running log

i ran 4 miles this morning, so i'm at 11 for the week. it was a good run, interrupted by a couple of unexpected sidewalk blockages due to construction (one small, one huge)--there was construction happening on both of these sites before, but the sidewalk blockages are new. i had to cross the street at the big construction site--with the help of a crossing guard.

i'm so grateful for running. it's really helping me to stay sane right now. (to the extent that i ever was sane, i guess.) it's rhythmic, meditative, helps to dissipate stress and tension, and gives me time and space to think, to just be. and breathe.

today i'll be home working all day. i'm hoping to get my syllabus and course packet finalized by early to mid afternoon. then some more work on my prospectus, which i haven't quite finished yet. hopefully i'll finish that today or tomorrow, and then i'll turn my attention to reading for the duke feminism workshop, and finalizing an abstract/proposal for a conference i'd like to attend in july--it's being held in oxford, england. if the proposal is accepted, this will be my first trip overseas *ever*.

iggy and the stooges reunite

from an article on yahoo:

During question time, Pop was asked about his slim physique. He credited tai chi exercises, "but I'm not spiritual about it." He cryptically added: "I had a benefactor, and when I hit about 45, he just went, 'You're either gonna be like the potato, or the dude."

heh.

part of me loves that he's pushing 60 and still lean and mean--down with ageist stereotypes! he doesn't look all that different from his photo on the cover of raw power. another part of me is rolling its eyes, that people feel the need to focus on his physique. yet another part of me is thinking..."the dude will abide."

it's odd, though. i'm listening to damien rice right now. how's that for a juxtaposition? i think my brain might explode.

(ah, switching to bowie now...that's better. he's right after damien rice in my i-tunes, because of course i-tunes puts them both in D for "damien" and "david" instead of in B for "bowie" and R for "rice.")