Lord Gonchar

Probably not the place or subject to get into this, but the internet really is amazing. You can find everything somewhere on the internet.

I always laugh with my mom because back in the day, if you didn’t know something, you just didn’t know it. End of story. If you needed information and no one had it – no matter how meaningful or trivial – you just never knew unless you found a way to find the information…and even then it wasn’t very efficient a lot of the time. Most of the time you just ended up taking the word of someone who you thought might know what they were talking about and hoped to remember to look up the answer sometime at the library or something.

Made me think of this:

Google circa 1960

Not just info, but memories. I can’t even begin to list the things I’d forgotten that someone else remembered and I rediscovered online. Old toys, old shows, old moments. Old hazy memories brought back to life. Which leads me to the point of this post.

I was just thinking of old concerts I’d been to (courtesy of a Facebook post by a friend) and one thing led to another and I dug out some old tickets I had saved. Among them was this:

Christ. I was just a kid in 1992…living 1200 miles away from all that I knew. The school of life. (smile)

But I remember going to that KISS show. That was the year the Revenge album came out and, quite frankly, the tune “Unholy” kicked serious ass. It’s still one of my favorite Kiss songs. The arena was only about half full because across town at Bayfront Park MTV was doing a Headbanger’s Ball show with Megadeth and that was admittedly WAY cooler. But damn it, I wasn’t going to hear Unholy at that show. I went with the KISS tickets.

So one a whim, I searched “KISS Miami 1992″

Turns out the entire show is on YouTube.

How fucking insane is that? Something that was the distant memory of a practically different kid almost half my life ago is right there for me to see again. Fucking nuts.

This is what I paid to see. It loses some edge at that tempo (a hair too fast) and Paul is doing his queer little dance moves to one of the darkest songs they do, but that’s what I came to see.

Meh. Maybe I should’ve gone with the Headbanger’s Ball tickets.

Then again, that video isn’t online. (I don’t think)

It’s been building for a while, but as of tonight I officially have a schoolboy crush on S. E. Cupp.

Been a while since I updated y’all on my wieght loss situation.

I’ve been in a holding pattern for about 2 months now.

I peaked at 34 pounds lost (X+25) the day before we went on our big coaster trip in June. During that entire trip I ate what I wanted and never weighed myself. When we got back I was only up 2 pounds. We kinda kept our eyes on the prize but had a lot going on (which for us, makes it harder to eat right) and a few instances of getting together with family (which usually means food).

As of today my mother-in-law is gone and school starts next week. Perfect time to come back down and get focused again. I’m currently sitting at 30 pounds lost (X+29). Not all that awful if you knew how little I put into my eating habits the past two months. A hopeful sign that the change is sticking.

The other effect that I’m not happy with is that while not gaining weight, I have gained back a little size from that low point. Nothing major, but it shows the difference between eating whatever and maintaining and eating right and maintaining. I think at the peak I was right around 7 inches off my waist and right now it’s just shy of 6.

So yeah, if you remember, the short term goal was my Allentown weight (X+27). I had passed that prior to vacation and in my current range of natural fluctuations I’m still right about there on the low end. So I’m right there.

The long term goal was my 90′s weight (X+17), give or take one or two pounds in either direction. So that’s where I need to set my sights and get this train back on track. That’s only 10-to-15 pounds away. I’m already down 32. What’s another dozen? I’d like to be there before the holidays really hit. Halloween would be nice, but Thanksgiving works to. Somewhere in there. Totally possible if I start actively pursuing it again.

Check back with me in a few months.

Sometimes I catch myself stepping back and looking at the situation and just smiling.

Tonight as I sent out an invoice then stamped a check that came today (yeah, I have a badass stamper for checks) to be deposited tomorrow while listening to Slayer was one of those moments.

This was preceeded by a stupid-delicious cheesecake pudding/pie thing we made last night (Jell-O pudding and a pie crust, less than $3) and an asskicking football practice for my little guy.

It was almost enough to cancel out the bad vibes of finding out earlier in the day that my mother-in-law is coming next week…

…almost.