I lost the little watch battery from my Canon digital camera… the one that powers the camera to keep the date and time settings. Not only did I lose the battery (which is easy to replace), I lost the little drawer-thingie that holds the battery in the camera.

I have a feeling that it’s somewhere on or around my desk — or it was; I looked for it but either I’m wrong or one of the cats took it off somewhere. The last time I used the camera outside of the house was last Thursday when I went to the museum with Stacy, Mary, and Steve, and the battery was in there (I didn’t have to keep setting the time). I came home, opened the battery/memory card door to get the memory card out, and sometime after that is when I lost the part.

I need to go out and buy a new battery and see if it’ll work in there without the holder. I can always just tape it so it doesn’t fall out, but I don’t know if it’ll hit all the contacts and stay in place without the holder.

I emailed Canon support anyway to see if there’s a way to get a replacement part. I haven’t heard back yet.

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I submitted the above image to JPG Magazine for an upcoming issue, under the theme “Elegance.” If you have a moment, click the photo to go vote so it gets in the magazine.

Justin had received tickets to Wicked for his birthday, and yesterday was the day. We decided to make a day of it, so Justin took the day off.

“Day” count in the previous sentence: five.

We started with breakfast at Avalon (for those not in the area, it’s a local 24-hour pancake place). I ordered the “Lite Appetite,” which consisted of three eggs (over medium), four slices of bacon, and three huge pancakes. Not so lite — I only ate the eggs and a pancake.

Then we headed to the Museum of Science and Industry … the Body Worlds 2 exhibit opened up last week and we wanted to check it out. We saw Body Worlds the first time it came through Chicago and were pretty impressed.

I snuck a few photos… shhh.

The museum closed at 4pm, so we got in the car and headed to the Theatre District to scope out the area. Traffic was unbelievably good, so when we got there had some time to kill. We walked around for a bit, and then grabbed some food at Au Bon Pain. We hung around there for a while, then headed to the theatre.

All I can say is that the play was FANTASTIC.

I never know how to end these posts without being abrupt, but I’m tired of writing. I have a post brewing about my ferret Scooby and the shit I’ve been dealing with in regards to him the past few weeks, but again… tired of typing.

We’re going to the Super Bowl, baby!

So which style best suits me?

I’m on a diet.

I really don’t want to broadcast my weight here, but when I started this diet a month ago I was about 30 pounds heavier than the average healthy weight for someone my height. When my BMI got into the “overweight” section of the graph I decided it was time to do something.

Lynn told me about a site called SparkPeople, and because I had no clue where to start with a diet … I joined.

I’ve been pretty good about eating better — healthier foods (more fresh veggies, lo-fat options, whole grains, etc.) and portion control mostly. There are some days when I don’t do so great, but in general I’ve been sticking within the 1200-1550 calorie limit I’ve set. I rarely go over my fat limit; actually I’m under most of the time. I’m also under my carb and fiber limits most days. For the latter I think I’m going to start taking some of those fiber pills or something.

Exercise is another matter. When I started dieting I started doing some basic strength training exercises (just the usual push-ups, crunches, etc.), but didn’t do much cardio. Even though the winter has been pretty mild, it’s still too cold for me outside. So jogging and/or biking is out until spring. I tried jumping rope, but the combination of being out of shape plus getting out of breath easily because of my heart made it difficult to do it for more than a few minutes.

Justin and I looked into a gym membership, but since we’d mostly use just the track and treadmills… well, $600 a year is a bit much to walk around. We could buy our own treadmill for that money — except we don’t have room for one.

Long story short… I dug out my dance pad and updated my DDR game (SuperNova for the PS2 — if anyone wants to battle online let me know) and have been dancing. If the calorie tracker in the game is even somewhat accurate, I’ve burned over a thousand calories in the past four days…. and that’s just using the numbers for a 30 minute workout once a day. I’ve played a lot more than two hours this week.

I’ve lost five pounds this past month. It should be six, but I actually gained a pound this past week. I hope that adding DDR to the mix helps — I’m starting to get a bit discouraged.

Oh, totally off the subject: Justin sent me this link today: How to Beat Cingular’s iPhone Monopoly… written by a Cingular employee.

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