bring it. :P

Oh man! There's a user on something called folkd.com with my name. It's really annoying to me if only because boudecia7 is such an unusual spelling/number combination--how the hell did this happen? And if there's someone out there floating around with the same name, who knows what kind of trouble they might get into that could come back to me. :(

Hee hee, not that he/she has said anything offensive at the moment. They're probably far worse off being associated with *my* content.