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December 28, 2002
set up, knock down
I rode my bike around Battersea and Clapham this afternoon. The street is bumpy and uneven, there are no bike paths. There are many planes circling overhead, always the planes. It used to be I could hear the jets flying over my house in Bernal Heights, but here they are not so much heard as they are seen. Big bloated birds, they make London seem so important, people coming and going, always coming and going, even if you can’t see them all from your seat at Fresh & Wild's juice bar on Lavender Hill. People want to be here. London is an important place, so the planes tell me.
I have been trying to get myself together. For many months now actually, but as some things are finally sorting themselves out, like a decent place to live, it becomes more pressing. It's just a coincidence that the New Year coincides with my need to get myself on some sort of path. I loathe the idea of making new year's resolutions, to come up with a list of self-improvements just because of the date on the calendar. Indeed, making resolutions seem destined for failure. People who tend to make them are the same people that clog up the gyms and yoga classes every January, only to abandon their plans a few weeks later. (Thank god for that, actually. Who likes crowds?) I prefer to set goals. (Which always brings to my mind the CIV song set your goals. Come on all you sXe's out there, sing along! Pump your fist in the air!) Anyway, although I mention that I am making some goals, I prefer to keep them to myself. Set your own!
I added another list to my lists page. It's an exercise from a self-help book (yeah, I know, groan all you want) that I found on my hard drive. The list is qualities of my dream job/hell job. I didn’t really find it helpful at all in finding a job, as most real jobs involve doing crap you hate. But it was fun to think about, maybe someday a reality. If you’re not doing your dream job right now, make up a list of your own whydontcha?
Another thing I wanted to post was the song that inspired the name for this site, Silkworm's Nerve's from their Firewater release. Its not a great song, but one day it just stuck in my head.
Posted by shannon at December 28, 2002 08:45 PM