The sunlight and above-freezing temperature this weekend have been very nice. I ran outside for the first time this year and reminded myself how wonderful it feels. To me, running is a celebration of being human. It's something our bodies were built to do, and do well. We're the fastest of the great apes and have one of the highest anaerobic ( Read more... )

I failed to get my nerd on, so I am missing U-Con this year. I did go for a nice run this morning, and saw something I'm going to try to go back and get a photo of later. Speaking of photos, during my run today, someone took a picture of me. A silver SUV pulled up next to me, the passenger side window rolled down, and a little kid inside took a ( Read more... )

a essay by mcniadh ( Read more... )

I went out for a run this morning, and noticed that the weather today was pretty much exactly how I imagined it would feel in certain anime, particularly during the first ten minutes of any Miyazaki film, or any flashback sequence that involves bright sunny meadows, and unexpectedly cute supernatural beings.

And this following a fairly good weekend. Friday night, I was getting my hermit on, and missed the simianpowerween celebrations. However, the adventures that were had probably would have exceeded what I could handle. I can't now remember what I did but it seemed to have not involved dancing or spoooky people ( Read more... )

No, seriously, part of Chinese New Year celebration includes the tradition of married couples giving children and unmarried adults red envelopes containing cash presents. Look it up, and pay up ( Read more... )

This was the first time in many years I did not go back to New York for Thanksgiving, at least not since the drug-crazed Thanksgiving of 1999, anyway. pickyeater is here now, and our parents were away on a vacation of their own. We had a good time ( Read more... )

Crazy week it was. I've been too busy to write about it here, so now I can't remember why I've been busy.

Last Saturday, the one before this past, pickyeater and I borrowed theshunter's van to pick up a new pair of couches. These replace the borrowed Victorian parlour sofa and the handed-down Miami Vice style dazzle couch that we previously had. The sofa is now ( Read more... )

Another crazy weekend ( Read more... )

Travel stresses me out, and racing stresses me out. This is not to say I don't enjoy either, because I do, immensely. However, they do cause me large amounts of stress so I hope I am able to remain socially functional this week before going down to Indiana this weekend. Of course, now I've written that, I don't feel nearly as stressed. Whew. That's ( Read more... )