Sure enough

Well, that last goal I set of gaining one pound in two weeks isn't holding up so well at present. Currenly I have to gain two pounds to get there.

I need to find somehting else to write about now, this Wii fit related thread is getting old and my weight really isn't changing all that much. I'll sound off on that again later if anything a bit more significant happens.

In the mean time, other things that have been happening lately are that my grandmother (my dad's mother) passed away late last Thursday night. She and my grandfather had been married for almost 60 years, so it must be hard on him to lose his long time companion. I've only been married a little over 10 years and it would be a pretty hard adjustment for me to make, so hopefully I'll never have to.

I did it

Well, I hit my goal of gaining two pounds and I did it week early. Some of you may think that's no big deal, but for me, gaining two pounds in one week is quite an accomplishment. I've set another goal to gain one more pound within the next two weeks. We'll see if I can hit that or if I backslide and drop below my previous goal.
Although, I've been so busy with work lately that I've really been slacking on my exercise program. I'll have to try to make up for that tomorrow, which could have an adverse affect on my recent weight gains, but I'd rather keep myself in good shape, even if it means I have to lose a few pounds.

Guitar Hero

Yesterday my company did a booth at the Farr West Freedom Festival, a small city celebration for Independence Day. My original plan was to have people box each other using the Wii and my sister in law made up a poster for me that said "Fight a friend to help a stranger" and had pictures of boxing gloves on it. (The explanation here is that all proceeds from the booth will be donated to the Humanitarian Aid Fund, the same fund that supplied food, blankets and other items to the victims of hurricane Katrina long before FEMA and had said items ready to go before the hurricane made landfall)
Anyway, for those who haven't played Wii boxing, it can be exhausting and you can work up a sweat even when playing in a cool basement. When I learned it was going to be 102 on the 4th, I decided it would be best to take a different approach, lest I be the target of several wrongful death lawsuits by family members of those who collapsed as a result of engaging in such an activity in such conditions. So, plan B ended up being to play Guitar Hero, a fun game that mimics playing the guitar (although I must say, not very realistically) and the object of the game is to follow the onscreen action to hit the right notes at the right times. It is a very fun game, despite, or perhaps even because of, its lack of realism.
It went fairly well, despite the heat and we saw some kids that were pretty darn good at the game. Although, the best score I saw all day was 89 thousand points. Seems there was a Guitar Hero champion ship recently and the winner, a 14 year old boy, got 890 thousand points. Ten times the best that I saw, which was already mind-boggling. The song played is called, "Through the fire and flames". If you can find a clip of it online, listen to the guitar part and think of how tricky it would be to play such a song.
I can't help but wonder if that kid does anything other than play Guitar Hero...