What The Shell Is Going On?

So I figured I'd fill up my Jeep before the long weekend, you know... seeing how cheap it is right now. So I go to my usual Shell station, but it's not open. It seems they're out of gas. So, I go to the next nearest Shell station (I gots to get my AirMiles, you know) and it's out of gas too. It seems that every Shell station that I've seen in K-W is out of gas. Either Shell is behind on their deliveries, or we've come to the beginnings of a gas shortage and it's time for EVERYONE TO PANIC!

And in other news... look what I got...
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Today's Slurpee Conditions

Slurpee conditions are reported as: very good to perfect, as of 8:05pm EDT tonight.

The coke was just a tad on the runny side of perfect, but the Crush Cream Soda and Orange were of the consistency that can only be described as perfection.

Late To The Party, Yet Again

I haven't had a good track record at picking TV shows I like right from when they start. A few examples:

• Firefly, which I didn't even hear about until the movie came out
• Lost, which I didn't start watching until halfway through the first season (and I still haven't seen all of the early episodes)
• 24, which I didn't start watching until Season 4, but didn't really matter because not many storylines carry over season to season, and
  
• Enterprise, which I started watching in Season 3, and despite what other Star Trek fans think, I thought was a great show, especially the third season.
  

Now, there's another show to add to the list. Battlestar Galactica.

I vaguely recall hearing about this show when it started up a couple years ago, but dismissed it for 2 reasons really. The first was that I didn't seem to bother getting into shows at that time in my life (see Lost), and second was the title made it sound like a whole pile of cheese. How wrong was I on number 2... But anyway, I kept hearing things (from very different sources) about how great this show was, so eventually I decided to start watching... but I didn't want to start right in the middle of a serial, so I decided that I'd have to watch the DVDs right from the beginning. That was a while ago...

I finally got off my ass and got Season one on the weekend, and man was I not disappointed. I plowed right through the entire season in a few days. In a way, it's kind of good that I'm watching it this way, because instead of waiting for cliffhangers to be resolved at the beginning of next season, I can go right out and get Season 2... which I'm about to do after I finish up here. The downside, of course, is that I'm not watching the episodes that other people are watching right now, so there's no one to discuss the plotlines of where I'm at right now. In fact, I don't really know many people who are watching this show, which is a shame. And by the time I catch up, the show will be over because this is the last season.

Anyway, Battlestar Galactica is my recommendation of the day.

Progress Is Slow... Gotta Get Back On It

It's time for another Weight Watchers update because, well, why not? The last few weeks haven't been that much on the weight loss. On the other hand, at least they haven't been much on the weight gain either. Now I wouldn't consider this a plateau, as many Weight Watchers encounter while doing the program as I just haven't been very good at following the plan.

A few weeks back I was involved in a study at work that had me out of the office from 5:30am until 7:00pm some days, with a lot of eating out happening. This went on for three weeks. While doing the study, I actually continued to lose weight, albeit just a little bit. Looking back, it might have been better if I had gained weight during the study, because afterwards I wasn't too quick to attempt to get back on the plan... something I'm still trying to do after another 3 weeks.

Last time I tried Weight Watchers, I made it 5 months before I "took a break" from the plan. But once I did take that break, I could never get back on. This time, I've been on the plan for 7 months, so I've lasted a little bit longer, but there's so much more to go... I'm not even half way there. Like I said before, failure is not option this time around. Back to it...