Nothing Doing

I want to blog regularly again, I really do but I feel it just takes so much energy to squeeze out interesting words on the page that I rarely feel much past the temptation to write. I think I am in absorbtion and not production phase right now. I think probably I produced just a little too much writing last semester and now I am just trying to replenish what knowledge left me.



I went to a DG Ladies Who Lunch Brunch on Saturday and the lovely older women asked me what else was going on outside of my life other than preparing for PhD school. I felt really boring at that moment because I thought other than work, maybe I don't have that much going on. This concerns me.



1. Intensive Reading Schedule Last year, I promised myself that I would try and read one book a week. I failed pretty miserably at the because I only ended up with 29/52 which is just a little embarassing considering 6 of those were Harry Potter. This year, I made the same promise and am actually keeping up with myself. in order to ready my mind for the PhD marathon, I am making myself read academic writing for a minimum of one hour a day. It has been going really well and I am mainly reading Latin and books by my future professors at this point but at least I am totally up to date with my book a week goal. The only problem with it is that I also try and work out for an hour a day and the 2 hour commitment screws with my social plans, so sometimes I have to say fuck it and abandon both.



2. Intensive TV Watching My favoritist person moved back to C. Springs a few weeks ago and we have been like peas and carrots. And this can of peas and carrots watches a lot of amazing television. With her, I don't feel guilt that my hobby is the boob tube and together, we celebrate the Joy of TiVo. And joyful Tivo is. LOST premieres tonight and we are so ridiculously excited. We have been planning this LOST party for weeks and it will most certainly be the television highlight of January. I also got her hooked on Veronica Mars and Arrested Development and I love the validation that I feel when someone else likes my stories.



3. Intensive Drinking I went to 15C last night for the first time in 1000 years and I forgot that I really like that place and I also forgot how much I really enjoy the smoking ban in Colorado because I came home reeking. Blech. But the fun and the boys were worth it. I just have to be careful about too much drinking because it slows down my metabolism like crazy.



4. Intensive Working Out I love the gym but not so much in the cold so I have to force myself to go a lot and I don't always appreciate that force. However, I've started getting out of my jogging/elliptical niche and doing more yoga and pilates and while it makes muscles hurt that I forgot I had, I do like the results. It totally makes it apparent which set of abdominal muscles are the weakest. It also makes muscles hurt that I typically only use in an intimate relationship and that's a little weird.

5. Intensive Travel Schedule. LA, maybe several times, maybe London, maybe Denmark, maybe New York, maybe Chicago. We'll have to see where the cookie crumbles.

Blogging feels so nice. I need to do it more. Perhaps I will try since I am not taking any classes this semester. I just gots to practice my writing skillz for PhD school. And in answer to the DG ladies question, no I don't really have whole lot of interest going on in my life right now but that's ok. I'm getting to spend a lot of time with my friends and my family before I relocate and the slower pace is a welcome change the the frenetic sleeplessness of last semester. I'm happy right now and I am about to embark on doing exactly what I want to do with my life which is a tremendously fortunate opportunity.