My life is full of virgos. I was raised by two of them, and somehow I've fallen in love with three of them in the last five years.
Today is Grandma's birthday, so Happy Birthday to Grandma up in heaven!
It's either today or tomorrow (can never remember which), but here's wishing my former best friend/love of my life, a 5th generation West Texan whose family helped settle the panhandle, a big ole' Happy Birthday!
Monday, August 30, 2004
So I guess if I was really serious about my writing, my schedule would look the one I have planned for this week while I try to finish my screenplay.
0.5 – 1 hr eating – 6-7 pm
2 hours writing screenplay 7-9ish - by 9 pm republican convention is over
1 hour workout - 9 – 10 pm
1 hour meditation – 10-11 pm
1 hour misc – 11-12 midnight
Does like my schedule look bleak or what?
My schedule is usually this:
5:30 - 7 pm - write/snack
7-9:30 workout
9:30 - 10 pm - eat a late dinner
10-11 pm - 1 hour meditation
11-12 midnight - misc
I'm not sure my regular schedule is that much better.
0.5 – 1 hr eating – 6-7 pm
2 hours writing screenplay 7-9ish - by 9 pm republican convention is over
1 hour workout - 9 – 10 pm
1 hour meditation – 10-11 pm
1 hour misc – 11-12 midnight
Does like my schedule look bleak or what?
My schedule is usually this:
5:30 - 7 pm - write/snack
7-9:30 workout
9:30 - 10 pm - eat a late dinner
10-11 pm - 1 hour meditation
11-12 midnight - misc
I'm not sure my regular schedule is that much better.
So I'm back to tracking my calorie count on an excel spreadsheet. I'm amazed at how much I actually eat. I'm such a snacker. I could probably graze all day on food like a cow, and eat full meals as well and be pretty happy. But then my clothes won't fit and that would upset me.
I started on Saturday, and I can already see a difference when I try on my jeans. I kept thinking I was at the point where I could eat whatever I wanted and my weight would stay stable. Boy, was I ever wrong! I'm going to have to watch my calorie intake for a long time, until I guess I just get used to eating less, if that day ever arrives.
I started on Saturday, and I can already see a difference when I try on my jeans. I kept thinking I was at the point where I could eat whatever I wanted and my weight would stay stable. Boy, was I ever wrong! I'm going to have to watch my calorie intake for a long time, until I guess I just get used to eating less, if that day ever arrives.
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Updated the books I'm reading at the left, and some of the information. Just finished reading "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror" by Robert Louis Stevenson." Stevenson is an interesting writer, and I want to read all his books. I kind of remember reading "Treasure Island" and "Kidnapped" as a kid, but it's all very fuzzy so I borrowed them from the library and plan to reread them.
Stevenson wrote this one short story called "Olalla", and there some amazing lines about love at first sight in it.
"My foot was on the topmost round, when a door opened, and I found myself face to face with Olalla. Surprise transfixed me; her loveliness struck to my heart; she glowed in the deep shadow of the gallery; a gem of a colour; her eyes took hold upon mine and clung there, and bound us together like the joining of hands; and the moments we thus stood face to face, drinking each other in, were sacramental and the wedding of souls. ... The thrill of her young life, strung like a wild animal's, had entered into me; the force of soul that had looked out from her eyes and conquered mine, mantled about my heart and sprang to my lips in singing. She passed through my veins: she was one with me. ... I could not doubt but that I loved her at first sight, and already with a quivering ardour that was strange to my experience."
I especially like the phrase "...drinking each other in, were sacramental and the wedding of souls". It made me think about that fateful flight when I met red-haired guy ... was our meeting sacramental, and did we drink each other in and had a wedding of souls? Red-haired guy said our first meeting and conversation was like "soul-mates". I actually remember seeing him in line, while I was waiting at the gate at Southwest. He got my attention because of his red-hair. He doesn't remember seeing me until he was about five rows from my seat, and he said to himself "I'm going to sit next to that cute girl, and I hope she has personality."
Stevenson wrote this one short story called "Olalla", and there some amazing lines about love at first sight in it.
"My foot was on the topmost round, when a door opened, and I found myself face to face with Olalla. Surprise transfixed me; her loveliness struck to my heart; she glowed in the deep shadow of the gallery; a gem of a colour; her eyes took hold upon mine and clung there, and bound us together like the joining of hands; and the moments we thus stood face to face, drinking each other in, were sacramental and the wedding of souls. ... The thrill of her young life, strung like a wild animal's, had entered into me; the force of soul that had looked out from her eyes and conquered mine, mantled about my heart and sprang to my lips in singing. She passed through my veins: she was one with me. ... I could not doubt but that I loved her at first sight, and already with a quivering ardour that was strange to my experience."
I especially like the phrase "...drinking each other in, were sacramental and the wedding of souls". It made me think about that fateful flight when I met red-haired guy ... was our meeting sacramental, and did we drink each other in and had a wedding of souls? Red-haired guy said our first meeting and conversation was like "soul-mates". I actually remember seeing him in line, while I was waiting at the gate at Southwest. He got my attention because of his red-hair. He doesn't remember seeing me until he was about five rows from my seat, and he said to himself "I'm going to sit next to that cute girl, and I hope she has personality."
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