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Long weekend
Dec. 28th, 2004 11:25 amtsunami
It's too big a disaster for me to comprehend, really. 44,000 and counting. Just too large to deal with. Horrible, both in the immediate devastation (people killed, property destroyed, islands moved), and likely afterward, too. CNN has a list of organizations working on disaster relief.
This morning, there was article about how a third to half of the people killed were kids. Which is horrible, definitely. However, when they later say that at least half of the population in southeast Asia is kids, well, that means that they weren't statistically more likely to have died, no matter what the headline is trying to say.
I feel so heartless, writing coldly about statistics...
skating
Friday I went skating at the Frog Pond, the first time in well over a decade. I wasn't sure how I'd do, but I managed not to fall, finding my skating feet pretty quickly. Not that I'm a good skater, barely adequate, but it's fun. Er, when my feet don't hurt, that is. I'd forgotten how the outside edge of my feet hurt in pretty much every pair of skates I've ever worn. The ankles are fine, just the feet. Odd.
I'd like to go skating again sometime this year (growing up, we only seemed to manage one trip a year, which is why my skating is so basic). Maybe I'll even get (used) skates; the rentals at Frog Pond are $7 a pop, which can add up fairly quickly. Plus I'd be able to go to some of the rinks that don't have their own rentals (any of which would have more ice surface, a good thing). Props to Queue for organizing the outing, too.
food, glorious food
( open the oven )
earplugs
I've used the minty-fresh earplugs, and they worked well, though I felt a bit self-conscious wearing them on the T. I could hear the announcements, but the high-pitched squeals of the trains on the tracks didn't bother me. Yay! Two notes, though: (1) cold ear plugs are harder to roll into shape, and (2) wearing them emphasizes my tinnitus, which I'm not used to ignoring during the day.
friends
Thanks to all the people who've found time to get together recently.
It's too big a disaster for me to comprehend, really. 44,000 and counting. Just too large to deal with. Horrible, both in the immediate devastation (people killed, property destroyed, islands moved), and likely afterward, too. CNN has a list of organizations working on disaster relief.
This morning, there was article about how a third to half of the people killed were kids. Which is horrible, definitely. However, when they later say that at least half of the population in southeast Asia is kids, well, that means that they weren't statistically more likely to have died, no matter what the headline is trying to say.
I feel so heartless, writing coldly about statistics...
skating
Friday I went skating at the Frog Pond, the first time in well over a decade. I wasn't sure how I'd do, but I managed not to fall, finding my skating feet pretty quickly. Not that I'm a good skater, barely adequate, but it's fun. Er, when my feet don't hurt, that is. I'd forgotten how the outside edge of my feet hurt in pretty much every pair of skates I've ever worn. The ankles are fine, just the feet. Odd.
I'd like to go skating again sometime this year (growing up, we only seemed to manage one trip a year, which is why my skating is so basic). Maybe I'll even get (used) skates; the rentals at Frog Pond are $7 a pop, which can add up fairly quickly. Plus I'd be able to go to some of the rinks that don't have their own rentals (any of which would have more ice surface, a good thing). Props to Queue for organizing the outing, too.
food, glorious food
( open the oven )
earplugs
I've used the minty-fresh earplugs, and they worked well, though I felt a bit self-conscious wearing them on the T. I could hear the announcements, but the high-pitched squeals of the trains on the tracks didn't bother me. Yay! Two notes, though: (1) cold ear plugs are harder to roll into shape, and (2) wearing them emphasizes my tinnitus, which I'm not used to ignoring during the day.
friends
Thanks to all the people who've found time to get together recently.