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Song of the Week: "Your Love's A Drug" by Leighton Meester

It's a good song...........that is all.  Enjoy!

New Show: Ringer

So there's a new show coming to The CW this Fall called Ringer.  Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, it looks like a really interesting show.  Here's the press release as well as a video promo...

Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as a woman who, after witnessing a murder, goes on the run, hiding out by assuming the life of her wealthy identical twin sister - only to learn that her sister's seemingly idyllic life is just as complicated and dangerous as the one she's trying to leave behind. Bridget is six months sober and starting to turn her life around when she is the sole witness to a professional hit. Despite the assurances of her FBI protector, Agent Victor Machado, Bridget knows her life is on the line. She flees to New York, telling no one, not even her Narcotics Anonymous sponsor, Malcolm. In New York, Bridget reunites with her estranged twin, Siobhan. Wealthy, pampered and married to the strikingly handsome Andrew Martin, Siobhan lives what appears to be a fairy tale life - a life where no one knows that Bridget exists. The sisters seem to be mending their frayed relationship, until Siobhan disappears mysteriously, and Bridget makes the split decision to take on her sister's identity. She discovers shocking secrets, not only about her sister and her marriage, but also about Siobhan's best friend, Gemma, and Gemma's husband, Henry. And when someone tries to kill Bridget in her sister's penthouse, she realizes she is no safer as Siobhan than she is as herself
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I personally think that the show looks AWESOME!  What do you think?

Jeff Conaway in Coma

According to this link Jeff Conaway is in a coma and listed in critical condition after an overdose of pain pills.  I find this so incredibly sad.  Grease is one of my favorite films and he was awesome in the role of Kenickie.  I saw him on Celebrity Rehab a while back and it was very clear to me that he needed help then, and it saddens me that he has not been able to get it.  My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family during this time, I'm hoping for a recovery and I hope this is the wake up call that he needs.

Weigh-In Wednesday

Weight-Loss Goal for the Week: 1.5 pounds
Actual Weight Lost: 1.6 pounds
Total Weight Loss to Date: 17 pounds

thoughts: I was really happy, I was only .6 pounds away from getting back to where I was before the weight gain from graduation week, so I thought shooting for a 1.5 loss would be great because it would put me back on track plus a little extra.  And I lost it!!  So now I'm completely back on track and looking forward.  I'm feeling so great and have regained my confidence in myself.  I  can't wait for next week!

Hope for the Hopefuls

I have been trying to post this particular blog entry for 8 days now.  EIGHT DAYS, people!  Blogger has been one stubborn mofo lately but now that it's working for me again, it's time to get back on track.  

So, story time:  last summer I auditioned for The Biggest Loser.  Yep, that's right.  You probably already know from the fact that I am doing Weight Watchers and do the Weigh-In Wednesday post (coming soon I might add) that my weight is a bit of an issue for me.  It hasn't always been that way, but for the last 10 or 11 years it has.  I was super skinny until I was about 13 and then the pounds started coming on and they've stayed on.  Well, a year ago (May 2010) I decided I was sick of being overweight and decided to change.  I started journaling my food, allowing myself 2,000 calories a day and exercising every day to Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred (an AWESOME DVD that I plan to do a review on at some point).  My efforts paid off: I had lost 20 pounds and was feeling pretty good.  Then I saw that The Biggest Loser was casting for season 11.  There was no audition listed for Michigan so I decided not to even bother with it.  But then curiosity got the better of me and I checked it out a couple of days later and lo and behold, there was a Michigan casting call!  It just so happened to be the day after a payday, on one of my days off, and about 10 minutes away from my aunt's house downstate!  It seemed like it was a sign, everything had fallen into place and I was going to audition for the show and blow them away and be cast.  My life was going to change!  Except it didn't.  Well, actually it did but not in the way I was expecting.  I went to the casting call, talked to the casting director for about 60 seconds and that was it.  I never got a callback, nothing.  Feeling discouraged, my weight loss journey stopped until I joined Weight Watchers this past March.  It turned out to be a blessing in disguise though, because had I been cast I would have had to take time off of school, preventing me from finishing this year.  Casting for season 12 has already come and gone and I was too busy with school to go for it.  Will I audition for season 13?  I go back and forth on that, right now I'm leaning towards yes but we'll see what the future brings.  The difference this time is that if I don't make it onto season 13, I won't let it get me down like it did for season 11.  I'm going to continue my journey and finish strong!

Anyway,  I wanted to share a blog with you all.  It's called Hope for the Hopefuls and it was started by a woman who tried out for season 12 and didn't make the cut.  It's about her weight loss journey and is a community for others to talk and share stories about their own journeys as well.  Check it out, it's a great blog!

Song of the Week: "Super Bass" by Nicki Minaj

Blogger has been giving me some problems lately, which is why I haven't been able to post.  Just getting this song of the week post was troublesome enough, it took me SO MANY tries to get this posted that I lost count! Anyway, here is this week's song, I hope you enjoy it!

Weigh-In Wednesday

Weight-Loss Goal for the Week: 1 pound
Actual Weight Lost: 2.6 pounds
Total Weight Loss to Date: 15.4 pounds

thoughts: I'm very pleased with this, because last week I had unfortunately GAINED 3.2 pounds...talk about frustrating!  But now I am back on track and only .6 pounds away from being where I was 2 weeks ago.  With that being said, my weight loss goal is going to be 1.5 pounds so that I can totally surpass that hurdle!

Song of the Week: "The Sign" by Ace of Base

Holy 90s Batman!  Yes, this song is a bit of a time warp, but it's a good one.  Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I feel like a bad blogger but when you have nothing to do such as I do, the days tend to blend and run together and before you know it, you've got 5 days of nothing racked up.  But I'm going to do my best to keep this puppy more regularly updated.  I love this little blog and want to keep it going.

Graduation...now what?

Well, the day that I've been waiting for for six years finally arrived.  Graduation day.  The day where all of the work I put into things came to an end.  All of the stress, hard work, tears and good times became a part of the past as I walked across the stage to get my diploma holder and become an official member of the Lake Superior State University Alumni.  Not to say I won't have more stress, hard work, tears and good times to come.  But they will be different, part of the new chapter of my life.

Stress is no longer cramming for a test the night before, or pulling an all nighter to finish that essay that I put off.

Stress is now looking for a job and figuring out a way to pay off my student loans.

Hard work is no longer busting ass on a paper hoping to get an A.

Hard work is now busting ass at your job in the hopes of impressing your boss and maybe getting a promotion.

Stress is no longer worrying about whether or not you passed that test.

Stress is now worrying about passing the test of life, making sure your bills are paid on time, food is in the cupboards, gas is in the car etc.

Good times are...well, good times will always be good times.  Certainly not staying up all night partying, but anything I do with my friends I consider to be a good time so I don't see much of a difference there.

The point is,  the carefree youth chapter of my life has come to an end.  It is now time to grow up and learn to become a responsible adult and citizen in my community.  It hasn't even been a week yet and I already feel like I'm stuck in a limbo, in this weird in-between of student and adult.  I feel so useless without a job, without being in school and having anything to look forward to in the fall.  No classes to register for, no books to buy, no parking stickers to get, no professors to complain about.  And not seeing my friends as much as I used to when we were all together.  People always say to enjoy things while they last, because you'll miss them once they're gone.

How right those people are.

Song of the Week: "F**k You" by Cee Lo Green

It's a good song.  And I find the video funny.  That's pretty much it.  Will post another blog later today.