The World's Best Chips, and Other News

I am enjoying the tangy, salty crunchiness of the world's best chips: Tim's Cascade Style Sea Salt & Vinegar Chips (my "one treat" this time--I allow myself up to one treat per grocery shopping trip, and I disallow myself excuse-for-treats shopping trips unless it's for a social thing), and it's reminding me that many of my favorite things and people hail from the great Northwest.

In other news, I was just at the gym watching a news report about how the H1N1 virus has reached emergency proportions. The gym was packed. Bring it, swine flu, I can take you.

In other news, I really should stop putting off writing a thank-you letter to Ellen. I saw her show at the gym a couple of days ago, and I was reminded of how much I like her and how much I appreciate that she gave me a king-sized bed. OK, she didn't give it to me, but I won it from her show. I mean, who should I thank? Simmons? Pish tosh. Ellen made it all possible. OK, her goons made it all possible, but I'd rather write to Ellen than to her goons.

In other news, I am loving wearing thermals and sweaters again. Soon it will even be cold enough for scarves, which aren't as exciting as sweaters and thermals, but still a fun change.

In other news, I have been editing tons of photos lately. I'm not sick of it yet, even though it gets a bit tedious. I want to pace myself to avoid burnout, but I also want to test the realities of more intensive photo work as I face the possibility of making it a self-sustaining hobby, or maybe, in the longer run, a source of income.

In other news, I want a cat. But I can't have one. Sad story.

In other news, I really like the way I look right after a workout, blood pumping, skin smoother and tighter, hair silky...it takes a few years off, I think. Too bad it only lasts a few hours.

In other news, I've realized I don't care enough about my physical appearance to expend much effort, which isn't boding well for the whole muscle-gain idea. Meh, I'm ok just maintaining health and staying relatively thin.

In other news, is there any way to de-stink an old towel that has started stinking after just one use, or is it just time to toss the stupid thing?

In other news, I really like Anderson Cooper.

In other news, I was wearing my red-and-black striped H&M hoodie in Macey's tonight, and it dawned on me that I was probably dressed a bit "loudly" for Provo, Utah, when I ran into a guy with huge feathery hair and a neon pink-and-black striped hoodie on. I felt quite out-done and was OK with that.

In other news, a girl at the gym gave me quite the stare for a moment...I was tempted to ask for her number just to see how it might go down. I didn't. I smiled wryly but turned away rather than flirting (which I sometimes do just to see what will happen or whether she'll flirt back or act shy or glare/laugh at me for being way too full of myself to realize she's making eyes at some guy behind me). I wondered if she cared that I was completely uninterested and whether it impacted her self esteem. I shrugged and went back to doing sit-ups and thinking about relationships and communication and how/why Vienna Teng wrote this new song and whether the kid who just walked by recognized me and how people shouldn't overtly flirt if they can't handle rejection anyway...

In other news, I want to watch the seasons of Project Runway I missed.

In other news, I can't seem to leave Utah. Why is this place such a black hole?

In other news, it's late, and I'm going to bed. OK, I'm in bed, but I'm going to sleep. OK, I'm probably not going to sleep right away, but soon, and this is distracting me. The end.