Saturday: 45 minute flat run followed by stretching ( Read more... )

I feel lately as though I am crouching down, gathering my energy, preparing to leap. I've no idea what I will be leaping to though. This is causing me some minor anxiety. What's the next step in my life? I don't really know. Along with starting to write again, I plan to dust off my job search and figure out a meaningful way I can work with ( Read more... )

I have been absent for soooo long from LJ in an attempt to prioritize my in-person life over my online life (sitting at a computer all day? no good for me). So here's the deal. I will be returning once a week on Wednesdays.

Hooray! I wrote for 15 minutes each morning this week and I have now have three new pages of my novel. Huzzah! Encourage me to keep going. I want to work up to 30 minutes per day. My goal is to finish the narrative I am working on and start the third and final by my next birthday.

Does anyone know what I can do with an old keyboard that has a few stuck keys? I'd like to recycle it but can't find any organizations (in Boston) that will take just a keyboard.

Say, it just occurred to me that I know some tech savvy people. I have a slight dilemma. I want to record myself reading from a script (and be able to play it back either on a CD or via my IPod). The recording is just for me and the quality doesn't need to be great. However, I have no audio recording equipment per se. I do have a PC, a MacBook ( Read more... )

Seems the info security folks at my company are on vacation today. I can log in! So hello out there. Hope y'all are having a lovely holiday season and start off the New Year with smiles and laughter.

Myself, I am planning on checking out First Night, Boston's New Year celebration, for the first time. Anyone else planning on attending?

On my recent trip to San Francisco, I took a day to head to wine country. I want to go back! Until I can again afford to visit those lovely climes, I will have to sustain the experience by drinking some of the wine I bought. I say some, because I, in my not-so-sober state, intended to age two bottles ( Read more... )

What schools and colleges do you know of in the Boston area that you respect/like?

Any other places in the Boston area where young people/young adults are that you respect/like?

The Dilemma: I know the qualities I am looking for in my next job/workplace (and I can't wait to quit the one I have!). I just can't envision a real-world position that involves those qualities ( Read more... )