Navel Gazing: The Books That Changed My Life - Oh Henry

Walden - HD Thoreau

I like lots of his short writings too, and I don't love Walden cover to cover--I'm not enough of a nature girl to like all the nature-ee descriptions. But there are other chapters where Thoreau chastises us for not living more simply, and his words are probably more relevant today than ever before. He also stresses the importance of knowing yourself, digging into who you are, approaching yourself as an undiscovered territory. In the end, I think he's too much on the side of individualism, and underestimates the importance of community--but when it comes to Individualism, there's no better advocate.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

meuuuuuuuh

I'm actually getting tired of tv (on the net or on the tube.) But I don't have the energy for anything else. Meuuuuuuuuh. I called in sick for work tomorrow, cause I want my energy back before I dive back into my week.

I can't even remember all things I watched today. ...Some Dr Phil, a Morse episode I think, the beginning of Dawn of the Dead, clips of Chris Lilley stuff on youtube, part of The Notebook, the Starsky and Hutch movie (not very funny), and now I'm watching Entourage from Surfthechannel. Behhhhh.

I don't even want to go to bed because last night I had creepy dreams. I don't know what happened in them, only that they felt disturbing. I think it was cause my body was in pain, and it was translating to my dreams. I was uncomfortable. And woke up feeling that way. And felt that way all day.

blehhh still feeling sick

i have no energy, but i lay in bed for an hour and couldn't sleeps

i shall spleuh on the couch and watch inspector morse

Man am I tired. After the library I went back to bed for another 3 hours.

tired, but not yet grumbly

I slept for 10 hours. Went to the library to get a book they transferred in for me, before they send it back (the next Georgia Nicholson!) I was SO exhausted by then, I had to take two sitting breaks on the (5 minute) walk back home. Now I'm having faux-chicken broth, and I've got some Inspector Morse and Prime Suspect mysteries from the library to keep me occupied.

grumgrum grumble

I think we have the Norwalk virus. That's the gastro most likely for adults to get.

Just took another 4 hour sleeps. My tummy is still grrrrrumbly.

Will attempt a little Jell-o.