doing things the hard way. learning to preserve my joints. running
like the dickens. watching fitness videos on youtubebut
<em>only</em> for the advice, obviously. trying to figure out which
bus line will take me to muir woods. spending as much time in
golden gate park as possible. walking around with a stack of index
cards. using every typographical glyph that exists. eating things
with amusing names. mmmmm: <em>larb</em>.<br />
<br />
as life itself expands to fill all available space, so my life
expands to fill all possible free time. at present, i am: an
(actual) author of short stories, an (aspiring?) author of novels
(the most time consuming, mind-flaying, and crazy-making endeavor a
human being can undertake), a freelance writer and copyeditor, an
underpaid (read: unpaid) music journalist, a literacy volunteer in
the mission and a private tutor.<br />
<br />
i love my jobs, but particularly the teaching. i love to teach. fun
stuff, and very gratifying. if i didn't need the money, i'd happily
do it for free. (important note: i need the money.)<br />
<br />
(important update: i am now doing it for free.)<br />
<br />
as for the writing: i write and i write and i never get any god
damn better at it. but i enjoy it more and more and more, or at
least i tell myself with greater frequency that my enjoyment is
increasing. let us call the writing equidistant from (and
orthogonal to) both "pleasure" and "compulsion."<br />
<br />
i am also a bit of a sartorialist. i try to beand am a sucker
fora well-dressed human.<br />
<br />
i enjoy teaching myself things. last year i made my own paper, took
up canning (good plum jam is hard to find, which is a shame because
it is one of the best things ever invented), made some electronic
music and brute-forced my way through a calculus textbook. this
year: french, crochet, juggling, linear algebra, and probably some
kind of crazy dance.<br />
<br />
i have an off-again-off-again love affair with physical fitness. i
hereby dedicate myself to training for the half-marathon this
august. motivate me. please, someone motivate me.