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Quick random thoughts
Jun. 24th, 2009 03:13 pm- Were it not for the space program, I would be dead. So thank you, all my friends who work in that field - your compatriot's research saved my life. Oh, and after that, made it so I can live outside of a bed for the rest of that life. I think about that every time some dummy proposes whittling down your budget. Short term gain... long term loss. Really, we need Heinlein to resurrect and present his paper to Congress again.
- My plan to infect more people with the Lego-craze virus is almost working... "The Ship" (The Cursed Grail) gave me a pirate-themed lego set last week. Soon, soon, my beauties, you will reach for those boxes because you just can't stand to not own them yourselves. In the meantime, I'm loving my new toy. Especially since I don't dare "branch out" into collecting them with purpose.
- Form. I'm late getting on my round of errands because I went online to see if I could find instructions on the proper form for the Strive weight machines I'm using at the gym. You know, little stuff like, "When you use the seated pushdown - elbows out or back, or does it matter?" One of the guys at the gym said that he found a Nautalis book at the local library and it had some good guidelines in it.* I think I shall go looking. I don't want to schedule an appointment with the trainers just to ask one question when I know that if I read information it will answer other questions yet unformed. Like, maybe, "How can you tell when you are ready to move up to the next level of weight? When you stop feeling sore in that area after a workout or when you aren't feeling sore and you're not sweating/huffing and puffing after that series of reps?"
- The Lay of Sigrud and Gundrun is a great read. We bought it along with The Children of Hurin and I've been reading it. I think I'm getting the ear for Norse Eddaic poetry. It helps to have it in English "from the beginning" instead of an Enlish-language attempt at translation of an Old Norse writing. Those never carry the same rhythym and beauty as the original. And I can't read the original! I know, these are works that were done when Tolkien was just a pup - but I'm still glad to be able to read them. And the notes are wonderful to read and study.
*And Jayne, I know you do this professionally so I'm not fishing for an answer from you... I'm just grumping because you'd think the company that makes the stuff would have the information on their website along with all their other info!
- My plan to infect more people with the Lego-craze virus is almost working... "The Ship" (The Cursed Grail) gave me a pirate-themed lego set last week. Soon, soon, my beauties, you will reach for those boxes because you just can't stand to not own them yourselves. In the meantime, I'm loving my new toy. Especially since I don't dare "branch out" into collecting them with purpose.
- Form. I'm late getting on my round of errands because I went online to see if I could find instructions on the proper form for the Strive weight machines I'm using at the gym. You know, little stuff like, "When you use the seated pushdown - elbows out or back, or does it matter?" One of the guys at the gym said that he found a Nautalis book at the local library and it had some good guidelines in it.* I think I shall go looking. I don't want to schedule an appointment with the trainers just to ask one question when I know that if I read information it will answer other questions yet unformed. Like, maybe, "How can you tell when you are ready to move up to the next level of weight? When you stop feeling sore in that area after a workout or when you aren't feeling sore and you're not sweating/huffing and puffing after that series of reps?"
- The Lay of Sigrud and Gundrun is a great read. We bought it along with The Children of Hurin and I've been reading it. I think I'm getting the ear for Norse Eddaic poetry. It helps to have it in English "from the beginning" instead of an Enlish-language attempt at translation of an Old Norse writing. Those never carry the same rhythym and beauty as the original. And I can't read the original! I know, these are works that were done when Tolkien was just a pup - but I'm still glad to be able to read them. And the notes are wonderful to read and study.
*And Jayne, I know you do this professionally so I'm not fishing for an answer from you... I'm just grumping because you'd think the company that makes the stuff would have the information on their website along with all their other info!
