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I may have mentioned to some that I have a big blog post coming about Pride. It is still in its birthing stages as my virtual life is currently taking a backseat to my actual life.

However, I have just returned from the place that does my weighing in thing. This was my first visit since Pride - I figured I needed a few days to drop the pounds I must have gained with all the:

• wine (an embarrassing amount)
  
• beer (not as much as the wine)
  
• hot dog
• bbq beef on a bun
• dim sum with Lex&Ger, Jeff and Vicki
• chips
• ice cream ... TWICE!
  
• boob cake, courtesy Courtney. Chocolate and vanilla. One of each.
  
• I don't remember what I ate at Pam's. I think there were chips and I think I brought them. Actually, most of that evening is a bit foggy except for a few sweet moments early on that are most definitely not foggy. I also remember the bit at the end where I had to crawl over a very tall fence to get out of the fenced garbage area that I'd become entrapped in. But, I digress ...
• Did I mention the dim sum? That was a whole lotta dim sum ... maybe the guylian saved me ...?
  

Then there was Canada Day dinner with Cate which featured cheese grits that one wishes to simply slather oneself in.  Anything THAT good has got to be bad for you. Cate also plied me with beer before the cheese grits which, purely as a favour, a courtesy to a new friend, I consumed.

In short, I went to diet hell for several days. But, I'm back now ... and I'm down 3.5 pounds for a total of 58 lbs. I really don't understand how this is possible.  Divine intervention, perhaps. Anyway, here I am, down 58 and ready for the final 32. Whoa.

The Future Mr. Scotch & myself have been trying to find a good wedding song for our first dance as husband and wife. Well, that's a simplification. He said he has no opinion, but vetoed my choice, which was Little Red Corvette by Prince. Now, I haven't been to many weddings, but the ones I have attended have featured a LAME first dance song. I want something that's funky, soulful, and romantic. Any and all suggestions will be considered. We have 35 days left and I'm getting really antsy to pick one. Keep in mind, the first dance will take place at an outdoor luau here:

 

Alternately, if you agree with me that Little Red Corvette is an AWESOME first song, please post that sentiment here and perhaps my man friend can be convinced.

People seem to hate us Californians and our hippy ways, but sometimes our hippy ways produce awesome ideas.  From http://alternativefuels.about.com/:

 

Effective January 1, 2009, every new vehicle sold in California must display a window label that rates its environmental performance in two key areas. Each label will report a score of 1 to 10 (worst to best) concerning said vehicle's contribution to both global warming and smog. It's part of California's efforts to educate the public about the relationship between vehicle emissions and environmental degradation--and maybe give a shot-in-the-arm to the state's push for a 30 percent reduction in tailpipe emissions by 2016. So far, automakers haven't really bristled, but they've shown that they can be easily pushed too far (shades of the ZEV). According to detnews.com, The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers spokesman Charles Territo said, "Consumers today are more educated than ever before." He also noted that similar information is already available on the internet. One place is the Green Vehicle Guide on the Environmental Protection Agency's website.

 

Personally, I think this is an AWESOME idea.  I mean, I know douchebags that don't care about the environment and just want their cars to go fast enough to run down people on bicycles won't give a crap about how they're killing us all.  But there ARE some people out there that have never really thought about it and just MIGHT think about it when they're going to purchase a new car. Hopefully this will encourage more people to get hybrids or at least something with better mileage.  Plus, I'll be in the market for a new car in the near future, and that will surely help me in my decision.

Also, this makes me completely giddy.  Just the THOUGHT that we can get (new) Hummers* off the road brings sunshine into my soul.  Of course the fact that they're closing plants which happen to produce HYBRIDS is really rather stupid.

Oh, GM.  I really hope you realize that there's a GOOD trend going on and try to adapt to consumer demand instead of throwing temper tantrums, changing laws in the state senate, and digging yourself into a hole like you did when you destroyed all the electric cars and started developing the Hummer.  You and your BFF Big Oil may have had our government in your back pockets for quite some time, but with gas prices estimated to be $9.25/gallon by September** we normally apathetic Americans aren't going to allow you to continue business as usual.  We might even get so mad that we put the TiVo on pause and write an angry email, or something.

-K.

*A friend of mine that works at Carmax said that they have lots and lots full of used Hummers they cannot get rid of.  They're no longer taking them in.

**A totally made up statistic.

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