The video for this classic Cars tune can be found here: http://youtu.be/-hHTpoqYsaE
Ric Ocasek has never had to worry about having a fatass.
Summer has really messed with my plans. Temperatures in the 100's in June is some crazy shit. My part of the country is typically hot and unbearably humid in July and August, but not normally in June. Maybe it's indicative of a climate shift, where autumn might start in August; I can only hope, because I don't believe I can afford the utility bills with the a/c cranked up like this.
I cooked bean soup a couple of weeks ago, and having the range on for several hours heated up half my tiny little house to the point I was dripping with sweat well into the evening hours. So, for the most part, I haven't been cooking anything that can't be cooked in the microwave. On the fourth of July, I had hoped my kindly neighbors would come over and invite me to their cookout -- but just for the food part, because I sure as hell didn't want to sit outside for any length of time. I guess it was Memorial Day when I had something cooking and one of the kids from next door knocked and asked if I wanted to "come over and fix a plate," since they had a lot of leftovers. I hoped for that situation to repeat itself on the Fourth. I planned on it. However, I ultimately spent the afternoon with a couple visiting their daughter at her newly acquired condo, and on the return trip, a stop was made at the Rally's next to a gas station. If I haven't sworn it enough, let me swear it again: if there is such a thing as the Devil, fast food is Satan incarnate. I said I didn't want anything, because if I'm going to eat fast food, it's gonna be Taco Hell. But there I was, handed a box containing bacon cheddar fries. It was a huge mound of french fries, topped with melted cheese and a ton of bacon bits. Yes, I ate it all, and it was delicious, but a bit too salty for my tastes. But seriously, deep-fried potatoes (I've been mostly avoiding potatoes) covered with Rachel Ray's lover and bacon. They should just call it "express lane to the fatass." I think these fries are supposed to be a side item, as in, you're supposed to add a bacon cheeseburger or fried chicken and a shake and make a meal out of this. My arteries harden further just thinking about it. A Rally's meal probably has the US Recommended Daily Allowance of fat and calories of 25,000%.
The sad thing is, I completely understand if people eat more fast food in the summer, because it's too hot to cook. I went to Kroger, and they had a container of romaine lettuce on manager special for $1.54 (regular price: $2.99). I bought it, knowing I'd have to use it up within a couple of days, so I made bigass salads. They weren't healthy salads. I threw in grape tomatoes, hard boiled egg, some carrots, and some bottled spicy ranch dressing (the ingredients of which I refuse to think about for a second). Remember, I'm not trying to diet, I'm trying to eat healthier than I was before.
I've also been eating a lot of fruit, because it doesn't need cooking, of course. Fruit has a lot of sugar, so for the past couple months I thought if I ate vegetables I could avoid fruit. However, I've had some foot and leg cramps, so I bought a bunch of bananas for the potassium. I've also been eating some pink grapefruit in the morning because it's too hot to drink coffee and the grapefruit makes up for the lack of coffee. When you're eating bananas, you have to counteract it with something so you can take a morning constitutional.
I think tomorrow will be a tuna salad day. I am so off-track. Summer, summer, summer....
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