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Am I black enough for you? As linked by everyone, even blacker black material created. So what - until it's in clothing I'm not interested.

Anyone else noticed more gyms with rooms filled with black walls and ultraviolet lights? The gym-disco crossover is nearly complete.

I worked my ass off on a case I'm giving away. I am tempted to note I wasted a full 3 days of productivity, but I'm really happy I'm giving a man with 22 years of service his job back. Of course they gave the case to me, and despite his actions he immediately admitted everything, and noted that his wife and a mutual friend had gone to the bahamas and when they returned his wife announced she'd decided to leave him for the "friend." True to form, she set up her next while she was with him, oh and they have 3 kids. They gave this case to the right guy - talk about mitigating circumstances. I found some serious problems with the case and discussed them with my supervisors - I was good on the politics, simply noting the problems and trying to minimize the other branches' multiple serious failings in the processing of this case. I received quick authorization to make a settlement offer which included returning the fella to work. I actually lose - I continue my settlement-happy reputation even though the decisions was technically made above me (oh and most staff encouraged mitigating before the guy was term'd), I lose more trips across the country, and again all that work I did goes *poof* I also feel good that I did the right thing.

I've discovered that while my ASUS P4T533-C MB takes pc800, it also does pc1066. I double-checked my chips and found I'm holding 2 Kingston KVR1066x16-8/256 (I hardly know what that means). So I was about to upgrade to the wrong chips and possibly slow my machine down. The damn chips go from $100-300 so upgrading my RAM is about the same cost as getting a new low-end machine. Guess what I'm going to do then? Sigh...the upgrade RAM on the laptop was cheap and had great results.

Last night a new guy in my conditioning class bragged that his girlfriend was covered with tattoos and piercings. Bragged. He has his freak-cred girlfriend, you know, the one with the ink and piercings. He's cool. So is she.

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'allo. I hate it when I post more than once a day, particularly when I have nothign to say. That said - 'allo. I left work early on account of traffic on account of the snow. I hit Gold's, and hit and hit and hit. See, I moved squats-deadlifts-calf raises to the front, abs to the back (thanks Amanda) and didn't take anything out. I was able to do it, but good god after a couple of bloody hours I had nothing left - it was hard to drive home with a stick shift. It did feel good to see a strong-looking guy following me on almost every machine, and doing less weight (with the same good form, give or take). I think I look fairly strong and fit, but I think I could probably kick my own ass.

Had a protein shake, and was finally bored enough to watch "The full monty." Meh. I heard the movie was good, and I did chuckle a bit. Was it dull, or am I just so spoiled that watching a movie is now too demanding for my time? I had no problem watching AvP - wasn't that crap? Maybe I'm just so dumb I like dumb movies more than clever ones. Or maybe I loathe all forms of romantic comedies.

I think I'm going to have another protein shake or two. Only, instead of adding whey to the skim grass-fed milk, I think I'll use vodka and kahlua.