Music: Lady Gaga – Telephone, Kesha – Bulletproof
Mood: Tired/Sleepy, Anxious, Unproductive
Grateful For: My adorable son who I love so infinitely and who loves me just as much
Act of Kindness: Complimented a few people, helped co-worker clean up bottle of vinegar she spilled

It’s been a long time since my last post and lots has happened.

First of all I joined Toastmasters and as I always do, I didn’t just jump in, I cannonballed in by joining the Executive as VP Education after only being a member for 3 months. It has been an exhausting but wonderful learning experience.

Shorty after that I applied for and succeeded in becoming a Regional Representative with Random Acts (therandomact.org). This organization is dedicated to conquering the world one random act of kindness at a time which is a cause I have been passionate about for more than a decade when I was involved with a group on Onelist (a precursor to Yahoo Groups) which encouraged participating in acts of kindness and sharing stories with each other.

In the summer I started a small home business by becoming a design consultant with Elanne & Ivy which is a jewellery design business that focuses on selling glass lockets and charms. So far I have only been developing my business by word of mouth until I have more time to dedicate to it.

Also keeping me busy is Air Cadets which I have become more involved with by taking on more responsibilities and more of a leadership or mentorship role with the Level 4 cadets.

Meetup has been a source of new activities and groups too where I have joined some fascinating groups involved in bushcrafting, meditation, adventure travel, and socializing. I even started two groups, one focused on random acts of kindness in my area and the other on geocaching. I am planning the first meetings for these groups in the new year.

School has returned to my life and I have missed it. Now I am taking online learning courses to get my Records and Information Management certificate from a community college.

Yesterday I interviewed to become a Social Media Officer with Random Acts in addition to my current role. If I pass that stage then there is a second level interview and tasks to perform before I will find out if I get the position. It will take a couple of months all in all for that.

So that is what has been keeping me busy and I have more stuff in my head to unleash on the Internet so I will continue to keep myself occupied for a long time to come.

Have a peaceful Winter Solstice and a new year full of kindness and love!

You just know it is the middle of the night and I am going through a stretch where I haven’t been sleeping when I decide to share my views on God. I am warning you now though that unless you could see inside my brain you won’t fully understand what I am getting at. Here goes…

God is a dimension. God is a state of being. God is the space between spaces that connects us all. We are all God and God is all of us. God is the basic essence or building block of everything. God permeates.

My beliefs are based on what I understand of string theory before I even knew what string theory was.

Faith and religion are something else entirely. Neither have anything to do with God. They are man-made constructs designed to keep the world from falling into chaos. They are born from human instinct for survival as individuals and as a species.

If humans had no faith then we would self destruct because without faith there is no belief in consequence and if there is no belief in consequence then humans would do whatever the heck they felt like doing and as I said, self-destruct as a species.

That is just the beginning but I am too tired to write more tonight…

Zzzz…

You ever have one of those days where have such a buildup of restless energy that you feel like duct taping someone to a chair and firing Nerf balls at them relentlessly? Not someone specific or for any reason, just whoever happens to be nearby and just because…

CoWorker: I am off tomorrow afternoon so the doctor can do some tests to find out what’s wrong with me.

Crimson (smirking): Okay, where do we even begin that list?!

Random list of things I have a strong aversion towards…

1.) Chihuahuas
2.) Cockroaches
3.) Attics
4.) People sitting or walking closely on my left side
5.) Anyone other than S touching my face
6.) The colour orange
7.) Peanut butter and chocolate mixed together
8.) Touching raw meat
9.) Vomiting
10.) Perfume/cologne/scented lotions
11.) Flying
12.) Anything slimy
13.) Beer
14.) Pocket lint
15.) Dying
16.) Worms
17.) Malt vinegar
18.) Hillbillies
19.) People invading my personal space
20.) Tarantino movies
21.) Mushrooms
22.) Doing housework
23.) The number 23
24.) Stupid people

Sooooo… Judgement Day… yeah, that little nugget of wackadoo….

Come and gone…

Is anyone really surprised… I mean, really?

Apparently I’ve had nothing the least bit interesting or amusing to say since July. I think the creativity gremlins have kidnapped my muse or stolen my brain again.    

Oh, cruel fates please release them so I can entertain my multitude of fans… all two of them (Hi M, Hi D).

If it weren’t for my thyroid I would slam back a few energy drinks and see what happened. Let my fingers fly across the keyboard and just type whatever crazy crap crossed my scattered mind. Unfortunately, they give me the shakes in a bad way and not the good buzzed, energy filled kind of way.

Damn you, you butterfly shaped gland of painintheassness.

Damn you to heck!

I have thoughts, I have thoughts…

Thoughts that race through the wooded landscape of my mind into the open expanse of a new world on the verge of discovery.

Thoughts that twirl and tumble with innocent naivety and wonder.

Thoughts that soar through the vivid sky right into the face of the temperamental sun.

Thoughts that burst into existence like a clap of thunder and thoughts that melt silently like raindrops on the verdant earth.

I have thoughts.

I am an oyster in the clam bake of life.