log entries of timotheus

So, today is Saturday. I’ve got a stomach bug or something, not feeling 100%, or even 70%. My body is receiving a failing grade right now. Going to try to be productive today, but when you’re feeling rough it’s not always easy. What do I mean when I say ‘be productive’? Well, that’s easy. I’m basically trying to psyche myself up to do either some web coding, writing, or getting things done around the house, like cleaning.

The last ten days I’ve been doing a lot of reading, which is good. I consider reading to be partially productive, in the sense that I’m adding to my mental codex of writing skills, and I’m learning things to boot. I looked back at June, and I think I only read like two books! That is a travesty of epic proportions. Next up in the book pile is a biography on Freud, “Battle Royale”, and Naruto. I’m to the point now in Naruto where I think I need to watch some of the anime. Oh, and speaking of books, Neal Stephenson has a new book coming out September 9th called “Anathem“. I hate buying new releases in hardcover, but I just don’t know if I can wait for this puppy to be in the local library system.

I’ve been thinking a lot about our current form of government, and I’m putting together a new way of running a government of any size. I might use a wiki to explain how the system works, not sure yet. Right now it is filling up my Moleskin Cahier notepad.

I also brought five books on Calculus down from my upstairs storage, and I’m going through them again. I really am enjoying it, and thinking back to all my school I’ve done, it’s the math in everything that I always liked the most. If I had sacks of money, maybe I would go back to school to get a second degree in Mathematics.

I’d like to take a second to talk about LOTRO, and my absence from the game. First, I think it’s a great game, and a lot of fun. I’ve just been having a problem with video games in general lately. I play them, and I think, “This is cool, but my universe would be better because of this..”. Essentially, why play in a gaming universe when there are dozens of universes in my mind that I want to share with others. Yet, I think books are a fine use of your time, so maybe that is a double standard. I think when my life was more involved with my office job I enjoyed video games more since it was an easy way to escape. Now, I go hiking and exploring for reals! Also, the MMO thing just seems to be bent on taking as much of your time as it possibly can. A game of “Battle For Westnoth” or “Armageddon Empires” seems ok, because there is an end to the game within an hour or two.

I don’t know if that makes sense to you, but it does to me.

I want to blog more, but I’m not promising anything. Ideally, I’d like to update this at least twice a week. I think that is doable. Once on Wednesday, once on the weekend? Maybe.