Ok, so this track is really the track of the month. I love it! Too bad his upcoming concerts in Toronto are all but sold out.
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I've been chastised by Shaky and Hed Candi for not blogging in so long. The thing is, it always takes me so darn long to write something, and with my attention span being so short these days, I just don't seem to have the discipline to sit and blog. I'll try to be better with my blogging though - my birthday is just under 2 hours away - another new year for me to make some changes for myself (as I've been trying to do since New Year's and Lunar New Year's and now my birthday).
So anyway, it's been pretty busy since last I blogged. One of my best friends got married, I've joined the iPod club and I started a new leadership course:
On Liz's wedding: I still can't really believe it happened. Liz and Fred are so happy together. I'm glad they found each other! I don't know what else to say except that pictures will be coming soon - and they'll be able to tell the story more than I can now! Congrats to the happy couple! I'm jealous because they're on sunny Margarita Island right now. I don't know where that is, but I'm sure it's better than -20C.
On my iPod Shuffle: Shaky said he ordered something from the States for my Valentine's/birthday gift and that he'd bring it over to my place once he got it. The only thing I could think of that he might get me was a new snowboarding jacket, though he tried to convince me that he got me a very unromantic (though very practical) air filter (he insisted that it would prevent me from getting sick). When he arrived at my house I very greedily proclaimed, "Where is it?" But instead of pulling out a jacket from his car trunk, he pulled out a small little iPod Shuffle from his coat pocket. Totally unexpected and totally cool! I haven't been that excited and giddy in a long time. I feel very self-conscious with it on the subway and need to get black earbuds pronto, for fear of being mugged (I say pronto, but I've had the Shuffle for a month already - yes, I know I am putting myself and the iPod in grave danger)...
On my training course: It's a year long leaderhip course, with three residential workshops and additional 1/2 day or 1 day workshops. The first was last week, in Kimberley (near Owen Sound) on an old farm. I met some great people - as one person put it at the end of the session, we'll be the leaders of the conservation/environmental movement of tomorrow. Okay, maybe you think I'm being cheesy, but I'm quite motivated by this prospect and I really do think this will happen.
Anyway, we're all keeping a journal for the course as well, so I'll probably be using some of what I write there here as well. To start off, we were supposed to decide on some goals for personal and professional development for the year. I'm going to state them so people know about it and call me on it if I'm not trying to meet these goals. I don't think they're huge or unattainable, but they are essential to my growth:
Goal #1: A strength that I will continue to improve upon - nurturing/encouraging people's strengths and building confidence in their ability to learn new skills - I am hoping to incorporate what we are learning (better understanding of people's personality types, etc., how that is useful in leading people and knowing when to direct/coach/support/delegate).
Goal #2: A weakness to work on - I will be working on my assertiveness, especially in larger group meeting situations.
We also learned that there are just some things that you should recognize as something you're not or can't do (something that's not essential), and set it aside. Maybe you can come back to it later, maybe not. What I'm setting aside is my wanting to be an extrovert. As an introvert, I've always thought that I had to be an extrovert to be successful. Now I know it's not true (one of the facilitators at the workshop is a very successful, intelligent and well-respected person who is an extreme introvert). I know some people don't like labels - I'm not a huge fan either, but it's useful to help us understand that we're not all the same and that we need to deal with different people differently - and though I may be an introvert, I'm not going to let it box me in or prevent me from doing what I want to do...you know...save the world, then rule it ;)
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Bad news brown: As you can see above, I have much cause for celebration. Unfortunately I've reluctantly accepted that my tolerance for alcohol has dropped to next to nothing. I'm very disappointed. I'm still experimenting a bit with different kinds of alcohol and varying amounts of alcohol on the rare occasion, but I seem to have the same symptoms every time I drink more than one glass of anything - I feel nauseous, almost to the point of blacking out, and my ears plug up. It's weird and freaky. Sober to sick without any sort of happy-phase in between is not fun.
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The last word.
Dear Shaky,
Marzipan is NOT an animal! Please see the definition below:
mar·zi·pan {märz-pn, märts-pän)
n.
A confection made of ground almonds or almond paste, egg whites, and sugar, often molded into decorative shapes.
posted by Sonia @ 10:07 p.m.
2 Comments:
I made some marzipan roses! You can see it tomorrow. :)
You made roses out of animals???...you brute!!
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