Logs & Writing
This is a collection of my short and longer writings, lifestyle notes and blog, vlog, favorites, quotes, and other publications: the flow of present moments, now, current happenings and activities, mental states, immersion, focus, involvements, moods, feelings, and states of mind.
Another walk and run along a destructed river and by a lake in Southern California: walking, jumping, running, accelerating, elements of ballet training, stretching, grand battement ([batmɑ̃], a movement in which both legs are kept straight and one leg is kicked outward from the body and in again). A few thoughts on freedom of mind, personal marketing on youtube, critique on building communities of loyal followers as a marketing strategy, "begging" for money and attention, cost of making videos.
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Today I doubled my distance in the pool and made unplanned 3000 m (3K) - 132 short lengths of 25 yards in over 1,5 hours. It is relatively slow, but very enjoyable. For the comparison, Olympic 2012 men made the half of it in around 15 minutes in freestyle, so I am about 3 times slower than those guys. One pro-club-swimmer girl from Oregon in my age, 39, made 3000m in under 50 minutes in a lake, and I needed additional 40 minutes! For some reason these long distance times for females were difficult to find on the net.
Breaststroke, my predominant style of choice, is the slowest of the main four styles anyway. I can use it well because my legs are much stronger than my arms: "70-80% of the propulsion in breaststroke comes from the legs", or less, according to other sources.
The main goals for me are just:
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Poems × 9
My own verse.
Verse is a metrical writing.
Poem
- a verbal composition, in which the words are chosen for their sound
and for ideas and images they suggest, and are arranged in separate
lines, often ending in rhyme.
Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and
rhythmic qualities of language. This form of art is thousands years old,
and originated in Africa.
Essays & Notes × 62
My short and longer texts, from notes to formal essays, with lists, facts, and opinions.
Essays - short literary compositions, presenting ideas in a non-fictional way.
Notes - brief records, especially written down to aid the memory; comments, explanations.
Blog × 52
This is my weblog and personal journal: notable days and my lifestyle from running and swimming to frugan food, plus occasional informal reports and random anecdotes.
Journal - periodically and randomly published records of personal experiences and observations.
Anecdotes - brief accounts of an incident,
stories with a point to communicate an abstract idea about a person,
place, or thing through the concrete details of a short narrative.
Vlog × 33
My random video logs - videos from daily life and something notable to remember.