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Last night's dreaming had me and the men's team taking over an abandoned building in a camping area. We had decided to camp out in a building that belonged to someone we knew. The building was in bad shape with sections of walls knocked down, windows with no glass, and a roof with large holes in the structure. When we arrived at the site, we spread out through the building finding places to camp out.

A few days after we arrived, a horde of other campers pulled into an upper campground parking area. Many of the campers were on motorcycles. They spilled out into the surrounding campsites and began to put together ball games and other sport's activities. One rather large, muscular guy came over to our area. He was faintly threatening as were the rest of his group of campers. He walked through our area, remarked on the state of the building, and pointed out a structural feature of the building--a large set of steel girders that formed an octagonal space in one part of the building. I found that I was the one talking to this guy. I was uncomfortable and was looking forward to him leaving our camping area.
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Blink author was interviewed last night on NPR. Nothing new came forward during the interview, but it was a good recap of the book's content and focus. Looks like Blink will do even better than his previous work, The Tipping Point, which has sold over 800,000 copies.

Walked downtown for lunch today. Nice day with cooling breezes along with lots of sunshine. Felt good during the walk, through lunch and returning home. When I got here, I lay down to read and fell asleep. Awoke when there was some outside noises.

Had some thoughts last night about going to the beach today. So much for thoughts. Some resistance to driving long distances--the price of gasoline is through the roof. Filled up last night and paid the most I've ever paid for a tank of gas. And I expect that I'll break that record before it's all over.

Started reading a set of short stories by Oates. She is the female Stephen King--at least in terms of macabre plots and characters. Her stuff is a little less fantastic, which makes it that much more eerie since it deals with common situations and settings. But, I love it and can't stop reading.

Picked up the latest SciFi periodicals. More to read, to be read. Can't stop reading. Reading my way to health and wholeness, or not. Reading anyway.