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Hello and welcome. This is, fairly obviously, my online journal / blog / whathaveyou. Come, put up your metaphorical webtravelling shoes; won't you have a read for a while?

I also, like 11 million other people, play World of Warcraft. My main characters are:

  • Shukeralle, unguilded level 80 night elf druid (server: Aggramar)
  • Donda, level 72 tauren druid, also on Aggramar. Is in the "Hordes of Hell" giuld.
  • ...and an army of alts

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May. 27th, 2008 @ 09:37 am Big huge post of the random collection of points
No, I have not forgotten the writing meme from a couple of weeks back. I just haven't had much inspiration lately. Inspiration is slowly starting to build up, and I should have some results soon. I hope.

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For the past nine days, I have been mostly good when it comes to Coca-Cola. Not once did I let a single drop of regular Coke pass my lips. It was Coke Zero for me all the way... at least, until yesterday. Yesterday, due to being dog-tired, I went back to plain old regular Coca Cola, for both the caffeine and the sugar boost.

After a while I just couldn't drink it anymore. It just tasted too damn strange and acidic.

Progress!

Still, I shudder to think of what yesterday's indiscretions will do to my efforts to get (Wii) fit.

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Rhythm Boxing in Wii Fit is very fun. The snowboard slalom challenge, unfortunately, is not as fun as I thought it would be. I guess I still need to get used to it.

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After thinking about it for something like three months, I finally went and got an XBox 360. Back when it first came out, I thought that I might get one, but that I should put it off for a while, until there were enough games I wanted for it.

On the weekend I finally stopped putting it off and got an XBox 360 Pro and a bunch of games I've been wanting to get. For a $550 console and games that usually cost around $100, I managed to snag the whole bundle for a shade under $800.

I do have GTA4, but only because the GTA4 + XBox360 pack was $530. In effect, they were *giving* me money to get GTA4. I can't say no to that, even if I'm not interested in GTA4. I'll try it sometime when I can be bothered. And then, most likely, be sucked in horribly.

Thanks to being XBox 360-enabled, I have finally played Portal. It is just as awesome as everyone has been saying, and I finally have context for all the Portal quotes I keep on hearing.
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May. 22nd, 2008 @ 08:53 am Get your fit on
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While I'm in a posting sort of mood I thought I'd mention:

I now have Wii Fit.

The presence of Wii Fit, and the use of it for 15-30 min every day, has inspired better habits. I haven't had a Coca Cola at all since I got the Wii Fit, nor any other form of sugary soda. (I have however been having Coke Zeroes.) I have not had junk food.

Previously, when I've managed to cut way back on the soda and junk food, I have dropped a lot of weight in a relatively short time. Let's see if I can manage it this time.
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Jun. 23rd, 2005 @ 06:41 pm The little known link between MP3 players and exercise
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This MP3 player I bought recently does more than just being nifty and playing music. It has also had a positive effect on my exercise, because I find I walk a lot faster when walking home after work. A walk that would take me 45 minutes (if I was lucky), is now taking me more like 35 minutes.

This is a Good Thing.

Now, I just need to do all sorts of *other* exercise as well, but this is a good start. ^_^
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