Crazy that it was 64 degrees today. I brought my bike to school and went for a ride outside, first one of 2011. It felt awesome. So awesome. It still blows my mind that I can ride outside in shorts and a tank top in February. Oh, Denver.
Time for lots 'o work. I need to be researching more for my bilateral trade agreement work. I'm also planning some lectures on civil society, democratization, and anti-corruption. Then there's the regular homework for, among other classes, evidence.
But who can do work when it's so nice outside!?
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Humble Pie
I ate it today on my run. No, no, I didn't fall. I just died HARD and ate some humble pie. Wow, you think you're fit and that you can dictate how your body should move and feel, but no. It's good to have runs like today where I just feel horrible and really, truly suffer through the run as if I were a novice and hadn't run a single step in my life. I can't chose to have my body do whatever I wish. I am not as strong as I think, and there's always more to improve upon. It happens to everyone. So, a staggeringly awful run like today gives me great perspective from which to appreciate the good runs even more. I'm already hobbling around and it's only been a few hours.
Another day, another run. Tomorrow will be better.
Another day, another run. Tomorrow will be better.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Little Bee
A quick book review of Little Bee by Chris Cleave.
3/5 stars. Liked it and recommend it.
The book starts with a Nigerian girl in a British detention center. Although not given asylum or refugee status, she's released. She makes her way to the home of the only person she knows, a woman whose own life has left her - albeit in a different sense - also seeking refuge.
Honest. Heartbreaking survival. Real.
Here's the NYTimes review.
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