November 30, 2003
Last night my family had Thanksgiving dinner. My parents are never all that concerned with celebrating special days on the exact day, so this year when some of my relatives said it would be more convenient to congregate on a Saturday than a Thursday they got what they wanted.
I’d have to say that it worked out pretty well this year… perhaps better than years past even. Stores were open so we could get last minute items more easily, there were fun events that the kids could all go to in town, and a huge rivalry to watch before dinner (but I don’t want to talk about that.)
All-in-all it was a good Thanksgiving. I got two feasts this year… one with Joy’s family and one with mine.
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November 26, 2003
I took a nap today, which was rather noteworthy for me, because (A) I don’t take “naps” normally and (B) I didn’t dream at all during this nap. I remember showering, drying off, getting into bed, thinking about some things and then I was thinking about the very same things again, but hearing noises.
It turned out to be nearly an hour and forty-five minutes later. That was so surreal. I didn’t even feel passage into or out of consciousness nor did I feel like I slept at all, except for feeling significantly better, which I didn’t notice until after I got out of bed.
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November 26, 2003
I love being nice. It’s so rewarding in so many small ways. It’s especially fun to be nice and have it suprise people. It seems to me that people have come to expect teenagers to be lots of things, but nice, polite, graceful, charming, etc are usually not among those things. So, when I can do little things to make people happy in a way that catches them off gaurd I am really pleased too.
Today I woke up at 7:20 -something in the morning, I have a bit of a headache and I am tired, but I am in a really great mood, because I have already managed to make both my parents, my girlfriend, and over half a dozen people at Publix — including a cashier who didn’t seem too happy — happier!
As Joy said, “You’re on a roll this morning.” I really am… so I am going to get back to that now.
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November 24, 2003
Over the past year or more I’ve noticed that when I am suffering from mild to severe sleep deprivation I become prurient and long for physical attentions with strong emotional undertones. Basically, when I’m drowsy I’m roused and wanting affections of the emotional and intimate sort.
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November 20, 2003
I went to Publix last night for a typical grociery run, which included toothpaste, and I saw this new thing… Natural Citrus Listerine. I grabbed a small bottle out of curiousity and tried it out last night.
Craziness!
This stuff is so freaking good I really wanted to just go ahead and swallow it! It looks cool too. It’s such a perfect sell to a listerine using Florida boy like myself.
I guess something good has come out of the Pfizer/Warner-Lambert merger already. Speaking of which, I noticed that this new bottle actually had the Pfizer logo on it. Finally, that only took three years. My last bottle was still sporting the Warner-Lambert information.
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November 19, 2003
It recently occured to me that it doesn’t really matter if someone is good at chess so much as it matters if someone is a good sport when playing chess.
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November 19, 2003
I have much animosity towards periodic, mainstream media, which should probably extend logically to the consumers of “the media” as they drive the demand which drives the media to do nearly all of the things that they do that causes me to dislike it so much.
I mention this, because I was watching an interview of Keyshawn Johnson by Dan Patrick on ESPN Motion. In the interview several issues *plaguing* the media came up.
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November 17, 2003
Lately I’ve been blogging less than I’d like, and I think that some of it has to do with the feeling that I’ve already blogged. Almost a month ago I started a second blog for myself to keep track of what I do in my little workouts.
So far it has been working really well for me. I’ve been working out more since I’ve created this new log than I ever have in college. I am even thinking of moving on and doing actual workouts at a gym or something.
There is a small link to the log over to the right under the search tool.
Check it out!
UPDATE 12/5/2003:
It’s been seven weeks since I started this fitness log and it is still working rather well for me. I was thinking about it, and I have a few thoughts as to why it might work well.
1. I get online every day. Now, when I get on in the morning after class I think about e-mail, stocks, blogs, and then my fitness log… so I go and do something so I can add to my log.
2. Even though no one has commented on my log, and even though it is so incredibly boring to read that probably no one reads it regularly… I know that it is there. I know that Joy, a friend, or some stranger from cyberspace could pop in, take a look and realize that I’ve stopped. So, I have that as a small incentive for continuing on with this.
3. I like blogs, I like being able to track growth and decline (perhaps that is part of my obsession with financial markets,) and I like to type and write. So, this log really does it for me. Working out lets me add more to my blog, allows me to see growth and decline, and I type it all in there so, I’m happy.
4. Finally, I like keeping records. I like knowing that doing X number of this or that exercise means something in a small way, because it will be recorded in my log. So, that kinda spurs me on to not only do a little something something so I can create an entry, but when I have energy it motivates me to add something new… like a record setting day of some sort.
So, if you’re anything like me in these respects, and you’re interested in becoming more physically fit, perhaps you should try this out too.
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November 13, 2003
You give your love and friendship unconditionaly. You enjoy long, thoughtful conversations rich in philosophy and spirituality. You are very loyal and intuitive.
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November 13, 2003
I should really be asleep by now, but I’ve been up reading… a lot. It all started when I checked my e-mail one last time before going to bed, and I saw that someone had commented on my site. That got me started reading a handful of political blogs all of which were written by some hilarious and interesting New Zealanders. That led me to Technorati, which led me to the blogs of a few “A-list” bloggers. Reading all of that took quite a while, and now I am beat and writing about it, which is pretty weak, I think, but… oh well.
I feel like I’ve been cramming for an exam or something. I need to get to bed, I’ve got class in six hours.
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