I'm telling you why
Santa is coming, to town.
So today's activity with the Katimagroup was to go Christmas caroling in a senior's home. And beforehand, me, M, & J formed this club of people who weren't very much impressed by the idea of going caroling.
But you know what?
I disbanded the club afterward.
I had a genuinely good time, I really did. My job was to hold the papers with the notes and lyrics to the carols in front of D., the local guitar shop owner who is quite a singer and guitarist, and for A1 who didn't seem to play guitar nearly as much as he seemed to want to. Turns out B Flats are chords unheard of to him.
But anyway, we dazzled through the hallways of this massive centre, distributing hot apple cider (because really cold apple cider is just so untraditional, you know?) and singing our lungs out.
Ah, the looks on all the seniors' faces, it was simply heartwarming, it was.
Hitting the high notes was quite amusing for A2, because she was noticing how badly I could hit them. Silent Night was especially gruesome.
Yesterday was one of my Quiet Days again, it was a sort of a mourning day for me, even though there wasn't anything physical to mourn over. I spent most of my day in my bedroom, away from all the zombies of this house.
But I went to sleep happy, very happy indeed, so today I woke up feeling content, not as ecstatic as when I went to sleep, but enough to have a most pleasant day.
Ah, I really do have something concrete to look forward to after Katimavik, I'm so happy about it. It's just such an awesome idea, it fills me with joy.
What is it, what is it?
No, I can't reveal it, it might jinx it from ever happening.
This idea will give me things to think about when I have nothing else to think about except losing The Game.
I lost.
On that note, goodnight, sleep in time for me tomorrow, and work is done for another three weeks when I will find out what I'll be doing in Ste-Marie!
Karma Aspiration Linger Entity Iodine Darwin Overcast Ulysses Grievous Hawt Spectre Citron Ophilia Philharmonic Eyeless
21/12/08
18/12/08
I just had to say
Yes yes I know it's unconventional for me to blog one day after the next, let alone blog twice in a day, but I just had to say that I am listening to the corniest songs on the local radio station while covering front desk as receptionist.
I am terribly bored, but this office is pretty sweet so I'm not letting my Katimacoworker take over (:.
Listening on the messages left by people on the giant phone switchboard-thing is pretty interesting too.
Obviously, I don't answer the phone, with regards to my very slight phobia of them, especially strangers on them.
Oh man it's ringing right now.
NO I WILL NOT ANSWER, LEAVE A MESSAGE THANKS.
"1, 2, 3, 4 tell me that you love me more la la la!"
Okay so that's not as corny anymore, but most of the time it is, okay?
MY FM?
More like...
YOUR FM.
...
Final presentation in three hours, we're gonna rock the Senior's Centre.
Good day folks.
Karma Aspiration Linger Entity Iodine Darwin Overcast Ulysses Grievous Hawt Spectre Citron Ophilia Philharmonic Eyeless
I am terribly bored, but this office is pretty sweet so I'm not letting my Katimacoworker take over (:.
Listening on the messages left by people on the giant phone switchboard-thing is pretty interesting too.
Obviously, I don't answer the phone, with regards to my very slight phobia of them, especially strangers on them.
Oh man it's ringing right now.
NO I WILL NOT ANSWER, LEAVE A MESSAGE THANKS.
"1, 2, 3, 4 tell me that you love me more la la la!"
Okay so that's not as corny anymore, but most of the time it is, okay?
MY FM?
More like...
YOUR FM.
...
Final presentation in three hours, we're gonna rock the Senior's Centre.
Good day folks.
Karma Aspiration Linger Entity Iodine Darwin Overcast Ulysses Grievous Hawt Spectre Citron Ophilia Philharmonic Eyeless
Let's touch base on flow charts, okay?
Courtesy of XKCD. Thank you for making my second last day of volunteer work at Search comprehendable.
17/12/08
Sha la la la la la, Strathroy
Ohhhh don't I feel like a bad boy for taking time to blog while I'm at work.
I'm technically supposed to be calculating all the hours that I've done here, and writing down everything that I've done.
That has proven harder than I thought.
I also had a hard time yesterday putting down a job title for what it is I actually do here (for this resume writing workshop). Err.
They make me do everything, sometimes I'm with the counselling team, sometimes the administrative, usually the Community Support team, and a lot of time is spent in the activity section of the building.
I got destroyed when I tried to play pool with a client yesterday...
After this work week is over, there are big plans for the christmas break.
We're going christmas caroling on Saturday.
Yes, and I'll just sit at the back of the group (under the excuse that I'm the tallest, therefore I should be at the back) and "sing".
The entire cluster is coming over for christmas eve, aw yeah!
But you know, they want us to wear our "ugly sweaters" for ugly sweater night.
I'm not going out to buy an ugly sweater.
I'm going to wear my nice purple sweater that my grandma knitted for me a while back, thank you.
In case you didn't know, my next rotation is in Ste-Marie, QC, and I've looked it up, and it looks -so- much better than Strathroy.
They actually have a usable gymnasium, and there's a badminton league!
I am definitely going to go play there, hopefully every week, hopefully for free!
`-`-`-`-`
According to Katimavik, there are four "stages" of group living:
Introducing
Norming
Storming
Performing
Which is supposed to be some sort of cycle. We're definitely past the introduction stage, and we've already been normed, so it's a cycle between storming and performing.
There's no massive storming, where everyone just loathes each other, it's mostly tidbits with certain people sometime, at least for me.
One thing which gets to me in Katimavik is the need to share everything.
If you're feeling down, you're totally supposed to go out there and explain why you're feeling down and blah blah blah, and I'm really not like that at all, so I don't do it. People tell me I'm not supposed to do that, but I don't care, I don't like sharing like that, especially with all these people around.
Even right now, I feel I'm sharing a little too much, but obviously, blogs are a rather different form of information sharing, yes?
The other thing that gets to me in Katimavik is the whole "we do everything as a group" thing.
For example, on Tuesdays, we have this free tai chi class that this guy has been giving us for the past few weeks. Everyone seems to enjoy it.
Personally, I'm not feeling it.
But I can't not go, so I show up, do the tai chi, and leave.
I just don't like it, that's all, I don't feel the "chi", nor do I feel the need to "feel" it. Others' experiences will vary.
So that's that.
I'm having a good time in Katimavik though, don't get me wrong, and I certainly don't see myself quitting.
No one has left in my group yet, which is a bit surprising, considering some of the circumstances that I shan't describe here (at least not for now). And I've been googling katimavik, and a lot of groups seem to lose members within the first months, so we're doing alright!
That is all, back to work, zug zug.
Karma Aspiration Linger Entity Iodine Darwin Overcast Ulysses Grievous Hawt Spectre Citron Ophilia Philharmonic Eyeless
I'm technically supposed to be calculating all the hours that I've done here, and writing down everything that I've done.
That has proven harder than I thought.
I also had a hard time yesterday putting down a job title for what it is I actually do here (for this resume writing workshop). Err.
They make me do everything, sometimes I'm with the counselling team, sometimes the administrative, usually the Community Support team, and a lot of time is spent in the activity section of the building.
I got destroyed when I tried to play pool with a client yesterday...
After this work week is over, there are big plans for the christmas break.
We're going christmas caroling on Saturday.
Yes, and I'll just sit at the back of the group (under the excuse that I'm the tallest, therefore I should be at the back) and "sing".
The entire cluster is coming over for christmas eve, aw yeah!
But you know, they want us to wear our "ugly sweaters" for ugly sweater night.
I'm not going out to buy an ugly sweater.
I'm going to wear my nice purple sweater that my grandma knitted for me a while back, thank you.
In case you didn't know, my next rotation is in Ste-Marie, QC, and I've looked it up, and it looks -so- much better than Strathroy.
They actually have a usable gymnasium, and there's a badminton league!
I am definitely going to go play there, hopefully every week, hopefully for free!
`-`-`-`-`
According to Katimavik, there are four "stages" of group living:
Introducing
Norming
Storming
Performing
Which is supposed to be some sort of cycle. We're definitely past the introduction stage, and we've already been normed, so it's a cycle between storming and performing.
There's no massive storming, where everyone just loathes each other, it's mostly tidbits with certain people sometime, at least for me.
One thing which gets to me in Katimavik is the need to share everything.
If you're feeling down, you're totally supposed to go out there and explain why you're feeling down and blah blah blah, and I'm really not like that at all, so I don't do it. People tell me I'm not supposed to do that, but I don't care, I don't like sharing like that, especially with all these people around.
Even right now, I feel I'm sharing a little too much, but obviously, blogs are a rather different form of information sharing, yes?
The other thing that gets to me in Katimavik is the whole "we do everything as a group" thing.
For example, on Tuesdays, we have this free tai chi class that this guy has been giving us for the past few weeks. Everyone seems to enjoy it.
Personally, I'm not feeling it.
But I can't not go, so I show up, do the tai chi, and leave.
I just don't like it, that's all, I don't feel the "chi", nor do I feel the need to "feel" it. Others' experiences will vary.
So that's that.
I'm having a good time in Katimavik though, don't get me wrong, and I certainly don't see myself quitting.
No one has left in my group yet, which is a bit surprising, considering some of the circumstances that I shan't describe here (at least not for now). And I've been googling katimavik, and a lot of groups seem to lose members within the first months, so we're doing alright!
That is all, back to work, zug zug.
Karma Aspiration Linger Entity Iodine Darwin Overcast Ulysses Grievous Hawt Spectre Citron Ophilia Philharmonic Eyeless
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