15 july 2024
Sports / running
Went for my run this morning - and I hit the 28-minute mark, which is my personal record so far! 2.7km, we're not here to be fast. But, I didn't feel terrible about myself at all, which was nice. All in all, fairly positive this morning.
Books
I accidentally finished two books this morning!
I was listening to How To Invent Everything: Rebuild All of Civilization by Ryan North while running; it was a good running book, interesting enough while not being a catastrophe if I phase out or don't hear something. A few tables in the book could have done with being put in an external annex (that "logical propositions" table comes to mind), but overall the narration was solid and useful for both tables and figures. Kudos.
Next running audiobook is Slow AF Run Club by Martinus Evans. I'm actually looking forward to it :D
I also finished, with my breakfast, One of Us Knows, by Alyssa Cole. It was a thriller set on a spooky island with a castle, and a main protagonist with DID. Following Ken as she tries to figure out what the fuck is happening both in the outer world and in her inner world was riveting, and I think I may remember this book for a long time.
Not sure what's next on the Kindle! (A few hours later) well it seems I'm going for The Pirory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon.
Writever
Today's Writever word is "Listening"
The strongest argument against devices allowing anything remotely close to telepathy is surveillance agencies.
They read our mail, they listened to our phone calls, they watched our online activity... do we really want them listening on our thoughts?
Went to choir this evening, it was really nice (but we could have done with a larger alto group!)
Also I re (re) (re) started a Korean language course today, we'll see where that one goes. I'm happy I have a super basic grasp of the first lesson-ish, because I might have panicked and given up otherwise. As it is... we'll see.