Craig Anderson ([info]craiga) wrote,
@ 2005-09-13 13:45:00
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One Thousand Dollars, One Hundred Kilograms

The good news is that I've had the panel van serviced, got a roadworthy certificate and have taken official, VicRoads-sanctioned ownership of it. The bad news is that it cost me $1300. I'm not sure of the correct words to describe what was wrong, but there were some bolts in the engine that had become warped and the engine was leaking fluids—you could see stains on the side of the engine, and there was all this disgusting looking gunk on the outside of the engine. I guess this is what I get for paying less than market value for the car. Anyway, $1000 for repair work plus $300 for the registration transfer has made me more than a little poorer this month. If I own anything that you want, feel free to make me an offer.

In other news, I've decided that I'm going to try and get my weight down to 100 kilograms. I'm currently hovering around 130, which is where I've been since I've stopped growing. Anyway, I'm setting down some rules:

  • No more 2 AM chocolate bar and soft drink runs to the service station across the road
  • No food from anywhere with a drive through (this includes inner city McDonalds—if one or more stores of a franchise has a drive through, all stores in that franchise are excluded)
  • No Diet Coke
  • No Skinny Milk
  • No Pancake Parlour or other desert-oriented restaurants
  • I have to walk to and from work at least three times per week—I'm planning on doing this on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays

I'll edit this post as I think of more, or more are suggested. So feel free to say “hey tubby, put down that chocolate bar” or “hey tons-of-fun, leave that cheese alone”… not that any of you fuckers ever needed permission.

EDIT: “Becomed?” What the hell was I thinking?!?


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[info]hayso
2005-09-12 10:02 pm UTC (link)
what about pancake parlour? whats your current status?
are you getting showbags? better get the health food one
what about beer intake? could it, should it, would it, be lowered?

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[info]craiga
2005-09-12 10:16 pm UTC (link)

The Panckake Parlour's off the list.

My current status is need to buy scales :). I only decided on this yesterday; I'm hoping that by publicising it, I'll actually follow through this time (as opposed to previous times where I've started with good intentions, only to be knee-high in Snickers wrappers a week later).

Beer intake will stay as my financial situation allows, unless my Souvlaki/Roden Street Burger intake goes over one per week, in which case I'll have to reconsider my stance.

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(Anonymous)
2005-09-13 02:17 am UTC (link)
becomed?? you say "became", like "i just came on you".

good work bro. you'll have to wear a sumo suit for gigs though.

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[info]elrobbo
2005-09-13 02:17 am UTC (link)
that was me, i forgot to log in (I wanted to hold onto that "came" comment)

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[info]craiga
2005-09-13 08:24 pm UTC (link)
I'll be 100 kilograms dude—nowhere near time for the sumo suit.

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[info]hayso
2005-09-13 11:38 pm UTC (link)
Have you called Jenny Yet?

You need a team of guys - a la nicotine gum advert

"no craig no" but "craig" just doesn't have the zing that "gary" does

"no c money no" hmmmm it's something we'll have to work out

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[info]craiga
2005-09-13 11:42 pm UTC (link)
‘Tubby’ has the same number of syllables as ‘Gary’. But I'm not sure if I want a group of people following me around chanting “no tubby, no.”

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[info]hayso
2005-09-13 11:47 pm UTC (link)
tru dat

same goes for "no heavy no"

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[info]hayso
2005-09-18 11:04 pm UTC (link)
so is there an improvement on the scales?

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[info]craiga
2005-09-18 11:09 pm UTC (link)
Still haven't got the scales. I did jump on the scales at mum's place and I'm not starting at 125kg, I'm starting at 130kg. Eh… I am feeling pretty good though.

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[info]hayso
2005-09-18 11:10 pm UTC (link)
that's the main thing - to feel good is to look good

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[info]elrobbo
2005-09-20 06:34 am UTC (link)
is that the slogan on a special k commercial? or is it all bran?

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[info]craiga
2005-09-20 07:04 am UTC (link)
Special K, as dirty thirty walks out of the kitchen after the announcement that mini-skirts are back. Now shut up and/or be supportive, motherfucker.

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[info]elrobbo
2005-09-20 07:20 am UTC (link)
Hey man, I recommended you go the chicken over beef.. I resent that attack.

ps. you used the word "thier" instead of "their" somewhere, and now I'm not going to tell you where it was.

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[info]craiga
2005-09-20 07:28 am UTC (link)
Ok, ok… I take it all back. Fuck I hate spelling. Especially “their”, because I always get it wrong. By the way, where the fuck is Hot Dogs? This guy is L.A.M.E. lame.

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[info]elrobbo
2005-09-20 07:37 am UTC (link)
Ok dude, here it the
[Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<a [...] thier"</a>') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.]

Ok dude, here it the <a href= "http://www.livejournal.com/users/craiga/25378.html>"thier"</a>

Oh and don't feel bad about the spelling. I only learned how to pronounce 'Worcestershire Sauce' a few weeks ago. And 'restaurant' fucks me too.

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[info]craiga
2005-09-20 07:46 am UTC (link)
That's cool; I found it anyway. I only know how to say ‘Worcestershire’ because I'm of british descent. ‘Solution’ used to really fuck me until I worked on STS (Sales Transaction Solution) at Telstra back in the day.

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[info]hayso
2005-09-20 04:24 pm UTC (link)
i really can't be sure
if it's not one of theirs maybe i could sell it too them...you want in roller shutter man?

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[info]craiga
2005-09-20 04:37 pm UTC (link)
Ouch… that's cold, Hayso.

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[info]hayso
2005-09-20 04:48 pm UTC (link)
hey times are tough...only the strong will survive

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[info]craiga
2005-09-26 08:53 pm UTC (link)
Rule change—beer intake is to be lowered… *sigh*

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