Suspending time
When Estee and I travel long distances, sometime along the trip we both exclaim, "I am ready to get out of this car!" But something interesting happens when we arrive, Estee likes to sit in the car for a bit. I never really understood this. Why not jump out and shake and scream and get the blood flowing to all parts of the body? Instead, she likes to sit for a bit. What an odd thing to consider in light of what we both exclaimed earlier in the car ride.
But the other day I sat in a chair we have and was in a very uncomfortable position but was so tired I did not move for a bit. Eventually I became very comfortable even when Estee said, "How can you be comfortable sitting like that?" I found myself sitting there not wanting to move at all. It was more than just my body physically getting used to being in that position, but my mind was very comfortable. I knew that when I got up, I would go to bed, wake up and the troubles of the next would come. But while I sat in that chair, I felt like I was suspending time.
Have you ever felt like you were in an uncomfortable position, which you became to content in to move?
Have you ever felt like you were suspending time?
Estee suspends time in the car. I was in a chair. Where are you?
But the other day I sat in a chair we have and was in a very uncomfortable position but was so tired I did not move for a bit. Eventually I became very comfortable even when Estee said, "How can you be comfortable sitting like that?" I found myself sitting there not wanting to move at all. It was more than just my body physically getting used to being in that position, but my mind was very comfortable. I knew that when I got up, I would go to bed, wake up and the troubles of the next would come. But while I sat in that chair, I felt like I was suspending time.
Have you ever felt like you were in an uncomfortable position, which you became to content in to move?
Have you ever felt like you were suspending time?
Estee suspends time in the car. I was in a chair. Where are you?
It is official, I am totally into myself
Google has created an application which is designed for E-commerce and the egos of bloggers everywhere: Goggle Analytics.
You install this into your web page and it will track loads of information about your site.
How many hits you average in a day? Goggle Analytics knows.
What is the average time spent by others on your site? Goggle Analytics knows.
How many people are first time visitors? Goggle Analytics knows.
How many are 26-50 time visitors? Goggle Analytics knows.
Where in the world was the computer which accessed your site? Goggle Analytics knows.
Goggle Analytics knows a lot of information and gives you a daily report so you can feed your marketing department or personal ego.
I have installed Google Analytics two weeks ago.
My ego is full.
Here are some of the things I have discovered since April 20th:
142 - visits
225 - pages viewed
56 Seconds - average time spent per visit
40% - visitors only visited one time
11% - visitors visited between 9-14 times
10% - visitors visited between 15-25 times
3 - International visits from Clydebank, United Kingdom
115% - personal increase in nerdiness and self-centeredness
So now that I am international I will be throwing in some local jargon just to make those across the pond more comfortable.
So Google Analytics is Dog's bollocks for this bloke.
You install this into your web page and it will track loads of information about your site.
How many hits you average in a day? Goggle Analytics knows.
What is the average time spent by others on your site? Goggle Analytics knows.
How many people are first time visitors? Goggle Analytics knows.
How many are 26-50 time visitors? Goggle Analytics knows.
Where in the world was the computer which accessed your site? Goggle Analytics knows.
Goggle Analytics knows a lot of information and gives you a daily report so you can feed your marketing department or personal ego.
I have installed Google Analytics two weeks ago.
My ego is full.
Here are some of the things I have discovered since April 20th:
142 - visits
225 - pages viewed
56 Seconds - average time spent per visit
40% - visitors only visited one time
11% - visitors visited between 9-14 times
10% - visitors visited between 15-25 times
3 - International visits from Clydebank, United Kingdom
115% - personal increase in nerdiness and self-centeredness
So now that I am international I will be throwing in some local jargon just to make those across the pond more comfortable.
So Google Analytics is Dog's bollocks for this bloke.
High transition
I have never been a fan of people telling me about how busy they are. Everyone is busy. Everyone is stressed. Even though I am a post-Structuralist/post-modernist, I would be willing to affirm the universal truth that everyone is busy. And by everyone I mean only the people I encounter in my daily travels. (Post Structuralist jokes are not that funny.)
Anyway, I have found that I am in a high transition period time in my life right now.
Graduating from Seminary with a Masters (who would have thought this Valendy would be a "Master" of anything?)
Anyway, I have found that I am in a high transition period time in my life right now.
Graduating from Seminary with a Masters (who would have thought this Valendy would be a "Master" of anything?)
- Redefinition of my role at work
- Moving into our first non-apartment house
- Beginning my residency time (a three year period before I am fully ordained as a UMC elder)
- Trying to move the youth program from a single personality model to a contemplentative model
- Watching my son's "firsts" (walking, standing, etc.) happen so quickly while at the same time experiencing some of my son's "lasts" (night time feedings, crawling, etc.)
All of this is happening in a matter of about one month, give or take a couple of days.
So I wonder if it is normal to be feeling stressed out about all this or if I am just "bragging" about how busy my life is in order to feed some deep unconsciousness I have?
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