Two Oh One One. One, one one. One a.m.

O gracious it's been a while. So many thoughts. So little I feel I can divulge here. Today was a tender day, but still I held my head high and got tons of stuff done. The world still spins and tomorrow everything will be fine.

I have been experimenting with the social networking thingys out there beyond Facebook. Tumblr, for example, which I finally explored on New Year's Day, and also Twitter, on an account I have had but have until recently not been inspired to use much. I like Tumblr, but I am torn. Do I throw my address up on my facebook page like a shameless marketer of my own minutiae, or do I bide my time and find a new, as yet unknown, tribe?

Also on New Year's day, I discovered Mark Sisson and his book, The Primal Blueprint. It's a dieting/exercise/philosophical handbook of sorts, and so far I am buying what he's selling, (and what he is giving away for free). It's a protein-rich, grains-free, natural food and rational and varied movement -type plan, and it makes a lot of sense, though I can understand how it would be more difficult for some to adapt to than others, lacking certain resources and will to change. But I can also see how even some of the small changes included in this concept could cause immediate benefit. I for one am feeling pretty excited about being more in control of losing fat while maintaining a very sane work-out schedule (especially since some of this winter weather we are having finds me barely working out at all), and feeling satiated and well-energized.

Other stuff: Been doing the bi-yearly clutter clear, inspired by the odd Hoarders episode in my memory banks and a broad overview of the new Minimalist Movement, also discovered on the blogs and tumblrs found in New Year's Day. Bedroom clear space was the priority, and now that has been done, it's down to catagorizing the stuff that's going up for auction, out to the Brockihaus second-hand shops, or into the dumpster..

So there is yet other stuff...Stuff in the back and stuff in the front, on the surface and underneath. Saving up time and dough for some travel, tho' I feel split in about five directions. Need to go to Australia, and U.S. for family and just to look at it up close again, but there are places I have never been that I would also like to go, without any agenda, and finally perhaps I would like to take a tiny break somewhere just for myself, gasp. So It's down to planning even though it is nice to pretend sometimes that my resources and aplomb are such that I could just throw some stuff in a bag and hop a train an hour after I finally make up my mind. Also there are certain days when I must will myself not to do that very thing because though to start a journey in just that way is tempting and appealing, there are a few things that cannot just be dropped in my real daily life. No duh, huh, babe.