currently avoiding gardening

it's out there. waiting. wanting once again to mock me. and i know i need to go back outside, need to put on the gloves and just get it done or at the very least gather the work from yesterday and throw it into the pile. and yet here i sit, finding every excuse not to return. not that i really mind the work - something incredibly cathartic about grabbing hold of something and yanking the life right out of it (which raises other questions, but we'll leave those for now). and, unlike teaching, i can see the fruits of my labor immediately, can see the progress made. and it's satisfying. and i don't have much more to do. and it's much cooler outside now than it will be in a couple of hours.

but oh do my hamstrings ache.

little frustrated, too, because i spent money at walmart for good pruning shears and they last exactly four weeds. ridiculous. going to see if they'll take them back, assuming, of course, that i can find the broken handle i threw in frustration. hopefully i'll be able to find it now that my glasses aren't smeared with perspiration.

have i ever mentioned how much i hate to sweat?

went out last night and saw nacho libre. was pretty much everything i expected. saw it with a crew from midsummer, which made it more enjoyable, methinks. so much of the movie going experience depends on other people, especially comedies - their reactions, how easily they give themselves over to the silliness. not one i had to see in the theater (and, because of showcases assinine "director's hall," i had to pay extra to sit in seats that made my back and thighs sweat), but fun nonetheless.

since i had such great success with last week's opinion poll, let's try another one. have grown my beard out for summer (yes, i realize it's counterintuitive. like i ever claimed to be logical). but i'm not sure i'm happy with it. so what do you, my faithful readers think? beard or no beard?

that's me, always asking the significant questions...

enough procrastinating. might as well get this done while it's still a bit cool outside.
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Tunes: king's x - freedom