eek. where the hell have I been? Here’s my catch-up post:
steps: average of around 13000 per day
I listened to the 8-part Pimsler set of beginning French tapes, and I don’t remember how to say much right now, but my ability to understand spoken French has improved. Est-ce vous comprenez l’anglais?
Now, I’m listening to the Pimsler [...]
steps yesterday: 15700
Just finished listening to a tape of some cheeseball celebrities reading poems by Walt Whitman. The poems were in chronological order, and represented the whole spectrum of themes…from “Now I’m going to be a great poet” to “I like women (and men too?)” to “I love America” to “Abe Lincoln is Dead” to [...]
steps yesterday: 11800
steps yesterday: ~7700
not much walking yesterday. Went to San Mateo and had lunch with Dave and Audry. Their son is crazy smart. He wants to build a machine to “transport you into cyberspace”. He says that you’ll have a camera that takes a picture of what’s behind you, and that will be projected onto the [...]
steps yesterday: 10801
traveling…Issac’s 3rd birthday, meeting with Carlon. bought a set of cds for listening to while driving…”Beyond Mozart”. Pretty good course on music appreciation.
steps yesterday: 10617
Finished A Walk in the Woods today. Bill and Stephen walked a couple days in Maine, then decided to quit after Stephen started drinking again, got lost, and just generally messed up everything. Jeez.
I got to thinking that I would have a very hard time with hiking like that. Mostly because I really [...]
steps yesterday: 11250
maybe I’ll write something later. I need to go watch the trailer for Fahrenheit 9/11 now!
steps yesterday: 19217
no more leftover hotdog buns for me. back on the diet.
Bill talks about the strange american relationship to nature, in which nature and civilization are thought of as separate. He talks about how the people who take care of the AT are obsessed with keeping people away and keeping the trail going through [...]
steps yesterday: 10781 (gotta get back on track!)
Made quite a bit of progress in listening to A Walk in the Woods while recovering from the party. Unfortunately, I was asleep for much of it. So, this morning I rewound and relistened to a bunch. Bill goes off on how the Park Service doesn’t do anything, [...]