Random Thoughts

by JS

My recent project to get back into shape is ramping up quite a bit. I was looking at old photographs the other day and reminiscing about the heady days of during and just after high school. I don’t have a particularly good memory, though I seem to understand the rough outline of how I felt at the time, and I’ve been struggling with how I can feel nostalgia for a time when I do not remember being particularly happy.

I was in the best shape of my life back then, even if my continually self-doubting nature would not or could not recognize it at the time. Since then I’ve been shedding good habits for bad, often in pursuit of the kind of casual adaptation that various places tend to force upon adults. The real world, it seems, is less about striving than about trying not to forget too quickly. But I’ve been living in Austin as a student for awhile now, and by now I’ve realized that singular interests often result in singular disappointments, and that a diversity of interests is not the zero sum game I thought it was.

In other random news:

  • The price of a haircut rose $1 since my last trim.
  • The luge governing body issued a statement prevaricating on the nature of causality.
  • Uchi is louder than I thought it would be, and the parking situation leaves a lot to be desired.
  • I have Google Apps set up for this domain!
  • I also have Google Voice: (512) 814-8037.
  • I agree with Peter Norvig that data is unreasonably effective — until it isn’t.