I feel like writing in the ol' blog. Which must mean I've got lots of work to do. Hey, guess what? It does! This must also mean I'll spend too much time engrossed (" ") by American Idol tonight. yeah... I did manage to get to the gym, do a kick-ass high-intensity cardio session that warmed me up - the windchill surprised me today and I had to race-walk downtown (no bus pass for me this month - i'm saving that $60 and, well, walking fast everywhere...). So, y'know, I have accomplished some stuff.
I finished reading a book about women and bodybuilding yesterday. I actually read the whole thing. Which I probably shouldn't've done since I should also be reading lots of other things. Yes, the key to surviving grad school is not to read anything in it's entirely - it's all about "relevant chapters" and "journal articles" and "this paragraph makes sense".
After the gym, I went into my favourite shoe store (which is not really my 'favourite', but I guess the most convenient and is full of good shoes. The sales people are annoying and there are plenty of horrible, offensive shoes too. I thought high-heeled sneakers were never coming back? Yet they've come back! In kitten-heel form! Run! And not in high-heeled sneakers because you'll fall down!)
But anyway, while not too many shoes appealed today, a few did, namely the new spring Campers. I was crying inside with all the love for this pair of white slip-ons with little fushia flowers embroidered on them. so expensive, so stupidly, illogically expensive. yet so beautiful. i had to leave.
On the way home I saw a middle-aged man wearing brown woolen tights and black nylon running shorts. And a ruffled jacket. This also made me cry on the inside, but not in the beautiful-shoes kind of way. And then I was like, I wonder where he found those tights b/c those are hard to find around.
I've also started doing yoga again b/c I've realized how well it works to relax me, stretch out all my tired muscles, and let me forget about things for an hour. Yet I still think of the Brent Butt joke on his tv show "corner gas" - someone asks, talking about doing pilates/yoga, "Don't you want to unify your mind and body?" and he replies, "No. I don't like to put all my eggs in one basket." I think that's brilliant.
Now for the requisite jumping up and down and shouting "whoo!" because I'm going to London in 2 weeks. It's so great. I have so much to do before then. But it's so great and horrah, etc.!
I'm sure there will be more later.
I finished reading a book about women and bodybuilding yesterday. I actually read the whole thing. Which I probably shouldn't've done since I should also be reading lots of other things. Yes, the key to surviving grad school is not to read anything in it's entirely - it's all about "relevant chapters" and "journal articles" and "this paragraph makes sense".
After the gym, I went into my favourite shoe store (which is not really my 'favourite', but I guess the most convenient and is full of good shoes. The sales people are annoying and there are plenty of horrible, offensive shoes too. I thought high-heeled sneakers were never coming back? Yet they've come back! In kitten-heel form! Run! And not in high-heeled sneakers because you'll fall down!)
But anyway, while not too many shoes appealed today, a few did, namely the new spring Campers. I was crying inside with all the love for this pair of white slip-ons with little fushia flowers embroidered on them. so expensive, so stupidly, illogically expensive. yet so beautiful. i had to leave.
On the way home I saw a middle-aged man wearing brown woolen tights and black nylon running shorts. And a ruffled jacket. This also made me cry on the inside, but not in the beautiful-shoes kind of way. And then I was like, I wonder where he found those tights b/c those are hard to find around.
I've also started doing yoga again b/c I've realized how well it works to relax me, stretch out all my tired muscles, and let me forget about things for an hour. Yet I still think of the Brent Butt joke on his tv show "corner gas" - someone asks, talking about doing pilates/yoga, "Don't you want to unify your mind and body?" and he replies, "No. I don't like to put all my eggs in one basket." I think that's brilliant.
Now for the requisite jumping up and down and shouting "whoo!" because I'm going to London in 2 weeks. It's so great. I have so much to do before then. But it's so great and horrah, etc.!
I'm sure there will be more later.
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