Monday, October 18th, 2004

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Name a CD you own that no-one else on your friends list does: You know, I used to have a reputation for listening to lots of weird stuff nobody ever heard of. But over the years people with weirder and vaster collections have found me, and my poor CD collection seems in desperate need of expansion. Anyway, I don't know that there's anything no-one on my list has, but I'll ask if any of you out there have these:
Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies, The Parish Notices
Jeff Black, Birmingham Road
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin, Up from the Dark

None of those were all that rare or hard to find when I found them; I just don't know if anyone else owns them now.

Name a book you own that no-one else on your friends list does: There's nothing all that rare on my shelves here, but my collection of books in storage does include some fun stuff. Does anyone have the ten-volume Science-History of the Universe from 1909? How about You Can't Do Business with Hitler? (I wish I could remember the titles of those young adult novels from the late 19th century.)

Name a movie you own on DVD/VHS/whatever that no one else on your friends list does: Eh, I got nothin'. Well, I've probably got some old tape praising the benefits of exercise equipment my father bought or something like that, but I don't feel like getting up to see.

Name a place that you have visited that no one else on your friends list has: The basement of the house I live in? Really, I don't get out much. Okay, I do get out, but not generally more than a few miles from home.

Update

Monday, October 18th, 2004 08:19 am
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Friday: Finally went to see a non-physical therapist. Summary of conversation:

Me: Hi, I'm under a lot of stress. [Details.]

Her: Wow, you really do have a lot of stress.

Heh. Actually there was at least one point when I half-expected her to quote Charles Williams. Perhaps one of us will bring up Descent Into Hell in future conversation. We'll see.

Since there'd been a schedule mix-up, it was too late for much useful stuff to be done by the time I'd get home, so instead I went for a walk where I'd never walked before. Usually I don't walk on bike trails--something about being a woman with too little upper-body strength & not much running speed can make one uneasy in secluded spots--but some alone time with the trees was sorely needed. It was fun watching the dramatic clouds go by overhead as well.

Then went to drop off some prescriptions from last week. Then got caught walking in some rain from those dramatic clouds overhead.

Saturday: Scrubbed bathtub & bathroom walls. Notice I didn't say that I cleaned them; they're not bright and sparkling yet. At least the worst of the mold is gone, though I must say it seems almost a shame to remove so much black and orange coloring this close to Halloween.

Also went to library. Then got soaked in more rain from dramatic clouds.

Sunday: Did lots & lots & lots of walking, on highways, bike trails, and suburban neighborhood streets. In an interesting twist, did not get rained on at all. The feet say I did too much walking and need new shoes (again?), but the soul needed that.
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This afternoon I was going to go for a short walk, just buy some chocolate and then come home to make phone calls. Didn't want to make phone calls, of course, but they have to be made. So, I managed to successfully buy the chocolate, and then I walked a little way, figuring I'd finish up the candy while soaking up some sunshine, and then I'd come home and make those pesky phone calls.

I got lost.

You have to understand something here. The way this neighborhood and its neighboring, erm, neighborhoods are set up, you can't get lost if you know the system. You can get yourself turned around in the wrong direction, of course, and you can end up having to go out of your way to avoid a dead-end street. But it's only the people who don't actually live around here or pay attention to the street layout who'll get lost.

And I found myself in an unfamiliar neighborhood not knowing which direction to go. This didn't last long, but it happened. All I can think is that my subconscious mind had better have a really excellent reason for putting stuff off till tomorrow, because subconscious avoidance of something is the only explanation I have for today's adventure. Also, I have a feeling I won't be going to physical therapy tomorrow, 'cos that was some impressively long little meander I took today.

On the plus side, my wanderings yesterday and today should have been enough to burn all my junk food calories for a week.

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