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May 02, 2004
spring fever
I haven't been writing much...and in some ways I'm not sure why. I can think of all sorts of things to post, but then I haven't been coming here to post them. So what has been happening with me?
I've been out walking nearly every day...along the Charles in the morning and/or lunch and often around Fresh Pond some evenings and on the weekend. I live about 3 blocks from Fresh Pond so it's a great place to head to...lots of doggies along that walk. Everytime I go I see some funky breed of dog that I haven't seen before. I walk it enough now that I see some of the same people when I go. My landlords told me that they used to walk it every day when they were younger. One trip around the pond is 2.25 miles and when I tack on the distance to and from our house, it is around 3.25 miles total. Yesterday morning was so warm and humid, despite the clouds. It was such a beautiful walk, with the wind in my hair, cooling my skin. I feel torn...I want a good MP3 player to walk with but at the same time, I like just hearing the birds, the waves lapping the trees lining the pond, the dogs barking and panting as I walk by them. Add that to the fact that IPods are still $300 and that there isn't any good knock-off yet (which I fail to understand).
Trying to get geared up for the Cystic Fibrosis walk that I'm doing in a couple of weekends. Six miles to raise money for a good cause. If you are interested in donating, send me an email at poetess AT crystallyn.com and I'll send you a link to my online donation site. I wish I could just link it here but they have a funny set up where it generates a unique URL for people to donate at otherwise it just comes in like I have been the one to donate. You can also PayPal me money at that same email address as well.
Finishing up this semester at school as well. I can't wait for it to be finished. I've been so frustrated with my current class. I dread Mondays and sitting in that classroom for 2.5 hours. My motivation is lacking so much this semester...I know a lot of it is attributed to how I feel about that class. My project is one that will carry me through my last few classes, so it's annoying that because I'm so frustrated with this class that my excitement for my project has dropped off. It's amazing how much teacher/managers can motivate or demotivate a person, even about something they are passionate about.
And I am frustrated by the world climate these days. The job market isn't any better, really, and the numbers become more skewed as more and more people drop off of unemployment. More and more people are dying the longer we stay in Iraq (and to top it off we have a few renegade soldiers over there humiliating prisoners and embarassing the US even further). More and more lies and contradictions unfold every day (our little fiery friend hangs in our living room, btw...excellent gift options for your friends!). Don't even get me going on the whole gay marriage thing, or our environment falling to pieces around us or how my tuition seems to raise everytime I turn around. Sigh. More and more...
I think mostly I just want a few things...
* School to be over.
* Politicians to be dissolved by aliens.
* To win the lottery.
Well of course! This month will be busy though, even once school lets out. Need to get the next issue of Plum Ruby Review ready for its June 1 launch date. Going to help my dad get his Website up and running for his business. And somewhere in there we need to go to Brimfield again. And I need to do spring cleaning on the house!
But mostly, despite all those need-to-do's...I just feel this incredible need to vege out these days...
Posted by crystallyn at May 2, 2004 06:15 PM
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