With my efforts to reorganize my various projects underway and some semblance of order descending o’er the battlefield, I imagine that a new way of being may alight as well: one that has less ‘screen time’ than before. I’ve already drastically reduced my TV consumption, and I think a corresponding reduction in computer usage is also in order. Unless I’m writing, or doing writing-related research (or maybe cooking and need a recipe), I’d prefer not having the bloody thing on all the time. Computers fit into life, not vice versa.

I’ve so much I want to do (writing, reading, cooking, exercise, family and friends) that I am becoming more jealous of that which takes away from those things.

A desktop picture came up on my laptop today with a graffiti of a television and the words ‘This Machine Lies.’ I need to track down where I last left off in Bleak House before getting sidetracked.

Things are really coming together nicely. I’ve transferred the bare minimum of cards for carrying on myself to a plastic sleeve I’d been using redundantly for some items. Now just one small packet not much bigger than the cards themselves, with Driver’s License, ATM/Credit Card, Health Insurance, Office Pass Key, and Gym Card. Other things like AAA, Blockbuster, CostCo, etc. stay in the wallet, which (for now) stays in my backpack, but which will probably wind up in the car. So much nicer!

I’m feeling the urge to get on the bike soon. Depending on schedules and weather, I’m going to try to do that this weekend, if not before.

Mmmm. New legal pads. Mmmmm.

Still conflicted about the VoodooPad cutoff. On the one hand, I don’t regret handling the journal in plaintext files, at all. On the other, well I do miss the wiki-nature of the thing. Perhaps this will be worked out sooner than I think with the completion of Notanda — a script could handle uploading of text files to the localhost database. Or something. Stuff to think about. For now, between the Moleskine analog and this digital, it’s good.

I will be upping my sets during today’s workout to 2 sets x 12 reps — LifeCircuit reps, which means 6 at full capacity and 6 of increasing/decreasing weight. Assuming this goes well, in a couple-few weeks I’ll move to three sets.

Later, perhaps moving to the Workout 3 stage mentioned on that page, four times a week: M,Th (chest, shoulders, triceps) and Tu,F (back, biceps). 4 sets of 8-12 reps.

My arms are vibrating. ;)

On the other hand, maybe I will wind up ordering VoodooPad. ;D God, I don’t know why I’m so indecisive about this. Or rather, too decisive back and forth.

Maybe because there are good parts to both.

Too bad VoodooPad isn’t open source, ‘cause then I could fart around with integrating it with Notanda.