Comments on: Wow. I Heart Analog Saturday.

By: TSS

TSS — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:58:48 +0000

Ye gods, Heids. Where in the world (or Portland) did you find a freakin’ 8″ portabello mushroom????

Echoing the “spending time together” kudos.

I have some questions for you, hope I can talk to you soon.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:57:42 +0000

Right on erikv, I second that!!

Heidi, you really nailed something in your relationship section about confusing being around eachother with spending time together. Ooooh shivers. That REALLY applies to me. I’ll take that as a very timely wake up call. Thanks a ton!

By: erikv

erikv — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:19:39 +0000

I’m glad bikes are analog.

By: stephanopoulos

stephanopoulos — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:45:14 +0000

Going analog rules. It really, really rules. A woman I know, Einat, used to spend more time checking e-mail than working on her art. When the idea occurred to her that maybe she didn’t need to spend 3 hours a day on the internet, it scared the shit out of her. Once she got over it and adjusted to spending less time checking e-mail and such, she suddenly had all of this time for her art. And then she really had to think about her sculpture and painting work in a way entirely different from anything she had ever considered before. It became deliberate, not happenstance. And she had to take pride in herself as an artist and take chances, try new things, see what would work–and what wouldn’t–in her art and not just resort to “whenever inspiration strikes” for her next sculpture piece or painting.

It’s similar to this analog Saturday stuff. When you unplug, you have no choice but to live. :) I had a mostly-analog-Sunday today (Sunday is generally my ‘make it up as I go along’ day), except for the time I spent this morning making a playlist for my iPod to accompany my walking. And I spent most of my day walking! And bargain shopping (new Nike track jacket! New avia base layer! All from discount retailers! All for less than half the cost of the Nike track jacket, had I gone to Nike Town!)!

(Though I did watch a movie, at the movie theater, all old-school-like. To me that is a MAJOR treat. I have been to the theater once–last weekend–since before fall term began. And I am now in e-mail and work mode. But that’s fine. It’s within my rules for my day.)

(and I wound up walking all over Boston so much and at such a steady clip that I am going to quote my totally blotto dorky student from fall, Rich, and tell you, the way he told me almost every single office hour appointment: “God, my butt hurts…”)

By: Adria Sha

Adria Sha — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:20:11 +0000

This idea really appeals to me, but I’m pretty sure my DH wouldn’t buy into it. Which means I want my laptop to keep me company. ;-)

By: cat

cat — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:44:02 +0000

Ditto, babelicious! And I’m glad you found me right back. Let’s keep in touch, kay? You inspire me too much to lose you again!

By: snarkypants

snarkypants — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:35:35 +0000

F! My curry sweetheart!
It has been too long… I’m so glad you found me :)

By: cat

cat — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:21:52 +0000

I just told my sweetie about Analog Saturday, and he got a deer in the headlight look in his eyes. He’s a WOW addict. I’m a blog addict…

But we *did* manage to cancel cable, so perhaps we can manage this. I might try it.

It’s nice to read you. It’s been a long time. ;) I still keep the letter you sent me – the one that had curry on it – in my box of treasures. :D