9:55:16 PM Lee: Change is often difficult, and almost always necessary
9:55:21 PM Jay: Absolutely
9:55:27 PM Jay: I like “pruning”
9:55:41 PM Jay: The concept
9:56:00 PM Lee: I recognize it more than most, I think, but still don’t always do it. Ya, too much growth/life is actually bad.
9:56:12 PM Jay: It’s not sustainable
9:56:21 PM Lee: Nicole had a quote from a yoga book that had a similar message, about how unrestricted growth becomes destructive.
9:56:35 PM Jay: Kind of true
9:57:37 PM Jay: If you are everything to everyone, then you are good to no one
9:57:48 PM Lee: Take that, Systems Design Engineers
Category Archive: chat logs
Re: Concept of pruning
Punctuation fail
*FACEPALM*
Me: cat’s are evilJebus: so are apostrophesMe: i know. lame
Prime and perfect
+10 points if you get the nerdy joke right away.
sweaty dragon says (2:50 PM): of the people coming…you will know [two people].
Jebus! says (2:51 PM): What’s your expected numbers?
sweaty dragon says (2:51 PM): currently…5 coming.
Jebus! says (2:51 PM): That’s a solid number…prime, in fact
sweaty dragon says (2:51 PM): 6 would be perfect.
You have to try harder
[1:31:36 PM] Kyleen: nice man is shoveling my walk. ^_^
[1:31:45 PM] citizen of the planet: nice
[1:31:47 PM] Kyleen: Of course, I have to pay him. But it means I don’t have to.
[1:32:20 PM] Kyleen: He’s a guy that goes door to door.
[1:32:40 PM] Kyleen: He did a good job before. And he’s got pretty eyes. What better qualifications?
[1:32:41 PM] citizen of the planet: easier on you and your knees
[1:32:46 PM] Kyleen: That too.
[1:32:51 PM] citizen of the planet: maybe you can come up with other ways to pay him
[1:33:07 PM] citizen of the planet: sounds like stuff you can write fiction about.
[1:33:14 PM] Kyleen: Hahaha. Little flirt doesn’t hurt.
[1:33:24 PM] Kyleen: But he told me before he was doing it to “help feed the babies.”
[1:33:43 PM] Kyleen: Mmm… man with children…. Probably has a wife/girlfriend too.
[1:33:43 PM] citizen of the planet: just means you have to try harder
My wife will enjoy The Hives
An exchange between the cashier at the record store and me:
“Buying for Christmas?”
– “Mm…you could say that. More for me, really.”
“Heh, yeah. I’m sure your wife will really enjoy The Hives”
– ^_^;;;
Apparently I look like I’m married.
It’s the delicious one
[1:30:53 PM] citizen of the planet: went to a local place and got a roast pork special. i swear they damn near gave me half the hog
[1:31:14 PM] Kyleen: It’s good to get value for your hard earned money.
[1:31:16 PM] Kyleen: LOL
[1:31:22 PM] citizen of the planet: i know!
[1:31:28 PM] citizen of the planet: you know those round foil containers?
[1:31:32 PM] citizen of the planet: half was pork
[1:31:48 PM] Kyleen: You have left overs then? Lunch tomorrow! Perhaps dinner for your family…
[1:32:01 PM] citizen of the planet: hah. no. i’m eating the whole thing
[1:32:48 PM] Kyleen: Isn’t gluttony one of the seven deadly sins?
[1:32:58 PM] citizen of the planet: it’s the delicious one
[1:33:15 PM] Kyleen: (I thought that was lust… but maybe that’s just me.)
[1:33:22 PM] citizen of the planet: point taken
So, in summary: don’t be stupid
This past weekend a colleague of mine ran his first 5K event and clocked in at 25 minutes or so. Wow! That’s quite decent–especially for a first go at it. I’m absolutely genuinely happy for him. I remember all of the feelings associated with completing one’s first race. There’s that sense of accomplishment for doing something that might have been unlikely just a few months ago. When you slow down to a stop after the finish line there’s a wave of absolute euphoria that takes control and seems to beat up fatigue until it’s whimpering in the corner. In my case, there were also some tears of joy at having made it to the end. So yeah, first races like these are really times.
When I hear of these stories though, I have to admit to sometimes feeling a bit down on myself. I mean, I work hard at running. Even at this point though, I know that I am completely unlikely to run a 5K race at those blazingly fast times. It sometimes makes me sad to know that I’m *so much* slower by comparison. I can’t help but feel a bit of envy, know what I mean? Some days I feel that I just plain suck.
The good thing is that this self-pity party never lasts long.
It’s been drilled into me repeatedly that running is all about racing against self. I know that. I fully acknowledge that. Everyone is at different levels and everyone has different goals. What matters is that I am running for myself and not others. I’ve been running for 14 months now. I know that I’ve improved so much over that short time. God, I am so proud of my achievements. I may still be a “back-packer” but I’m still enjoying every moment.
I suppose I’ll close this set of thoughts with something that a friend told me when I was tell him about this small bout of insecurity:
[10:01:07 AM] Jebus!: I could probably go run 22 or something right now…doesn’t mean I can run 10k for shit
[10:01:28 AM] Jebus!: And doesn’t mean I’ll get better at all
[10:01:39 AM] Jebus!: So, in summary: don’t be stupid
Simple advice. Probably best advice.
Mentally unstable minority
[11:42:42 AM] Jebus!: kill anyone yet?
[11:42:57 AM] my ox is broken: no. i did not get bloody satisfaction.
[11:43:13 AM] my ox is broken: however, i have been given some work to quench my thirst.
[11:43:17 AM] Jebus!: nice
[11:43:33 AM] my ox is broken: tis the least they can do for paying me to be here
[11:43:51 AM] Jebus!: I guess
[11:43:57 AM] Jebus!: They probably get a tax credit or something
[11:44:06 AM] my ox is broken: wha, for hiring a minority?
[11:44:23 AM] Jebus!: Mentally unstable minority
[11:44:27 AM] Jebus!: double-dip
[11:44:28 AM] my ox is broken: figures.
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