Shape

Berkeley, Friday, July 3, 2026 10:18 PM

A 1.5 hours and a chocolate snack changed a bit what I was initially was going to write in here. Even the title was not complete set. I was even thinking to write [OK. I made a long pause…] And dealt with some correspondance, so I forgot what was the last sentence about.

I am wrapping up a productive day, where I reviewed and rewrote in detail text from 5 pages. I was exhausted by 8 PM.

It does help when there is not much planning to do by text. When things happening on the way that one is moving. But, it is true, one might need to leave some time to react to the correspondance.

Oh what I was going to write about before the interruptions was if I elaborate haikus kind of style of several things I have learned in the recent days.

But back to the title. (Well, I checked several news).

Some haikus: Not necessarily good to talk about people. Intention matters. That is why prudence exists. What about listening to it? There is not much option there, but stay to the ground.

Shape was find and has been consistent in recent months, with a few ups, in weight under pressure, and back to normal weight when more in control. Although, there has been some weight loss when extremely busy.

An inflection point was the gift of the seven ice cream cookie sandwiches, which took me about 10 days to finish them. I also received a gift of 5 home made cookies from another friend, which took me also about 4 to 5 days to finish them.

A problem was its content, particularly of the unknown, with the one in a package. There was also the bad sensation of the spring rolls about almost a month ago.

With some visits, and paradoxically, healthy walks, which come however, with short notice, and without time limit, which creates a bit of a problem for the next day, and also I have not made enough time to buy my nuts in shell. Then, it is a bit harder to keep track of nut consuming amount, even if healthy, when they are out of the shell, their flavor is OK, and one does not realize how many shells contents one has eaten. Even more, it is too easy to heat. Someone, most likely a machine, but who knows, has already broke the shell, and then with human assistant, but might be with a machine as well, one eats them from a package. Who knows if something is added to the package as well.

Same. It is so easy to talk about football, politics and so on. And it is might be healthy to do it. The issue is consuming sometimes from third person, which can be either better, with their analysis, or worse, with a potential payment to make polemic any issue, which one can also see that in society. It is definitely better if so the live action, for attending. Or the actual performance at any level. Screens might be useful if one is related to that discipline. Otherwise, it is propaganga.

But there is still some knowledge one learns. i.e. Why Uruguay has stitched four stars in their football t-shirts if they have won two world cups. It is because to their theory, and probably true, if judged in 1924 or 1928 but not in current times, they won two olympic medals, before the world cup creation. The olympic medal at those times in football, could be the equivalent of a world a current world cup. They helped to sustain fifa in 1930, which was sustained by the French. A french Jules R something was the president who came with the idea to create the first world cup. Uruguay hosted it and won it. That was the third consecutive world cup title for many at the time.

Fifa was created in 1904. Many European countries hated between themselves at that time. This is before first world war. It was a bit chaotic to sustain the fifa. But I do not know much for now. Those are a few things I have learned.

Still, there is the love for the game, which I mentioned in posts before. i.e. the England amateur Corinthian team.

Regardless, I was able to catch two names of several today. What happened with attention and memory?

I did not accept a gift of a cookie, I ate half. This is because of all the background I mentioned above. Hard to explain. Even worst I said I prefer raw products. All of those are true, but as often the homily might bring some jewels to counter point.

It was great to receive generosity afterwards.

The other day I went by Bart to El Cerrito. A few times I have done that. It is great because it goes above ground. So the view is great. Also the the BART diving underground it is quite iconic, at least for me. The BART dive happens at the Peralta Community Garden.

Some art around the area in Berkeley.

I learned that Fruitvale was a place where Germans use to live. Saint Elizabeth was German. Might be those Europeans have a ranch and fruit. It is a latino place in this complete vast majority now. Nearby the Bart plaza is great.

Feel the heart. React and act with prudence and honesty. This is trained everyday. So, the values, the brain the focus, the body, all of those not always are on shape. Respect and prudence are good. But competition, facing realities are great as well.

North Berkeley, Thousand Oaks, Berkeley Hills have several streets in honor of saints, or in honor to places? There is San Luis, San Antonio.

Co-working is great, co-doing an activity is great. Memorable things are left from those. It is, likely, the way to do things.