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[illusionofjoy]

No air conditioning at work; no air conditioning at home. Frankly, my urge to kill would be rising were I not passing out from heat exhaustion.

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[meiow.livejournal.com]

Poor thing... I'd send you hugs, but that would just make you hotter.

*waves fan in your general direction*

[joi-division.livejournal.com]

I'm for lynching the landlord, ala Jello Biafra style if they don't set the darn thing up soon. I just hate it when someone makes an appointment to getting something fixed or done, only to have it blown off.

Wait..I think I may be just venting about my car here instead. :)

[meiow.livejournal.com]

What happened to your car? Mine's been in the shop for days.

My engine light is on, so I take it in, right? Unspecified code is what the computer says. So they look through the engine, find a slightly loose cap, tighten it and turn off the light.

Two days later, the light is back on. I take it back in. The mechanic calls me to say that I should "just ignore the light" because they can't find anything wrong. Ummm-hmmm. Right. So, even if this problem isn't terrible, what about some other problem that crops up, that I never know about because I'm busy ignoring the engine light? Riiiight. I wanted to slap him over the phone. :P

[meiow.livejournal.com]

Btw - I like you. I'm going to add you as a friend, k? You've made me laugh on multiple occasions. :)

[joi-division.livejournal.com]

About a month ago, some jerk in an SUV and talking on a cellphone hit and run me and my car. I was fine after the accident, but the passenger side fender was trashed, and you can't open the door. Poor illusion_of_joy has been extremely patient about crawling over the driver's seat or crawling out the window.

Last week, they were supposed to do the body work, but "they didn't have the time." I'm mad about the whole thing because they scheduled me in and now they didn't have the time? Phhft. It'll be done this Friday they say... we shall see. If it isn't, I am going somewhere else to have it repaired.

[joi-division.livejournal.com]

Well gee, thanks. *blush* I added you back. :)

[meiow.livejournal.com]

Ugh! SUVs... *shakes fist at sky*

I hope you weren't hurt from the accident! An impact that prevents the passenger door from opening must not have been nice to your spine.

I could see your repair work being a day late... but a week? They've got to be nuts. At least you've got a free rental car until then, right?

[meiow.livejournal.com]

Oh, and we're both Atkins people... so we're both part of the "cult" *grin* It's got to be hard for you, with illusion_of_joy wanting to keep you plump. :)

I've actually just started up Induction again, to kick myself in the butt. I'd been stagnant for a few months...

[vapidblackrose.livejournal.com]

Frankly, dears, I wouldnt recommend Atkins. Its high fat content is very damaging to the liver. My uncle died from cirrhosis (sp?) of the liver 2 months ago, due to Atkins. If you're going to go low carb, go South Beach. Am trying a modified version of it right now, and it seems to be cool...oh and if you're wondering who I am, just a random buddy of illusion_of_joy's. Good luck :)

[joi-division.livejournal.com]

This is as much as I will touch about this in illusion_of_joy's journal- but thanks to Atkins, I lose 90 pounds in 7 months. I get my blood tested often, and my numbers have never been better. But thank you.

[joi-division.livejournal.com]

Sorry Seth, we've taken over your journal. :)

No rental car for me since I don't have a credit card- yeah, I was screwed without a car. After the accident I was shaken up but fine- but now I am wondering since my back feels all wonky. doh.

[meiow.livejournal.com]

Yes, sorry Seth! I'll respond to this over in your journal, sweetie, so we can stop filling his. :)

Thank you, sweetie...

[meiow.livejournal.com]

First of all, let me say how terribly sorry I am to hear about your loss. Even if you weren't close to him, losing a family member always hits a little closer to home, ya know? **hugs**

Is it possible he did Atkins back in the 70s, or was old enough to remember it from back then? It was a drastically different diet at the time; you were supposed to remove *all* carbs from your diet. A lot of people are remembering the old diet and not reading the current book, so are actually doing an extremely dangerous, outdated version of Atkins.

There's a lot of carbs and vitamins in the current version of Atkins; at the lowest level (Induction), you're supposed to eat 20 grams of carbs in the form of 3 *cups* of veggies. That's more veggies than I ever eat on my own; it's forcing me into a more healthy diet structure.

My bloodwork has been coming out fine, thankfully, and I've been doing this since last October. I've lost 65 pounds, between Atkins and weight lifting... and I've gained about 20 lbs of muscle. So I guess that means I've lost about 85 lbs of fat. :)

Thank you for your concern; I know when people say things like this, it is out of true desire to be helpful, and I sincerely appreciate it.

(again, sorry, Seth! I'll shut up on your journal now!)

[illusion-of-joy.livejournal.com]

Why are you two so worried about conversing on my journal? If I didn't want people to converse, I'd disable the commenting feature. While this post is technically off-topic, is is perfectly acceptable.

[meiow.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd hate to be rude. Actually, it's my #1 fear, as a friend pointed out a couple of years ago... being impolite. :) I'm definitely a Southerner in that way.

[xeyli.livejournal.com]

Live in Hawai'i, in an apartment with no AC, no breeze comes through here at all... yuck. I want to find a new apartment, but no such luck yet.