January 12, 2003
the rules
My body is not currently a happy body - shoulders, wahtever those are at the back
of the underarms, thighs, and the blisters on my feet. It made getting into the
Orange Crush with its newly removed side steps into quite an experience.
cFortunately I should still still be sore tomorrow, so I'll know it was a
successful weekend. Just been offered a massage -- bye!
[Later]
OK, somewhat better, though still a bit sore. This is one of the rules I live by:
1) Always go to the bathroom when you're at one, because you don't know how far
off the next one will be. (Obviously this applies mostly during travel or on
hikes.) 2) Never turn down an offered massage (assuming the offerer is someone you
want touching you). 3) Never miss an opportunity to do or learn something
enjoyable, interesting and rare. I've heard of people turning down chances to do
everything from skydiving free to studying at CERN in Switzerland for the summer,
and the waste annoys me.
On an entirely unrelated topic, here's a picture I took of Rudder with the beard
he grew during vacation, just before he shaved it off. Now, it's clearly not the
most flattering shot ever taken of him, but I think it makes it quite clear why I
hated seeing that beard go. Imagine that face now with the long hair he refuses
ever to grow, factor in that Aragorn was one of the major reasons I enjoyed The
Two Towers so much and ..... granted I'm biased but if you use a bit of
imagination the resemblance isn't totally in my head.
