i bought a bike yesterday, which was awesome. it is used; “a beater” is what the shop owner called it. i think it will work out well. i even rode it up the hill and around the neighborhoods for a little while. i was supposed to play ultimate frisbee today but i slept horribly. i kept having the same pointless dream over and over and it kept waking me up. i think i am worried about lots of things right now: work, school, teaching next week, my ACL article, Eriko’s visit… i cancelled on frisbee. i can’t blame it entirely on a poor night’s sleep, though, because it likely contributed to the poor night’s sleep. i’m not good at frisbee and the pressure of playing on a team that wants to win make me very anxious. it isn’t just that i play poorly; i don’t even know the rules. i think if i just go to the next game with the intention of doing nothing more than watching i might not feel so much pressure. i’m hoping i can shrug off these worried blues and ride my bike to UW today; if it’s bearable than i want to ride to and from class.

i’m not hungry for dinner. could be the big lunch i had, or the cheerios and milk i snacked on when i got home. in other news, i got Linux working on this handheld Jornada. it doesn’t work very well (yet) but its sweet!

so far, not so good.. i missed dinner yesterday; i just wasn’t hungry. i also drank half a glass of wine in the evening and then promptly went to sleep. i’m going to cut that out as well (in fact, I might try for nothing but water) because i keep waking up congested and i’m trying to determine if this is an allergy or diet-related.

This life is yours. Some of it was given to you; the rest, you made yourself.

no coffee; i’m concerned that some of my physical symptoms could be due to my recent adoption of coffee as a routine beverage.

o water, water, water o fruits and vegetables every day o three regular meals, every day