Assignment #2 of the January Cure arrived yesterday morning - and of course the first thing I did was pretty much ignore it and work on another home project. I bought a few new clothes on Thursday evening, and wanted to implement another new rule I came up with for 2014: new clothing should replace old clothing, so every new purchase should come with the purging of an old. To that end, I went through my dresser drawer and assessed, sometimes harshly, my existing clothes to determine what should be kept, what needed to be donated, and what should be tossed entirely (and/or made into handy-dandy cleaning rags - I felt I was channeling Martha Stewart). It's something I had been meaning to do for a while, particularly since I found myself putting on a lot of odd socks and ones with holes in the toes. It was a useful exercise, and made me realize I probably need to buy a couple of more sweaters to get me through the winter.
I will do the second assignment this weekend though, especially since I've been itching to do a good vacuuming and mopping since I returned from my trip. What I probably won't do, however, is buy flowers for the apartment - not because I don't like fresh-cut flowers (perish the thought!) but largely because I don't have a spare vase right now. So I've added that to my "to purchase" list (which seems to be growing as I contemplate the continued reorganization of my living space). Obviously my big purchasing decision will be a sofa, which I desperately need. Just browsing about online this morning at the various furniture stores in the city, I realize this is going to be a time-consuming chore. I hope I'm up for the challenge.
The other meaningful activity I did yesterday was go through my external hard drive to look at photographs I've taken over the years. Some of the photos are really quite wonderful (!), so it's going to be a fun exercise to go through them more thoroughly to decide what to print, what to get enlarged, etc. And then it'll be off to a photo frame store.
I just hope that my energy level for this home reno project continues once I get back to work on Monday.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Assignment #1: Create a Project List
The starter's gun has been fired! I'm off and running on my first-ever January Cure. I received my first e-mail this morning on my first assignment: creating a project list. After brewing a pot of coffee, I dutifully went through every room in the apartment, beginning at the door at bottom of the steps. (I live on the third floor of a building.) My place isn't overly large, so the exercise didn't take too long - or at least it shouldn't have taken too long since I already broke a rule, which was not to begin any of the projects that I jotted on my list. (More on that in a minute.) Basically this is the project list I came up with:
Entrance way:
- Do a thorough clean of the steps leading up to apartment
- Decrease cat litter smell (better still, figure out why the cat seems to enjoy peeing outside the box every few days...)
- Wipe off excessive grime and dust from walls
Landing:
- Better organize coat rack (ie., figure out why the hell it seems overloaded with so many coats)
- Clear excessive clutter around shoe rack (do I really have that many pairs of shoes?)
- Buy a small bench to store stuff and to use for putting on shoes? (There's a small space where a bench could fit, although I fear it's too small, hence the question mark.)
Kitchen:
- Figure out a solution to not having clutter accumulate on kitchen table (a basket, maybe?)
- Have a better solution to storing my recycleables
- Reorganize the two shelves (one that holds spices and other assorted stuff, the other above my kitchen table that holds my radio/docking station and candles)
- Do an extensive rethink of the cupboards both below and above the counter.
Bedroom:
- More artwork/photos on the walls (since I don't have any up there now, even a few pieces will make a difference)
- Go through dresser and discard unused clothes
- Work on not cluttering up the top of my dresser with excessive clothes
- Move the bed to make an additional space on the other side for two bedside tables (I did this already!); buy another lamp
Hallway:
- Hang additional artwork
- Buy an area rug? (I actually have a rug for that space, but the cat tends to lounge on it so it gets dirty awfully fast, so I stopped using it.)
Office:
- Make it more of an "intellectual sanctuary" for my writing, reading and thinking (I did a lot of this yesterday when I rearranged the room and added a reading chair by the window)
- Clear excess clutter on the desk
- Clean out filing cabinet and drawer
- Add additional art pieces on walls (I want to frame posters from my exhibition and accompanying small press fair)
Living Room:
- Rearrange CDs and DVDs to give them a sense of order
- More artwork
- Reorganize book shelf, largely by purging book collection
- Clear the closet of unnecessary crap
That's really about it! Not overly daunting, I don't think. And as I said, I've already broken a rule by initiating one of the projects, which was doing a minor overhaul of the bedroom. I had been meaning to go through the bedside tables for a while to clean out the accumulated contents. It's amazing the things I found! A People Style from 2009 (this belonged to A. when we travelled to Argentina; not sure how or why it ended up in a drawer at my place), an iron, some t-shirts, two bottles of lube and about a dozen safes (I had to throw out most of them since they were past their sell-by dates). I also found two pairs of functioning headphones, and I finally threw out my very first iPod (which dates back to around 2005 and hasn't worked for years). Basically I'm happy to report that 2014 is off to a productive start!
Wish me luck as I continue my January Cure assignments.
Entrance way:
- Do a thorough clean of the steps leading up to apartment
- Decrease cat litter smell (better still, figure out why the cat seems to enjoy peeing outside the box every few days...)
- Wipe off excessive grime and dust from walls
Landing:
- Better organize coat rack (ie., figure out why the hell it seems overloaded with so many coats)
- Clear excessive clutter around shoe rack (do I really have that many pairs of shoes?)
- Buy a small bench to store stuff and to use for putting on shoes? (There's a small space where a bench could fit, although I fear it's too small, hence the question mark.)
Kitchen:
- Figure out a solution to not having clutter accumulate on kitchen table (a basket, maybe?)
- Have a better solution to storing my recycleables
- Reorganize the two shelves (one that holds spices and other assorted stuff, the other above my kitchen table that holds my radio/docking station and candles)
- Do an extensive rethink of the cupboards both below and above the counter.
Bedroom:
- More artwork/photos on the walls (since I don't have any up there now, even a few pieces will make a difference)
- Go through dresser and discard unused clothes
- Work on not cluttering up the top of my dresser with excessive clothes
- Move the bed to make an additional space on the other side for two bedside tables (I did this already!); buy another lamp
Hallway:
- Hang additional artwork
- Buy an area rug? (I actually have a rug for that space, but the cat tends to lounge on it so it gets dirty awfully fast, so I stopped using it.)
Office:
- Make it more of an "intellectual sanctuary" for my writing, reading and thinking (I did a lot of this yesterday when I rearranged the room and added a reading chair by the window)
- Clear excess clutter on the desk
- Clean out filing cabinet and drawer
- Add additional art pieces on walls (I want to frame posters from my exhibition and accompanying small press fair)
Living Room:
- Rearrange CDs and DVDs to give them a sense of order
- More artwork
- Reorganize book shelf, largely by purging book collection
- Clear the closet of unnecessary crap
That's really about it! Not overly daunting, I don't think. And as I said, I've already broken a rule by initiating one of the projects, which was doing a minor overhaul of the bedroom. I had been meaning to go through the bedside tables for a while to clean out the accumulated contents. It's amazing the things I found! A People Style from 2009 (this belonged to A. when we travelled to Argentina; not sure how or why it ended up in a drawer at my place), an iron, some t-shirts, two bottles of lube and about a dozen safes (I had to throw out most of them since they were past their sell-by dates). I also found two pairs of functioning headphones, and I finally threw out my very first iPod (which dates back to around 2005 and hasn't worked for years). Basically I'm happy to report that 2014 is off to a productive start!
Wish me luck as I continue my January Cure assignments.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
A new year, a new beginning?
I've long been a fan of the new year. Not the "eve" part - although last night was good fun, first at the operetta where my date and I pretty much halved the median age of attendees, and then back to her place for expensive champagne to toast the start of 2014 - but the idea of cracking open a new calendar has always appealed to me. I'm willingly self reflective by nature, so what's not to like about this time of year when one is pretty much expected to consider the year that was, and ponder on the year that will be. (The short answer to how my 2013 played out: it was mostly a good year full of fulfilling work and interesting travel, including a couple of weeks last month in Chile.) I'm also not above setting goals for myself for the next 12 months - and I do prefer the idea of goals rather than resolutions (although I admit this may simply be semantics). The funny (sad?) thing is that they tend to be the same every year! They revolve around the typical goals that most people set this time of year: to be a better person, to be more generous with my friends and to strangers, to exercise more, to read more, etc. (My friend H. had my favourite resolution, which he would roll out every new year's: "Less fretting, more fucking." There's a lot of wisdom there...)
The one word that always makes an appearance this time of year is "discipline."Basically what that means for me is discipling myself to work a little harder at my job, to not procrastinate as much and not waste time inside and outside of work. This past year was better than 2012 - I was especially good at taking advantage of this city's amazing cultural offerings, more so than in previous years - but I think I can do better. For one I want to discipline myself to write and reflect more, hence my decision to start blogging again.
My plan is to try something different with this blog by instituting a monthly theme. This month's will centre around the January Cure, which was suggested to me the other day by a friend. I'm going to track my progress - even if I don't have any readers, it will serve as a personal diary of my progress. It plays into another goal I've set myself for the coming year: to make my space feel more like a home. I've been a renter for my entire adult life - more out of necessity than choice since I can't afford to buy a home/condo/townhouse in an area of the city I want to live - and always felt that I'm sort-of transient: that the place I'm living is simply a waystation to my next destination. But I've been in this apartment for about four years now, and there's so much I love about it, including the neighbourhood. So I figure the time is right to make it reflect more of my personality, to add some personal and unique touches. To that end, I spent a big chunk of today doing a big reorganization of the office space, largely by shifting things around, purging a lot of crap, and adding a reading chair. I want this particular room to be something of an "intellectual" sanctuary for me (or what passes for intellectual in my world!). So far it feels good. It suggests good things to come in 2014.
The one word that always makes an appearance this time of year is "discipline."Basically what that means for me is discipling myself to work a little harder at my job, to not procrastinate as much and not waste time inside and outside of work. This past year was better than 2012 - I was especially good at taking advantage of this city's amazing cultural offerings, more so than in previous years - but I think I can do better. For one I want to discipline myself to write and reflect more, hence my decision to start blogging again.
My plan is to try something different with this blog by instituting a monthly theme. This month's will centre around the January Cure, which was suggested to me the other day by a friend. I'm going to track my progress - even if I don't have any readers, it will serve as a personal diary of my progress. It plays into another goal I've set myself for the coming year: to make my space feel more like a home. I've been a renter for my entire adult life - more out of necessity than choice since I can't afford to buy a home/condo/townhouse in an area of the city I want to live - and always felt that I'm sort-of transient: that the place I'm living is simply a waystation to my next destination. But I've been in this apartment for about four years now, and there's so much I love about it, including the neighbourhood. So I figure the time is right to make it reflect more of my personality, to add some personal and unique touches. To that end, I spent a big chunk of today doing a big reorganization of the office space, largely by shifting things around, purging a lot of crap, and adding a reading chair. I want this particular room to be something of an "intellectual" sanctuary for me (or what passes for intellectual in my world!). So far it feels good. It suggests good things to come in 2014.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
As Sunday evening rolls...
I'm trying not to look too closely at the calendar since we're pretty much halfway through August, which means the summer is quickly rolling to an end. That in and of itself doesn't get me down, especially since autumn is my favourite time of year - not to mention I have a number of things to look forward to, especially my week-long jaunt to Paris - but mostly because this idea I had of having a "summer romance and/or fling" hasn't exactly panned out as planned! I did have a mini-fling (about two weeks in duration) in early June, so I suppose I should be content with that. I won't bore you with my dating stories, mostly because I'm bored just thinking about them. No horror stories to tell, just that there's been a general flatness to these encounters of late. I think I need a respite.
One exciting I did do this weekend was order a mini subscription to the Canadian Opera Company for the coming season. I was a COC subscriber for a number of years back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, after I first discovered how much I loved opera and when I had some disposable income to play with. But then I went through a period when I didn't have very much disposable income... I would still go to the opera once in a while, but I didn't shell out big bucks for a whole season. Now that I'm back on fairly firm financial ground, the time seemed right to resubscribe. I didn't go in for a whole season, largely because the seat that kept popping up for when I wanted to subscribe (Wednesday nights) was one I didn't like. (It was way off to the side in the orchestra.) I had better luck with a smaller subscription when I could pick and choose areas of the house I wanted to sit, so I went with that option. Unfortunately most of the operas I bought are for 2013, and there's only in the coming months to look forward to (Il Trovatore in October). I also only bought a single a ticket - this saves me from having to scramble to find a companion that's actually interested in opera to accompany me (not to mention it's a lot less expensive). I decided that I simply need to take myself to the things that interest me in the city rather than always waiting for a suitable "date."
In the coming week I'm going to tackle my list of favourite films, in tribute to Sight and Sound's poll of the Greatest Film of All Time list they released a couple of weeks ago. I've been following this poll since I discovered the 1982 list when I was a teenager (albeit in a back issue - I wasn't quite a teen in 1982, after all). I love the controversy this poll seems to generate. I find it's just in good fun, not to mention it's a great resource for discovering films. (The magazine publishes a list of every film mentioned on its web site, along with the list of every contributor, although I don't think the current lists are up yet.) Anyway I know nobody really cares that much about my list, but it's a fun exercise for me. Stay tuned!
One exciting I did do this weekend was order a mini subscription to the Canadian Opera Company for the coming season. I was a COC subscriber for a number of years back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, after I first discovered how much I loved opera and when I had some disposable income to play with. But then I went through a period when I didn't have very much disposable income... I would still go to the opera once in a while, but I didn't shell out big bucks for a whole season. Now that I'm back on fairly firm financial ground, the time seemed right to resubscribe. I didn't go in for a whole season, largely because the seat that kept popping up for when I wanted to subscribe (Wednesday nights) was one I didn't like. (It was way off to the side in the orchestra.) I had better luck with a smaller subscription when I could pick and choose areas of the house I wanted to sit, so I went with that option. Unfortunately most of the operas I bought are for 2013, and there's only in the coming months to look forward to (Il Trovatore in October). I also only bought a single a ticket - this saves me from having to scramble to find a companion that's actually interested in opera to accompany me (not to mention it's a lot less expensive). I decided that I simply need to take myself to the things that interest me in the city rather than always waiting for a suitable "date."
In the coming week I'm going to tackle my list of favourite films, in tribute to Sight and Sound's poll of the Greatest Film of All Time list they released a couple of weeks ago. I've been following this poll since I discovered the 1982 list when I was a teenager (albeit in a back issue - I wasn't quite a teen in 1982, after all). I love the controversy this poll seems to generate. I find it's just in good fun, not to mention it's a great resource for discovering films. (The magazine publishes a list of every film mentioned on its web site, along with the list of every contributor, although I don't think the current lists are up yet.) Anyway I know nobody really cares that much about my list, but it's a fun exercise for me. Stay tuned!
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Sunday: end of week or beginning of next?
So where did I leave things?
It's Sunday night and I'm sliding into my evening. The last week of July - yikes, we'll soon be into August, meaning the summer will be half complete. Oh well, not a big deal considering autumn is truly my favourite time of year. And I've already got a few things lined up September, namely (wait for it...) a trip to Paris! So I guess that's the big news since I last wrote. It all happened very quickly.
I was chatting with my friend A., who was telling me about a planned trip he was taking this summer, and it got me thinking how wonderful it would be to have something exciting like that lined up. For some reason traveling to Paris popped into my head. It made sense in so many ways. One, I haven't been to the city of lights for 15 years. (And it was just the one time, for a few days at the end of July, before I headed to the south of France for a wedding.) Two, it's a city where it wouldn't be odd to be traveling by myself (as much as I'd love to travel with someone - this will be my first solo trip in about five years - it definitely looks like I'll be going alone). And three... well, it's Paris! I have a little over two weeks of vacation in September, and I think it's important for me to get out of town for at least some of it. So, I'll be off to Paris for a week come Sept. 11. (And yes, that's the date I'm traveling. It took me a while to figure out why that date was sticking in my head...)
So my travel preparations are beginning. The first order of business was finding an apartment to crash at for the week. It took me a few days, but I found a great little flat in the 11th Arrondissement. It's going to cost me right around 600Euros, which I figure is reasonable (for being in a good area and in a clean, cozy studio apartment - it even has a dishwasher). It comes equipped with a computer as well, so perhaps you'll find me blogging while I'm there. It's important to make others envious of this trip... Second priority, of course, is research, which I'm doing by watching films set in Paris (natch). I cheated a bit first by watching Truffaut's Small Change (set in a small French town), but returned on Friday by re-watching the wonderful Before Sunset (seems the flat I'm staying at is but a few streets away from the cafe where Jesse and Celine first stop in the film). Last night it was the fantastic 1950s crime drama Rififi, and tonight I'm going to watch Flight of the Red Balloon, directed by that well-known Frenchman Hsiao-hsien Hou. (Of course that's a joke - I'm curious if he actually speaks French at all! - but I love his films.) I saw the film when it was at TIFF back in 2007, and I think it demands another viewing.
I should mention that I've also recently become addicted to the musician Fiona Apple. Fiona, why did it take me so long to find you?!
It's Sunday night and I'm sliding into my evening. The last week of July - yikes, we'll soon be into August, meaning the summer will be half complete. Oh well, not a big deal considering autumn is truly my favourite time of year. And I've already got a few things lined up September, namely (wait for it...) a trip to Paris! So I guess that's the big news since I last wrote. It all happened very quickly.
I was chatting with my friend A., who was telling me about a planned trip he was taking this summer, and it got me thinking how wonderful it would be to have something exciting like that lined up. For some reason traveling to Paris popped into my head. It made sense in so many ways. One, I haven't been to the city of lights for 15 years. (And it was just the one time, for a few days at the end of July, before I headed to the south of France for a wedding.) Two, it's a city where it wouldn't be odd to be traveling by myself (as much as I'd love to travel with someone - this will be my first solo trip in about five years - it definitely looks like I'll be going alone). And three... well, it's Paris! I have a little over two weeks of vacation in September, and I think it's important for me to get out of town for at least some of it. So, I'll be off to Paris for a week come Sept. 11. (And yes, that's the date I'm traveling. It took me a while to figure out why that date was sticking in my head...)
So my travel preparations are beginning. The first order of business was finding an apartment to crash at for the week. It took me a few days, but I found a great little flat in the 11th Arrondissement. It's going to cost me right around 600Euros, which I figure is reasonable (for being in a good area and in a clean, cozy studio apartment - it even has a dishwasher). It comes equipped with a computer as well, so perhaps you'll find me blogging while I'm there. It's important to make others envious of this trip... Second priority, of course, is research, which I'm doing by watching films set in Paris (natch). I cheated a bit first by watching Truffaut's Small Change (set in a small French town), but returned on Friday by re-watching the wonderful Before Sunset (seems the flat I'm staying at is but a few streets away from the cafe where Jesse and Celine first stop in the film). Last night it was the fantastic 1950s crime drama Rififi, and tonight I'm going to watch Flight of the Red Balloon, directed by that well-known Frenchman Hsiao-hsien Hou. (Of course that's a joke - I'm curious if he actually speaks French at all! - but I love his films.) I saw the film when it was at TIFF back in 2007, and I think it demands another viewing.
I should mention that I've also recently become addicted to the musician Fiona Apple. Fiona, why did it take me so long to find you?!
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
The mid-week
Apologies for my whiny post from the weekend. I think I must have woke up on the proverbial wrong side of the bed. (Does adding "proverbial" absolve me from using cliches, I wonder?) I actually ended up having a nice weekend overall. First, some jazz at the Pilot:
And then later that evening, hanging out on my back deck with friend/colleague M. (One day I'm going to riff about my friendship with her, and how bizarre it is to be relatively good friends with her after lusting for her when I didn't even know her. That's a whole other story I don't feel in the mood to explore.) Sunday was a nice chill day spent reading on the couch, napping, and generally just loafing about. It was fun to watch the sheets of rain descend on my back deck as well.
After killing myself both Monday and Tuesday working on a newsletter which I edit (the things we do to put on our resume to help secure tenure!), I've mostly had a relaxing Wed. evening. First a run (this is me icing my tender left calf):
Then a nice pasta dinner:
Complemented rather nicely by a big bold red wine from Argentina. (The heat has passed, so it's safe to bring out the reds again.) I've spent much of the evening buying music off iTunes. When I bought my new computer about a month ago, I received a $100 gift certificate for the iTunes store (it was some promotion having to do with education; I was able to take advantage of the education discount), so I've slowly been making some new purchases. Tonight it was the new Punch Brothers, then took a flyer on a Canadian (but now NYC dwelling) jazz musician named Kris Davis, and then the new Brad Mehldau Trio recording. I also discovered Fiona Apple tonight, after taking out one of her CDs from the TPL. How have I missed her for all these years?! She's great!
So what's the point of this crazily boring post? I guess to say that I'm doing well. And to show off my dinner.
And then later that evening, hanging out on my back deck with friend/colleague M. (One day I'm going to riff about my friendship with her, and how bizarre it is to be relatively good friends with her after lusting for her when I didn't even know her. That's a whole other story I don't feel in the mood to explore.) Sunday was a nice chill day spent reading on the couch, napping, and generally just loafing about. It was fun to watch the sheets of rain descend on my back deck as well.
After killing myself both Monday and Tuesday working on a newsletter which I edit (the things we do to put on our resume to help secure tenure!), I've mostly had a relaxing Wed. evening. First a run (this is me icing my tender left calf):
Then a nice pasta dinner:
Complemented rather nicely by a big bold red wine from Argentina. (The heat has passed, so it's safe to bring out the reds again.) I've spent much of the evening buying music off iTunes. When I bought my new computer about a month ago, I received a $100 gift certificate for the iTunes store (it was some promotion having to do with education; I was able to take advantage of the education discount), so I've slowly been making some new purchases. Tonight it was the new Punch Brothers, then took a flyer on a Canadian (but now NYC dwelling) jazz musician named Kris Davis, and then the new Brad Mehldau Trio recording. I also discovered Fiona Apple tonight, after taking out one of her CDs from the TPL. How have I missed her for all these years?! She's great!
So what's the point of this crazily boring post? I guess to say that I'm doing well. And to show off my dinner.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Question(s) of the day
As I was lying groggily in my bed this morning around 6:15 - it seems I no longer have the ability to sleep in, even on weekends, no matter what time I hit the sheets at night - trying to figure out how to spend my day of leisure (should I go see some aft. jazz at the Pilot? look for a new pair of shorts to replace the ones that got all torn up from my bike mishap with the streetcar tracks on Wed. night? buy some new running shoes to see if that's the cause of this lingering left calf problem? head down to MEC to look for a knapsack and/or bike pannier? work on a newsletter that I'm woefully behind on? lounge around the apartment and/or do some tidying up? As you can see, the options are many), I got to thinking: am I actually enjoying my life right now? More specifically, am I making the most of my weekends, indulging my passions and pleasures when I have more time to spare?
While I tend to crave these weekends where I have no commitments, it's got me wondering exactly why I don't have any commitments. The short answer, of course, is that I'm no longer in a committed relationship, with its weekend expectations of "hanging out" with one's significant other - that's freed up much of my non-work time. Most of my close friends have young families which understandably eat up their weekends. (They're very good at making the time to hang out during the work week though, which is great.) There are some others I can "tap" to make plans with, but I tend to be reluctant to hang with people I don't consider close friends - that's just the way I operate, I'm afraid. I'm also bereft of dating companionship as well - one of these days I'll bore you with the mechanics and machinations of the online dating world, which is often frustrating and futile - which is actually not a major source of frustration (at least right now).
I think I'm just a mite peeved at myself that I've become somewhat apathetic about pursuing those things that do make me content with my lot in life. And I need to figure out where this apathy is coming from. I'll admit to feeling extremely melancholic of late - but is this a classic "chicken or the egg" situation, where my melancholy is the result of my apathy or the cause of it? I miss the lovely A. tremendously as well, so that too must be having a negative impact on my overall mood and my feelings of self worth.
Anyway I'm really just thinking aloud here. I didn't mean this to sound like a sucky, whiny post!
I think I will go to the Pilot for the jazz. That tends to put a hop in my step. Sometimes literally.
While I tend to crave these weekends where I have no commitments, it's got me wondering exactly why I don't have any commitments. The short answer, of course, is that I'm no longer in a committed relationship, with its weekend expectations of "hanging out" with one's significant other - that's freed up much of my non-work time. Most of my close friends have young families which understandably eat up their weekends. (They're very good at making the time to hang out during the work week though, which is great.) There are some others I can "tap" to make plans with, but I tend to be reluctant to hang with people I don't consider close friends - that's just the way I operate, I'm afraid. I'm also bereft of dating companionship as well - one of these days I'll bore you with the mechanics and machinations of the online dating world, which is often frustrating and futile - which is actually not a major source of frustration (at least right now).
I think I'm just a mite peeved at myself that I've become somewhat apathetic about pursuing those things that do make me content with my lot in life. And I need to figure out where this apathy is coming from. I'll admit to feeling extremely melancholic of late - but is this a classic "chicken or the egg" situation, where my melancholy is the result of my apathy or the cause of it? I miss the lovely A. tremendously as well, so that too must be having a negative impact on my overall mood and my feelings of self worth.
Anyway I'm really just thinking aloud here. I didn't mean this to sound like a sucky, whiny post!
I think I will go to the Pilot for the jazz. That tends to put a hop in my step. Sometimes literally.
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