dizzykj

Right.  I spent March through May completely enveloped in a project and have just gotten back from 10 days away with no cel phone or interweb. 

This means that I have missed out on most of the internets (and a fair bit of the real world) since about mid April.

So, people - what fic has been written that I must read? What movies have come out that I must see? What memes have come to life that I should find? What should I be doing with my life in July (other than the looking-for-work and finding-a-new-flat things)?

... realised I today when on phone to imyril that not only am I very tired and not quite recovered from last week's work-whilst-having-tonsillitis, I have only seen friends once since I started my new contract.  That was one evening in early March.  

Right now I'm tired, quite low, and generally a bit sad.  I'm trying not to beat myself up about lack of exercise - I know this will make me feel a bit better, but I have to accept that I'm getting over illness and starting back again next week will be ok.

I really do love my work and this contract is being awesome (unlike the madness of last year).  I'm learning a lot and the project itself is exactly what I would have wished for.  It's just taking a lot out of my mentally as I'm spending around 6 hours a day running intense needs-analysis interviews, and another 3 or 4 traveling or doing normal work.

This would be ok if I had gotten some balance by seeing my friends, but instead I've been focusing on getting early nights and resting.  This is good to a point, but I miss my friends and I'm going to make sure I see people regularly from now on.

I do not understand!

(@taraljc - I'm looking at you)

... I really hate tonsillitis.

I don't celebrate St. Georges day (I find patriotism scary), I don't celebrate any Jewish holidays (they're predominitely religous), I don't really celebrate Christmas (It's nice to the family and all, but I don't really care about December 25th per say).

I do celebrate Pi Day. A day to be amazed at the wonder and beauty of numbers, mathematics and the universe in general.

I'm not sure if this will post at the right time, but I've tried to schedule it for 1.59pm (LJ doesn't give the option of adding in the 27 seconds...).

So, to all my amazing friends who are geeks, to the interweb in general and to mathematicians everywhere:

HAPPY Pi DAY*

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196442881097566593344612847564823378678316527120190914564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127372458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436789259036001133053054882046652138414695194151160943305727036575959195309218611738193261179310511854807446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912983367336244065664308602139494639522473705392171762931767523846748184676694051320005681271452635608277857713427577896091736371787214684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290219608640344181598136297747713099605187072113499999983729780499510597317328160963185950244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881710100031378387528865875332083814206171776691473035982534904287554687311595628638823537875937519577818577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989380952572010654858632788659361533818279682303019520353018529689957736225994138912497217752834791315155748572424541506959

* yes, yes - March 14th is Pi Day using the US date format. I shall also be celebrating Pi Approximation Day (22/7)

... have all the stats but not the energy to do anything with them. 

This is ok though, as the reason I'm so knackered is a new client!  Been on site for a week and a half and it's brilliant - massively complex and very challenging - exactly the kind of thing I love!

Promise to look after myself (today not being a good example - ended up having lunch at 5.30pm) and keep up the exercise. 

Bed now though - forgot quite how knackering this whole getting-up-every-day-and-going-to-work-thing was.

ok - am feeling like crap right now as have horrid head-cold, but realised that if I don't post this now, I'll forget to get around to it.

In January, I managed:

60k running
40k cycling (recliner bike)
3.5m swim

My longest run was 7.29k and my best week was w/c Jan 10th - 23.3k total for running.

This is pretty good as my aim was 60k/40k and I managed it. 

On the down-side, I only did one weight-training session and 2 pilates classes due to shoulder being screwed.  It's getting better, but I'm not going to be able to do any weights 'til at lease the end of Feb.

My Feb target is now:

65k running
40k cycle
4k swim
8 pilates classes

I know that the running target is pretty harsh as Feb is shorter than Jan and I only just managed the 60k in Jan, but I figure I'll try for it anyway.  I want to up my runs to 7/1 pattern (Jan was 6/1) and try to average 6.5k per run.  As I'm not doing early morning weight-training, I'll try for some early morning runs instead .

I also want to try a clean diet for a week - no starches at all and no added sugar in anything.  It's really horrid for the first few days, but after that, my body feels much better and I then go back to eating starch-carbs once or twice a week.  I'd start it today, but what with head-cold-gruriness I'm giving my body a treat of take-out...

My friends Charlie and Aleric bought me a Christmas present - a venetian mask.
It fits so perfectly that we have decided that I must have spent some of my miss-spent-youth modeling for venetian mask-makers..
x

Have just uploaded my book spreadsheet to Library Thing.  Good news? 937 of my books have ISBN numbers so have been able to batch upload them.  Bad news? Need to manually input over 700 more...

If you want to see the collection so far, it's here.