11:08 am greencastle, july 13; 12:08 am taipei, july 14

...'nother short one, because i'm really tired and have a minor headache. and i have to be up really bloody early tomorrow. like, if i'm to be at the taipei zoo at 9, then i should leave at like 8, which means i'll have to be up...in like seven hours. oh, man.

...but while i have this connection, i should do something with it. class today...went well enough. at the end, i got to take a few pictures of the class (people) and the room itself, for that powerpoint thing i'm supposed to make for...friday. a draft, anyways. (and i almost spelled that "draught.") ah...later, ran in the da'an park, like i said i'd meant to a while ago. i decided to follow through with a sort of theory or whatever that i came up with a while ago; that every time i think, "wow, i would totally do that...but only if there were somebody here with whom to do it, or somebody to see it, or somebody to back me..." well, so that was the basis of a few things that i've done, such as trying to take pictures of weird things (when i had the chance, and when i didn't think i'd get in trouble...so, like, once), buying random stuff that looks cool but i don't know about, mainly food, playing games that look funny (only kinda "ha-ha"), etc. uhh...and, now, running in that park, also because i know that i'd've regretted it later if i hadn't. methinks it was actually a good run, though. not only was the scenery decent--even saw some people playing soccer. and, of course, a bunch of basket-ballers. made me really, really, REALLY want to play ultimate again; or, at least, throw a disc around for a bit. well...maybe i'll do something about that. and so about thirty minutes into my run, i realized that my pace had slowed to pretty much what my race pace was at the end of my first season, maybe the beginning of my second season, and i agreed with myself that i'd do better this year, this final year. probably. at least, i'll try harder. at that point, too, i sat down and did a good few crunches--like 150 or something, can't remember exactly how many. i've discovered that doing them on one's side helps reduce unfortunate love handles. uhh...woo!

of course, the twins came along, but so did the nanny and her husband, so they just watched them play for the eighty or so minutes that i ran, cooled down, walked around, and whatever. it was pretty cool. pretty flowers and things there, too, including two people making out on top of this one hill...which was pretty awkward, seeing as they were taking up the whole sidewalk, and i was still going at a pretty darn good pace, so i came up to them quickly and, not looking up, as usual, almost bumped into them. hah...whatever. i just laughed shortly after i left them. actually, i've been doing that a lot; just laughing at myself when i do stupid stuff or see others doing something weird. stumbled twice in the same spot on the same flight of stairs--if not the same stair, then with error of no greater than two steps--two days in a row, and i laughed out loud. ah, well.

and...later today went out and saw the "fantastic four," because i heard it was decent fluff. and it was. only one major glaring problem that i couldn't handle; at the end (spoilers, of course, but it shouldn't matter), when the torch is burning von doom, at "supernova temperature," as per the "world's greatest scientist," a temperature which, a fraction of which, anyways, earlier melted titanium, it was contained so as not to destroy buildings, people, or the earth by the invisible girl, who could bend her mind around and...contain it. somehow. even though she could barely hold back some beams of electricity earlier. and, of course, there's no need to prevent the flames from going down (after all, they just melted a bit of asphalt on top) or out from above...say...five meters. well...once again, another summer action flick to pass the time. worth the $10 i payed for a drink, popcorn, *and* the movie, though. well...at least, more worthwhile here than whatever i'd've payed back home.

good thing i'm about done here, too, because my batteries are pretty much drained--computer, mental, and physical. *sigh*...not enough time to recharge, though. i'll go do what i can.