Day 283: I'm STILL Reading This Book??

I STILL have not finished reading this book.  In fact, I've read very little of it this past 2 months.  Why?  Because it kind of sucks.  I mean, it's obvious that the author put a ton of work into this book.  But it's just SO FREAKING LONG.

Some day I WILL finish this book.  Really.  I'll even make it my goal to finish it by January 1, 2012.  So there.

Day 282: SCI Movie Night

Tonight, we did a movie night for our school's skeptic/secular group. We watched a DVD on evolution from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Result: The classroom was locked, and we couldn't get anyone to open it for us. Long story short, the writing center let us use their conference room.

It was nerve wracking and frustrating and annoying, but . . . everything went well in the end :-)

Day 281: Missed Commitments.

(What does this picture mean?  I have no idea.)

I was planning on going to a FED meeting today.  I was also planning on going to Atlanta to play trivia with friends.

Result:  I did neither.  Instead, I went home and took a nap.  I think it was a good decision. :-)

Day 280: A Skipped Day.

Today was the last day of the TX Freethought Convention.  Richard Dawkins was going to speak today.

I ended up just skipping the whole day for several reasons.

1.  I had a 12 hour drive ahead of me, plus an hour time change, not in my favor.
2.  A huge huge thunderstorm was headed towards Houston, and I did not want to end up driving in that.
3.  I had already heard Dawkins speak the day before. 
4.  I have class at 8am the next morning.
5.  I haven't had a super spectacular time and am ready to be home.

It's almost a week later, and I'm still totally cool with the fact that I skipped that day.  So yay for not judging myself too much about this :-)

Day 279: Loneliness. Hi Again.

So, I'm still at this conference.  And . . .

The conference itself has been good.  But I can't say I have been having a good time.  I went knowing that there wouldn't be anyone there that I really know personally, at least other than just aquaintances.  And my goal was to be open and make new friends.

That didn't go so well.  I mean, I did go out to eat with some new friends on Friday night.  But they were MUCH older than me, and I didn't want to be like a leech and hang out with them the whole weekend. 

The lunch and dinner breaks were 1.5 hours each--a very long break in my opinion.  So I would just walk back and forth from the hotel to the hostel.  I walked 6 miles on Saturday alone.  It would take 30 minutes to walk each way, so that alone would take up 1 hour.

Saturday evening I got in bed and just cried and cried.  I felt like such a loser.  But . . .

I even skipped the conference on Sunday and drove home at 9am.  I was definitely glad to be home.

Day 278: Walking Directions are No Better.

I stayed at a hostel 1 mile from where the convention was being held.  Parking was not cheap.  So, I decided to walk from the hostel to the hotel.  It's only a mile away.  I have a map AND walking directions.  How difficult can it be?

Result:  I have found out that a lack of a sense of direction while driving also applies to a sense of direction while walking. 

I figured it out eventually, and got better each time, but it sure was frustrating!  I did get a lot of exercise, though. :-)

Day 277: I accept it . . .

I have no sense of direction.  Seriously.

I drove to Houston today for a freethought conference.  I didn't get lost until I got to Houston.  It took me FOREVER to find the place I was staying at.  I definitely was not in a good mood by the end of the drive.

Having no sense of direction SUCKS.  But what doesn't suck is the fact that I accept this about myself.  If there is one thing that I accept about myself, it is this.  Obviously, after 30 years, there's not much I can do about it--it would have improved by now if it could.

So yay for not taking myself too seriously :-)