Everyday fun

[wiseheart]

After an incredible heat weave, now we've had strong winds for the last couple of days. The sort that tears away the roofs and uproots century-old trees. In our 10-floor concrete building with its faulty isolation it means that now we are freezing. In July. And while it's still better than 26 degrees in shadow, it's not really what you'd call normal weather.

Going to the fitness studio has an additional advantage (I mean aside from knocking my sorry condition in higher gear). I get to read all the books I didn't want to spend time exclusively with while sitting on the bike and other machines where I don't have to count. So, I've finished The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett in a week, read an incredibly lame Andromeda novel (and I'm glad I did it during exercises, because it would be a true waste of time otherwise) and am now reading an Atlantis novel titled The Chosen. Also not a big deal. Not only concentrates it solely on the lead team (and we all know how I feel about Sheppard, yes?) but also keeps killing off any moderately likeable original characters. I hope to be done with it today.

My computer screen is in its last throes, I'm afraid. The black stripes on the upper and bottom rands seems to have gotten broader. I hope my cousin appears with a new one, soon.

Comments

[cirdan-havens.livejournal.com]

That is kind of nice. :) I've never been able to read while exercising but I often wish I could. Of course, now I'm neither reading nor exercising... :/

And I figured out a better way to describe angst would be the new slang for anxiety or feeling anxious. I'm sure it's related to the German angst but was appropriated differently in the language.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I won't be exercising, either, if not for the French Trip (TM). I need to be in a better condition for an 11-day bus trip, that's why I started the whole thing.

Angst means simply fear in German, so yeah, it's a bit different.

[ajmckay.livejournal.com]

I was the same way before I cancelled my gym membership (was getting too busy and needed to save money, so opted for taking long walks and keeping active over the summer other ways). I couldn't read when I was going too fast, but if I was pacing myself on slower speeds I got things done.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

OMG! I'm SOOOOOO glad u found anuther Atlantis book w/ Shep in it cuz I no how much u LURRRRRRV Shep! Does it have the other guy in it 2? R they, like, in LURRRV? Is it, like, McShep? SQUEEEE!!! [pauses to barf in nearby trashcan]

Seriously, I'm glad you have some relief from the heat, although it would be nice if the wind died down a bit. Concrete building without insulation...oooo that can get cold!

Good for you for getting to the gym so regularly! I haven't been for months now: first it was the Endless Sinus-Ear-Chest Infection, now the hernia makes even walking at a normal pace uncomfortable. I'm looking forward to being able to go swimming again once this is fixed. You're quite right: getting yourself into better shape now will pay off handsomely when you're traveling. If you spot Boromir, you want to be able to chase him up the tower and corner him!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Nay, they're not in LURRVE - actually it's one of those "McKay is a jerk and Shep has to put up with him" sort of stories. *joins the barfing section*

Oh, and by the way - happy birthday! I wish I had a story for you, but the muses are being cantankerous. I was lucky to find the short smutty part for archet, I don't seem able to locate another lost piece for you. *is sad*

If I manage to chase Boromir up a tower, I'll take a picture for you. ;)