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[dancerjodi]

I'm feeling a bit of cabin fever. What's a straight-edge gal to do? I miss going out dancing, but can't swing it during the week when I have to get up so early for work.

I read livejournal and post here, and the public posts port their way over to Facebook. I check in there briefly each day to wish people a happy birthday and read the top few posts that show up on my phone screen, but I'm not there nearly enough to actually keep up with people. Similarly, I open the FB app on my phone when I'm at the gym to post that I'm there and the tunes I'm working out to, and then I close it so I can keep my hands on the elliptical. I'm trying the new machine (where your hands and legs are moving the same time) versus the old trusty Precor, because my body is too used to the latter. Man, is this a ramp up! Sweat and getting the heart rate up (I love that it has a monitor on the machine - I check periodically). I still need to work some kind of strength exercises into my routine reliably each week. My ballet class is a good mixed workout - stretching, cardio and strength training - if only we could do it a few times a week!

Back to the Facebook/Twitter thing, on the one hand I feel out of the loop, but on the other hand I can't figure out how people can manage to spend so much time on there and get other things done during the day. I look at a computer all day, so I don't feel like staring at a screen when I get home or over the weekend (this includes my phone). Luddite? There is only so much time in the day and there are other things I'd rather be doing.

Brian and I are still going to NYC next month, though our Spiderman show will be one of the pre-production ones. Hopefully none of the arial performers will fall on us since we're sitting in the fly zone. What else should we do when we are there? We only made a passing trip through the Met once for a particular exhibit, so I think it may be fun to spend a day there. The Cloisters were gorgeous but getting there via the subway was sketchy. Maybe actually get out to one of the other buroughs for once? Anything fun going on in the city between 2/10 and 2/12? We're staying at the hotel Wed, Thurs and Fri nights, and I'm hoping we can go visit Sharon and Toni on Saturday to Sunday in NJ, but I have yet to see how that works out on a map.

Meetings, meetings today and lots of things to but my motivation is low. I'm not normally one to complain about the weather, but I think we haven't had this consistent freezing precipitation for quite a while.

Seeing friends and family this weekend despite some storms, which I am happy about. :)

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[nepenthedreams]

I feel the same way. I feel like Facebook is a huge timesuck and feel bad when I spent an hour of it whether it's during the day or at night. I'm thinking of blocking it fro my work computer and removing it from my phone.

At the same time, it's hard to keep in touch. I think I now understand why my mom doesn't have a huge circle of friends. It seems that your twenties are for that, affiliating with others. And your thirties - especially if you have kids - you draw inwards more. There's just not enough time. Through LJ, I do feel more connected with people than I would otherwise. I just don't see how people do it. Even with as little as I can keep up with, my life feels too busy. Granted, I'm a dancer, a student, a full-time worker and a mom!

The weather is crazy - I don't remember a time in my adulthood with so many storms back to back.

[tk7602.livejournal.com]

I work in repeated, small chunks. I check in when I'm waiting for tea to steep / coffee to brew / lunch to heat up. While I'm in line at a store. Those little 5 minute bursts are enough, as long as I keep up on it. It's rare that I spend more than 10 minutes at a time there, but I do those little chunks many, many times a day.

Silly as it sounds, my facebook is for my fans ;)

I've got around 1,100 "friends" on there and have hidden about 90% of them. If people want to read my posts, great... but I don't really care to reciprocate. I'm not looking to be connected to them. I pay attention to either the people who are actively involved in my local "real life", or the costumers / sculptors / whatever that I'm interested in myself.

By and large I don't really care much about Yet Another Stormtrooper who wants to have as many friends as he can.

[limbodog.livejournal.com]

What about theater? There's a play on about Bucky Fuller. I think that might be just weird enough to require seeing.

[sajuka.livejournal.com]

I second the cabin fever... Being sick earlier this week plus the nasty weather made it really hard to get out. And now that my commute is longer I don't feel we have a lot of time in the evenings either. But, we're moving, and that's supposed to help all of the above :) Plus we'll be closer! And while we may not want to go out to dinner all the time, maybe we could get together for deserts or tea to get out and catch up?

One of my "resolutions" this year was to post more in LJ, and I've been failing miserably... On the one hand I want a record for myself, but on the other I also want to communicate with friends more, and the 140 character world just doesn't cut it for me... We'll see how I do as the year goes on...

Hope you find something to eleviate the cabin fever!