Caitlin and I did an ocean swim at Corona Del Mar this morning. No matter how much I tell myself that sharks don’t tend to inhabit the waters off Orange County, it is impossible to shut out the primal fears of murky water. Knowing that there are tens of feet of space beneath me is [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Primal Fears and Primary Elections
Posted in Personal, Philosophy and Theology, Running, tagged 2008 election, primal fears, sharks on 30 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Time the destroyer is time the preserver.
Posted in Running, tagged gyms, OCTA, robots on 27 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am presently sitting in the computer lab on the first floor of CSUF’s Pollak Library. As of four minutes ago I am a student replete with a “Titan Card.” Perhaps I should be feeling apprehension or excitement regarding my semester, but I am mostly aware that it is cold in the library.
I [...]
I’m Not Dead. Yet.
Posted in Personal, tagged apologies to who knows who on 26 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sorry about not blogging recently. I went through a short bout of depression, then had a mock triathlon on Saturday (did all three sports, full-length, in 2 hours and 45 minutes!), then had my Marketing Strategies class last night and Enterpreneurship tonight, and it doesn’t look like I’m going to have much free time between now [...]
A poem for the setting up of classrooms
Posted in Poetry, Teaching on 26 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have known the inexorable sadness of pencils,
Neat in their boxes, dolor of pad and paper weight,
All the misery of manilla folders and mucilage,
Desolation in immaculate public places,
Lonely reception room, lavatory, switchboard,
The unalterable pathos of basin and pitcher,
Ritual of multigraph, paper-clip, comma,
Endless duplicaton of lives and objects.
And I have seen dust from the walls of [...]
Three’s the number
Posted in Running, tagged roommates, triathlons on 22 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
As of this morning, Caitlin and I are officially registered for the 2008 Pacific Coast Triathlon! It will take place on September 7th at Crystal Cove (between Corona Del Mar and Laguna Beach).
The Pacific Coast Tri is a “sprint triathlon” consisting of the following:
1/2 mile ocean swim
12 mile bike
3 mile run
Think of us as we [...]
Overheard
Posted in Literary, Overheard on 18 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How strangely the past is peeping over the shoulders of the present.
from “The Village Uncle” by N. Hawthorne
Kitchen Sink Pasta
Posted in Food and Wine, tagged Making stuff up with whatever's in the refridgerator on 18 August 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Almost) Every Sunday night, I make dinner for my housemates. Last night, I came home from a BBQ at my boyfriend’s with some grilled veggies and decided to make a cold pasta dish.
Two bags of penne pasta, cooked al dente, then run under cold water
A couple of italian squashes and zucchinis, sliced and grilled with EVOO
Small [...]
I think I might be addicted…
Posted in Personal, Running, tagged unforeseen side effects on 13 August 2008 | 2 Comments »
…to exercise.
Last night, I only got 6 hours of sleep, which usually makes me tired, but right now, I’m beyond exhausted. My muscles feel heavy and my brain has dropped at least 20 IQ points. And I think it’s because I haven’t exercised in 24 hours. I might also be dehydrated.
Dangit Becky! This is why [...]
Retraining
Posted in Personal, Running, tagged amazing dads, Long Beach Marathon on 12 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My summer running has been fraught with injury (this is more dramatic than is true, but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to use the word “fraught”); for the last several months my Achilles tendon has refused to quiet down and submit to the rest of my leg. I had to cancel running the San [...]
