I'M HOME BITCHEZ Going to buy a big piece of salmon for christmas and attacking the honey-do list. Had coffee not from a K-cup for TWO DAYS IN A ROW. My socks are cotton, my long underwear is in the drawer and I'm not wearing two leathermen, five rolls of tape, a chest harness a walkie a surveillance mud boots gaiters and a camouflage jacket. Yesterday I put a four thousand dollar check in the mail 'cuz I'n'I am going back to Windows for a feature and three short films I need to mix. Indoors. On 36 faders. With all the do-overs I need. 'gonna be fabulous. Merry Christmas, everyone.
Doh! I had an alarm set too and it came up "tree" and I thought, "what the fuck is that for?" Now it makes sense. Sorry I missed it. Happy 1000!
Omg that's amazing. Yeah I was in SF with friends all day Tuesday so it just totally slipped my mind
Happy Holidays everyone. And if you're living on the eastern seaboard, I don't even have to tell you to stay warm because it's going to be 70+ degrees Fahrenheit up and down the coast. Is anyone else eerily and constantly prompted to think about global warming anytime they step outside? Maryland is experiencing 10 degree warmer monthly temperatures so far.
Dude. My coworkers are all like 'Oh my gosh, not having to shovel rocks, not having to deal with icy roads rocks.' and I'm sitting here going 'You're aware that we need that snow for the lakes to stay healthy, right? And that big parts of our ecosystem are dependent on a strong annual freeze?'
Last week I was talking to a guy in upstate New York worried about migration of insects north. Apparently they don't get ticks there because the long winters are too much for them. There are definitely consequences to winter being six weeks late. And then there are all the economic issues to not having winter tourism. I like hiking almost as much as snowshoeing, but I doubt many skiers visit bare mountains.
Well, today I sat down and scheduled upwards of 80% of my workload for 2016, and most of 2017. I have done nothing but stare at my calendar and sit on the phone on hold with various scheduling personnel. In about 15 minutes I am going to get in my car, get on the highway and head home for Christmas. My little brothers and I are going to go see The Force Awakens again, and I get to let someone else drive for once. I get to sleep with the best canine foot warmer in the biz, and eat food that I didn't have to make myself, in the company of those I love. Happy Holidays Hubski.
Anybody talking about star wars? Maybe we need a spoiler thread? I've been having a great time mapping the hero's journey. Other than that, I'm antsy at work because this is a slow season for me. Work antsyness leads to a general sense of unfulfillment so I swing hard into trying to deconstruct and solve other people's problems and when that doesn't work I get all morose and angsty. So I've been playing video games and going on walks to make sure I'm not taking life too seriously. I also amped up my volunteer work. I'm trying to help nonprofits understand that they are a type of business and that a business mindset, to a degree, can result in the ability to help more people. It's fun, and there are really interesting, really human problems in this mix. We'll see how it goes.
Star Wars: it's not perfect, but I thoroughly enjoyed it even though I'm not a huge Star Wars fan. For accepting a near-impossible task, Abrams handled it as best he could, I think. Fun fact of the day: the Stormtrooper that is influenced by Rey's Force and drops his weapon is a cameo by Daniel Craig!
Shoutout to me if you do. I'm ready to discuss it.
Almost made a bomb trying to make fizzy grapes! Had to sit and math out how much 1lb of dry ice would sublimate to and how much pressure that would create. Here I thought I'd never use high school math. No bomb and the grapes came out perfectly! It's been 12 solid hours of travel. Between yesterday to the 4th plans are Seattle -> NYC -> Ct -> Boston -> Maine -> Boston -> Seattle. I'm currently at the CT phase where I get to nap in front of the fireplace and wow, sleep feels amazing. Happy holidays all!
Making my first driving trip w/ the fam to Maryland. After that it's gonna be a lot of scheduling/organizing for next semester, especially considering the fact i gotta learn a semesters worth of work in this break. help. Also might be getting my own business w/ my dad in the upcoming months which is gonna be fun and exciting considering im only 18
This week I spent a lot of time doing... nothing. Really. Just sitting down/lying on the couch/bed and staring at the roof/window. It's changing me. At first, I got the usual results: sleeping when I found myself tired, processing all the stuff in my head or daydreaming (my favorite, though I can't remember it when I'm back to normal). Now, it's making me think a lot about things: me being in wrong places, Hubski boosting my thoughtfulness, and for the fisrt time ever, I said "whew, now I got time for things!". I'm eating much slower (and a bit less) than before and savoring life in general. People seemed to catch up on this and seem more receptive to me. Details are more prominent lately, and it makes me feel blissful. That puts a silly smile on my face. Basically, I'm getting to know myself again. I'm feeling warm inside, and more in the moment than ever. 2 days ago, I went through my backlog of articles I saved on Pocket and cleared it up. It was mostly bands I stumbled upon and bookmarked for later (it normally doesn't come, but this time it did). Also some movies and documentaries. But mostly music and fashion lookbooks. Who knows what's going to happen in the next days? I'm looking forward to that. inb4 Christmas
Flying back east tomorrow. I get pretty bad flight anxiety and it's already starting to kick in. But I'll be home, and that will be nice and kind of weird.
I really liked this article, the tone is very calming: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7549546/ns/travel-travel_tips/t/tips-fearful-flier/ Hang in there! You have some movies or something for the flight?
Finally finished the damn term paper. I've had enough of Joyce to last me the next century. I do want to share some of the insights from the paper here, but I know the teacher checks for plagiarism and I don't want him knowing this is me. But at least now I can sleep occasionally as I madly finished college apps. But I think I should finish up my schools on the Common Application today, 8 days before the first is due. Then on to the local state college for back-up. Break is giving me the chance to read and write for myself again. I'll probably send out another batch of submissions this week, because might as well keep desperately reaching. But thanks to my wonderful writing teacher, my writing has matured a lot over the past few months (even if my comments here don't show, I generally here in my dull times anyways). So maybe this round. Crazy weather but I can't ride because it's always raining and I don't want to destroy the trails. So, I'm learning trial biking in my garage. I'm off injured reserve from my cyst removal, so I should start lifting again, but I'm still not fully healed. Still sick too, since before Thanksgiving. But hopefully once I finished college apps, I can take a break and actually take time to recover. Well, that's my life right now. I swear it gets more exciting sometimes.
I signed up for a New Year's Day 5 mile run. It's a bit longer than my usual runs, but it's within the high end of runs I'll do. The route looks really flat, with elevation gain about equal to the gain I do in half the distance when I run at lunch. My goal is to come in under 45 minutes. I think it's doable, though I won't be disappointed if I'm a bit longer. It'll be cold but clear, pretty much ideal conditions for winter.
Time's running out, and I'm not getting my uni credits that're due. The reason for this is that I'm frightened as fuck, for some reason. I can't make myself get back up in the evening to visit the uni gym to finally gain my goddamn PE credit. I can't wake up in the morning to pay of my academic debts to gain my goddamn main subjects credit (for me, main subjects are English Grammar + English Phonetics + Language Practice) - whether it's my reluctance solely or me not hearing the alarm or the alarm not going off, I don't know. It's terrifying, and it feels like I can't do anything about it - which is clearly not true, but I can't seem to gain the momentum necessary. I have no one but myself to blame, which makes it even more appalling. Sucks even more because I'm in this rut for the second time (the first, unfinished uni was the same), and still there's the feeling of powerlessness lingering very clearly. Talking about it seems to help, but there's no one I can reliably talk to about it. Gotta collect my strength and do something about at some point. Wish I knew how.
I'm spamming this song, probably, but I'm throwing it on the Jukebox anyways: Spend time with the ones you care about the most if you can, make time to self-care, eat food you love, and remember that (for those in the northern hemisphere) the winter solstice has passed, the shortest day of the year has come and gone which means that the sun will return to warm your skin again. Happy holidays, Hubski
That may have been the one friend was discussing, as the "second park right next to Big Sur". It seems Pinnacles was recently made a national park, so we're uncertain if its trails are more crowded now.Julia Pfeiffer Burns is really cool. There may be some inland hiking but I just like staring at the coastline.
francopoli I was behind a Crosstrek this morning and thought of you. Have you taken delivery of your new car? How's your wrist doing?