Monday, October 1st, 10:36pm

I am emerging from some sort of abyss.
Likely this is an entry to be read by only a few.
1. I read the Red Tent. Awesome.
2. Is the proper spelling 'sike' or 'psych' when you 'sike/psych' someone out?
3. I've been trying to run every day. But I finally realized that what I've been doing isn't running; it's walking briskly and with a bounce. Still, I intend keep wearing my running shoes while I do this.
4. Transcribing interviews took me well over 30 hours, and plenty more immeasurable emotional energy. Now I have to keep reading the transcripts over and over until themes and patterns emerge. Just the right themes and patterns.
5. In a monumental effort at procrastination last week, I hung curtains along fishing line strung taut between either side of a wide room in this apartment. The purpose was to provide mental separation between living and sleeping areas. First of all, the line isn't exactly taut anymore. Second of all, when I'm sitting in the 'living area', I still know the bed is right over there. Sometimes the bed calls my name mid-afternoon; I employ all my will-power and rest on the futon instead. Third of all, it didn't take long enough to really count as procrastination.
6. In reference to aforementioned brisk and bouncy walking techniques-- the task is most easily performed when listening to archived stories from This American Life. Sometimes I dream of producing stories for the series....
7. I'll see my brother for the first time since January when I visited him in Peru. He's coming through on Sunday night. It'll be a short visit. Maybe 18 hours.
8. Tom is in Haiti...
9. ...the good part is that I'm keeping things clean-- the sinks are scrubbed, the floors are swept, the dishes are done....
10. ...the bad part is that Tom isn't here.