June 02, 2006
- Distance 1.21 miles
- Time 00:21:00
- Average Speed 3.46 mph
- Average Pace 17:21 min/mile
- Elevation 151.00 feet
I'm starting to feel all sorts of existential angst while I walk/jog on the treadmill. I can almost see myself from a distance and all I can do is think how utterly ridiculous it is that I move so infrequently in my profession that I have to get on a machine and run in place every day. It's absurd! It says something about this epoch of life in America; something depressing.
And I'm not even being cynical today. I need to stop reading so much Nietzsche and Camus. And Sartre. And Kierkegaard. The whole lot of them have positively ruined my treadmill experiences!
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are you doing your run today?? If so good luck..
Unfortunately, no :/ I have an article due for a journal in a couple of hours and I haven't really done any work on it at all. As usual, I'll work myself to death before I even get the chance to have a heart attack on a run! ;)
oohh.. I know how it is balancing..I have school and work and various other things...and I am always trying to add more...and then wondering why a) I am acting crazy or b) why my life is crazy or c) wondering what else I can add...
feel for ya..good luck...
Yeah, I almost never have to wonder why my life is crazy! It's so obvious!
well fellow firepile chica! if you are only wondering that and not wondering why you personally may be crazy than you are one ahead of me..
write on journaler.....
are you getting published?
Yeah, I was asked to write a paper for a special volume of an international journal, but I basically scrapped the entire first version and started over from scratch today (the day the final edit is supposed to be due). I even told the editors they could replace me if they wanted, but it looks like they might give me a little more time.
I feel so bad, but I can't bring myself to offer them subpar work! (Not that whatever I write in basically a day won't also be subpar, but at least I can say I tried!)
I can totally relate to the effort. I am in a program with varied backgrounds and we have research papers due every week. I have seen some of the work.. I could be handing in kiddo style crap...but I go for the thesis-style on each subject.. just give it a rest I tell myself daily.....but its not in my make-up..is this an eastcoast gene??? I am from Connecticut...what did they put in the water? I see you are from Jersey...no offense but Jersey peeps are kinda odd.. :P haha...
in all reality firepile..total props to you on your perserverance in the light of great work...I'm sure it will be great.
How did the journal go? what was the subject?
and how is your body?
I'm haven't handed the article in yet! It's finished, I just like to sit on those things for a few days so I can edit them well before I hand them over. It should be going to the editor today. The topic is on human nature and the body as they relate to ethics in biotechnology. (More info than you wanted, I'm sure).
My body is sad. Very sad! I hope to try the treadmill and the cycling trainer again today after work, but I'm not optimistic. I can feel the pinch in my back when I even just try to walk up stairs :/
Thanks for asking :)
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