Wednesday, January 25, 2006
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Who's with me?
:)
Monday, January 23, 2006
"He was born a pauper to a pawn
on a Christmas Day,
when the New York Times said God is dead
and the war's begun
Alvin Tostig has a son today...
And he shall be Levon
and he shall be a good man
And he shall be Levon
in tradition with the family plan
And he shall be Levon
and he shall be a good man
He shall be Levon..."
-- Elton John, "Levon"
Thank you, Papa John ... and missing you always.
:)
on a Christmas Day,
when the New York Times said God is dead
and the war's begun
Alvin Tostig has a son today...
And he shall be Levon
and he shall be a good man
And he shall be Levon
in tradition with the family plan
And he shall be Levon
and he shall be a good man
He shall be Levon..."
-- Elton John, "Levon"
Thank you, Papa John ... and missing you always.
:)
Monday, October 17, 2005
"Some days, you feel like you have the world by the tail. Other days, you feel like it's dragging you behind it." -- Brenda Nelson
Monday, October 10, 2005
Hear ye, hear ye...
I am hereby proclaiming my intention to start swimming again. It is time.
You see, my dear friend Stuart Edward is coming to the District this weekend with his swim team -- his SWIM TEAM! -- and I have not put one single toe in the chlorinated waters of glory in whole months. MONTHS. I recognize I'm repeating myself a bit, but that's because I'm 1) so happy for him, and 2) so humiliated for myself.
Stuart and I were longtime swimming partners -- really, secondary members of the FSU swim team (though those swimmers did not know that). For months, years, we swam together, first outdoors and then indoors, putting in long hours for the sake of Olympic glory. Then I moved, and he moved, and in the process I somehow lost my way down the lanes of the pool. Gone were the freestyle, the kickboards, the hand paddles, and my favorite, the backstroke. And gone was my figure!!
So Stuart has shown me how it's done. He's proven that a little move and a new job don't have to stop a future Olympian from his or her future gold medal. He's well on his way. Now it's my turn.
I'm writing this here so that I will hold myself accountable, at least in some small way. I do so want to get back to the pool. It's high time I get in gear. And this time, dear readers (or reader? or no one?), I shall report in on a somewhat regular basis until I've gotten my habit down.
Funny how even from many states away, my favorite swimming buddy can help push me "one step beyond." ;) I thank him for the wakeup call!
:)
I am hereby proclaiming my intention to start swimming again. It is time.
You see, my dear friend Stuart Edward is coming to the District this weekend with his swim team -- his SWIM TEAM! -- and I have not put one single toe in the chlorinated waters of glory in whole months. MONTHS. I recognize I'm repeating myself a bit, but that's because I'm 1) so happy for him, and 2) so humiliated for myself.
Stuart and I were longtime swimming partners -- really, secondary members of the FSU swim team (though those swimmers did not know that). For months, years, we swam together, first outdoors and then indoors, putting in long hours for the sake of Olympic glory. Then I moved, and he moved, and in the process I somehow lost my way down the lanes of the pool. Gone were the freestyle, the kickboards, the hand paddles, and my favorite, the backstroke. And gone was my figure!!
So Stuart has shown me how it's done. He's proven that a little move and a new job don't have to stop a future Olympian from his or her future gold medal. He's well on his way. Now it's my turn.
I'm writing this here so that I will hold myself accountable, at least in some small way. I do so want to get back to the pool. It's high time I get in gear. And this time, dear readers (or reader? or no one?), I shall report in on a somewhat regular basis until I've gotten my habit down.
Funny how even from many states away, my favorite swimming buddy can help push me "one step beyond." ;) I thank him for the wakeup call!
:)
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Good news!
My recent illness, which kept me in bed and asleep for nearly 20 hours yesterday, does not appear to be from tularemia, which was allegedly detected on the National Mall in low levels when I was there for the war protest: http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=23&ID=245648&r=1
But rather, I have been stricken only by a sinus infection. :) Much more palatable, indeed. (The symptoms of tularemia, of course, did not match with mine in the slightest, but until I searched the CDC's website I was quite confident I'd been stricken and had only hours to live.)
And now I'm up and at 'em again, lounging about in our loaner chair. It is now Week 16 since we ordered our living room furniture from (NAME BLOCKED UNTIL WE RECEIVE THE FURNITURE AND CALL THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU ;)), which is a sordid tale in and of itself. When the fire in my spirit has returned, I will write all about it, I can assure you. ;)
Other than that, all's well. Just thought I'd check in, say hello, and rejoice in my tularemia-negative status. Carry on.
:)
My recent illness, which kept me in bed and asleep for nearly 20 hours yesterday, does not appear to be from tularemia, which was allegedly detected on the National Mall in low levels when I was there for the war protest: http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=23&ID=245648&r=1
But rather, I have been stricken only by a sinus infection. :) Much more palatable, indeed. (The symptoms of tularemia, of course, did not match with mine in the slightest, but until I searched the CDC's website I was quite confident I'd been stricken and had only hours to live.)
And now I'm up and at 'em again, lounging about in our loaner chair. It is now Week 16 since we ordered our living room furniture from (NAME BLOCKED UNTIL WE RECEIVE THE FURNITURE AND CALL THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU ;)), which is a sordid tale in and of itself. When the fire in my spirit has returned, I will write all about it, I can assure you. ;)
Other than that, all's well. Just thought I'd check in, say hello, and rejoice in my tularemia-negative status. Carry on.
:)
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
