I always feel mixed in shanghai, so many tall buldings ,luxury exclusive stores, anything is made of concret ,steel, glass.people passing by quickly without any expression.

maybe small town is better for me.

what about you?

I went to the Church picnic yesterday. The first thing I do, is accept the chair my Wife says I should sit in, a metal wire chair that is on the porch of the Preachers House... Many people are sitting up there, as its a long porch, and its been years since I have sat in anything that is wire framed.

BAD IDEA! I didnt know that this thing was a 'rocker' and when I sat down, I 'started to go OVER and backwards and there was nothing to stop me but the hands of my Wife on the back of...

Today: 147.2
Chg: -0.3
To Date: -4.4

Comments: I know one is supposed to take the weight off slowly, but I was thinking faster than .6lbs/week!

The frustrating part is that I peeked yesterday, and weighed 145.9! That was probably my downfall.

I often wonder if what ever it is I am doing is going to get me to where I want to be. I also wonder if my perception about myself is accurate. Sometimes I am very down on myself - I'm too fat, I'm too tired looking, I'm not smart enough, my past mistakes will haunt me... Then, sometimes I think I can market myself better than my grad school peers, I know how to work a room and demand attention, I know how to play the networking game and I do it well. As much as it feels good to every once in...

After I headed to the cost and stayed in Willits overnight on the way and looked at a house there that was a nightmare because it had slippage of the foundation, the lot was so steep. The town on the other hand was a charmer and I thought they had done a wonderful job of planning and maintaining the commercial areas and would have felt at home living there. Found a great sub/pizza restaurant on a later visit there. Didn't ride the train but the drive through the forest to Ft. Bragg made me love...