How do I feel about the test? It was pretty relaxed, groups swapping over to various sections to test different things. My order meant I got to do falls first, which was great because I really do like throwing myself at the floor. I fell, I slid, and I got up pretty quick afterwards without putting my hands on the ground, so I think that was okay.
The next section was endurance/derby form/crossovers, 5 minutes non-stop of skating round the track trying to get more than 21 laps. I did not count my laps, despite thinking to myself beforehand that it'd be easiest to count how many I do in the first minute and guesstimating from there. So I don't know if I made the 21 laps, but my crossovers were okay if not great (they didn't test us going in the clockwise direction, which is the "other" direction since derby tracks are raced anti-clockwise, but I could have managed if they had) and I didn't fall. I did get lapped a couple of times by the other girl being tested (everyone else in my group went in groups of four, but as we were the last we were just the two of us), but hopefully I wasn't going incredibly slowly. It worked out well being the two of us on the track as I had more room and could just focus on my own efforts.
The next section were the stops. My plow stops didn't feel that great (slowing myself down rather than a definite stop), but I didn't crash into the wooden barriers or fall to my knees (what we were supposed to do if we couldn't make ourselves stop before the barriers). My T-stops were okay and I feel better about them than the plow stops.
Then to finish up we did jumps over cones laid on their sides. I think those were okay, I cleared the cones and I didn't fall over when landing. So, whoo!
And that was it! No weaving! No crossovers in the wrong direction! T-stops using your non-dominant foot optional! \o/
I can't make any predictions, honestly. I am glad I was calm for this assessment. Nerves hit when I was on the train, but they went into the background shortly after putting the gear on and getting onto the track for warm up laps. I don't know whether I should have fit in another skating session before the test, but I went in thinking that my skills are what they are and it helped.
To top it all off, we were told there's a possibility of a re-test if we don't make it this time round. Sometime early December, which is nice to know.
Now, to face full-time work...
- Mood:
contemplative
Teacher,suffragatte,secretary
Born: November 30th, 1842
Died: December 21st, 1919
Quote:"Well, of what crime have the women of Nevada, or the women of every other State in the Union, except two, been convicted, that they should be held disenfranchised citizens?"
Bio:Born in Canada 1842. She later moved to Nervada to teach, and was succesful before four of her six children became terminally ill and died. This tragedy hit her husband hardest. In 1891, her eldest son died. Her husband then commited suicide from the grief. She was now left with only her daughter, Mary. She then became an active advocate of the right for women to vote. From 1897-1898 she published a weekly women's right newspaper 'The Nevada Citizen'. Frances and her daughter lived in Washigton for a while, then moved to California. Whilst there, Mary died (in 1900). Frances stayed in California and remained active in suffragism. Frances died in late 1919, just before the suffrage amendment was added to the Bill of Rights.
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Today was an odd one. I passed out sitting up twice. The first time, I woke up across Kerrigan's keyboard. The second time, my head was being supported by my upraised arm. I knew that a nap sounded delightful when I came home from lunch around three, but I couldn't believe I somehow passed out to be unconscious for a few hours.
I suppose a lot of it is just exhaustion. I worked a 14-hour day yesterday after two other days of pulling 14 hours. However, I went out and grabbed a drink with a few of my coworkers and didn't slink in until almost three this morning. I woke up around 9:30, but didn't do much because I just felt worn out. I only had two beers last night, and it was over the course of two hours. It was odd that I felt hungover, and had a serious headache most of today.
I think I'm just so stressed, and it's really starting to impact my ability to function. It feels like it takes an entire day to fully recover from my week, and in the process of that, I end up losing sleep because all of the anxieties I cannot allow myself to express during the week manifest and take charge of me. Even right now, I feel almost panicked and for reasons I can't completely understand.
I do know that I'm beginning to think my tether is snapping again. Yesterday, I nearly broke down and cried about the Chronister issue--oddly, only a few moments before I found myself in my boss' office--as though the full impact had finally caught up with me. And just a few minutes ago, it occurred to me that maybe it is time to find a new therapist. Though Sue and I have finally started to really make the phone sessions work, part of me feels like I need face-to-face interaction with a shrink. I feel like I've allowed having phone sessions to give me the excuse to actually skirt dealing with my issues.
I'm going to try water substitution if the anxiety continues. In the past, when I've felt tremendous difficulty in calming myself down, changing the temperature by jumping into a hot shower or cold pool has helped me ground myself in reality. It would probably be a good opportunity for me to bathe the dogs anyway, neither of whom is smelling particularly pleasant these days.
Also, I'm extremely disappointed "Feministing" has not posted anything and will not return to posting for several days. I think the articles are more on-point than "bitch" and they tend to be more thought-provoking. In fact, I'm finding myself become disenchanted with the publication, which will be the subject of a future post.
- Mood:
tired
Today is the day when we vote upon the controversial minaret ban initiative.
I was up most of last night because I felt like I was dying. Heartburn was so bad I thought I was going to throw up for most of the night, and then my stomach was making the horrible cramps and growling that generally comes after you've eaten something poisonous and are going to explode. I hadn't eaten anything poisonous (or indeed much of anything at all yesterday), and I didn't explode, but the cramps and growling were bad.
So I crept out of our bedroom and set up camp in the living room so I didn't bother Zaubi by having the lights on -- unfortunately our little furnished apartment only has *the* most uncomfortable sofa known to man: a right-angled, hard-cushioned hideous piece of hideousness that causes misery in every single body part when you sit upon it whether you are pregnant or not. And, the back and armrests both are at 90 degree angles. And, it is far too short to lie down on. Ugh.
'Nuff said. If I don't leave *right now* I will miss my voting chance! Gaaaah! I'm still having trouble standing upright this morning due to cramping, and I still feel vaguely like throwing up. I do not feel like lurching to the train station right now. Why didn't I vote earlier?!?!?
- 22:47 holy moly that was a good tracking day. time for some ruffs and maybe some sleep, eventually... #
- 03:56 Reviewing finished instrumentals. OMG am I tired! Just... A little bit... Further... bit.ly/5sSTuF #
That is all.
Oh except that this last.fm multi-artist radio station for Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson & George Harrison is my favorite thing of the week. Well, that and all the other multi-artist stations I've had on recently (&Patti; + Neko + Elvis Perkins *_______*)
Okay now that is all.
- Music:Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - The River | Powered by Last.fm
If only I had the concentration and ambition to be some big sell out designer, but alas, I do not. I just want to make implausibly unreasonable things that I wouldn't possibly be able to regain the cost of. And not so secretly yearn for Jeanine Payer & Vivienne Westwood. I have goals. Not exciting or altruistic ones, but I have them.
I wish I had the nerve and people skills to be a prostitute, but then I'd be one of those Aileen Wuornos kind only not out of mental instability or reason, just because I'd get annoyed by the people. I am not destined for the human relations sector, no. I've still got DMV clerk secretly saved in the back of my head though. I will eventually find a career after SAIC that I hope doesn't involve being a teacher forever.
- Mood:
calm - Music:Hey Arnold.
Hello! And greetings! From Death Flu Island! Death Flu Island, in case you are wondering, is my very special post-holiday locale, where I attempt blog posts whilst unable to maintain consciousness. But, you know, I imagine lots of us have had long weekends, and are getting a little too used to being lazy, and need some harsh, cold Existential Horror to get us going again.
Oh, hey, Bernard Henri-Levy on the Polanski bail offer, you guys!
The decision to free Roman Polanski is a wise decision. It honors the people who took it. It shows that the arguments developed by the movie director’s partisans — including those published on the French review’s website of La Règle du Jeu — have finally been fruitful.
Except that those arguments were for letting him go, and not pursuing due process of law in his case, and this is a bail agreement.
Nothing will repair the days he has spent in prison. Nothing will erase the immense, unbelievable injustice he has been subjected to. Nothing will take away the hysteria of those ones who have never stopped pouring contempt upon him, hounding him through hatred and asking for his punishment as if we were living the darkest and most ferocious hours of the McCarthy era all over again.
But you would seem to be making an argument for letting him go, and not pursuing due process of law in his case, and this is, again, a bail agreement.
At least the nightmare is about to end. At least the end of the hell is looming.
Right. Because – even though you didn’t think any of Polanski’s supporters would be so openly, unreflectively awful as to advocate letting the confessed rapist just run away again – that is what Bernard-Henri Levy apparently perceives to be the purpose of the bail agreement. Because, if Levy conceived of this agreement as an opportunity for Polanski to serve house arrest until extradition, there’s not a chance that he would be so very celebratory. Everything in this statement indicates that he believes Polanski is going to turn fugitive, again. And he’s happy about that. He just won’t say it aloud. He’ll say everything but.
Now that we’re apparently done pouring our contempt on Polanski, can we pour it on Bernard? Because it doesn’t seem to be slowing R-Pol’s roll much, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned from hearing Bernard-Henri Levy whinge on and on and on over a period of months about how terrible it is to be a rich and famous and acclaimed and popular director who occasionally gets snubbed at cocktail parties, it’s that he views the dislike of others (this dislike being based, of course, on one’s feelings about child rape) as The Very Worst Thing That Can Ever Happen Ever. Which, you know. Isn’t exactly a disincentive.
We've cut prices for the holidays!!! And on top of that, from now until midnight on Monday, you'll receive an extra 25% off of everything originally priced from $20 to $60. If you've had your eye on anything, this is the time to get it! Its also a great time to pick up some presents ^_~ We'll be retiring the majority of our stock at the end of January to make room for our new '10-'11 collections, so this is quite possibly your last chance to get most of what's listed.
For the holidays, a free gift will come with all orders that add the "Free gift" product found in the special offers section.
In other news, we should be adding 2 more conventions to our list in the next few days, so definitely add us on facebook for updates on that ^-^
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- Music:thenewno2 - Crazy Tuesday | Powered by Last.fm
Today was my Father’s 86th birthday. My wife and I drove out to my
sister’s place in Brooklyn in one vehicle, while our two sons drove out
in other—since they wanted some independence of movement
following the festivities. It was nice to have the whole family together
in one room for the first time since Passover.
Satiated with food, familial love, and good humor, I was a less than entertaining
conversationalist for my wife on the ride home. This was fortuitous, however, as
the fact that she was not occupied with yours truly led her to take some photos from
the car. Here are a few:
The funny thing is that I have had the "river of life" on my mind a bit lately, but had
not thought precisely in terms of that river being lights on the road across Staten
Island and into Jersey. So, while we crossed several plainly riverish rivers during our
drive through twilight and then into the deeper blue-blackness, one couldn’t help
but think about the river above the river.
This entry is a bit of a homage to an LJer whose journal and whose person I greatly
admire. Some of you may be able to guess who that LJer is.
My daughter and her friends are organizing a holiday pet food drive to benefit a number of local no-kill shelters, and they could really use a helping hand...
If your holiday budget allows, please consider pitching in for one or more 8-pound bags of high quality dog or cat food, which we're getting a discounted price ($6 for one bag, $14 for three bags or $21 for five bags). Our goal is to distribute 800 pounds!
Thanks in advance for your kindness & generosity... and for caring about homeless cats and dogs this season. I'll keep everyone posted on our progress. :)
P.S. If you prefer, you can also purchase a copy of my Calendar of Horrors, and I will donate all of the proceeds (minus postage) to the girls' food drive.
- Location:Chicago
- Mood:
Grateful
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everythingtold goes out for a meal at a restaurant. As soon as the waitress appears, she gives the waitress her demands -- bring the drink, meal, to-go boxes, and check at the same time and don't come back until then -- because "I really go out of my way to make life as easy as possible for people in customer service". When the waitress gets annoyed with her, she points out that she's not being annoying. "I turned to the couple at the table next to me and asked if I was bothering them. They shook their heads 'no'. I asked the family at the table on the other side and asked the same thing."
Then, there's a lengthy diatribe about her theory on tipping: "servers get $3-something an hour and minimum wage is $7:30 [sic] per hour. Generally speaking, if I am going to spend an hour in a restaurant, I will be tipping $4."
Finally, after paying her check, the OP gets up for a cigarette break, leaving her music player & book behind. After her cigarette break, she's SHOCKED to discover her table has been bused!
Commentors repeatedly point out that requesting the waitress only visit your table twice -- once to take your order and once to drop everything from drink to bill off -- is very inconvenient for waitstaff, but OP doesn't care. "I guess a lot of people in here hate me for trying to make life easy, lol."
"I actually wasn't trying to come off as SpecialSnowflake/EntitlementBitch at all - just the opposite."
"I cn't [SIC] believe that many people think it's annoying to make sure server doesn't have to worry about me very much."
Why you no-good son of a...
- Location:Chicago
- Mood:
GTFO
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