Weigh-in: Week 5

I gained 0.8 lb this week.  Less than I averaged over the past two weeks, but nothing to celebrate.  Oh well.  Time to buckle down.

Total pounds lost:  8

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On an unrelated note:

Recent conversation with my roommate upon returning from a department-sponsered lecture on a topic that relates to my major academic interests, as well as being relevant to a couple of the department's major strengths and life in the region (paraphrased):

Roommate:  How was the lecture?
AF:  It was interesting.
R:  Yeah, I thought about going, but I'm not really interested in [that topic].
AF:  Yeah.  I know you've told me before, but what are your academic interests?
R:  [Proceeds to list professional interests, followed by academic interests that this school has no real outstanding program in...or any real program in at all, for that matter].  I'm interested in everything, basically.

Er...except for at least one notable historical feature of life in the region, which affected millions of people and helped spur a national movement.  I guess that's not enough of a "something" to be part of "everything".  Dead monks' fingernails, however, are enough of a something to merit interest.

I get the sense that my roommate looks down on me because I'm organizing my academic career in a way that suits me (rather than the departments), and because I don't play along with her lame attempts at excusing her rude and stand-offish behavior using humor.  That's okay.  I don't like people who say they're interested in "everything", when their interests are actually quite limited, derivative, and are almost completely irrelevant to anything outside of academia and the Church.

Weigh-in: Week 4

I've gained 3 pounds over the last 2 weeks.  Not unexpected.  I will get back on track and lose that weight this week.

In other news, I bought a book on dealing with anger.  Hopefully this will help me out a bit.

Total lbs. lost:  8.8

LOL

Just found out that the mother of one of the most obnoxious, immature, moronic, slutty, junior-alcoholic-of-the-year contenders I've ever had the displeasure of having to deal with is a "Christian educator".  Oh, how I LOLed.