A weekend of odd thoughts
Feb. 22nd, 2004 07:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flexagonI had a weird, oversensitive reaction today to the word valuable (as in, Do not bring valuables into the club at McGym). Value-able... it should mean "that which can be valued." But almost anything can be valued, by someone, under the right circumstances, and I don't find it remotely appealing that a health club (or anyone) is making that judgement call on what I might value. Things that are valued should be called valueds, if anything. Do not bring things you value highly into the club--yes, that I could be on board with. Sigh. It's a wonder anyone can think straight in English at all, with all the distortions built into the language.
On Friday night I stayed a bit late at work to finish something up, and thus a) missed TKD and b) had 15 extra minutes to go into a bookstore on the way to meet HLM for dinner. I was so emotionally overwhelmed I was shaky and almost started crying--it was just an amazing reaction. How many weeks had I let it been? I was seriously worried that I wouldn't be able to leave the store in time, but I did... and only spent $12, not the hundreds I think I could have. Still, someone remind me not to deprive myself so much in the future, if only so I can hold myself together in public next time!
Saturday I made up for my TKD lameness by going sparring. I didn't get injured and I got 2 good moves in, which is how I judge success there--but I also did some musing about how I probably won't get to black belt before October '05 when my membership runs out. I really don't seem to be on track for it anymore. Not so surprising... I never was good at anything physical when I was younger. It was a nice surprise my body gave me in college when I found out I could be somewhat athletic, but I think the surprises are mostly over now--I'm not a different person from the one who was chosen last for all the teams. Sigh. I've got some genetic thinness and some strength, but in my current mood I feel like even that has nothing to do with anything... I'm easily amused, so I don't get bored, so I end up strong, big whoop. :b This does not imply talent. However, I'm not too depressed, because one of my favorite things about exercise is that most of it doesn't require any particular talent. There's something to be said about pursuits where anyone can put in the hours and get results.
Oh, I also put up shelves in our half-closet and made it a linen closet, complete with shiny new glass doorknob (surprisingly easy to install). A linen closet! How glorious. You'd think so too if you'd had yours in boxes and on random bookshelf shelves for weeks. :)
I was up until almost 2:00 playing "The 80s Game" with HLM's friends--ugh.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
andycomment, I could start to be with ya on the trivia stance... old pop culture references are soooo not my thing. Oh well. Slept, went to Home Depot for various things they turned out not to have (like cool light switch plates) and one they did (a programmable thermostat). Then I went out eating, doorknob shopping, coffee drinking and weightlifting. (My strength is coming back! It's allllmost there, I did 7/8ths of the 10th pullup and pressed the 45s again... that paragraph about it being a freebie notwithstanding, I'd just like to say YAY on that one). I saw some pretty doorknobs, which, alas, are expensive. And some funky keys, which are not, and I want one!
My face looked nice this whole weekend--the new year's resolution slowly winning out, I hope.
On Friday night I stayed a bit late at work to finish something up, and thus a) missed TKD and b) had 15 extra minutes to go into a bookstore on the way to meet HLM for dinner. I was so emotionally overwhelmed I was shaky and almost started crying--it was just an amazing reaction. How many weeks had I let it been? I was seriously worried that I wouldn't be able to leave the store in time, but I did... and only spent $12, not the hundreds I think I could have. Still, someone remind me not to deprive myself so much in the future, if only so I can hold myself together in public next time!
Saturday I made up for my TKD lameness by going sparring. I didn't get injured and I got 2 good moves in, which is how I judge success there--but I also did some musing about how I probably won't get to black belt before October '05 when my membership runs out. I really don't seem to be on track for it anymore. Not so surprising... I never was good at anything physical when I was younger. It was a nice surprise my body gave me in college when I found out I could be somewhat athletic, but I think the surprises are mostly over now--I'm not a different person from the one who was chosen last for all the teams. Sigh. I've got some genetic thinness and some strength, but in my current mood I feel like even that has nothing to do with anything... I'm easily amused, so I don't get bored, so I end up strong, big whoop. :b This does not imply talent. However, I'm not too depressed, because one of my favorite things about exercise is that most of it doesn't require any particular talent. There's something to be said about pursuits where anyone can put in the hours and get results.
Oh, I also put up shelves in our half-closet and made it a linen closet, complete with shiny new glass doorknob (surprisingly easy to install). A linen closet! How glorious. You'd think so too if you'd had yours in boxes and on random bookshelf shelves for weeks. :)
I was up until almost 2:00 playing "The 80s Game" with HLM's friends--ugh.
andycomment, I could start to be with ya on the trivia stance... old pop culture references are soooo not my thing. Oh well. Slept, went to Home Depot for various things they turned out not to have (like cool light switch plates) and one they did (a programmable thermostat). Then I went out eating, doorknob shopping, coffee drinking and weightlifting. (My strength is coming back! It's allllmost there, I did 7/8ths of the 10th pullup and pressed the 45s again... that paragraph about it being a freebie notwithstanding, I'd just like to say YAY on that one). I saw some pretty doorknobs, which, alas, are expensive. And some funky keys, which are not, and I want one!My face looked nice this whole weekend--the new year's resolution slowly winning out, I hope.
