{"id":172,"date":"2021-07-03T00:43:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T00:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/?p=172"},"modified":"2024-08-10T21:40:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:40:51","slug":"daily-friday-2-july-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/journal\/2021\/07\/03\/daily-friday-2-july-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing; Buzzing arms; R chat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Friday <em>3 June 2021<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"good-morning-i-had-two-pleasant-chats-this-morning-both-quite-pleasant-i-dispensed-with-a-run-as-kms-needed-a-lift-and-i-didn-t-want-to-feel-rushed-in-between-the-two-pcs-i-went-through-the-notes-from-the-last-world-building-course-meeting-we-had-a-series-of-in-class-exercises-writing-a-sentence-or-three-in-response-to-image-prompts-that-i-didn-t-feel-went-very-well-just-afterwards-i-felt-i-d-done-quite-poorly-relative-to-others-in-the-class-people-were-encouraged-to-post-their-responses-in-the-chat-but-when-i-revisited-the-material-today-i-felt-better-my-responses-were-not-so-bad-and-with-a-few-exceptions-the-other-responses-were-not-that-much-better-more-importantly-i-analyzed-the-responses-i-thought-were-good-and-got-a-sense-of-what-i-liked-about-them-e-g-not-just-describing-the-image-but-setting-up-a-problem-or-creating-tension-that-will-move-the-story-forward-i-took-what-i-learned-from-that-and-went-back-and-improved-what-i-d-written-errands-ride\">Good morning. I had two pleasant chats this morning, both quite pleasant. I dispensed with a run, as KMS needed a lift and I didn\u2019t want to feel rushed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"good-morning-i-had-two-pleasant-chats-this-morning-both-quite-pleasant-i-dispensed-with-a-run-as-kms-needed-a-lift-and-i-didn-t-want-to-feel-rushed-in-between-the-two-pcs-i-went-through-the-notes-from-the-last-world-building-course-meeting-we-had-a-series-of-in-class-exercises-writing-a-sentence-or-three-in-response-to-image-prompts-that-i-didn-t-feel-went-very-well-just-afterwards-i-felt-i-d-done-quite-poorly-relative-to-others-in-the-class-people-were-encouraged-to-post-their-responses-in-the-chat-but-when-i-revisited-the-material-today-i-felt-better-my-responses-were-not-so-bad-and-with-a-few-exceptions-the-other-responses-were-not-that-much-better-more-importantly-i-analyzed-the-responses-i-thought-were-good-and-got-a-sense-of-what-i-liked-about-them-e-g-not-just-describing-the-image-but-setting-up-a-problem-or-creating-tension-that-will-move-the-story-forward-i-took-what-i-learned-from-that-and-went-back-and-improved-what-i-d-written-errands-ride\">Writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"good-morning-i-had-two-pleasant-chats-this-morning-both-quite-pleasant-i-dispensed-with-a-run-as-kms-needed-a-lift-and-i-didn-t-want-to-feel-rushed-in-between-the-two-pcs-i-went-through-the-notes-from-the-last-world-building-course-meeting-we-had-a-series-of-in-class-exercises-writing-a-sentence-or-three-in-response-to-image-prompts-that-i-didn-t-feel-went-very-well-just-afterwards-i-felt-i-d-done-quite-poorly-relative-to-others-in-the-class-people-were-encouraged-to-post-their-responses-in-the-chat-but-when-i-revisited-the-material-today-i-felt-better-my-responses-were-not-so-bad-and-with-a-few-exceptions-the-other-responses-were-not-that-much-better-more-importantly-i-analyzed-the-responses-i-thought-were-good-and-got-a-sense-of-what-i-liked-about-them-e-g-not-just-describing-the-image-but-setting-up-a-problem-or-creating-tension-that-will-move-the-story-forward-i-took-what-i-learned-from-that-and-went-back-and-improved-what-i-d-written-errands-ride\">In between the two PCs, I went through the notes from the last world building course meeting. We had a series of in-class exercises \u2014 writing a sentence or three in response to image prompts \u2014that I didn\u2019t feel went very well. Just afterwards I felt I\u2019d done quite poorly relative to others in the class (people were encouraged to post their responses in the chat). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"good-morning-i-had-two-pleasant-chats-this-morning-both-quite-pleasant-i-dispensed-with-a-run-as-kms-needed-a-lift-and-i-didn-t-want-to-feel-rushed-in-between-the-two-pcs-i-went-through-the-notes-from-the-last-world-building-course-meeting-we-had-a-series-of-in-class-exercises-writing-a-sentence-or-three-in-response-to-image-prompts-that-i-didn-t-feel-went-very-well-just-afterwards-i-felt-i-d-done-quite-poorly-relative-to-others-in-the-class-people-were-encouraged-to-post-their-responses-in-the-chat-but-when-i-revisited-the-material-today-i-felt-better-my-responses-were-not-so-bad-and-with-a-few-exceptions-the-other-responses-were-not-that-much-better-more-importantly-i-analyzed-the-responses-i-thought-were-good-and-got-a-sense-of-what-i-liked-about-them-e-g-not-just-describing-the-image-but-setting-up-a-problem-or-creating-tension-that-will-move-the-story-forward-i-took-what-i-learned-from-that-and-went-back-and-improved-what-i-d-written-errands-ride\">But when I revisited the material today I felt better: my responses were not so bad, and with a few exceptions the other responses were not that much better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>More importantly, I analyzed the responses I thought were good and got a sense of what I liked about them (e.g., not just describing the image but setting up a problem or creating tension that will move the story forward). I took what I learned from that and went back and improved what I\u2019d written. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"good-morning-i-had-two-pleasant-chats-this-morning-both-quite-pleasant-i-dispensed-with-a-run-as-kms-needed-a-lift-and-i-didn-t-want-to-feel-rushed-in-between-the-two-pcs-i-went-through-the-notes-from-the-last-world-building-course-meeting-we-had-a-series-of-in-class-exercises-writing-a-sentence-or-three-in-response-to-image-prompts-that-i-didn-t-feel-went-very-well-just-afterwards-i-felt-i-d-done-quite-poorly-relative-to-others-in-the-class-people-were-encouraged-to-post-their-responses-in-the-chat-but-when-i-revisited-the-material-today-i-felt-better-my-responses-were-not-so-bad-and-with-a-few-exceptions-the-other-responses-were-not-that-much-better-more-importantly-i-analyzed-the-responses-i-thought-were-good-and-got-a-sense-of-what-i-liked-about-them-e-g-not-just-describing-the-image-but-setting-up-a-problem-or-creating-tension-that-will-move-the-story-forward-i-took-what-i-learned-from-that-and-went-back-and-improved-what-i-d-written-errands-ride\">Errands\/Ride<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now I am sitting outside a medical building (KMS just has a routine appointment). After awhile KMS showed up and said that it went fine, and we drove home. We went our separate ways at home, and after a bit I took a bike ride to Minihaha park and had my customary half-a-beer &#8212; well, this time I consumed nearly three quarters of it. It was some sort of IPA (it was called &#8220;alien&#8221; somethingorother), although not the hazy kind which I have been inclined to recently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hand-arm-buzzing\">Hand\/Arm Buzzing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During my rides this year &#8212; this may only be my third &#8212; I&#8217;ve end up with a very unusual sort of buzzing feeling in my arms, like when a limb goes to sleep, except this is a bit more of an active sort of buzzing. This time I tried to pay more attention to changing my posture and shifting how I place weight on my arms, and had no such problems. Perhaps I should trying cycling gloves, although my sense is that the problem is more from pressure on my shoulder joints than my wrists. Anyway, it as a nice ride, and even with temperatures around 90 the moving air kept me comfortable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"chat-with-r\">Chat with R<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after I returned home, while cooling down on the porch, RD passed by and called out a hello. I invited him up to the porch, and although he&#8217;d said he could only stop by for a minute, a voice from inside the house called &#8220;come in,&#8221; and &#8220;margaritas.&#8221; So we ended up on the porch with drinks, chips and Chica (his cute fluff-ball of a half-chihuahua), and had a nice chat, all the more pleasant for its impromptu nature. A second round of margaritas left me ready for a nap after he departed, and I did that, followed with a shower to wake myself up, and here we are!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">#<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the remainder of the day I think I will read, work on my writing courses, and do a bit of piano. Dinner seems likely to be a casual affair centered around leftover salmon and lake trout that we grilled last night.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 15<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 3 June 2021 Good morning. I had two pleasant chats this morning, both quite pleasant. I dispensed with a run, as KMS needed a lift and I didn\u2019t want to feel rushed. 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