Reading: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold; Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir by William Zinsser Classic Book: Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens; Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. Previously: Animal Farm by George Orwell. Listening to: Clay Aiken, Sam Harris. Writing: 100 Words a day. Gratitude: Pretty flowers. Today's Photograph
"For some reason I cannot explain, I'm depressed today. And bored. The weekend went by too quickly, and I once again slept poorly last night. I have no energy or ambition. All I want to do is sleep. And, sleep WELL! Not be woken up by crazy dreams featuring old classmates in ridiculous situations! Gah! What was THAT about? Hopefully I will never know. I don't want to know. I just want to sleep. Peacefully, please. Somehow I have to find it within myself to go to Curves tonight. I have to work out. That's probably part of my problem." Credit is Due Illustration by Gregory J. Griffin All other content © 2004 lmj |
Miscellaneous Updates I also went ahead and signed up to participate in 100 Words this month. I'm pretty stoked about that, too. My hope is that this exercise will help me with my writing. I'd like to become more concise with my writing; have it be more compact. Maybe writing 100 words to describe my day will help me develop that skill. We had another small earthquake early Sunday morning. There was one Friday evening, too. I thought there was one really early Friday morning, but I can't find any evidence. Must've just been that noisy, rattily train going by. Anyway, Sunday's was a good 3.7, and even made the evening news. It had been quiet lately, or at least the earthquakes we'd been having weren't big enough to be felt, or recognized as earthquakes. There are times I think I've felt an earthquake, but then again, maybe I'm just feeling a little dizzy? Or perhaps it was just a train passing by, or a really heavy truck? Sometimes it's so hard to tell. Last week at work, Elle asked if we'd had an earthquake recently because all the pictures were off-kilter. No one had even noticed, but they were! We didn't feel anything, but that doesn't mean we didn't have a little something. Speaking of earthquakes, last night I watched the first part of 10.5, the latest disaster flick, featuring enormous earthquakes that destroy Seattle, San Francisco and LA. Apparently the entire state of Oregon was missed, which I guess is a good thing. Either that or the Oregon coast just doesn't rate much. I didn't sleep well after that, which I guess shouldn't be much of a surprise. Every little noise, every muscle twitch woke me right up. What was that? Was that an earthquake? Is there a train going by? Is it just my imagination? The conclusion airs tonight, and I'm not sure I can handle it. I'm so tired today! I might just tape it, and watch it later.
Hez |