Day 24: I'm Ron Burgundy?

FYI - Jesus didn't have Slimfast but chocolate flavored beverages are getting OLD! 

There is a scene from Will Ferrel's "Anchorman" where the lead character Ron Burgundy signs off from news casts by saying "Well, that's going to do it for Channel 4 News. You stay classy San Diego, I'm Ron Burgundy?" (See Clip Here) The joke is that Burgundy inflects his voice as if he does not know who he is.  This happens because somebody had placed a question mark at the end of the teleprompter and Burgundy reads anything typed on the teleprompter.

During the height of the movie, the joke from that scene became sort of a pop culture reference, my friends and I would inflect a question to an unnecessary statement.  To this day it still finds some use.

After yesterday, where my steam was low, batteries drained and focus minimal, I could have easily done the same thing "I'm Andrew Emmitt?" Yesterday was one of those days, where one does not feel themselves. Where you are going through the motions and nothing can break your funk. I'm happy I blogged yesterday, but I totally phoned in the effort. Its not often that I question who I am, even up to this point in Lent, with all my questions and goals I've always known who I am - I just know I want it to be a slightly better me.

John Newton (1725-1807), an Anglican clergyman, author of "Amazing Grace" once was quoted saying:


"I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still, I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am." 

It's a quote that a guest pastor at my Church once used and has stuck with me since. Lent is a about strengthening one's relationship with God, by trying to relate to the sacrifice Jesus endured in the desert.  I think I keep expanding my list of things to improve on because I need to continue to struggle and question my progress. Here is a brief list of self-set goals that I've blogged about to date, the day blogged is in (  ):

- No solids for 40-Days (1)
- To not waste opportunities to witness (3)
- To think more often of God (7)
- To figure out where my path it taking me and why I am dong this (10)
- To be more verbally filtered (11)
- For mental clarity (13)
- To be skinnier (15)
- To understand and appreciate that I'm not always in control (16)
- To talk more about things with importance (18)
- To do my faith proud / live a life that resembles my beliefs (22)

It's kind of a daunting list. And it's growing. I have not, nor expect to master any of it and while I have not eaten any solids or gained any weight, from time to time, I come up short on the rest of the bullet points. 24-Days into this and I have almost no negative feelings towards what I am doing. Any negative feelings I do have will be irrelevant come Good Friday.

Anyway, tonight I have my first and only wedding reception of this Lenten season.  It is hard not to eat anything at wedding receptions, wish me luck!

Random Notes: Was able to utilize the straw test on some Hot & Sour Soup! Started the day at 196 LBS, finished around 1,800 Calories.