Things that are good

Whenever I am in a kind of bad mood and coherent enough to realize it I like to think of small things that are really good; I'm not sure it really does anything other than refocus my energy on positive things, but that in itself is fine for me, and I'll take it.

So here's some really great things to think about.

- TEVA SANDALS: I just got some of these and they are ridiculous. You can hike in them AND they are sandals. It's the best of both worlds.

- LONG RUNS: It is great to be on your feet for a really long time, especially when you look at your watch and it says 1:45:41 and you think, well, I guess I probably should stop, but I'M NOT EVEN TIRED. Ah... gosh, it feels good to run long and not feel tired!

- FIFTY-DEGREE WEATHER: It was 47 this morning!!! YES!!!!!

- COFFEE FROM THE GAS STATION: It's terribly awesome! It's awful... and yet so good.

- COURIER NEW: I love Courier New font. I have been using it for almost everything recently; it's so great! Now when I type a "1" my whole line doesn't scoot over and throw my tables off. Making equity tables has never been more enjoyable (it has never been enjoyable in the first place, though!)

- MINI GRAPH PAPER NOTEBOOK: I ran out of stuff to take notes on while I was in a bookstore, so I had to buy a notebook. Normally I loathe bookstore notebooks because they are stupid looking and wide space, but lo! I found a mini graph paper notebook. Best, it's the 50 scale type graph paper (5 boxes to the inch), which is what we use for forestry stuff, instead of the quad paper that I had before.

- THE LORE OF RUNNING: Some cool book I read while I was here that talks all about the biochemistry of running. According to S, he wrote in my recommendation letter that he decided to like me after he saw me at a book sale, reading "The Biochemistry of Nematodes" (true story). He asked something like "what in the hell are you doing?" and I said, "reading about nematodes; I don't know anything about them, and they infest trees, so I thought I should learn." Didn't think anything of the event myself, but it just goes to show: PICK UP RANDOM BIOCHEM BOOKS YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS WATCHING.

- RUNNING GROUND PINE: Running ground pine just makes me feel like a brontosaurus sometimes, and I like that.

- CABLE YARDING: Watch some Youtubes of that stuff, it's intense. Brave souls, those cable yarders are!

- HANS SOLO: I just feel happy when I think of Hans Solo. No idea where that came from.

Okay, that should bring much positive attitude.