Well, so far and only so-so good.  I had my first slip-up today when I bought a pack of cigarettes at the grocery store.  Granted, I only smoked one, but it's a setback nonetheless. As for video games, pop, and fast food, I've continued to hold up that end of the challenge.  After 13 days without gaming, I can definitely say that I'm missing it.  I sat down to watch my brother play Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell yesterday, and that was an experience. I bought the game a few days back just to satisfy my itch for something game-related, and it's quite frustrating to watch someone else play it before I ever get to. It's kind of like going on a hunger strike and then sitting down to watch someone eat an entire thanksgiving dinner all by themselves. It's not too good on the old willpower, to put it lightly. Of course, there's also the fact that the 360 comes out in just over a week now. What was I thinking there?  When the first console of the new generation hits, all I'll be able to to is sit back & watch. I suppose there's some advantage in it (I get to see which launch games are really the good ones before I buy anything, for one) but still it's one hell of a downer.  As previously mentioned, I'm still doing a LOT of house-cleaning, but it's progressed from passtime to obsession. I guess that's what happens when you take away  all of a person's hobbies. Out with the old fanatacism, in with the new.  I can't even sit still for 30 minutes without getting up to go fold laundry or something. Heh. It's kind of pathetic, really. Anway, thats enough for now. I'm off to go find some domestic disctraction at the bottom of a can of pledge.