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I retract this statement.

You shouldn't do bicep curls. Number 1, they are retarded, 2 they don't do anything for strength, 3 your triceps take up more space than your biceps. If you want to get bigger biceps curls is not the way to do it. You might seen some gains in the begining but you'll hit a plateau sooner or later. If you want to lift weights do the magic 3. Squats, deadlift, and bench press. They are (relatively) simple and can be done in all sorts of different variations to hit a whole bunch of muscle groups. If you want ripped arms do bent over rows, trust me. I used to do curls all the time when I was a beginner and saw barely any gain. Flash foward to a new routine that isn't retarded (no curls whatsoever) and my biceps are bigger than they've ever been. Also if you want to maximize fat loss, cardio alone will not do that. I used to run 3-4 times a week and I lost a bunch of weight but I still had tummy fat and was weak. I started lifting, and now I'm much stronger and shaped much better, plus it keeps me at a decent weight. Like Alan said while weightlifting might not burn a whole ton of calories during (unless you make it aerobic - short rest times, less weight more reps), after you definitely will. The more muscle you have the more calories you burn from doing absolutely nothing. You can just look at body builders. They don't do much cardio becuase it'll hamper their muscle gains but how are they so lean? It's because they have an insane diet and an intense lifting regiment that promotes hypertrophy (muscle gain) so they are constantly burning tons of calories.

Lol. All my friends think I feed my cats horse steroids becuase they are extra huge and fat. Well one not so much anymore. He's really old and frail and I think we're going to put him down soon. Had him since I was like 4 so he's coming close to the end here.

As much as I hate to admit it becuase it would mean I'm a little wussy girl, I got pretty choked up at the ending. It was on a flight across the U.S so I was trapped and was forced into the story and it just came out of freakin nowhere. Not to mention my friend was next to me so I had to hold back and it was a true test of emotional restraint. :'(

I surprised anyone even read my crappy review. Thanks. But yeah I hate racing games because I suck at them and think they are boring. So naturally I'd prefer perfect handling and what not in all vehicles besides garbage trucks and the likes.

What a turn of events. Damn mafiosos. All I wanted to do was unlock warm coffee but they always gotta get in the freakin way. I was pretty surprised by the way it ended, I mean kind of a minor character rises to the fore front of my transgressions and what not. Having beaten the game, it was pretty good. Nothing insanely good, definitely not a 10 by any means in my book but it had a few moments especially towards the end. I'll first start with the flaws of the game, which were many. I've heard quite a few things said about the graphics but really I only had noticeable texturing issues a few times in the game and it never took anything out of the experience what so ever. I will saw evolution of tree leaves hasn't changed from gta to gta because they look horrible but sometimes they did get in the way of the camera and I was like wtf. I would imagine that the AI has seen a marked improvement however there were quite a few times that they would act retarded. Like I'd have to wait for an ally to get in the car and he'd run like 10 feet in front of me and I drive towards him to hurry things up and he'd run pretty much where I was before finally getting in. Sometimes the AI had stupid pathing issues and would run into walls and what not but that was pretty rare. Also as a graphic complaint, characters can clip through walls but again this kind of stuff didn't really interfere with the experience but its something that you definitely notice. Driving has got to be one of my number 1 complaints of the game. As much as the realistic approach to the game is kind of refreshing, I don't like when you go over like 40 mph and any all the sudden every little thing might as well be a land mine because you go flying in the air and in most cases this is a big deal because you can't flip the vehicle in or damage it moderately. For example, I was on this mission driving this vehicle with two dead bodies in the trunk. Now having playing past gta's with missions exactly the same I knew you cannot damage this vehicle so I was going along driving extra cautious not even going that fast when I hit something, I don't remember now but it was definitely something that was ridiculously stupid and insignificant because I was practically furious, my car tips up 90 degrees, I hit another car and the bodies fall out ending the mission. But even besides that the diverse nature of each car is just insane. Many cars that they MAKE you drive for certain missions are just horrid but it's really a problem with 90% of the cars out there. They might as well have flat tires because they handle so poorly and the turning is absolute garbage not to mention acceleration is a joke. About half way in I was only traveling in the comet or helicopter to get around because the run of the mill cars where so sh-----. Other than that there was just something I can't place my finger on that this game was missing that all the past gta's had. Maybe it's melancholy but I don't know. As for the good things, story was moderately solid. It tossed aside characters like no ones business though. You'd do like 4-5 missions for someone and they were pretty much out of the picture and they'd call you on the phone asking to play pool and you'd be like ugh well I'm playing the game for the story not to keep these a holes happy so no. So then you get a thumbs down and you're like wtf broham and its just emotionally counter intuitive becuase its like were friends and stuff but I don't really feel like wasting 5 minutes with one out of the SIX OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT THE SAME THING. Thats seriously half an hour you could spend just doing stupid stuff with your friends. which I might add aren't fun at all. It's just a chore. Yes this has turned into a complaint. However on a good note some of the decisions you make in the game are pretty thought provoking. They say this alot in games, "Oh we want the player to feel an emotion when making decisions." I have honestly never thought more than 2 seconds about what I was going to do until this game and I thought that it was just stupid crap stupid game designers put into games to try and appeal to stupid gamers. I mean there was one point where I went through a mission, came to the decision, paced around literally 5 minutes. posted on the forums for a response. Made my own decision, then on the way to finished the mission killed myself to do over again, came to the part and thought about it another 60 seconds. So yeah thats about it. Can't think of anything else really. I'd have to say it gets a 8.1/10. A generous score in my opinion.

I made a big batch of iced tea today but it ended up being no more than lightly flavored water but its still kind of addicting.... I'm sorry walsh, I've shamed the tradition.

When I got my wisdom teeth taken out I woke up wearing different pants, is that normal? :'( But don't worry its not bad as long as you get put to sleep. I remember when I went the insurance didn't cover for the anesthesia for this girl and she was all hysterical and stuff. That would suck being awake while they are drilling into your face and stuff. The part I hated the most was taking the pills becuase they made me feel like crap for an entire week and all I did was sleep like 13 hours a day and the other 11 I just laid in bed or sat at the computer.

im considering getting a stationary bike or a recumbent bike. I'm not sure which one to get. Tell me what you think gromnir or anyone else.

RAMEN! But seriously. I'm sure you can buy some bread, peanut butter, and jelly with that much money. Maybe able to afford some rice and a few pieces of chicken as well.

Pixies or whoever. What did you do in "That Special Someone" They bring him all the way from your homeland and hes the one you've been looking for so what did you do? I'm scared.

I have an accounting exam that is worth 25% of my grade that I'm going to do either tonight or tomorrow just to get it out of the way. Then I have an exam in communications which should be quite simple then I'm done with school and will have 3 months of absolutely nothing to do. Sigh.

Skipping rope is one of the best cardio activities out there. I think I recall like 10 minutes of jump roping is the equivalent of running a mile in 8 minutes. As for the knees I don't know, just make sure you are jumping on a soft area. Something like concrete isn't a great idea.

You could do an aerobic set up. I used to do sets of push ups/air squats/sit ups - 50/40/30/20/10. One right after another until I was done. Trust me, you're heart should be pounding, plus if you keep at it the squats will give you good lung power.

Yeah I got invited to the funeral as well. I felt pretty bad :'( and I'm surprised P hadn't found out it was me. I'm hoping I can bang kate some time soon. Need a few more dates I suppose.

So I guess this means taks is going to be working quite a lucrative job I imagine? Here's to making an exorbitant amount of money while being a workaholic and your kids hating you for never being around but no one seems to understand that you are doing it for them and you wanted them to have a life that you never did and you finally quit the big money, the fancy cars, and the 1000 dollar hookers to be with your family but its too late, you're an old man and people are bitter aholes even if you put a silver spoon in their mouth. That's my dream baby. Good luck.

I beat it on the first try lol. Although I did use a code for body armor.... Anyways I let F off the hook and basically I felt bad about it but I got police "protection" out of it. Right after I smashed right into a cop car on accident and nothing but it could have just been a coincidence. What did you get?

What the hell. What the hell is this crap. I hate having to choose. This time its Help bokishi/pixies. :'(

No you get the apartment in aloquin as well. You just get more money if you choose the other option, which is pretty useless.

I believe most barbacue sauces have vinegar in them. I vaguely remember making my own barbecue sauce for this one crappy recipe from an even crappier book involving pork chops. It sure as hell tasted very similar to most kinds but it was made with ketchup, worcestershire, vinegar, pepper, etc. I like yours though. The molasses is a nice touch instead of honey and cayenne is pretty win. Should be nice.

I had to make a difficult decision today.

I've gotten a little further in the game and one thing that is kind of frustrating is keeping everyone happy. There just isn't enough time to please everyone, it just makes me sad when people call while I'm in the middle of a mission and it just seems so boring to drive like half way across the world just to pick them up and do some boring activity. Bruce is by far one of my most favored characters of any game ever but I kind of like Packie and his brother as well. Anyways I've gotten quite far in the game I believe. Probably a little past half way but I honestly have no idea. I've begun work with the paper company (homage to heroes perhaps?), got work with packie and I have to choose between I'm pretty surprised that I haven't been contacted by dimitri since our last encounter, I mean it's been at least a few hours of gameplay since then and he said he'd see me soon. To be honest, the game is not what I expected. It's fun, kind of. But I mean it's just the same as the last 3 with updated graphics and bowling. Driving angers me, I've gotten much better at it but there are still instances where you'll inadvertently hit something seemingly insignificant that sends you 20 feet in the air or into an uncontrollable skid into cop cars/pedestrians. Either way the police get on you and you have to spend like a minute or two trying to get away which sucks when you just wanna get your mission finished. The aiming/lock on feature still leaves a lot to be desired. A lot of the time I'll be knee deep in bad guys, and It'll autoaim to a guy that is like 20 yards away behind some crates when there is a guy literally in melee range. And then you are like omg why god, why are you doing this to me and you jam the freakin stick to the side to change and it'll work about 37% of the time. So far the best part of the game for me has been the characters. The story isn't even all that engaging but I mean they've done a good job considering you have a patchwork of over 15 different people easily, all with separate networks and motivations. They put a lot of nice little touches in the game but I mean they left out some of the core things that made past gta's so great. They always had lots of jumps around and things like that. This game is virtually devoid of jumps. I've seen maybe like 10 ramps throughout the city, most of which are in hidden places like in alleyways. To be honest I'd give the game a generous 7.9/10.

What the hell, I didn't realise there were Aboriginals in Sweden. Yeah is it true that aboriginals are horrible horrible a holes? I vaguely remember someone in a wc3 clan I used to be in was Australian and he absolutely despised them and said they threw bricks through windows and other a hole type things. Then I remember a substitute teacher in elementary school who fell in love with the aboriginals and honestly believed they could speak to the animals. I wish I had a time machine so I could throw her off a building. People like that shouldn't be allowed to pollute the minds of children, or be able to walk.

Congrats Taks. What exactly did you get a doctorate in and what was your thesis about?

You could make pulled pork sammiches walsh. Those are pretty delicious. Other than that, I absolutely despise crock pots. My hatred grows just thinking about them.