New years Resolution

Well its that time again!  Time to set your new resolutions for the year and for many of us its time to dust off the old workout equipment.  I’ve restarted my fitness goal, last year I was 70 pounds away from my goal at this time, this year I'm only 40 from my ultimate goal. For my diet I’m doing Shakeology and getting recipes from the Beach Body website.  Along with my diet I’m adding a weight workout (bo-flex), ab workout with Rev Abs, and just plain old dancing with the Wii and PS3.  Switching things up keeps it fresh and fun and then I dont dread the workout!  If part of your resolutions regards a healthier you, then make sure you get your vitamins and new workout from my site at http://beachbodycoach.com/actrain.

  As far as my other goals go, I’m looking to work on/obtain the following:

 Travel some place I’ve never been

 Finish one of my writings

 Figure out what I want to do with my life career wise (enough flip flopping)

 Use my trailer at least once this year!

 Grow my family :-)

 Of Course house upgrades

 Have more fun!

I have pretty simply resolutions but I’m hoping your all making your own as well!  Love each of you, cant wait for the new year, and hope to spend the new year with each and every one of you!  

Slacker!!

I originally thought this blogging thing would be a lot easier than its been!  Finding the time between yard/house/work/etc has been a nightmare!  But, here is something I started a while back, its not complete, and I'm sure to add to it from time to time, but post your comments and favorites below!  Looking forward to seeing your responses!

While I’m working on a bigger blog post I thought I would post my favorite movies and TV shows of all time.  I figure this will be a wonderful way for people to comment and post their favorites for each special occasion in their life.  Feel free to comment/post your fav’s and possibly watch the movies that I love to watch if you haven’t had the chance to yet.  Don’t forget to check out my video blog at youtube.com/actrain, more posts coming there as well!

Favorite Christmas Movie:  Christmas Vacation!  I cant go through the holiday season without seeing cousin Eddy draining the shitter into the gutter.  Such a priceless comedy that just starts the holliday off right!

Favorite Halloween Movie: Hocus Pocus!  How can one ever get enough of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker,  and Kathy Najimy as they terrorize the citizens in Salem Massachusetts?  Its fun to watch Max Dennison (played by Omri Katz who now is a hair dresser in LA) who does not believe in the Sanderson sisters light the black flame candle which brings the sisters back from the grave!  Bette’s performance of “I’ve put a spell on you” gets stuck in my head from about mid September until the first of December. 

Favorite I need to cry move:  The Cure! I’m not sure if there has ever been a movie that I’ve seen more people cry after watching than this one.  Truly a heart felt story of a boy who will try anything to save his best and only friend from dieing of an incurable disease.  Your heart just melts in this movie but you still end up leaving with a smile.  Ask Shelby (Susan’s sister in law) she had tears shooting out the side of her eyes about 4 feet, but latter said she loved the movie! (Man that was a fun futon to watch movies on!) 

Favorite all time movie: Empire Records-Reminds me so much of working at Video USA and then chillin at the Mckims!  

Favorite Scary Movie:  Scream!  By far the hardest one for me to choose as I love scary movies!   But what other movie can you remember that the biggest star (at the time) in the movie dies in the first scene?  I never would have expected Drew Barrymore to be the first one killed off in any movie!  Thus, it wins my choice for my favorite scary movie! 

Coming of age movie: Calendar Girl!-Jason Priestly and the gangs wild ride to meet Marilyn Monroe.  Moment not to miss is the Nude Beach part.... "Dude your legs made of wood, you'll float.  

Favorite revenge movie: Romy and Michelle’s high school reunion.  "What the hell is your problem Kristi?  

Why are you always such a nasty bitch? You get some kind sort of sick pleasure out of torturing people.  So Michelle and I did make up some kind of lame story.   We only did it so you would treat us like human beings I dont care if you like us  cause we dont like you, your a pad person with a ugly heart and we dont give a flying fuck what you think.  

Favorite Action Movie: Pulp Fiction!  So much crazy action and stylish dancing... gotta love it!  

Favorite TV shows:

Supernatural - Love the Winchesters travels as they kill the evil things that lurk around that honestly you dont want to know about.

Dawsons Creek-  Before Edward and Jacob it was Team Pacey vs Team Dawson.. well written and of course team Pacey won.

Smurfs-Smurfs had the best action figures,,, still got mine!!  Such a great show about how a community should be run.  

Wrestling-WWE 4life baby!  WCW ECW TNA,,, sorry I gotta stick with the gold standard WWE.  

Power Rangers-I have to admit I was late to high school and Tom Duncan's Reporting and News Writing class due to the evil Lord Dreds attempts to take out Angel Grove.  My cars were called the Dragon Zord (black monte) White Tiger  Zord (Berretta)  White Falcon Zord (both monte 2 and Grand Am)  

True Blood - it may be written about Sookie Stackhouse but honestly it needs to be focused more on Eric and Jason Stackhouse!!!  That my friends will boost the ratings!! 

Big Love- Love seeing Salt Lake Clips and things that are so secret get exposed on HBO!  Just love it!! 

United States of Tera- Ok, we all have a little Tera in us, just maybe not so much that they take over our bodily functions like they do.  Haven't you ever been in the car singing to the latest Britney Spears song at the top of your lungs, or been cussing about an idiot at work with out them hearing you?  If you have, your part Tera 2

Little Brittain-British comedy has it right in so many ways!!  Just ask Bubbles!

Keeping up appearances-You cant help but love Hyacynth, and cring with her as her family Onslo and Rose come around the corner!  Just chills I tell you chills!

Are you Being Served?  Favorite with my mother to watch, we had bets on what color Mrs. Slochums hair would be for the night, usually after the drive in closed.  

Anyway forum, leave your interesting comments and favorites BELOW 

I did it!

I got my first movie role in an independent movie!  Its a non speaking part but I think I get to be killed in it!!  I'm glad I got my nerve up to audition!

Auditioned

Had my first TV audition in years tonight!  Wish me luck!!!!

New video!

Posted my newest video on Youtube!  Check it out! had a great weekend!

San Fran Trip part 1

We started our trip off early Friday morning to San Francisco!  Tom’s sister showed up after about 2 hours of sleep at 4 in the morning!  Now, thats not her fault, its honestly our fault for not packing earlier than 6 hours before you leave!  When we arrived to the airport we quickly were informed that our flight was overbooked!  Wonderful way to start the morning!  However, flying out early has its benefits!  As much as it sucked to not get any sleep, it was to our benefit as quite a few people had a harder time dragging their butts out of bed and didn’t make it in time.  So needless to say, their loss was our win!    

  

  Once arriving in San Francisco it was time to find our hotel, a feat which proved quite challenging for Tom.  I did not know the name of the Motel as that was up to Tom to set up the hotel accomadations.  Carrying our packs and sleeping bags around a busy city made me very nervous!  After walking a block, and then circling the block we entered in the same building that we originally arrived at on, but on the back side of the street.  Yes, we walked around the building to enter in the back door (no pun intended it just came out that way).  To Tom’s defense, the sign that said “Powell Hotel” was not that large to begin with.  We checked in and laid down for a quick nap, well Tom laid down for a quick nap, I watched tv and listened to him snore for a couple hours.  

  Finally it was time to set off and explore the city for a bit!  With our bags safely at the Hotel my nervousness was completely gone!  We hopped on the F-Line and rode all the way to Fishermans Wharf.  I must say the wharf is pretty freaking sweet!  I loved the little shops, the sweet smelling pastries, and of course the fresh sea food!  Well, some of the seafood smelled great, other parts stunk to high heaven!  My favorite stop on the Wharf was by far the movie memorabilia store.  We took photo’s with Zoltar from the Tom Hanks movie “Big” and Johnny Dep’s hat from “Alice in Wonderland.”  From there we stopped to eat some fresh clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl.  Unfortunately for me the bread bowl (however far out of my diet) was not as good as I expected. There wasn’t any sand in my clam chowder, but there also wasn’t any clams either!  I think I ended up with more of a cream of potato soup (which is fine if thats what you want) in a stale croutonish type bowl.  However I must say that the lemon crumble was simply the best lemon crumble I’ve ever devoured!  

  

  From there we saw some of the most amazing billboards, for something that used to be a staple for Tom and I, yet do to our diet and extreme exercise programs, this has definitely been off our menu for quite some time, ice cream! The signs for Ghirardelli had pushed my will power to the breaking point, and lets face it, its my vacation I should enjoy it! Maybe its because I’m not used to eating them any more, or the fact that it just wasn’t what my mind had led me to believe, but the sunday was not as good as I had hoped, I did eat it all, but it just wasn’t as good as I had hoped for.  

  Now it was getting time to head back to the hotel as it was beginning to get cooler and we needed our jackets so we headed back towards the F-Line.  The F-Line provided some great entertainment in the form of a pair of wanna be gangsters.  These scowling faced youngsters were rapping about some girl in the hood that made their dread locks twirl, quite sad, yet funny, I made sure I kept one hand on my wallet the entire time they were in our presence.  

  With our jackets in tow we headed off to Castro.  I was nervous at first but I don't think I’ve ever felt safer in my life!  Everyone we encountered at Castro was very friendly, very open and everyone had a smile on their face.  You felt like you were attending a high-school reunion, but only your closest friends showed up and it was at your grandma’s house.  Seriously there has never been a city/town/club/store I have ever gone to that can compare to the feeling I had at Castro street.  We were fortunate to see where Harvey Milk opened his store and the apartment that he lived in.  Simply amazing and spiritual feeling, I don't know how else to explain it.  The book store had books that I’m positive you would never be able to find in the local Salt Lake book store, however I’m kicking myself for not buying the official “Little Britain” season 1 and 2 book complete with scripts!  In fact I’m going to login to Amazon right after I’m finished writing to order it, I think I have a couple ideas for that book!  The night was no longer upon us and it was the early morning when we decided to head back so that Tom could cut down a couple of redwood tree’s (his snoring if you didn’t catch that) and I could watch some infomercials for the rest of the night.  

  The reason for the trip had finally arrived!  It was finally the day that we were fortunate enough to stay at Alcatraz overnight!  Truly a once in a life time experience for a naturally born angel like myself who under normal circumstances will never have a chance to stay over night, little alone in jail, but in the most notorious prison ever!  We were dressed and ready to go, probably a little to early, ok, WAY to early, 8:AM, and we did not have to be there till 4:PM, luckily we had to wait for our friends to get there before we would head out.  Once Cole (S-Cole) Katie, Waldo and Christi arrived (actually Christi and Waldo had the room behind us the night before and we never knew. But then again who could hear over Tom’s snoring) we headed out to the Wharf with all our gear in tow. We had plenty of time to kill and decided to have lunch at the famous Johnny Rockets, location for a film you may have heard of called “American Graffiti.”  I must say I totally understand why their tuna melt is a favorite!  As cousin Eddy would say it was “Good eatin!”  

  So with lunch out of the way, we were now waiting for the ship to take us to Alcatraz! Hopping on the boat reminded me all to much of the cruise we went on, yet small, it still didn’t rock like the Carnival ship!  Although I must say I’d rather stay in an old abandoned/haunted prison for a week than a cruise ship for a week!  Much more stable and it doesn’t take time to get over the rocking of the island.  We arrived and started our service project, a service project that I figured would be digging a ditch or picking up trash, but the service project they had planned for us was much more intense!  We had to move chairs from one side of the building to the other!  If that isn’t back breaking work I don't know what is!  If you cant tell thats total sarcasm.  Anyway, after the intense back breaking service project we started the tour that savillians do, a video, followed by a recorded guided tour of the prison.  Very informative and I learned a lot of information about the prison.  So if any of you end up on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” you definitely should add me as a lifeline!  Following the tour we started our BBQ at one of the restored buildings in preparation for a behind the scenes tour from our guide Ranger George (who looks strikingly like Bob Saget).  As the last ship left the island we started up the corridors through narrow steps.  The concrete steps were so deteriorated that only one person could go up them at a time, and had to stay to one side as the middle part had rotted away!  The end of our climb was to the roof of the main building!  As some one who is not a fan of heights, my movements were slow along the uneven surface, and the painfully cold night!  From atop the prison we saw the hatch that 3 inmates escaped from years ago and were never found.  I wont bore you with all the details of the behind the scenes tour but will let you know of the highlights a general visitor will not get to see, we had access to the chapel, gun chambers (where the guards had guns to point at the inmates if needed) the roof, cell block A, the dungeon/foundation, the old laundry building, the one and only tunnel on the island, and the rear access routes to all the cells.  By far the scariest place was the dungeon where soldiers were kept that went A-Wall during the war!  When the lights were turned off we heard some unexplained crashes throughout the dungeon, scary yes, but everyone was safe as long as I was there.  

  After the tour guide had gone to his quarters for the night it was time for some good old fashion ghost hunting!  Now it wasn’t one of the most active nights that we all were hoping to have, however Tom and  I did witness,  with the ghost hunters a disembodied sigh in the cell blocks, voices and odd creaks in the kitchen area, and some cold breezes followed by  uncomfortable feelings in some of the closed off cells.  Not sure we were supposed to be going into the cells we did as they were closed off, but one in the middle of a bunch of closed off cells we found an open cell!  This is where people that stayed up with us had a hard time going into.  I wish we would have had a more active ghost night, but by 4 A.M. I was ready for bed!   The only problem with going to bed at 4 a.m is Tom had gone to bed at about 2 a.m When we walked in to cell block D (our home for the night) Tom was in his cell snoring like a freight train breeding with a bear.  Not the best thing to have to hear as you walk into the bottom level and he’s clear up on the 2nd level!  I’m just glad everyone else could hear him snoring as well!  But I was exhausted as a cat in the hot sun, and there was nothing that was going to stop me from sleeping!  I must say, those inmates had it made!  The cot’s were so comfortable i slept better (for the three hours we actually slept) then I did the entire rest of the trip!

To be continued soon.....

Shakeology

I'm officially completely into Insanity now and have started experimenting with Shakeology!  I must stay at first I was not sure about the Greenberry due to reviews I have read, but now, I can honestly say a few raspberries, water and ice, and it becomes by far my favorite shake!  I look forward to drinking them every day!  So far I can tell my skin is becoming more moisterized, instead of like my constant dryness.  I have energy which has stayed constant after discontinuing my multi vitamin,  my energy is still at its peak, even more than before!  I'm hoping it also helps me loose the few extra pounds I have left to go.  If you'd like to try it, please let me know! I will get samples out to all of you that are interested, but only if you promise to watch the video first to see if its really something you want to do!
http://shakeology.com/actrain
or
http://beachbodycoach.com/actrain

love you all!

New video!

The secret to looking younger!  http://www.youtube.com/actrain1

Week 2 of Insanity!

Today I completed my week 2 workout!  Tomorrow is my day off and I'm excited and scared at the same time. Excited because I get to rest and enjoy an evening with friends, scared, because Saturday is another dreaded fit test!  Ugh!!  I know I'll be better than at the beginning, but its so intense!!  I must say I can tell a difference already and I'm only two weeks in!  Does this mean I can be done sooner?  Absolutely not!  I'm going to push through and go the entire 60 days so that I can have an honest testimony (no pun intended) on how wonderful and hardcore this workout is!  I must say besides the body changes, I've noticed I'm able to push harder through the workouts and I'm not as physically exhausted.  Now dont get me wrong my headband is soaked with sweat every time, but I'm getting conditioned and I'm getting conditioned quickly!  Either way I'm loving the challenge and I'm greatly enjoying being a Beach Body Coach.  If you've considered doing something you love, getting in shape and helping others, plus making money at the same time, there is no better feeling than helping people achieve their goals as well!  Hope you've had time to check out my page at http://beachbodycoach.com/actrain, if you haven't, DO IT!  Even if you just purchase your vitamins or workout routines without becoming a coach, you can always enter your workout into WOWY where you have a chance to win daily cash prizes!  Well worth your time!  Love you all!  

Week 2 on the way!!

I must say I was really concerned with starting week 2 where my muscles have not all gotten loosened up from all the intense workouts.  However,  today is the first day I haven't been unbearably soar, and doing cardio recovery today,,, I wanted to get moving but you just don't on cardio recovery days,  and I must admit it was a very pleasant surprise as I also moved some rocks, weeded the front garden (planting marigolds in it) and mowed the front yard... man I swear I just work to dang hard!  If the work was only 4 days a week and I received 3 off every week I'd be so stinking happy!!  Or if Tom would just get two or 3 other jobs that could work... Maybe if I train the dogs to do wild tricks i could get some money.  Anyway, it feels really good to not be sore in the legs for the first time in a week!

Insanity day 1

New video blog at www.youtube.com/actrain1

Week 1 of Insanity!

Well I'm happy to say I've made it through my first week of the Insanity work out program.  The name says it all its totally Insane!  However, I really must say I've enjoyed pushing myself!  Normally I'm not the type of person that sweats a lot, however this workout has changed that for me substantially, so much that when I do the floor work I have to dry the floor because of all the sweat I've lost (I know kind of gross but I love it!).  I was looking forward to the recovery day, and to not let you down it still worked me out like no other! I can tell my flexibility is getting much greater as the stretches are phenomenal on this work out!  I was feeling so weak while doing this workout as I was unable to keep going the entire time during each of the sections, but as I was resting I noticed all of the people working out with Shawn T were taking breaks and even taking some of the exercises easy for parts of it, so I must say I wasn't doing as bad as I thought.  Tomorrow starts day 1 of week 2!  Wish me luck! 

Hip Hop Abs Review and on to the next!

Ok so the long awaited review of “Hip Hop Abs” in paper form.  So beginning this workout, I wasn’t sure how it would go, as workout video’s in the past have bored me to tears and I give up on doing them when I find the workouts to be tedious and with little to no results.  However, I am pleasantly surprised with results and the entertainment factor of Hip Hop Abs.  

  

At first I was a little concerned with the program, as in the first video (Fat Burning  Cardio) Shawn T talked quite a bit.  However in the other video’s included in this workout I found Shawn T to be very motivational and quite pleasant to listen to.  Luckily in all the video’s if you are not interested or needed the extra push from Shawn, you can choose louder music.  As you can see the results are not major but this was only 30 days!  30 days and I feel better, I notice my abs more, and I feel like everything has tightened up substantially.  I am sad that the 30 days is up and that I’m moving on to Shawn T’s Insanity workout (available at http://teambeachbody.com/actrain click on shop and you can get Hip Hop Abs or any other program plus the delicious Shakeology drinks) but I am looking forward to my new challenge!  I must say the first day of Insanity kicked my can!  I was sweating worse than two squirrels screwing in a wool sock behind the dryer!  I could not do the drills on the skill test for the complete minute, I kept taking breaks, as did the people in the video.  This is by far the most intense workout I’ve ever done!  The next two days were pretty much the same!  So much sweat was pouring out of me that I probably could have filled my swamp cooler 10 times in the time span of less than 60 minutes!  Today (day 4) was the recovery day, and for a recovery day I still sweat like no other!  I of course will blog about this new workout continually throughout the 60 days and if your interested in working out with me, visit my  site as referenced above.  

As for Tom, he is still in the P90X workout video’s, and as you can see the results are phenomenal and he’s still got more than 30 days to go!  How much better can he get?  But, he’s up against me, the Legendary 6-Pack Cole Train and my Insanity workout!  But regardless in the end we are both winners!  Duh!!  (also if you would like some of the tasty and very slimming new shakes I'm drinking to continue my weight loss visit http://shakeology.com/actrain)

Hip Hop Abs Review

Diet Review Part 2

Ok so where did I leave off on the diet train?  Oh yes thats right I had just finished the popcorn oil movement, AKA the Ali diet, and after week after week of loosing a pound gaining a pound it was time to try something much much more drastic.  My sister in law Shannon had ben doing the HCG diet and when I saw her I couldn’t believe how much she had lost, and never thought of her as over weight to begin with!  The change was phenomenal and to be honest I never ever would have considered this diet before in my life as I only knew of the shots they gave for it and there is no way I would ever be able to give myself a shot!  Well it turned out that things have changed for the HCG diet as now you can actually take drops under the tongue 3 times daily instead of taking a daily shot, to me, drops would be doable!  I must say I was skeptical about any diet that only allows you 500 calories a day, as I’m pretty sure that any diet where you ate only 500 calories would cause you to loose weight, but I wanted severe changes and I was going to do what it takes to get there!  

We shopped for the diet drops online, I had found some that were 40 dollars a bottle and the ones that Tom wanted me to get were the ones his sister ordered and they were 75 bucks a bottle.  Tom was convinced that the other drops would not work as good and we had seen that the ones she had worked.  So I bought us both a bottle for 75 bucks each.  This was also the weekend that we were going to Wyoming to hang curtain rods for my moms house and spend the weekend chilling with my mom and visiting family.  We went to visit my Aunt Melanie just after doing lunch with mom and Aunt D Ann, and came to found out she had been on the HCG diet and has lost alot of weight on it as well!  She informed me that the store down the street sells the HCG drops and they are only 20 dollars per bottle!  I was flabbergasted, and when I saw the bottle she had they were triple the size of the expensive bottles that we ordered online, and eventually more things did better on the larger cheaper bottle than the small expensive bottle.  

To start off on the HCG diet you have to start taking drops 3 times a day before you eat, and then you are supposed to pile in the greasiest fattening foods that you can find!  It was more food than I’ve ever eaten in a two day period I swear!  I made sure to eat at the training table for a big burger and cheese fries, followed by a oreo shake from Arctic Circle.  There were also stops at all the little fast food places for multiple $1 burgers shops for adding the bulk food in!  This went on for two days, the final night was our cheese tasting and wine paring class we took at Capotoes in Salt Lake.  I must say that this was a fine way to mark the last days you have until you get to eat NOTHING!  

For the morning half of the day it would consist of Coffee with 2 tablespoons of creamer, and 2 splendas.  The mornings were basically a liquid diet where all I could drink was Coffee, tea, water, or crystal light.  The only other people I can think of that do liquid diets are alcoholics.  

With lunch time round the corner!  Time to look forward to my lovely packed lunch!  Let see what were the regular menu items:

3 ounces of chicken (chicken spices make it bearable)

1 Roma Tomato  (balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper)

1 Apple Snack

Oh wow, that makes you so full just thinking about it, I’m sure, but next comes dinner!!

De-shelled shrimp just warmed up in the microwave no oils allowed

3 ounce salad of spinach, tomatoes and onions.

1 Apple Snack

2 melba (nasty burnt croutons) as a snack you could choose when you took them, I took them at night.  

Pretty thrilling right?  You can do a lean cut of red meat as well, same weight 3 1/2 ounces, or halibut, and cod, all the same weight.  

While eating like this I honestly had no energy what so ever! The one and only time I wet to the gym eating like this I nearly fainted after ever rep on any machine.  The energy was just zapped out of me!  I’d basically just head home from work, and where i’d be done with food for the day.  With the option of food being out of the question, I’d take a sleeping pill and go to bed because just sitting there I would need something to take my mind off food, and of course, sleeping really helps.  

The longer the diet went on the more I felt like I could stay on it longer.  When the weight-loss dropped to be less than 2 pounds a day, it got a little frustrating but I was so glad to still be loosing the weight that I wouldn't consider going off until the time was up.  

I did this hellacious diet for 45 days and I lost 50 pounds total.  Since then I’ve taken my measurements before the Cruise to Cabo, and since getting back from Cabo, I am just about completed with the Hip Hop Abs 4 week program and trust me I will do a review on this one!  I end the workout on Friday so if i can get the before and after shots done I may have it completed for next week as well as the YouTube videos you can find from them by going to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz_wLWOE2Pg That should link you over to my first video blog.  This week I will be video blogging over either this diet, or the Hip Hop Abs program or both.  So stay tuned, the Video blog isnever the same as the writing blog.  And you get to see me live!  So for now, this is your Rated R Super Star Cole, and I’ll be back with more fun for you to enjoy!  (please note I had taken my ambien and tried to edit any messed up words or sentences,,, if there are any my apolagies had better dam well be accepted! 

Diet Review blog postponed for 1 week,,,,

So originally I planned to continue the diet reviews today for my blog, I started out with all the intentions of doing so, thinking of things to say, things to discuss, triumphs, setbacks, etc. but then the day started to take a turn, a turn that turns me, The Total Package, into the Incredible Hulk.  

It all started when a friend got upset over a video we had made and I posted on youtube.  Now, if any of you have ever had friends tell you “why did you post that pic of me?  I look so awful in it,” or “I look fat in that take it down.”  Now for those of you who have experienced this you know my frustration to some point, now picture this as a video.  When people see a video camera they run, they tell you turn it off they complain, but in the end, they enjoy to see the video, either secretly or sentimentally they enjoy the video in the long run.  Maybe its because my friends growing up (Dusty, Emily, Kelli, Serena, Brian, Dodi, Kami, Tara, etc.) enjoyed making video’s so much that it didn’t phase me.  After removing the video it is now going to be a rule, and if you don't like it, I really don't care any more!  The rule is as follows:  If I am having a get together or a a party at my house and the video camera comes out, if you do not want me to video you, or if you don't want anybody to see something you do, then leave or don't do it!  I would never post anything that would harm anybody or something that I myself wouldn’t want any one to see of me.  If your not comfortable with yourself and your situation in life then don't expect me to edit mine for you!  I have never once posted a video from someone else's party unless asked to.  I enjoy video taping and its very upsetting when people act like suck pricks when they see the camera by hiding or telling you to turn it off.  I never once say to anybody, “stop drinking so much you’ve spilled have your drink on me,” or “stop dry humping the neighbor Joe.”   If you don't like it then don't come to my parties!  Nuff said!  

The second thing that made my day such a lovely one is the Drivers license department.  It used to be to renew you would just mail in the application with the appropriate fee’s.  Well, not the case any more in Utah.  You now have to go into the office to do this.  If you’ve ever been there its a freaking joke! The lines and the wait they make us all sit through each and every single day!  I went in with my current drivers license which expires in June (trying to get the jump start on things) my passport, and my completed renewal application.  I then waited inline for about 30 minutes, when I finally got to the lady who gives you a number to wait in yet another line, she tells me they cant help me because, even though I have my drivers license, my completed application, and my U.S passport, they cannot help me because I don't have my social security card with me.  Now where I was only renewing my license and it was not yet expired, they could not do anything.  Apparently if my license was 2 weeks or more expired, they would be able to take care of me with out my social security card as its more important, but since June is a few weeks away I could always come back with a card.  Absolutely absurd!  You try to do something fast and ahead of time and instead your punished!  So, I of course ran home, got my card and drove back, waited again in the line to get a number to wait in the other line.  It wouldn’t have been so bad where they have 11 plus counters to help people, however only one rep was helping people!  The other 10 were busy talking about Angelina Jolie.  I tell ya, if tomorrow isn’t much better I don't know what I’ll do!

However there was a positive, well wonderful thing that happened today!  Tom and I purchased our first trailer!  Yes its official!  We are part time Trailer Park Trash now!  TPT baby! And yes I know that I capitalized Trailer Park Trash!  Its a name/term and I will grow to respect it (even though I’m not from Kentucky like Rick)!  Anyway, hope to see a lot of you out in the woods this Summer freezing in your tents while I have the heater going!  

Its not easy being the king!  Love all you silly people! (Rebecca, the worlds greatest english teacher, any errors in my writing tonight can be blamed on Ambien and not you!)

Diet Review 1

Darren Dances

The diet begins!

  I thought I would be getting to this sooner, however life has been hectic and I could come up with a slew of excuses, however good they may be, I will personally kick my own butt for not getting my rear in gear on this, but here we go!

  So in December I weighed a whopping 250 pounds, it was totally disgusting to me!  I had gone with my mom to hang out in Logan and needed some new pants for work, to my disgust the ones that fit were a size 38!  I wanted to cry and felt like I should just by a Moo Moo to wear to work!  it was enough to smack me in the face (possibly with my gut) and start getting back into shape.  

  

  I could blame my messed up rotator cuffs, our store, work, my wonderful nack for cooking, the fine people at Leatherby’s for making such wonderful sundays, or even the nice people at the drive up windows who always have a cold dried up $1 cheese burger for me to eat, but no matter who I start to blame, it all boils down to “ME”!  

  I started off the year on the Body 4 Life Diet, on which I lost 10 pounds.  Now I’ve been a fan of this diet for years as I’ve been able to loose and maintain form time to time and you get a FREE DAY!  Oh how fun it is to know you’ve got a day where you can pig out on all your favorite foods and just totally enjoy yourself once a week!  This works for me for a while, as I plan my free days to a “T” with cheese fries, peanut butter ice cream sundays, Chili’s sampler plate, hey-day bars, etc.  The workouts every day get a little tiring but all in all its for a great cause, “ME” (by the way if you want to donate to my cause “ME” just let me know and I’ll tell you where to send the checks).  Now the reason why I have a hard time on this diet is I begin to slack off and not enjoy my free day to the fullest and I begin to think “well I didn’t get breakfast on my free day, a free dinner wont hurt me!”  This adds up to where I eventually have free time all the time!  This does not equal a slim and fit “ME”!  

  After giving up on Body 4 Life for a while, I decided to try the Ali pills.  Now so that you don't get to disgusted and throw up!  I’m going to start this a different route!  Ok, you’ve all been to the movies, but how many of you were lucky enough to see Avatar in the Theater?  Looks like most of you.  Ok, now did you have popcorn?  Did you see how they make the popcorn?  They have the fancy popcorn maker with the white light shinning down on the golden popcorn, steam sweltering off the fresh corn, and loads of salt!  They start with the tub of orange butter, add the corn and the popping starts.  The only thing gross is the tub of orange goo they use to make the popcorn. Ok that may seem like a odd way to talk about a diet but you’ll understand latter!  Ok well, I started taking the Ali pills, which the only side effect I noticed at first was my stomach growled quite a bit, not something to odd as my tummy likes to talk from time to time so I figured, “eh not such a bad diet.”  Well this was not the only side effect of the diet!  Luckily, I found the other side effect in the shower and did not have to have an embarrassing moment outside of the shower!  Well you may know with a stomach that is grumbling what is next to follow?  You know what I am talking about,,,, GAS!  Not such a big deal right?  Well, this pill breaks fat and oils down and passes them through your body faster than normal,  well disgustingly these pass right through you with no warning!  Luckily, again I was in the shower, but when I suddenly see the liquid form of the tub of orange running down my leg then “Houston, we have a major problem!”  After loosing 10 pounds on this diet, I decided to move on to a new diet!   

Ha,,,, got some done!!!  Will post a continuation next week!  Till then,, miss me!  I know you will!  (oh pics,,, top one is before the diet 2nd one is after the final diet ended! And yes the first pic I look like K-Fed did when he started Celebrity Fit Club) 

Starting out

I have so much to say and only so little time until my Ambien kicks in for the night! I plan to use this blog to share my pains and triumphs with dieting and all that fun stuff, as well as keep track of all the crazy things in my life! I will be posting my reviews of the diets I've been through this year as well as reviews on my exercise tapes and my new skechers shape ups! As well as a few other gadgets and devices. As Rick would say "If there is a gadget to do something Cole definately has it!" Anyway, dont miss me to bad for the week as I will be soaking up the sun in CABO baby!!! If anybody wants to come check on my poor injured Bailey let me know! She will love the company and she likes the attention when she's in pain! Love all and see you soon!