[SOC]

I am late with my SOC post. People ask me what "SOC" means, and it stands for "stream of consciouness." Basically, I free write whatever comes into my head at that particular moment that doesn't involve coffee. At this moment, coffee is all I can think about.

I just made a pot that I threw out. I experimented. I saw a tip where you put a teaspoon of salt in the grounds to take away the bitterness. It did not turn out well. I felt like I was drinking java made from from saltwater. I like bitterness, so if you want to cut the bitterness, put some milk or cream in it. For me, it is always black.

I've been dragging on my writing schedule because I have been working, working out, and doing chores. Writing requires energy, and those energy stores have been low recently. I might have a virus. I'm not sure. I just know that I have been sleeping more and eating more, so I am in some kind of recovery mode as my body tries to repair itself and/or fight off an infection. The fact that everyone around me seems to have a cold suggests that this is an infection. I have already had 8 hours of sleep, and I feel like hitting the sack. Normally, I sleep 4 to 6, and I can't get back to sleep.

One of my common themes here at the C-blog is TME--Time, Money, and Energy. Since writing about it last time, I have made some progress on those fronts. With the time issue, you just have to acknowledge that you only have so much time in your day, so you need to focus on what matters to you. I wish there was some magic formula for getting things done, but there isn't. The fact is that we do a lot of stuff each day, but we only count the things that matter. So, a day spent gaming is actually quite busy, but it doesn't get the laundry done. The biggest threats to time management are those distractions.

I enjoy my distractions, but I am learning to limit them. For me, the real question concerns writing. It is it just a distraction? I must admit that it is. It beats gaming because it produces something, but the world abounds with writing, art, and the rest. I am just one of a million bloggers.

The money thing is pretty simple as well. Basically, you shouldn't spend it. I have a knack for saving, and I avoid debt as much as possible. Then, you get hit with a decision over whether to buy a smartphone or not. The fact that I hardly ever use my iPod touch tells me that a smartphone and the data plan would be a waste for me. I'm a blue collar guy, so I know that I need one of those rubber encased dumb phones that stand up to the abuse. My old phone has a crack in it, and it will snap in two any day now. I got the good out of it, so I don't need to have regrets there. I tend to keep cellphones twice as long as the average person since I only use it to call people and send text messages.

Coffee!!

With the energy thing, I have made the most progress. The two best things to jack up your energy levels are coffee and exercise. Except for lately with whatever bug I managed to get, my energy levels have been off the chart. If you go out and do some kind of cardio for an hour and then drink a liter of java, you are going to be buzzing hard. Those two things together will crank you up like nothing else that is legal. Your illegal options are cocaine, speed, and meth.

I just hit Facebook for a moment, and I had to piss all over another chick's delusions about love. She wrote, "It breaks your heart to see the one you love happy with someone else but its more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you." What a load of shit. This was obviously written after her boyfriend followed his biology to go fuck some other chick. She probably thinks he split because she did not fill his emotional needs. He is thinking how great the new chick's ass is.

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