Week one of my diet challenge is off to a good start. My opening week’s loss was three pounds, so nice to get a jump on the "pound a week" thing. Maybe I’ll be into my six week maintenance period by the time it all ends… so, that’s a good follow-up for WHYTD.

I’ve finally stopped stealing phone book coupons in the street, now that I have a ridiculous amount. I think I can go to the store four times a month now, through November, and get 20% off, so that’s good enough.

Also, my movie trend is reversing itself, having seen "The ChumScrubber" (on DVD) and "Transamerica" (on the big screen), two really good movies. I also have "Me, You, and Everyone We Know" on DVD right now, too, so hopefully I’ll go three for three. Right now, I think I’m avoiding Hollywood unless I get a horror jones and check out Hostel.

I was also thinking of popping in on Macworld tomorrow and checking out the new stuff but, honestly, trade shows are so boring. And Apple stuff is really mainstream and corporatey lately (which is good, since that audience used to not take them seriously). But, walking around looking at ethernet hubs and printers? Blah. Who cares…

But, the main thing I want to write about is a new challenge for this site, one which I will post every…. Monday? That sounds good. Basically, it is time to start defining who I am. Far too many weeks lately, I have been a retail clerk, and I need to start tipping the scales back in the direction of novelist. So, every Monday, I will write whether, in the past week, I was a retail clerk or a novelist. No percentages, no grey area. One got more time and attention than the other, and just write down which one won last week.

To get the ball rolling (in the wrong direction), last week, I was a retail clerk.

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