Sunday, January 16, 2011

Things I Like

1. Being a Guys Coxswain- I'm a novice in a crew (rowing) team. As a coxswain my job is basically to yell at them and steer the boat. It sounds easy right? Wrong. Firstly you have to learn how to steer the boat. You also have to learn how to yell in a motivational way. Also you act as their coach in a race.(In my first and so far only race i was late to the starting line BUT we were only second to last , it wasn't a novice race btw)

Right now its winter season so we are not on water and i learned how to yell in a motivational fashion (kinda I'm still working on the Rawr part). It involves being really loud and lowering your voice (making yourself like a scary bear instead of a small person that they are going to beat up after they are done). Then there's being a boys coxswain. Its fun but also aggravating. Especially when you have certain "types" of people, who yell every time they get splashed. Anyways its alot of fun, mainly because i don't have to do as much exercise but i can do enough to stay in shape.Here is an illustration. (btw there would really be 2 oars on each side)


2.Tampico or Mango juice- IT TASTES SO GOOD. Seriously though if you dont like Tampico then you might like mango juice.Win Win.

3.High School- At least its better than middle school.
*There is way more freedom and you're not cooped up with people you don't like. In fact, if you're lucky, you rarely see them.
*There is open lunch and you can go almost anywhere with almost anyone!
*Upper Class-men/ don't think its funny to randomly scream in your face to see you're reaction. In fact they are often friendly and willing to make your acquaintance.
*You can take really cool classes, like yoga or maybe psychology
*You can see really cool music concerts (acapella or bands)

4.Volunteering at a Farm Animal Sanctuary-
I volunteer at Stargazing farm every Saturday. Its a lot of fun because you learn about animals and how to groom them and pick up their crap and whatnot, but its also dangerous and sometimes hilarious.
Dangerous example- Often during the winter the Steer(Rocky and Bullwinkle) can be found loose. The Steer are afraid of the horses.(they think they are big kitties) If the horses go near them or if the Steer get happy (yay hay i'm going to hump it)the start rampaging around. Usually this means i have to run and hop a fence because i figure it will take thme an extra 30 seconds to smash the fence down by which time i'll be close enough to the next fence and then a tree.Luckily i recently discovered that hopping ontop of the run in shed also works and takes a lot less running.
Hilarious examples-
*When Jean Claude (the llama who was taken from his mother a bit too early and now is attached to to Louie the horse) tries to a.Mount Louie b.Get milk from him. Louie is fairly diplomatic about it
*Ramon - The creeper rooster thats moody and creeps up on you with ninja stealth. If he pecks it hurts, ALOT.
*Newman (our mascot and goat)- He breaks into cars with his horns, climbs  up people to get to leaves on trees, Eats shirts while people are wearing them, most likely ate the farmers blackberry. Creates alot of mayhem

5.People- They can also be disliked at times, but i was drawing a blank as to what to say. People come in all shapes and sizes. as well as personalities. There's the somewhat dumb ones who make you laugh, the intelligent ones that make you laugh, the whimsical ones that makes you laugh and as long as the end result is laughter or happiness its all good.

However if there were no people there would be no me.....
And that would be

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