Posted 21:59 by Tycho

Penny Arcade--Tales from True Life

Alright. So I'm still pretty uptight. But starting to relax. Did 1 problem of 5 due Tuesday. Great work...took me the better part of two hours. Felt really really really awesome when I finished it...and found out that I had the correct answers! Yes, I'm a geek. I've come to terms with that. I'm Bond, James Bond. Now where the hell are the casinos and the women?

So, here's what's been up with me. Came home last night and got myself a new pair of running shoes (featherlight!). I also got a couple pairs of those really short-shorts that I use for running (or whenever I want people to leave me alone). See, I don't see why people think it's sick that I use them for running. The shorter the shorts, the longer my stride. The longer my stride, the faster my times. I need all the help I can get. I drooled over the flats they had for sale, too.

When I got into the car to go home, my father remarked that I looked incredibly tired and beat. To be honest, I felt absolutely shellshocked. This week has just been absolutely brutal. Not on the personal level, but on the academic level. Then we headed into Allston-Brighton, and stopped at New Balance, as detailed above. I desparately wanted to meet up with the gang somewhere in Boston (especially since I was already there). Watch a movie. Shoot pool at BU or NU. It wouldn't have mattered. Unfortunately it was almost 7 PM by the time we got home, and so it was too late to follow that course of action. And so my parents brought me out to eat at Gennaro's. Where I made an absolute pig of myself. At a couple loaves of bread, a huge bowl of clam chowder, and the entire piping-hot supper. I can't remember the last time I felt so famished.

Then I stayed up for a bit talking to a couple people online. I wasn't too interested because I was dead tired. The only reason I was on was because someone said they might be online that night, and I wanted to talk to Chris when he got back in from Boston (about white-water stuff, what else he was up to this weekend, see if I could magically create time to hang out for a bit). Neither of them came on. Oh well. So I hit the hay. And had a couple of really bad nightmares...or was it one? Either way, I got up and read for a half hour before being able to fall back asleep. Fear is the mind-killer. It is the little-death that brings total-obliteration....

Woke up, went through the daily mechanics of living, then sat down and worked on Dynamics for an hour or so. Then it was off to my grandmother's for supper with the family (Pass Over). It was good. Got more homework done. Saw pictures from my uncle's trip to Thailand. Ate lots of really really good food. Caught up with family I haven't seen in a while. Really good times.

And now I'm back. In relatively good spirits. Don't feel all better, but feel exponentially better than I did. Life is good, except for two things. But let me not complain in a good post! I am happy, among family, relaxed, and well fed.

Now to catch up with friends I haven't talked to in a while...