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After getting home from work yesterday I got right to cooking which was not exactly what I wanted to do because I was tired and wanted to relax a bit. The problem was that I had band practice later in the evening so I had to hurry up and do something before I left.

What I cooked was a some pieces of fried chicken with white gravy and cornbread. The cornbread turned out pretty good considering I guestimated all of the measurements. I feel like a ate a meal at Cracker Barrel except there were not enough sides of fried okra and macaroni and cheese to make it believable.

After eating and sitting around for an hour watching the UK version of the Office on DVD, I headed out for band practice. Practice went OK considering I haven't practiced in more than a month or even picked up my bass for that matter. It worked out though because all the songs came back after a few minutes and what I didn't remember was easily done via sight. It was a late night though.

On the way home the drummer was telling me that there is a place that sells specialty cheeses in Shibuya that just opened recently. He claimed there were about 80 types of cheese there so I am really excited to go check it out. He didn't know where it was though so I still have to actually find it. As I may have mentioned, he lived in Albany for 14 years so he tends to have cravings for all the same types of food that I want. We both got really excited talking about kielbasa and calzones.

I've decided to start baking my own bread also. I don't really eat a ton of bread but making passable bread doesn't seem like a terribly difficult chore and it would almost definitely have a lot less additives. There is a bakery in the supermaket I usually go to and I want to point out that even their bread is full of additives and emulsifiers. Bread doesn't need that many ingredients! Plus I have the sudden want to make a lot of weird stuffed breads so I'm going to get on it.

So I'm going to start doing my workout again starting from next week. This time I am going to add in the suggested anaerobic training that goes with it. I am generally a sedentary guy so my stamina for things like running is appallingly low. If I can make it through the 20 minutes of running that is involved without puking or dying I will be incredibly proud of myself. The regular weight training part is pretty much fine though. I didn't have a terrible time with that.

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