Pardon the pun, but holy crap on the nastiness in the changing room. I guess someone is fearing the red head.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
It was straight up nasty, whatever his flawed reasoning might have been.
So today I gave my sermon and I think it went really well. I had to do it twice since we have two separate services, and I changed things up a little for the second time. RedWifey watched both and politely didn't choose a favorite.
Paula, I mentioned you as I talked -- hope that was okay! Just your first name, but one of your recent blogs fit perfectly into one of my themes.
Getting this done has lifted a massive weight off me. I'm glad I did it, and now it's time to move on and focus on the office for a few weeks.
__________________ Megaloi -- My Blog
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
Paula, I mentioned you as I talked -- hope that was okay! Just your first name, but one of your recent blogs fit perfectly into one of my themes.
Michael:
I don't care. Which blog entry fit the theme you were talking about??? And what did you say?
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
How you were frustated while reading the OT, and felt like you couldn't live up to those standards. I said that your realization was beautiful, and in my eyes was the entire purpose of the law. I mentioned that Jesus spoke to many people with love and grace, while speaking to others harshly. It broke down like this:
Love and grace -- criminals, murderers, tax collectors, adulterers, foreigners... everyone who admitted they had issues and weren't living up to a perfect standard
Harshness and judgment -- Pharisees, religious leaders... everyone who looked at all the OT regulations and said, "Yep. I do all that. I'm good."
__________________ Megaloi -- My Blog
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
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Walk on
With hope in your heart
And You'll Never Walk Alone
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There's no free lunch, especially when it's served with special sauce (lostdog)
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Thanks dudes -- not to come off hoity-toity, but I'm proud of myself on this one. I was having major anxiety issues, and still saw it through and like the message I delivered. I stayed true to myself without saying things that would horribly rock the boat of people not ready to hear them.
And the ass kicking continues at the office:
-- Had my second M/W/F meeting with the Directors this morning. Making some progress.
-- The prez came into my office for a short discussion. He wanted me to know that he notices my work, he's noticing who isn't stepping up, and the problem is temporary. He subtly laid out my next job, which would be running three different departments here. Still depends on me proving I can handle it, but if this happens I get the picture it'll be in the next 90 days.
-- When I ask for a list of references for your product, and you give me a list of names and numbers, I assume they are references. As in, they'll take a call from a prospect. When you tell me you're not sure, you haven't talked to them in a year, and I need to check with someone else... no. You check. You haven't had a project in eight months, and I'm running the entire freaking corporate realignment and trying to get this proposal out the door in the meantime. In my spare time I'm still trying to bring in $3M in revenue this year.
__________________ Megaloi -- My Blog
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
My family rocks. They just brought me dinner and we ate together in my office. Perfect and thoughtful since that made it possible for me to keep working tonight but still get to see everybody. And it costs them quite a bit of drivetime.
Back to work, but happier now!
__________________ Megaloi -- My Blog
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
And if people can't get that link to work, they're not the only one. I can't get it to work either -- it has something to do with which version of Windows or the media player I'm using.
You can also use this link and just download the mp3 audio file. That's the only thing that works for me.
__________________ Megaloi -- My Blog
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
I'll check it out tomorrow at work. It'll give me something to listen to.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
1) Redhaired guy is next to you on the stretching mats. He's facing away from you, on his side, doing hip prehab.
2) You (wearing tiny shorts) lay on your back, grab both your feet and pull them back and down, until you're completely spread eagled just inches away from him.
3) He turns to the other side and notices, obviously, since his face is like... right there. Rolls back over immediately and changes position so he can keep facing away from you.
4) You grab a swiss ball, stick it between your legs, then lift the ball straight up into the air and hold it (again spread eagled) while doing fake crunches. Inches away from the guy. Again.
Why do chicks pull crap like that? I'm pretty sure if I showed my junk it wouldn't be an accident. And I'm hardly the fittest guy there, so it's highly doubtful she was interested, nevermind the fact that this would be a strange way to flirt.
So I assume she's just doing it for kicks. Ego boost? Help me out -- I've only been married 10 years so I haven't even begun to understand the female brain.
__________________ Megaloi -- My Blog
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
....and here's me thinking you read too much into it. Guess I'm in my own little bubble world.
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Walk on
With hope in your heart
And You'll Never Walk Alone
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There's no free lunch, especially when it's served with special sauce (lostdog)
***************************** My Log - PC Plod
it's possible that she's completely clueless that this might be having any effect on you at all - in her mind it is fitness-time and this is an exercise and since it is not directed outward at all why would it have an effect that she should be aware of or care about? I'm not saying that this is a probable explanation but it is possible (remotely possible)
sort of like working in cubicle world - you can't help but overhear other people's conversations, some quite private, but you all pretend that you work inside individual cones of silence -
in her mind, the small gym means you each keep to your own and barely acknowledge that the other person is there much less notice what he or she is doing -
I'm a little late in posting this, but I listened to your sermon on-line today -- very well done!
Wow; thanks!
And it appears that the ladies don't agree on the motivations of the limbertastic half-naked gym chick.
How should they settle this -- mud wrestling, pudding wrestling or baby oil wrestling? I'm no chauvinist and won't force my will; they're free to choose from among those three options.
__________________ Megaloi -- My Blog
"Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."
- Mignon McLaughlin
Dude.... You made me cry at my desk. A most excellent sermon.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
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