Saturday, 29 November 2008
Thursday, 27 November 2008
fucking zombies
Heard ruckus last night coming through the bus tunnel, woke up this morning to find half the cars parked on the street had their driver's side wing mirror kicked in, including mine. fucking zombies. >:(
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
little red book
Had a discussion last week with a friend of how I am not one of those people who sets life goals, how I tend to look at 6-12months in advance but no further. Well. Then of course I found a little red notebook I had forgotten about... on the first page in uppercase I have printed LIFE GOALS. Hmm. And have scribbled notes under the headings financial, career, relationshiops, spiritual and health.
Think I wrote these down about 6-8 months ago when I was at a low point, in an attempt to find some direction to my life, and no doubt spurred by something I'd read. It is encouraging that I have actually made some progress in most of those categories. Certainly the satisfaction of planning ahead and seeing your goals achieved is nice, but I can't help thinking defensively, what if they fail? (Read: what if I fail?). Pessimistic, I know, but it is a safe and predictable place in my mind. Besides, I always thought it was restrictive to plan too far ahead, like it might blind you to other opportunities. But maybe there is some value to some higher-level goals at least.
On another note, I went through another phase of anxiety last week, similar to how I felt around this time. Wonder if there is a pattern emerging. Will stay tuned. Think I might be beginning to understand myself better now. :)
Think I wrote these down about 6-8 months ago when I was at a low point, in an attempt to find some direction to my life, and no doubt spurred by something I'd read. It is encouraging that I have actually made some progress in most of those categories. Certainly the satisfaction of planning ahead and seeing your goals achieved is nice, but I can't help thinking defensively, what if they fail? (Read: what if I fail?). Pessimistic, I know, but it is a safe and predictable place in my mind. Besides, I always thought it was restrictive to plan too far ahead, like it might blind you to other opportunities. But maybe there is some value to some higher-level goals at least.
On another note, I went through another phase of anxiety last week, similar to how I felt around this time. Wonder if there is a pattern emerging. Will stay tuned. Think I might be beginning to understand myself better now. :)
Monday, 10 November 2008
Hell's Belles and Holyspokes!
...it wasn't too bad actually! We only did the 6hr event, which equated to just over and hour (average) on the bike for each of us. We managed 10 1/2 laps in the time on the ~7km course, not bad considering our lack of preparation for the event! :) No lubricant required (Thanks Dave - Helen had thought of it) I did invest in some decent shorts though! We placed 26th out of the 27 teams that entered... but full of enthusiasm for doing it again next year!! I want my own bike now, but am holding out to buy it on my return to Adelaide, so I have a set of wheels to get around on while I'm there. Fastest of our team clocked a lap around the 24min mark; I was happy with my 36min and 34min laps considering my lack of experience, aerobic fitness etc! The hardouts were aiming for about 15min - sorry to the guys I slowed up in the no-overtaking section
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