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September 16, 2004
How are you doing?
It's amazing how my non-running life seems much busier and more chaotic than my running life. I had convinced myself that I was going to have all of this free time to play and experiment with. Not so. I have attacked my studies with a renewed vigor and enthusiasm. Speaking of studies, I feel completely humbled by the graduate students and professors I have encountered so far on my journey. I constantly feel like I am running extra miles just to keep up with their brilliance:) I realize that my undergraduate education was fantastic, but there is a gigantic leap between undergraduate and graduate level work. I am trying to bridge the gap, but between reading over 400 pages a week of various texts and TA-ing and going to class, I have little time to sneak in my extracurricular activities, like studying literary theory, hegemony and postmodernism. Fun stuff!
Anyway, I have been thinking about a lot of things lately, and left within my own head, I tend to go crazy. I am politically passionate, but I do not think this is the appropriate forum to express my political ideology. I like to think of myself as a peaceful person who does not vote for my capital (well, I don't have a wallet anyway), but for the democratic rights of ALL Americans. BUT, I will not divulge those feelings.
I guess I have been thinking a lot about human interaction and our lack of it in a world swimming in virtual realities and cubicles. It's nice to be in a classroom again instead of being isolated in an office. I find myself asking people all the time, "How are you doing?" Sometimes people are taken aback by that question - shocked that someone asks and really cares about their answer. Maybe when I am running more, I do not think as much about how other people are doing (sadly). But now that I am out of commission, I care more and I am striving to be an all around better and less selfish human being.
So, how is everyone doing these days? :)
Posted by bridget at September 16, 2004 08:21 AM