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Went to my parents' place over the weekend to celebrate my sister's birthday. I got to meet a few more of her friends, one of whom was really cute. (Think the_zookeeper if you swapped a bit of his height for a thicker build.)

My Wii provided a few hours of fun, mostly because my uncle had trouble with billiards on Wii play, and me sucking at golf on Wii sports.

I ended up staying about an hour later than I planned thanks to the gift bought- Muppet Show season 2. We watched the last episode of the season, where the pigs take over, and the first sketch from the Bob Hope episode. My sister loves the end of the Pig Calypso number because she hates Piggy. ("The frog has come to have his say/the pig will never get her way/bib and napkin, knife and fork/is the only way that I'll touch pork")

Apparently, my sister was at the horribly delayed Tigers game on Friday, which was also her birthday. She ended up staying until 3:30 in the morning because the game went into extra innings on top of the four-hour delay. Not that she had much say in the matter. It was her employer's annual trip to a game, and she took the bus they chartered.

Oh, and my grandmother got a new computer. It should be interesting to see what she got. Hopefully, it's not infected with Vista. :::Shudders:::

I also changed things up a bit at the gym recently, but that works better under a cut.

Chest/Biceps

4 compound sets of incline dumbell press & flat dumbell press

4 drop sets of pushups (feet on a bench, flat, then hands on a bench)

4 compound sets of barbell curls & hammer curls

3 drop sets of inclined dumbell curls (3 drops)

Legs/Shoulders

4 compound sets of squats and the leg press

drop set of one-legged deadlifts (3 drops)

4 compound sets of shoulder presses & seated lateral raises

3 drop sets of reverse flys (3 drops)

Back Triceps

4 compound sets of high rows & lat pushdowns

3 drop sets of seated cable rows (3 drops)

4 compound sets of cable overhead extensions & tricep pushdowns

3 drop sets of skullcrushers (3 drops)

So far, this has been an interesting routine. The compound sets have me moving through the exerciss quicker since they're like an abbreviated superset, and the drop sets kill whatever bodypart I'm working. My only complaint is that the leg press takes forever to load and unload.

My weight has been going up at a slow but steady pace, and I'm thinking of low-carbing for a bit to burn away some stubborn areas of fat. Supposedly, the low carb thing will make me cranky, so that should be fun.