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Friday, January 30, 2004
2:28 PM
It is currently so cold outside that my glasses frost over from the breath escaping my scarf. The high today is -1 (F). The ice on the sidewalks refuses to go away. The sun, however, shines to the point of snow blindness on the endless yards of white. I have refused to go to the post office, for fear of losing my fingers: walking to work was bad enough. Once I get home this evening, I will not leave again until it's time for the breakfast and sword which dominate my Saturdays.
Speaking of, I made a triumphant return to training yesterday. I can prove this to everyone with the deep purple knuckle currently on display on my right ring finger. It matches my navy blue sweater shirt rather nicely. Anyway, it was amazing to be back. My reflexes have slowed (obviously) but the katana and bo katas have returned to me nicely. I will reconquer the naginata tomorrow.
I should go back to work. Only three and a half hours till I can go home.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
10:27 AM
I'm even dreaming in metaphors these days. Though that's typically the norm, isn't it? Mine just aren't generally so blatant about it. High isolated houses, selective tornadoes, and military drafts. I remember screaming at a military general about the difference between their weapons and my sword, and being forced out of the recruitment without being able to take my brother with me. Highly disturbing.
I started weight training today. Up until now it's been lecture & demonstration without any actual weight lifting. I still feel slightly shaky from lifting things that were a little too heavy, but this'll be fun. By the end of the semester I should be a little sleeker and should see the improved muscle in sword.
Football playing Badgers will be moving into my apartment when I move out. It will become a very different place instantly.
I must stop eating this fudge...
Monday, January 26, 2004
12:10 AM
but practical girl is kicking in. and signs can mean something, or nothing, or just be what you want to see. which is what i was trying to convey a little of before. but anyway. maybe it's just best to let it be something wonderful that happened and leave it at that. the impractical me, however, still has a loud whisper at the back of my brain.
Friday, January 23, 2004
12:56 PM
Living is
a thing you do
now or never --
which do you?
-- Piet Hein
It's easy to see signs when you're looking for them...
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
3:33 PM
I'm back at home. It's bizarre and unreal and I'd like to not be here. I'm not sure where I'd go, but I don't think I can stay here for a terribly long time. Europe maybe. I was planning to leave in the fall, but perhaps I'll leave earlier.
Prague was amazing, in the end. I met an incredible Texan who showed a completely different side to the city than I'd been exposed to via Meredith's friends. There's a difference between expats who are drifting and those who have solidly settled in to live in a city. They live very different lives and I preferred my time with the latter, probably because it simply felt more real. Not that I didn't have any good times with the drifters, but I was only having fun perhaps half the time.
I'm at work right now. I really do either have to find a real job or move elsewhere--Bookworks is going to close at the end of spring, and I already resent my time at the Travel Center. I just don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything. I suppose that means I'll be doing resume writing tonight--I can turn it in for review tomorrow.
Listening: Death Cab For Cutie, Transatlanticism
Reading: Stephen King, On Writing
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
8:24 AM
(3:24 Prague time)
Staying an extra few days. Will be home on Monday.
Sunday, January 11, 2004
6:46 PM
Life is good. London has been great and Simon has played host magnificently in the absence of Katie (who has wandered off to Spain). I have managed to avoid spending TOO much money, all things considered, and am looking forward to wandering back to Prague for a few more days. Life is pretty good right now.
Friday, January 09, 2004
4:05 PM
(10:11 p.m. London time)
i take back anything i've ever said about hating prague. may try to extend my stay for a few days. it's pretty hard to explain, but i had a really great night last night. at this point, however, i've been awake for 36 hours and am crashing hardcore. i'm in london now. i suspect i'm going to spend too much time shopping this weekend once i wake up.
Thursday, January 08, 2004
6:51 AM
(1:50 p.m. Prague time)
drama drama drama.
thankfully none of it directly involves me, but i'm certainly caught in the cross fire. thank god i'm going to london for the weekend.
i need a break from this city. it just isn't my scene and i should have shunted myself off someplace else a week ago.
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
8:45 AM
(3:45 p.m. Prague time)
I'm going to London this weekend. I find this exciting.
Friday, January 02, 2004
12:20 PM
(7:15 p.m. in Prague)
New Years was fabulous and ridiculous. We partied in Old Town and were in the square at midnight, with loads of illegal fireworks and booze and kissing. My hair was covered in champagne and we were at an ex-pat bar until far too late in the morning. We didn't go home till sometime after 8 a.m. and slept all day. It was everything New Year's Eves are supposed to be.
Also, I have started the shopping...
