Diet gripes, freebies, and ComiCon

For once, I'm happy that the past few weeks have gone by fairly quickly. Why? Selfish reasons, of course. I've been on a very low calorie diet since the later part of August and this Friday, I finally get to switch to regular Atkins – which seems like a foodie vacation after the past few weeks of no fat, no dairy, and 500 calories or less a day (the HCG diet, if anyone's wondering). Not saying I recommend it because it's been hard, hard, hard, but I have lost a good ten pounds and that was...