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^If you want to be more "brute" (I assume you mean strength), I gave a buddy of mine a workout regimen, and he has tacked on an additional 10-15 pounds in just about two months. Message me if you're interested.

Eat within the same five hour window (and ingest no calories at all outside of that window) every day for four weeks and see the amazing results. You won't want to quit.

I have been doing that for the past ten months and am down 100 pounds. No bullshit. But since I lift weights three times a week, that means that all the weight that was lost has been just fat, as I have actually seen my strength increase in all facets.

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:::DOG UPDATE:::

Three weeks ago we found a Chihuahua out in the cold, starving and freezing to death. We brought it in, and posted ads on facebook and nextdoor attempting to return it back to its rightful owner. During all this time, we've been taking care of it, feeding it, and giving it a warm place to sleep. But with no calls since we've found the dog, we've started looking to give it a new place to live.

My wife's cousin has kids and they've been talking about wanting a dog for a long time. We offered to let the dog stay at their house for a few days to see how they feel about it. They took the dog to an animal hospital. With no chip and no medical records, the dog needed basic vaccines, which amounted to $400 USD. They also told them that the dog has a noticeable mouth infection, and it's going to need to have all its teeth pulled, which is a $1,400 surgery. They haven't moved forward with the surgery, but it seems to us that they really love the dog and are pretty serious about keeping her.

Yesterday, my wife receives a text message from an unknown number. The message reads:

Hi, my name is xxxxx, I lost my Chihuahua 2-3 weeks ago, her name is Chica. I believe the picture you posted on facebook is her.

My wife is a bit frustrated. Why is she just contacting us now? What does she mean 2-3 weeks ago? She doesn't remember exactly when she lost her? How come we haven't seen any fliers for a lost dog? If we hadn't found the dog that night, it surely would have died. It was far too cold out, it's fur was patchy and thin, and she was malnourished.

We did some research on this particular situation and as it turns out, the legal ramifications are that the original owner has 30 days to recover the dog before they forfeit ownership of it. Yesterday was exactly 3 weeks, so 21 days. It also stated that we should ask for proof of ownership, such as adoption papers, medical paperwork, or a photo of them with the dog.

xxxxx sent us a photo of the dog, and it's definitely the right one. However, the dog still looks almost as skinny in the picture as she was the day we found her. My wife's cousin sent us pictures of the dog recently. She loves them! Its coat has really come in full, and it's happier and healthier than ever. My wife is really uncomfortable about not only sending this dog back to a family that won't take care of it, but also taking it away from a family that will.

She panics, and without asking me to weigh in on what she intended to do, she tells xxxxx that we lost the dog -- she ran away from us and we don't know where she is.

What now?

ROUTE 1 (HEROIC ENDING):
Point out the dog being mistreated to the owner.
Accuse owner of being bad owner
Refuse to return dog
Get owner pissed at you
End up in court
Lose the lawsuit and pay a fortune
Lose the dog as well
Let the dog D1€ due to constant mistreatment by his owner
Visit the dog's grave occassionally
Weep
Pat yourself on the shoulder for putting up a fight for someone you loved

ROUTE 2 (BAD ENDING):
Give dog back to owner, reluctantly
Let the dog D1€ due to constant mistreatment by his owner
Visit the dog's grave occassionally
Weep
Ponder above what might've been, had you not returned the dog (= scold yourself for being a pussy)

ROUTE 3 (GOOD ENDING):
Make up story about dog dying in an accident while you were hunting deer in the amazon rainforests
Make owner buy that story
Stay with dog happy ever after
...........
Face owner's wrath once he figures it out
...If ever

Your choice

People in movies from the 70's, 80's and 90's have said things like "chill out" or "take a chill pill" when one was overreacting about something. It means the same thing as to say "relax!" Maybe there's a different iteration of it that means something else but I haven't noticed it.

About dog,

This situation is still pretty up in the air. I tried contacting some animal shelters yesterday but most of them were closed, and the people I did speak to were not very helpful. To be fair they were in 'work mode' and were ready to go home, so their answers were more like "OK WELL I MEAN YOU CAN DO THIS OR YOU CAN DO THAT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN HELP YOU WITH OK BYE," rather than really empathizing with the severity of it and giving me some honest advice. I left some voice mails with animal control services and the animal cruelty/neglect hotline last night. No return calls yet.

I talked to a few more people and it sounds to me like I ought to start building up my case now. At the time we gave her away, she wasn't legally ours to give. The best thing we could have done was to bring the dog to the animal shelter near us to hold it for 30 days and then when the 30 days are up, they would release the dog to us to give away to my wife's cousin.

I'm gonna call my wife's cousin to let them know the kind of situation we're in so I can keep her in the loop with what's going on. Then call the animal doctors' she has been brought to and ask them to release some doctor's notes. Then I'm going to call the local police station to see if they have been contacted about this missing dog (We did notify the police about it the same day we picked it up, hopefully they will have that call logged for us.) Then eventually talk to the original owner.

I'm going to tell her that my wife is a very caring, loving person who loves animals, and she panicked when she heard from her. The truth is the dog is safe, and we can return it to her. She didn't mean to be deceitful, we just have a complicated situation ahead of us and she panicked.

I'm gonna tell her that she was severely underweight when we found her, and she doesn't look much better in the picture that was shown to us. The vet told us she was clearly malnourished, so she either wasnt eating the right diet or she wasn't eating enough or at all. Before I can give her back the dog, I'm going to tell her about the dogs mouth infection and that she will suffer a lot of pain for the rest of her life if this is not attended to by a professional. Then I'll proceed to make an appointment for her which she will need to attend. If the appointment is cancelled or she doesn't show up, I'm going to report her to the police for animal neglect. If she can't afford to do that then her final option is to surrender the dog over to us to give away to my wife's cousin who will take care of it.

I hope that your plan will work, 40oz . It seems like the right thing to me. However, she might counter with reporting your actions to the police, since you have no legal right to hold her pet. "They stole my dog" et cetera. So be wary of that. In my experience, people who suck will continue to suck. I'm holding my thumbs* for you.


*The norse variant of "fingers crossed".

A short and quick paragraph of feelings atm:

I wish I could live in the apartment alone again, just like I did for half the academic year already. I miss being able to walk outside without saying anything to anyone nor estimating how long will I take. I miss those moments where I could just grab my wallet, my phone, my handkerchiefs, and my key, put on the coat, and just walk outside to the store at evening or something, like, at the end of the day. Granted, there aren't any stores that are open at midnight or something, but still, the notion that at the end of the day, I am able to roam around a bit, soak up my thoughts and get back in the house, I miss that. That, and the fact that I considered the apartment my home, and would take care of it with great proficiency, without anyone saying a word (maybe later while inspecting, I have been told multiple times that I take great care of the apartment - something my siblings didn't even consider bothering when they flew away from the nest). I miss that. Now that grandma is here for the time being (since December I think), I cannot do any of the chores nor I can free roam without asking and/or reporting. I can only study. Frankly, that is kinda my purpose I guess, considering that right now I am in the middle of my finals, but still, I feel a bit worthless being unable to do anything. I know she is an old woman and I shouldn't cut off her privilege of doing stuff for me, but eh, whatever. I will just wait for the day she moves out and goes back to the countryside with my parents. Thing is, I dunno when is she suppose to leave, and I cannot ask that question without any repercussions of implications, my latest update to this sort of situation is a piece of info regarding "Ash Wednesday", a day that arrives soon, but even then I am a bit skeptical over the truthfulness of it.

With regards to that tooth: It was taken care of. Went to the doc, to the dentist, did the shit, booped the snoot, flipped the flop, and I dunno what, but it has been taken care of.

Playing Map13 of D2INO.

Got a warning point on DW for using the word "gay" as an insult (that wasn't aimed at anyone specific btw).

Damn, how am I gonna post on DW if I am allowed to use only 75% of my vocabulary??? That's so gay. Uhm, I meant homosexual. :_(

Goddamn SJWs!!!

40oz, that isn't just the case with gay people: Its just really shitty humor to focus on one's character trait and make it a punchline all the time. Imagine a fat character being treated a joke like that through a movie, it's easy, I don't even have to provide an example. Basically just making a character being a butt of jokes isn't funny to me at all, no matter how much of an asshole is that character.

I have to admit, I can laugh at an well placed gay joke, or fat joke, or jew joke, or "n****r" joke, and sort of discriminating joke, as long as it is kept within boundaries, and isn't a focus or an repetitive motif or tool. Here is a good jew joke:

Jew: Argh, I'm so ugly! No wonder girls aren't paying attention to me.
Asshole: Gotta be that big nose of yours. I know air is free, but man you gotta chill.

First time has me chuckling for a minute. Second time it only has me groaning, like "Seriously, writer? Could've placed a better joke there!".

Homosexuals are gay.