Java Zone
Started the job and moved into the house. Both are exciting. Both are great. Although, at my job I am going to have to take some initiative to get in real hours. I've been coming in during the afternoon and it's too easy for the boss and I to encourage each other to take off early. For example, today I came in at 1:00 and we took off around 3:30. To help motivate myself I made a comprehensive list of possible projects. I would like to finish enough podcasts to last all the way through the entire museum closure.
I have been generally having a hard time getting out of my phase of utter worthlessness. During the last semester of school it was a huge slog to get myself to do anything that didn't involve drinking, making out, dancing, or watching Six Feet Under. I thought that this phase would end with the week after graduation where I did absolutely nothing. It even stopped feeling good to do nothing after three days. Yet, I still can barely force myself to do things that are to my great benefit such as getting my car to the mechanic and depositing checks at the bank.
There only a smattering of weak internet at my house right now. So after leaving work early I decided to go to Java Zone to download some quality programming. Normally, I never to go Java Zone. In Oberlin it is sort of generally recognized as a townie hangout. Their coffee is often mediocre with slow service. But, their free wifi is superb. For 4:00 on a Wednesday it is surprisingly busy. There are over a dozen older townsfolk. sitting here by myself reminds me of how much I enjoy eavesdropping. The people next to me were just talking about their favorite TV shows. When they got started on Six Feet Under and True Blood I found it hard not to jump in. They were replaced by a couple of middle aged guys who at one point were discussing the newest innovations in defensive knife technology.
Otherwise I went running for the first time since October and it wasn't too bad. It's been pretty cold out, so I went outside which is so much more motivating than using the treadmill.
I have been generally having a hard time getting out of my phase of utter worthlessness. During the last semester of school it was a huge slog to get myself to do anything that didn't involve drinking, making out, dancing, or watching Six Feet Under. I thought that this phase would end with the week after graduation where I did absolutely nothing. It even stopped feeling good to do nothing after three days. Yet, I still can barely force myself to do things that are to my great benefit such as getting my car to the mechanic and depositing checks at the bank.
There only a smattering of weak internet at my house right now. So after leaving work early I decided to go to Java Zone to download some quality programming. Normally, I never to go Java Zone. In Oberlin it is sort of generally recognized as a townie hangout. Their coffee is often mediocre with slow service. But, their free wifi is superb. For 4:00 on a Wednesday it is surprisingly busy. There are over a dozen older townsfolk. sitting here by myself reminds me of how much I enjoy eavesdropping. The people next to me were just talking about their favorite TV shows. When they got started on Six Feet Under and True Blood I found it hard not to jump in. They were replaced by a couple of middle aged guys who at one point were discussing the newest innovations in defensive knife technology.
Otherwise I went running for the first time since October and it wasn't too bad. It's been pretty cold out, so I went outside which is so much more motivating than using the treadmill.