Apartment for rent?

Went hunting for apartments check outs, 700-900 range. There were various 1bdrm+1rm with kitchen n bath. Most had coin operated laundry and okay looks. We found one we liked best, with three rooms, all in a row, a large kitchen and spacious bathroom. Next step is filling out the application and letting mi madre look at it first. All in all, successful trip in much-much snow. We were doing 10mph but it didn't matter because NOBODY was on the road, except clean crews. Fun non the less.

Enjoyed veal kidneys for the first time at Ralph n Riches in Bridgeport over lunch during apartments look. Even took home some house made butter with honey and roasted garlic. Good!


I showed her "Get Him To The Greek", and she showed me "In Bruges". Mine was hilarious, and hers was unpredictable. Also watched "The Book if Eli", quite a great movie especially watching it the second time.

Pats vs Ravens game was fun. I was all about Ravens, and Michelle is a die-hard Pats fan. Two intersects within seconds might have been really excited if we didn't step out the room for few seconds (w). Non the less, excited to watch the Superbowl in few weeks.

Jan 22 Reflection
First week of living with my GF I already notice certain behaviors and thought processes appearing. I have expectations and ideas about what's and hows. I do try and will do so even more, to communicate my desires and reasons for my behavior. It is something new, and something i have to get adjusted to.
On the flip side, spending every day with her fills me up and lifts me above average, allowing me to be fully self without judgement. I want to be more creative and produce more, with her encouragement behind. her excitement spills over into my presence. We show each other new things, such as movies the other haven't seen. I think frequent contact with another person is imperative, especially if you have deep feelings for that other person.

Books:

curated by Daniel H. Pink, from his book "Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us"

• Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James P. Carse
• Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation by Edward L. Deci with Richard Flaste
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
• Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
• Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet by Howard Gardener, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and William Damon
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (READ)
• Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal by David Halberstam
• Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
• Once a Runner by John L. Parker, Jr.
• The War of Art: Break through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
• Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace by Ricardo Semler
• The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge
• (another interesting one)  Simon Reynolds' "Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past," 

Cell Phone notes:

Ask more: "how would you describe it?"

What is on my daily agenda? I must question and seek fulfillment, search for purpose, and use fear as a guide to learning.

pattern recognition is the most basic human skill, from the very beginning.

Aw Friendship: the great fragile volunteer necessity of our lives.

It takes courage and hard work to become the person you really are.




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