Why women wear short skirts, reason #57

The weekend started out with ( catcalls and confusion. )

However, that hasn't stopped me from doing lots of thinking... meta-thinking even. :) In a nutshell, I'm annoyed that I've been so half-assed about keeping my mind active in the last year or so, where "active" basically means "challenged." I've been doing a fair bit of learning new stuff for the job, plus getting back into reading for the Java certification test over the weekend... and you know what, I like it. I've also been doing a LOT of getting sucked into fun but ultimately fluffy books that, I have to admit, have sort of been wasting my time. Not that reading is ever the worst way to spend time, mind you, and I found my last SF book had a pretty inspiring character in it, but... I actually want to get back into some nonfiction and classics, I think. I especially want to get back into the stuff that makes me think logically, like my huge Martin Gardner book I've only read bits and pieces of (though in my defense, I read almost all his stuff in high school).

Ah well. I was good this weekend: sparring, weights, about 40 pages of the Java book plus a self test, got caught up on email and the house is clean. Plus I made muffins. It helped quite a bit that I got ditched for outlet shopping this morning... my friends suck, yes, but it's an ill wind that blows nobody more free time.

Oh--I'm sending Married Friend a link to polyamory. If he's gonna daydream, he may as well have a more realistic view of the whole thing. Mean, I know, but let's remember I don't want him daydreaming. It's not my right to not be thought about, but it's well within my powers to squelch a few of the stupider (and probably more fun) thoughts, and well beyond the reach of my kindness to resist doing it. :p