hmmm

post yummy brunch and trip to farmers market while still asleep. the place we like to get strawberries from were both sold out by our 9:50 arrival. but we got some conventional but yummy ones anyway. gym class was good, but realized i won't be able to go as much as i want b/c this week going to thing so can volunteer on birding cruises and then our csa starts...but also lava takes a summer break and israel tickets are expensive and i'm only working 2 weeks this summer so can't really pay for more pilates etc... 2 days later. humid and procrastinating going to gym, which will make me late for bbq. also need to go to uws for pseudo brother inlaws 40th b'day. nice hike yesterday,sucks that renting a car costs so much, but got to spend some time near water which i love and saw a frog and gorgeous millepede. and a trip to jackson hieghts for some yummy chappati, or other type of bread def made the trip worth it.

thoughts on the whole benefit scene

was at a benefit that raised 200,000 was that before or after the cost of the event? how much food was wasted? (although somewhat less than could have been) the main course was vegetarian, but meat was passed beforehand. first year there was a departing gift, really-did that money need to be spend and plastic wasted? (plantable paper flowers) possibly a little bitter b/c i was sat at a shitty table, although i did meet someone who was responsible for getting my grad program off the ground, and another well rounded individual with a highish up public interest law job who did not know what city council district he is in, which makes me feel a little better for not knowing who some of my elected officials are. next morning. should be at work, but changed schedule this morning. so lazing. instead of writing reports or getting shit together. lazing is good, lazing that turns into being late is bad--which is what i am en route for. going to checkout a sports conditioning class at gym tonight. i think it's going to kick my ass. but hopefully in a good way. need to drop off laundry, but they are closed on wed now. so what to wear...

roller derby

tonight we finally go to roller derby. i have been wanting to go for years but always seem to miss it. also made it to the sculpture center today. the exhibit was ok. but the building was awesome. went to another gallery also. left the art part of my day feeling it's got to be hard to do something different in the art world today. esp if you aren't necessarily about the aesthetic, seems like it's all been done. stopped by smorgasbord, ok i've seen it. nothing amazing. would go for a bite if in the area, but not worth traveling to. feel like the great googa mooga will be similar, so not sad that i'm missing it.

quick post

yikes they are making a movie out of cosmopolis. lame. went to gym today to find i forgot my shorts (was wearing jeans so no go on that) great googa mooga looks like it is going to ruin the nethermead. handstand a thon this weekend. bought tix to israel, figured out afterschool won't pay for the ticket. yikes, bought an expensive ticket, was really hoping that afterschool would cover it. oh my israel this summer. was called a team player today, i kinda took it as an insult. not really, but more like team players get shat on, not get ahead. was also called nice, that i liked.

great tennis lesson (this is the missing post)

that was probably the most fun lesson i've had in a long time. and he used me as an example of good strokes and called mine clean. no serving practice which is bad for my serve (this is evidence of me maturing, usually i hate practicing serving b/c my serve sucks so much, although with a hopper full of balls instead of 3 it isn't as bad). i play old school tennis with classical foot stances and grips. in some ways this doesn't matter and in some ways means i won't be as powerful. wonder if i should try and change? if i were just learning now they would only teach me new school. i think the ultimate goal will be to incorporate some of both. but i wish all lessons were that much fun (and that my fellow clinic mates were at the level of these players). still more to say on stillspotting. if my parents don't come in i may go back next weekend.

missing post

i started a post a while ago. it appears to be in draft land. my parents came in this weekend. mainly it was nice. i feel bad i don't see them more. breakfast today was the best. also do it its earliness, got a lot done today for me. although not much excesize oops. a little worried about all the handstand push ups i need to do next weekend... but 1st coney island trip of the summerish season. played a little frisbee, sat and stared and water and listened to waves and music from the boardwalk. was pretty awesome to me. helped mr civic with a few of his civic projects. caretaker was well performed yesterday. going to a trainer for 4 sessions, i need to tell her that i am not buying more..she gave me and hour and 40 minutes session on wed. i didn't want to tell her that, but i also felt bad...