Well, there went October. Busy, busy month.
Lots of shows: saw Yellow Swans at the Smell (excellent, excellent set), William Basinski at the Hammer Museum, and Mum at The Orpheum. Thurston Moore is next Tuesday. Other good shows coming up too.
Drove down to San Diego for Jessica's birthday party.
Started guitar class again; intermediate guitar is going to focus a lot more on guitar theory. Violin 3 starts tomorrow.
And...kept working out! Fuckin'-a right. Averaging four times a week; spinning, step, and various cardio machines. I don't know if I look any different, but with the way I feel, I couldn't care less. I feel like I did back when I was 19.
I've got a birthday coming up, a trip to Hawaii with my mom. Shit, I'm even writing a new paper, moving my research along.
Life is damn good.
Despite all that, I can still listen to certain records that I connected with in college, when I think I had a lot more emotional stuff going on, and it just overtakes me. I want to go back, I want to do it all over again (of course with all the knowledge I've gained in the meantime). I think it has something to do with the ever increasing realization that mortality is not abstract, it's not a matter of chance. It's as real as it gets, and we only get one shot with this youth thing. When it's gone, it's gone. I don't want it to be gone.
Listening: Tragedy - Nerve Damage
Friday, October 26, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
Spun
Well, it's official: I'm out of shape. Not kind of, or in an 'I could be more in shape' way. Out. Of. Shape.
2007 has been an interesting year for me. A lot of things have changed in my life; major things like a three year relationship ending and the ensuing change in the living situation, a new relationship, trying to get to the end of my educational career before I turn thirty (o.k. it will be long before I turn thirty, but still). In all that change, I had a lot of time to reflect on the priorities in my life, and realized I had let a lot of my interests stagnate. Aside from music, which has always been the number one thing I turn to outside of school, I had let a lot of friendships go, I didn't seek out new and interesting activities, I quit the radio station.
And I hadn't worked out in about six years. Since I lived in the dorms at UM. That's just sad. For a while, it didn't matter as much, since I was vegan. I was staying pretty healthy with my diet and a bit of walking. But the desire for overly decadent desserts and pizza overtook my willpower, and so even that (a five year commitment) became a thing of the past.
But over the past six months, I decided that I was going to make life more interesting for myself, outside of any relationship or the things I do at school/in lab. I started taking guitar lessons, violin lessons, blogged a little bit (o.k. not that interesting), and I'm taking some well deserved vacation time.
Seeing as it the beginning of a new year (having been a student for twenty years now, my year is September - June, with a three month hiatus) I decided it was time to bring regular physical activity back into my life. As a graduate student, the gym fee is already covered in the quarterly costs assessed before the term starts. However, I have always been bad at going regularly, and pushing myself enough to get a good workout. I decided to purchase the 'Fitness Pass', which allows me to attend any of the group style classes that take place all throughout the week. Today, being the first day for me, I chose to go to a novice spin class. I like the sound of 'novice'.
Just getting there, and I was proud of myself for getting over the first hurdle of just going. Set the bar low. Thank goodness it was so low, because I was pooped after the first half. I couldn't even do the parts where you stand up off the seat and ride the bike. I just had to stay sitting and try to keep it at the same pace as everyone else. So sad.
The upsides to this, thankfully there are upsides, are that today served as a wake up call to me letting me know just how out of shape I am, and I can only go up from here! That is optimism my friends.
2007 has been an interesting year for me. A lot of things have changed in my life; major things like a three year relationship ending and the ensuing change in the living situation, a new relationship, trying to get to the end of my educational career before I turn thirty (o.k. it will be long before I turn thirty, but still). In all that change, I had a lot of time to reflect on the priorities in my life, and realized I had let a lot of my interests stagnate. Aside from music, which has always been the number one thing I turn to outside of school, I had let a lot of friendships go, I didn't seek out new and interesting activities, I quit the radio station.
And I hadn't worked out in about six years. Since I lived in the dorms at UM. That's just sad. For a while, it didn't matter as much, since I was vegan. I was staying pretty healthy with my diet and a bit of walking. But the desire for overly decadent desserts and pizza overtook my willpower, and so even that (a five year commitment) became a thing of the past.
But over the past six months, I decided that I was going to make life more interesting for myself, outside of any relationship or the things I do at school/in lab. I started taking guitar lessons, violin lessons, blogged a little bit (o.k. not that interesting), and I'm taking some well deserved vacation time.
Seeing as it the beginning of a new year (having been a student for twenty years now, my year is September - June, with a three month hiatus) I decided it was time to bring regular physical activity back into my life. As a graduate student, the gym fee is already covered in the quarterly costs assessed before the term starts. However, I have always been bad at going regularly, and pushing myself enough to get a good workout. I decided to purchase the 'Fitness Pass', which allows me to attend any of the group style classes that take place all throughout the week. Today, being the first day for me, I chose to go to a novice spin class. I like the sound of 'novice'.
Just getting there, and I was proud of myself for getting over the first hurdle of just going. Set the bar low. Thank goodness it was so low, because I was pooped after the first half. I couldn't even do the parts where you stand up off the seat and ride the bike. I just had to stay sitting and try to keep it at the same pace as everyone else. So sad.
The upsides to this, thankfully there are upsides, are that today served as a wake up call to me letting me know just how out of shape I am, and I can only go up from here! That is optimism my friends.
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