inventory

have been v. busy lately, and haven't updated as often as i'd've liked. apparently a couple nights of not quite enough sleep catch up with you quicker when you've been working ten and twelve hour days. and when i work now, i work. my work productivity has hit that hockey stick flash point. and i'm pleased about that.

but being sick the past week and some has been a bummer. i tried practicing banjo for the first time tonight in ages. my fingers still remember the moves, but slowly like i'm moving through molasses. and i want to be able to play fanciness. and rock and roll.

things that have been on (or passed through) the mind:
- i am tired.
- what can i do about the industrial food system and the havoc it's wreaking on our health?
- where will my new desk be post-shuffle, and will it have a window?
- oh yes, i bought this cauliflower at the farmer's market, how pleasant.
- how can i turn my icelandic-european farming adventure into a specific research project?
- will work really pay my health insurance if i say i want to learn about organic farming and how realistic it is as a sustainable alternative to industrial agriculture?
- are 2/3rds of the people i see on the street really obese or overweight and is the scale at my parents' house flattering me into thinking i'm not one of them?
- where can i buy "whole grains" and is that something you can bake bread with?
- how nice it is that the alocasia plant at work put out a big new leaf just when i thought it was unhappy.
- how the tea i made today is still sitting at my desk because i forgot to drink it.
- it is a shame that bluegrass banjos are so heavy.
- i am tired.
- i should get out those icelandic tapes that came in the mail the other day.
- when is a good time to join the peace corps?
- do i really need to have my wisdom teeth out, and if so, how will i get home and feed myself afterwards?
- do you suppose there are enough eligible men in iceland that i might get on with one of them?
- maybe a swede would do well enough?
- a scot?
- a liverpuddlian?
- maybe i should buy another bar of chocolate.
- should i buy cycling shoes?
- oh good, earl scruggs isn't playing hardly strictly on friday after all.
- need to email the seattle kids to let them know i'm coming.
- need to sleeeeeeep.