{"id":910,"date":"2016-04-12T16:29:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T21:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=910"},"modified":"2016-04-12T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T21:29:05","slug":"what-an-interesting-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=910","title":{"rendered":"What an interesting day"},"content":{"rendered":"

So no running, because I said no running (most likely) and I still hurt. My left thigh hurt so much yesterday, it actually itched. I’ve never had muscle pain so bad, it caused an itching sensation, that was new. It’s not the marathon, but I did a lot of walking through Rome after. I was on my feet for a further 6 hours right. That’s all day on your feet, with a marathon in there, that’s too much. I probably could handle one of those 12 hour races, but after 6 hours I think I’d hate myself. I know at 6:22 during the Caumsett 50k, I was miserable, of course there was also a snow storm happening that I then had to drive myself home in.
\nAnyway, so today I was talking about the future with one of my classes, and I tried to explain that in the future, when we have robots (or hopefully replicators like Star Trek:TNG) to do everything, that people will be able to just focus on science and discovery, like we’re supposed to. I managed to work E=mc[2] into an English lesson. Because I talked about how we will be thinking about ourselves as the Universe simply exploring itself. I don’t know if they fully understood the implications of what I was saying, I hope that they did. I believe one day in the future, because they’re all smart, they will. But I mean that equation is so important, energy is mass, mass is energy. All we are is energy, that’s it, nothing more. The rest of it is simply a matter of frequency and speed.
\nWhich brings me to another topic, you know how they say never be the smartest person in the room? The other night, with a bunch of other English teachers, and English English teachers at that, I used the word “uncouth” and I was the only one who knew what the word was. They thought it was some American thing, and I said, verily, it is not. Nay, for it is proper British English and that is that. Normally, I love pulling out the 5 cent words, but I felt embarrassed. When I’m teaching, it’s one thing, I’m supposed to know more about the given topic than the students. When I’m sitting around at dinner, I hate when it happens. I really do. I feel like I’m talking gibberish, and I generally feel like people don’t understand me (they hear the words, but don’t comprehend the meaning) when I speak. So it makes me uncomfortable. I hope I have enough money to buy everyone a dictionary some day. By the way, are you aware the English Dictionary has way more information than just parts of speech and definitions, basically the entire language is in those books, from grammar on down, check it out. They’re actually very cool.
\nAnyway, I’m heading to bed, well I’m waiting for my laundry to finish, hang it up on the rack, and then go to bed. But even I need a little time to unwind. So with that I will leave it to you.
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