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Several changes in my life lately... I have decided to be in "consolidation mode", including sorting out a few of my bank accounts that are just eating up service charges for non-activity, as well as eliminating my 612 mobile phone number. When I called in today to tell them I wanted to cancel, they reminded me that I was a 14-year-customer with this this cellular service provider (sob). Well - I decided to cancel that account since it was burning a $60-hole in my pocket every month with no one calling

FROM NOW ON PLEASE CALL ME ON MY 626 PHONE NUMBER

Why the financial consolidation? Trying to make some big decisions in my life, and realized that I needed to "clean house" on all the wasteful items in my life in order for things to happen the way I wanted them to...

Now the next number, a more interesting item. 768 is what I found my FICO credit score to be this afternoon. Exactly a year ago when I was looking to see if I can afford to buy a home in L.A. (at that time I was hoping for a 1200 sq. ft. home for around $250k - how naive), and found out my score to be a pitiful 610... I guess the past year of paying all my bills on time has paid off :)

Now if I can only find a 1200 sq. ft. home in L.A. for under $400k ;)

While sitting in my hotel room a few weeks ago I ventured upon an infomercial that caught my attention - over the years I have seen commercials on Tae-Bo, Dancing Fitness, and almost bought Daisy Fuentes' endorsement on Pilates.

Until I saw Tony Horton's P90X infomercial. It has been about 2.5 weeks, and I feel great - this is one fitness program that works with my crazy travel schedule - I can basically do every exercise in any hotel room (with the addition of a fitness tube kit. So far no visible signs of me looking like my new 45-year old idol himself, but I'm almost back at my college weight of 145lbs (as of today, 148)!!!

My favorite is the Plyometrics. Kicks my butt in high gear (heart rate at 187, on and off for an hour)!

I haven't been so excited about late night infomercials since the Ginsu knife and Color Magic colored car wax...

... and I am sure this will be around for a MUCH longer time than the color magic wax which I tossed into the garbage can after a year... be sure to check it out, and as Tony says, BRING IT!