more books, more movies, less internet

I spotted this goal on the zeitgeist the other week, and I think it ties in really nicely with my goal for July to limit my time spent/wasted on the internet. I just don’t – apart from some exceptions – find it useful or fulfilling but I still sit zombified at the computer doing NOTHING. Argh!

Not only more books, more movies but more writing, more studying, more friends, more family, more exercise, more exploring, more adventures, more learning, more discovering … you get the idea.

I’ve been reading a lot lately. Haven’t watched any movies for a while, but I did find some documentaries to watch online.

I have been spending less time on the internet, but I could still do better.

My DVD rental place doesn’t rent videos anymore!

It did until a few months ago… well, I guess now I can get rid of the VCRand the TV too!

I went to the library today and got myself 3 books for the weekend.

Also, I’m not using internet at work anymore (unless it’s directly work-related, of course).

I call that progress!

The remote for my DVD player is BROKEN! Horrors! If I can’t fix it by tomorrow, I’m throwing out the whole thing.

Why? It’ll have to go in a couple months anyway, it’s poor quality (skips) inherited from prior tenants, and most importantly, using the basic console I can only play and stop the movie, but I can’t set the language preferences!!! Pride and prejudice dubbed in Japanese just.isn’t.right.

Back to the good, old, reliable VCR for now. At least I’ll get subtitles.

I injured my knee yesterday, so I have extra motivation to avoid using the internet at home (I’m typing this at the office from a comfy chair…) – no kneeling!

Now I can get started on the next book – Secret Life of Bees.

I’ve read:
The Old Man and the Sea
Elegance (a very light novel)
The Kite Runner

I’ve watched:
Hotel Rwanda
Elizabethtown
Libertine

Needless to say, I did little else this past weekend. Perhaps I should reinstate my ‘get out of the house more’ goal as well… but it’s a little cold out yet ;-)

I should have put the verbs in the goal, but that would be far too cumbersome a goal, since each portion requires a different verb.

Anyway – believe it or not this goal is about better posture. As much as I love the internet / am usually ambivalent about movies / books are hit and miss (I seem to be finding crap ones lately) _{oh , except Old Man and the Sea – I loved that one!}...

My computer set up at the moment is a laptop sitting on an old coffee table, with no leg room underneath. It’s giving me back pain and kneeling for so long is giving my legs cramps. At least with the other 2 activities I can sit in a normal chair or on a couch.

Yes it’s a laptop, but it’s not mobile as part of it’s broken . There are way too many external bits attached to it to move around.

Anyway I have been neglecting my social life lately, so I’m going out tonight. Bye internet! (I also got 2 books to read this weekend :-)