Steph: “I brought 4 beer and pop five!”
and they say they saved some mead from December…excited
cupcakes are baked, pictures to come…tomorrow
there is plenty of snow on the ground and the rumble of ABS brakes under my feet is very satisfying despite white knuckles
it’s lung hurting cold in SK but warm inside
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What is writer’s block called if you are not writing but making powerpoint slides? Or putting together, framing up, drawing up, etc. powerpoint slides? The root of my frustration with this presentation must be in the unavailability of a more specific action word for making slides (something other than making, creating, etc.). It has nothing to do with thinking the thesis is a sham.
Yay for Lunar eclipse on February 21st! Perhaps I should stay in Saskatchewan for a few more days and increase my chances of clear skies?
Last night’s practice was a battle with my height. To start – running with one finger brushing the ground. Later learning that my feet should be closer together when in shikodachi, making it harder to squat down. Conclusion: it will be very very very difficult for me to have beautiful kata.
Three more slides where are you??!!
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It was Christmas time two days ago. Now it feels like spring.
I’ll never be able to comprehend this time of year anywhere outside of Saskatchewan.
I think all I have are these photos. This was my day. I woke up, ate breakfast and coded, jogged, showered, went to the uni, coded, had a meeting, coded, went to a cafe, coded, went to karate, came home, coded. I’m in a groove.
Thursday is St. Nick’s day. Please leave cookies and oranges out for the people you live with. Or…make sure you leave your boots out on Wednesday night.
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…no probably not. But an explanation for feeling so much pain sitting down at the computer? A bit. I really need glasses. Not full time glasses but on call at least. I’ve been thinking they would do me good for some time not (year+) but never wanted to include it in my budget. But you know what they say, time is money and the time I waste tired, with headache and itchy eyes could by me several pairs of specs. I went to the optometrist today and she agreed.
While waiting they sat me in a dimly lit room and I pulled out my book to read. Smiling, the receptionist turned on a light for me. Was that a test?
I’m reading “In Patagonia” because several recent events have ignited a small desire to travel Argentina and Chile. The latest being receiving a postcard of the Perito Moreno Glacier from Sato Sensei, the head instructor at my home karate dojo, who recently came back from travels in South America. The book is interesting in that it portrays history, culture, and ways of living that I have no clue about. Still, I can’t say that it’s inspiring me to travel. Then I remember that I’m never inspired so much by words as I am by pictures. I will continue reading and at the same time do some research on Flickr.
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In the cafe closest to my home an 8(?)-year-old girl repeatedly asks her mother ordering at the counter “mom can I have a vanilla latte, can I have a vanilla latte? …” I am a little shocked – is this her regular order? The mother, done handing money over to the cashier, begins to pay attention and says laughing “no! what are you thinking?!”
Coffee is an “adult drink” by social standards but not by law. It is only somewhat…unacceptable (?) for children to drink, maybe because it changes body chemistry and has addictive properties. Luckily the flavour is not very agreeable with a typical child’s tastes…a built in protection mechanism. But still, there are a number of coffee-based beverages masking the bitterness with sugar and milk products and other flavours – how much do these appeal to children and which children get to drink them? If their parents deny a request for a vanilla latte, are they allowed to have other drinks containing caffeine? If denying a child coffee is not based on health concerns but simply because coffee is an “adult drink” what does this say about adult perceptions of drinking it?
I consider my own. My morning cup of coffee is a daily sign of independence and self-support. I am drinking my coffee to start a day in which I will take on life responsibilities. I also drink coffee as a reward for responsibilities taken. On a day off I might indulge in a late morning breakfast out…accompanied with coffee.
Today I drink a rare cup of afternoon coffee to give me a thesis-working boost. It helped get me started and it helped me notice the shape of these buds on the walk home. I saw them and was able to picture graphics inspired by their shape but before today, I never connected the graphics to a plant that actually existed. They seem so wonderfully cartoonish.
Coffee is not helping me now. My body is sore and tired. I want to sleep. I think I might have a short nap…need to get functional soon.
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