Jogging/running has gotten a bit easier. Sometime last week I bumped up my jog from one mile to two without decreasing my speed. I still sprint/walk the last mile. My most recent time for the first two miles was 16:11. It's still pretty boring and after you count in the time it takes to get changed, go run, shower, it wastes about an hour...that might be about all I'm willing to waste on it, though. I'm getting to the point I was looking forward to, though: I feel obligated to do it when I'm supposed to.
The biggest downsides I see, though, are that I get very wound up afterward, but I don't feel like doing anything. So I just sit on the couch all jumpy and watch tv until sleep time. =\ Hopefully that's just a phase and I'll get over it.
Erin and I bought ourselves a chumby for Christmas. Well, I bought it, but it's for us and she didn't complain. GOOD GOD I NEED TO BUY THE NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL ALBUMS. Sorry. Had to remind myself. Back to chumby. Basically, it's an internet-connected touchscreen device that will let us listen to Pandora radio without our computers, it will replace the alarm clock we have (our current clock currently loses time, and is a pain to set). We should be able to set up different alarms for ourselves so that, when Erin wakes up before me, she doesn't have to re-set the alarm. It may take some getting used to, but hopefully it won't make us late.
I ordered some books. The last in a series I'd been reading since middle school (I think). After the first couple of books, they started to get silly, but I have this...quirk. Erin has referred to it as being a "completion whore"...once I start something, I have a hard time stopping before it is done. I've started a video game, found out that it sucks, but forced myself to finish it, just so I knew how the story finished out... I also ordered The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and House Of Leaves. I ordered these because I tend to like suspense/thriller/horror, I guess, and wanted something new (House of Leaves) and something classic (Jekyll & Hyde).
I have a few more books that I want to read, but I'm open to suggestions.
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The chumby looks cute. What color did you get?
You are a completion whore. I'm something similar: a consistency whore. If I start highlighting my books, I have to keep highlighting them. Also if I start in one color, I must remain in that color. It goes the same for starting projects, for bending back or not bending back pages of a book, etc.
I think you and I have different reading preferences -- which is not to say that some of our likes do not overlap (Stephen King, Perks of Being...). Still though, I think most of our reading preferences are different. I think you might like 2 books I've read since high school... One is "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!", which is like an autobiography of the famous quirky physicist, and the other is "His Dark Materials", which isn't a dark or scary book as you'd assume. It's more like Narnia. You could look those up and decide if you'd like them. ?
We got the navy blue and white one. We've used it quite a bit since it arrived and really like it. It's a bit expensive, but I think definitely worth it.
I also have other issues with books...I tend to try to keep them in as pristine condition as I possibly can. Hardback books are okay with this, because they are just constructed differently...but I hate it when the spines of my paperbacks roll or god forbid, crease.
Also, since their arrival Friday, I've already completed one of my books as of last night. That series is officially over. The last book had a lot of really good stuff, but also some of the worst elements from the entire series. I was afraid of that. Oh well. Series complete.
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