Stayed inside this morning because I’ve instituted a new exercise caveat that it must be a ‘double digit’ temperature outside before I will go for my morning constitutional. And this morning, the thermometer reads ’3′. Also, I reached that point in the Couch-to-5K (Week 3) where I start hurting myself unintentionally again, so I’m taking today off, and figuring out where to go from there. Probably some strength-building about the stomach and legs so muscles stop getting wrenched around, and returning to just simple walking for a while. Which, given the icy terrain outside, is a workout in and of itself. The local streets are a rink these days.
Making strides in the 1001 things lists. I watched another movie-film: Buster Keaton in Sherlock, Jr., and now I am ready to watch all the Buster Keaton films, because that guy is awesome (90-year-old news flash). No progress on the remaining two-and-a-half hours of Birth of a Nation; probably going to try to finish that off this weekend. Again.
I am now 100 pages in to Vanity Fair, and still liking it.
And I’ve listened to about 10 of the albums on my list, and rather than go through them one by one, I’ll just tell you some of the things I’ve learned:
(1) Depeche Mode: who knew? I didn’t know. I listened through Music for the Masses and liked it a lot. Also an unexpected delight: Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual de lo Habitual.
(2) I really don’t care for Madonna’s albums all that much. I know, right?!?! I have listened through Like a Prayer and Music, and most of Ray of Light, and I find that the singles are good…mainly because I can sing along, but the rest is pretty much boring, rambly filler. Although, to be perfectly fair I should give Ray of Light another chance because I was listening to it in the car while I commuted through a blizzard last Thursday. These are not optimal conditions.
(3) Clearly, from the above, the 1001 albums I have to listen to will not all be winners. Scritti Politti.
And projects: I’ve started a new one that should be easy to finish – I’m crocheting all my old yarn into one big, multi-colored afghan. It’s very pretty right now, and about lap-sized. I am working off a big ball of a sage green right now, and plan to finish with cheap yarns from various Goodwills and/or Salvation Armies. Pictures will be forthcoming.