Back in blue

So I busted out some bluejeans a few days ago. I haven't worn jeans in years, having migrated over to cargo pants, and it's sort of a strange homecoming. I was all about the jeans in the past, and I couldn't imagine myself choosing to wear anything else. Generic and durable...what else could I want from pants? Well, the answer turned out to be twofold: more pockets and lighter material, so hello, cargo pants. On my pants-shopping adventure some time ago, though, I picked up a pair of jeans, well...just because they were there, mostly. My cargo pants finally got so used that they needed washing, so out the jeans came.

It's been pretty good. I miss the extra pockets, no doubt, and with the weather warming up, I can't help but miss my flowy, breathable cotton bagginess. Still, I find myself walking with a slightly different feeling these days than usual. A bit less urban layabout, perhaps...I have the urge to trade in my sneakers for some beige workboots. No matter, though...the clothes do not make the man. I just find it odd that switching pants modes seems so significant to me as to merit both an attitude shift and a couple paragraphs in the ol' blog.

Then again, maybe it's just the fact that a week has passed since I posted a substative update, and yet I have nothing to talk about. :) I've lost a lot of poker momentum this week for some reason...I haven't been keeping my game up as much as I have been previous to this past week or so. My time off has been largely squandered, I suppose, though I have been taking the opportunity to spend a bit more time online, read the expanded version of my friends page, and just generally browse around a bit more. Also I've been pouring vast amounts of blather onto bobby_the_worm, for better or for worse. I have, so far, successfully avoided looking for work, also for better or for worse. Actually...probably for worse. :)

And the procrastination continues! It looks like I'll be spending this weekend in New York (for a pretty brief visit, really) to casa-sit at El Castillo del Cielo de los Gatos while certain parties scout out certain exile sites. I imagine I probably won't be getting out much while I'm there, so...it's not a visit visit. All the same, it'll be nice to get out of the SoJo house for a bit. Er...again, I suppose. :)

In the vein of an article link I posted recently, here's another item from the queue: again from chadu, this time an article from the U.K. Times about the science of happiness. Here's my favorite soundbite, this from happiness psychologist Daniel Nettle: "The mechanisms of desire are insatiable." Word up, brother. Anyway, the article is a'aight. There's definitely a loner-unfriendly slant to it, which is happiness psychologists for ya. (Can you tell I like the phrase "happiness psychologist"?) Some of the concepts in there are interesting, but I feel like they fly in the face of traditional psychology, so I had trouble latching on at first glance. Still, what do I know. :) Talk of "happiness treatments" sounds a bit scary, frankly, but the philosophy behind it is pretty Zen-sounding to me...not, like, Zen Zen, but that kind of new agey Zen-lite for relaxing in the hectic modern world; a "be in the now" kind of thing. Anyway, whatever...if you're interested in it, check out the article and see what you think. And if you're not interested in it, I've got two words to see if I can get you interested: tickle machine. :)

Anyway, that's about it for now. Peace out, everybody!