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Sep. 13th, 2002 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elvendollmy brain feels pickled this morning.
i just want the next 8 hours or so to whoosh by... i want to be back home, packing up a couple of changes of clothes & the cooler, and heading off.
i want to be at the campfire, sipping a beer, after pitching the tent. (note to self:get beer)
i was productive last night.
came home, took a trashbag and cleared out trash from my car. it now looks half-way decent. for full decency, i'd need to clear it of stuff that has accumulated there and vacuum it. especially the trunk. i think half of nantasket beach ended up in my truck.
i also did five loads of laundry between the last two days, cleaned out the (way nasty) cooler and made around 20 sandwiches.
and i've made a new resolution: i volunteer to be the sandwich-maker for most camping excursions. and because of this, i usually participate in the shopping excursion, too. well, from now on, i am going to insist that taking care of unpacking the cooler after camping is not my responsibility. consistently, i put it off until its too late and things start rotting, and damnit, this cycle is getting broken. no more cleaning out of smelly coolers for me.
i might also get another tent tonight.
it was posted to craigslist, dirt cheap, but the sellers are being rather vague as to its condition and when i could get it. i've had such good experienced with buying from craigslist and ebay, that i totally forgot how people can suck about stuff like that. hopefully, it will work out well, though.
the subtle ways in which life works never ceases to amaze/amuse me. i tried starting even cowgirls get the blues two or three times over the past 3-4 years, and was never able to make it past the first 50 pages. i started it again recently, and something in it is really affecting me, changing the way i see. and its tom robbins... i know that if i had stuck through it at any of those other times, the book would have still been worth reading. but, i know this something wouldn't have hit me in the same way, wouldn't cling to me how it has. because damnit, its all about timing.
its also giving motivation to reread books i've read before. i reread narcissus and goldmund over the last year, and it was actually the very first time i'd reread a book on my own (and it was definately a good experience). i remember whan i was younger, my father told me that he reread the master and margarita five times, and i couldn't understand that, but now i think i am starting to. unfortunately, the next time i read the master and margarita, it will be in russian... which means its going to take me forever to make the commitment and another forever to actually finish.
*yawn*
can i nap more now?
i just want the next 8 hours or so to whoosh by... i want to be back home, packing up a couple of changes of clothes & the cooler, and heading off.
i want to be at the campfire, sipping a beer, after pitching the tent. (note to self:get beer)
i was productive last night.
came home, took a trashbag and cleared out trash from my car. it now looks half-way decent. for full decency, i'd need to clear it of stuff that has accumulated there and vacuum it. especially the trunk. i think half of nantasket beach ended up in my truck.
i also did five loads of laundry between the last two days, cleaned out the (way nasty) cooler and made around 20 sandwiches.
and i've made a new resolution: i volunteer to be the sandwich-maker for most camping excursions. and because of this, i usually participate in the shopping excursion, too. well, from now on, i am going to insist that taking care of unpacking the cooler after camping is not my responsibility. consistently, i put it off until its too late and things start rotting, and damnit, this cycle is getting broken. no more cleaning out of smelly coolers for me.
i might also get another tent tonight.
it was posted to craigslist, dirt cheap, but the sellers are being rather vague as to its condition and when i could get it. i've had such good experienced with buying from craigslist and ebay, that i totally forgot how people can suck about stuff like that. hopefully, it will work out well, though.
the subtle ways in which life works never ceases to amaze/amuse me. i tried starting even cowgirls get the blues two or three times over the past 3-4 years, and was never able to make it past the first 50 pages. i started it again recently, and something in it is really affecting me, changing the way i see. and its tom robbins... i know that if i had stuck through it at any of those other times, the book would have still been worth reading. but, i know this something wouldn't have hit me in the same way, wouldn't cling to me how it has. because damnit, its all about timing.
its also giving motivation to reread books i've read before. i reread narcissus and goldmund over the last year, and it was actually the very first time i'd reread a book on my own (and it was definately a good experience). i remember whan i was younger, my father told me that he reread the master and margarita five times, and i couldn't understand that, but now i think i am starting to. unfortunately, the next time i read the master and margarita, it will be in russian... which means its going to take me forever to make the commitment and another forever to actually finish.
*yawn*
can i nap more now?
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Date: 2002-09-14 12:55 am (UTC)wow. i totally feel ya on this one. i am CONSTANTLY running into situations like this. like being aware of/familiar with something but not really GETTING it or letting it get to me until a very perfect moment. how odd... i LOVE tom robbins. i need to read more of his books. and i've been meaning to read m&m (hehe) in russian as well... i even went to the school bookstore and got a russ-eng dictionary. hee hee. dorky me.
anyway... have a great time camping.
love
k