Monday Mission - 2/24/2003
1. Has anyone ever told you that you needed to lose weight or change something about yourself physically? Who told you and what impact did it have on your life? Your perception of yourself?
Last summer, my dad told me that he thought I was fat and then dared to ask if I got a boob job! :boobies Ummm, I wasn't about to let him have a look to prove my point. I've really tried to make changes to my eating habits, since there's nothing wrong with my exercise routine, and I've lost 5 pounds since December.
2. Do you enjoy the snow and cold weather?
No. No weather extremes for me! :hot :cold
3. Visualize the perfect winter evening. Are you alone or with someone? How does the evening start? How does it end, and everything in-between.
Candlelight dinner, a hot tub, a massage, and nookie. Doesn't matter in what order. Obviously this is not something to do alone. Right, G? :wink
4. I've noticed that people I work with, even no more than 6 feet away, would rather e-mail me a message than turn around and speak to me. Same goes for voice mail, I find I get more calls when I am away than when I am available to speak to someone. So many things that could be said face-to-face are now accomplished electronically. Do you think that technology has had allowed relationships and human interaction to become less personal? Is this a good thing?
I think that long conversations on IM have actually improved communications, I've talked about stuff with people that I'd never have the nerve to bring up in real life. As for e-mail, it's a good way to reach me, since I'm the only person on this planet now who doesn't own a cell phone, but people should never make a habit of always e-mailing and never calling, because e-mails are usually too brief to have any genuine communication happening.
5. One thing I've always wanted to learn is how to juggle. I'm pretty good with my hands, so I am sure I could do it. Yet, I've never made the commitment to sit down and learn how. Is there anything you've been meaning to learn, that you can learn, but haven't? (or maybe you have?)
I can't drive standard, even though I've had a few lessons.
6. On the other side of the coin, there is photography. As much as I'd like to, I will never be as great at it as others. And I am OK with that, still I wish I had the gifts that others have. What skills or talents have you wished that you possessed that you most likely never will? Are you content with that?
I don't think I could learn to play another instrument. I wish I was better with computer hardware so I don't have a nervous breakdown every time I have to open up my case. I wish I could memorize my piano pieces more easily!
7. "AudioBlogs" are a twist on text blogs, where the blogger posts audio files instead of writing their entries. Not far behind the curve are VideoBlogs. While I've tinkered with Audio posts before, I think it excludes too many people and personally, I feel the written word has a deeper impact. What do you think of the concept of "AudioBlogs?" Would you like to hear the voice of your favorite bloggers occasionally? Would you rather listen to or read your favorite Blogs?
I don't think the concept will take off. Too many people are self-conscious about their voices. Besides, I can edit text posts, whereas I don't think I'm eloquent enough to just let my thoughts down in a sound file without sounding like an idjut.