Electricity fried my switch.

My faithful switch, 16 delicious ports that were crucial in LAN parties and then my home network once I got broadband. Dead. This switch worked to the very last; it died while it was running during a really bad storm. The storm also killed my telephone. Bastard. All the electronics in my room were running when the storm hit and I was not at home to unplug them -- so I was lucky to have a surge protector (except for on my phone lines).

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Last night I went to see Star Wars with some buddies. Jeff almost got himself killed driving his saturn -- but I rode with Dane so it wasn't too bad for me. The movie was great, it redeemed lucas for the last 2 crappy movies he put out. The only problem with it is the sappy-love dialogue between Anakin and Padme. Lucas is brilliant at writing stories -- but when it comes to the actual dialogue and in this case romantic dialogue, he is quite lacking. I dont see why people have thrown their lives away for the Star Wars universe though; When I was a kid I was a huge fan. I think its a form of escapism; Lucas began an entire universe detailed down to the different worlds and govt's for these people to escape to -- It is quite appealing, but at some point one has to grow up.

I recommend seeing the movie to you guys though -- unless of course you will get overly attached and camp outside of theaters for the rest of your life.
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I weighed myself today and I was 180 lbs. I used to be 230 like a year ago; At that time I was fat and angry;

for an example of the old me, check out this old Deadjournal I found -- its from 08/06/2002
Its interesting reading back on old blogs.
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Gnivil ot Eid

starting on Monday, I've been eating more protein and going to the gym every day:
Every other day I lift weights.
Every day I dont lift weights I run and do some sort of cardio.
The workouts are all short and intense.

As a result i've already lost around 5 lbs, I'm lifting about 20 lbs more than I was a while ago. Sergey is doing the same thing as I am. We plan on doing this throughout the summer so we are in shape for next year.

I did this a year ago, and lost 40+ lbs doing it -- and I've managed to keep it all off and continue to shape up. So it is an efficient way to get yourself in shape.
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Schools almost out. I have the rest of this week + next monday and tuesday followed by some half days. The week after school lets out I am going to Dane's lakehouse near Anderson for a week with some buddies of mine. There is a big lake, a house, and a boat there so hopefully i'll be relaxed and brown by the time I come back (I tan really easily because of the portuguese in my blood).
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My stress levels are dropping, I only have a couple exams I have to worry about and I realized yesterday that I will most likely do fine on them If I dont get anxiety and forget stuff like I normally do. I've been taking life easy and just enjoying things. When I drive-- I always have a window open and just drive slow enjoying the beautiful scenery. People never smile anymore or slow down enough to enjoy their surroundings; until I started slowing down recently I never realized how beautiful everything is. For once I think i'm glad to be alive.
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I'm really exhausted right now though. This workout schedule does have its flaws, it is very taxing on you physically. I am going to rest for tomorrow.