Do not let their anger win, love is the only way.
I truely believe it...
November 30, 2006
November 29, 2006
LLuke sur Deviantart
Je connais LLuke sur IRC depuis environs 10 ans et j'ai eue la chance même de le rencontrer lors de son passage au Québec. Mais la raison que je pense à lui ce soir, c'est que je ne l'ai jamais vu aussi passionné pour quelque chose, et moi .. j'adore ça! Voir, lire la passion de quelqu'un. L'objet de sa passion? Un Nikon D80. Depuis que LLuke l'a il rayonne d'enthousisme pour la photo! et je le comprends! LLuke n'est certe pas un débutant en matière de photo. Mais là.. il se dépasse.. et avec autant d'enthousiasme, je suis certaine que même excellente maintenant, ces photos vont devenir encore meilleure!
Je vous invite à les explorer.. mais non seulement les explorer maintenant, mais à suvire l'évolution qu'on verra surment au cours des prochaines années!
Les photos de LLuke
Je vous invite à les explorer.. mais non seulement les explorer maintenant, mais à suvire l'évolution qu'on verra surment au cours des prochaines années!
Les photos de LLuke
November 26, 2006
Et en français?
Je vie en français, j'aime en français, je travaille en français.. alors ce serait bien normale que je blogue en français aussi.. je ne sais pas ce que ça va donner de bloguer en bilingue, mais c'est certain que je n'ai pas un blogue qui va devenir populaire de toute façon, alors pourquoi pas n'en faire qu'à ma tête ?
November 25, 2006
Feel good photo
Whenever I'm a little down.. I just need to glance at this photo of my son in a halloween costume I made him when he was 3 years old and a smile comes to my face. It's framed and hung besides the sink in the washroom.. so I see it a couple times a day. And when I'm feeling good, well looking at him makes me smile even more. I guess it's not just the photo.. it's the memories as well.. making the costume mostly out of recuperated materials because we didn't have much money those years.. starting one pompom thinking it will be the only one, (at the top of his hat) then deciding to make one to put on the yellow collar. It's midnight by then, but the daddy is away on a business trip.. so I have time.. why not make another one.. and another one.. falling asleep in the living room..He's 24 now.. *smile* I have a picture of him and his fiancée above the computer.. He still has that smile that makes me smile :)
Star Trek Personality
I'll have to think about this one.. LOL the answer: Geordi LaForge really caught me by surprise.. but I don't know which other caracter I would be either, so I'll have to take the answer.
The second result.. "An Expendable Character "
is very often how I feelSince your accomplishments are seldom noticed,
and you are rarely thought of, you are expendable.
That doesn't mean your job isn't important but if you
were in Star Trek you would be killed off in the first
episode you appeared in
Your results:
You are Geordi LaForge
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Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Quiz
November 24, 2006
Nice way to start the weekend
I have a sort of virtual date on friday mornings.... with a friend I've know almost 10 years on IRC and who came over to visit for a week a number of years ago. Of course.. with life catching up.. he's now married and has a child, he doesn't chat much anymore.. and we even almost lost touch for a few years.. then we communicated by e-mail for a few years, but that wasn't enough either.. so now.. when we can.. we meet en IRC friday mornings.. that is MY friday mornings, HIS friday afternoons since he's en Europe. of course.. he's at work, so he can't always.. like this week, he had a meeting of some sorts.. but that's ok.. there will be other fridays and meanwhile I still really enjoy IRC.. had a nice long chat, almost an hour an a half, with a guy I've known a few months.. about weight training and sports.
I'll have to remember all the good contacts I have..
There's a research that says that in a couple, there has to be 6 times as many good incidents as bad ones. I think that is probably about right for alot of things..
If I'm on a forum or in a chatroom and someone gives me a hate message.. I need 6 love messages to feel good about that forum or chat. OK.. It's not as calculated as that.. I definately don't count the incedents.. but what it does boil down to.. is that we all need positive stuff.. alot more than just one good thing for one bad one.
and now.. Mary.. go outside and play!
I'll have to remember all the good contacts I have..
There's a research that says that in a couple, there has to be 6 times as many good incidents as bad ones. I think that is probably about right for alot of things..
If I'm on a forum or in a chatroom and someone gives me a hate message.. I need 6 love messages to feel good about that forum or chat. OK.. It's not as calculated as that.. I definately don't count the incedents.. but what it does boil down to.. is that we all need positive stuff.. alot more than just one good thing for one bad one.
and now.. Mary.. go outside and play!
November 23, 2006
Was he drunk????
I wonder if he was drunk when he sent me that message saying he missed talking to me. He seemed so nice. And then he disapeared. He must have been drunk.. lol
November 22, 2006
Things I'm thankful for.
I'm thankful
- that I live in a part of the world that is not at war.
- that I can believe that my son has a fair chance at happiness.
- that I have someone who loves me, cares about me and is a witness to my joys and sorrows.
- that I have someone to love and care for and cuddle up to to at night.
- that I have friends who've stood by me in bad times and that I know that I can count on.
- that I have friends with whom I share interests and that I know that I can count on.
- that I still have a brother whom I dearly love.
- that I'm healthy in both mind and body.
- that I have a warm safe place to live.
- that I have job security.
- that I have plans and dreams and things to look forward to
I'm soo lucky.. and hope that I give back to the world some of what I get..
November 21, 2006
Different kinds of balancing?
I definately believe that learning to stand on a Swiss Ball has no carry over value into sports stuff. The reason I believe it.. is because I've learned kneeling on it a little, and I really don't feel anything but fun out if it. However.. some excercises on the bosu or small balance pods.. I can't say the same thing..
my (uneducated) conslusion :
When to balance on something we have to turn the object in the right position, find the center of the ball.. where to put pressure on it.. it's like a circus trick,
When to balance on something we have to learn to aligne ourselves properly it has some carry over value..
If I take the example of the Bosu (half dome) then it means if I put the ball side down and the flat side up.. I just have to find the proper place to put my weight (and keep it there) but if I put the flat side down and balance on the ball side.. then I have to aligne my body in relation with itself.
my (uneducated) conslusion :
When to balance on something we have to turn the object in the right position, find the center of the ball.. where to put pressure on it.. it's like a circus trick,
When to balance on something we have to learn to aligne ourselves properly it has some carry over value..
If I take the example of the Bosu (half dome) then it means if I put the ball side down and the flat side up.. I just have to find the proper place to put my weight (and keep it there) but if I put the flat side down and balance on the ball side.. then I have to aligne my body in relation with itself.
November 17, 2006
Being competitive
Being competitive.. wanting to win.. is a very strong personality trait that people have, or don't have to variing degree. but also, people have very different views on what is competitivness. I think that someone who says he is at competition with himself, is just as competitive as the guy wanting to be the best in a bunch. Some people can be too competitive with themselves, just as they can be too competitive with others. Some people can be Not competitive enough with themselves nor with others.. (but that's another subject)
Being competitive means having a goal, and doing what it takes to reach it. Nothing wrong with that. Being too competitive means having a goal, and doing anything it takes to reach it. Being competitive means getting pleasure out of going to your limits. Being too competitive means ruining your well being by feeling worthless when you're not "the best". Being competitive means admireing those who are better than you. Being too competitive means hating those who are better than you.
I got into fencing competitions sort of by chance.. never had it in my mind.. I started fencing just for fun, at 15, to try a sport that my brother was doing in Military College. At the begining of my second year fencing, my fencing master asked me, in a casual way.. "Do you want to be Québec Class C fencing champion?" LOL I had never even thought of competing, and laughed and replied "Sure, why not Canadian Champion?" I thought he'd laugh.. but know.. in his ever calm way.. he said "OK, but maybe not this year, first things first" I tilted my head and realized he was serious. I said "OK".
At my first competition, the Quebec under 20s, I set my goal to make the finales.. and if I made the finals I'd have "fun" in the finals. That's what happened.. but then.. the wheels began to turn.. They tell you.. "if you do well in the next competition, you'll be chosen to go to Quebec City (2 hours) for that other competition. I was 17 years old.. no money to travel.. of course I wanted to go. So I worked hard.. trained hard.. this was early 1970s.. trainers didn't think much about overtraining.. (but that's another subject) so I got results,
I was known as a "tigresse" (willing to fight like a tiger) When I was on the piste, even if I was sick with the flu, or having an allergie reaction to some medication.. I'd fight it all out.
When I'd loose, I'd be mad, or cry, or get drunk.. depending on the reason I lost. (ok, only got drunk once because of a counter performance, but it was a memerable once..) and I go back to training even harder.
That was just the way things were.. everyone I knew was like that.. alot of them were MUCH worst than me.
During the competitions.. I was on a natural high most of the time.. very focused.. over the years, I gained experience.. saw alot of things around me that I didn't like.. but when at 26 I decided to stop competing in fencing.. I felt like a devorcee.. for years I had been someone.. "a fencer" like a lady of my generation would be a "Mrs. Someone".. and leaving the fencing competitions.. I was no-one anymore... had to find myself..
I think I did.. and the ME without the competitions.. is a much nicer me.
I don't miss it at all. and don't look for it. do everything I can to stay away from it.
but I recognize it in people when I see it. It doesn't have to be in a competition situgation. It can be in ordinary converstation.. in leisure activites, in homje remodeling.. those people stress me when they get too close.
Being competitive means having a goal, and doing what it takes to reach it. Nothing wrong with that. Being too competitive means having a goal, and doing anything it takes to reach it. Being competitive means getting pleasure out of going to your limits. Being too competitive means ruining your well being by feeling worthless when you're not "the best". Being competitive means admireing those who are better than you. Being too competitive means hating those who are better than you.
I got into fencing competitions sort of by chance.. never had it in my mind.. I started fencing just for fun, at 15, to try a sport that my brother was doing in Military College. At the begining of my second year fencing, my fencing master asked me, in a casual way.. "Do you want to be Québec Class C fencing champion?" LOL I had never even thought of competing, and laughed and replied "Sure, why not Canadian Champion?" I thought he'd laugh.. but know.. in his ever calm way.. he said "OK, but maybe not this year, first things first" I tilted my head and realized he was serious. I said "OK".
At my first competition, the Quebec under 20s, I set my goal to make the finales.. and if I made the finals I'd have "fun" in the finals. That's what happened.. but then.. the wheels began to turn.. They tell you.. "if you do well in the next competition, you'll be chosen to go to Quebec City (2 hours) for that other competition. I was 17 years old.. no money to travel.. of course I wanted to go. So I worked hard.. trained hard.. this was early 1970s.. trainers didn't think much about overtraining.. (but that's another subject) so I got results,
I was known as a "tigresse" (willing to fight like a tiger) When I was on the piste, even if I was sick with the flu, or having an allergie reaction to some medication.. I'd fight it all out.
When I'd loose, I'd be mad, or cry, or get drunk.. depending on the reason I lost. (ok, only got drunk once because of a counter performance, but it was a memerable once..) and I go back to training even harder.
That was just the way things were.. everyone I knew was like that.. alot of them were MUCH worst than me.
During the competitions.. I was on a natural high most of the time.. very focused.. over the years, I gained experience.. saw alot of things around me that I didn't like.. but when at 26 I decided to stop competing in fencing.. I felt like a devorcee.. for years I had been someone.. "a fencer" like a lady of my generation would be a "Mrs. Someone".. and leaving the fencing competitions.. I was no-one anymore... had to find myself..
I think I did.. and the ME without the competitions.. is a much nicer me.
I don't miss it at all. and don't look for it. do everything I can to stay away from it.
but I recognize it in people when I see it. It doesn't have to be in a competition situgation. It can be in ordinary converstation.. in leisure activites, in homje remodeling.. those people stress me when they get too close.
Scary how wishes come true
humm I wanted more time to write, and I'm on my back now, with a very bad lower back ache, like I haven't had for a long time.. so I'm set up with my laptop in bed.. knees bent to keep my back straight on the mattress.. good for know, Sat too much this morning.. when a walk of carry something the least bit heavy.. my back hurts.. not an excruciating pain.. but very scary.
reminds me of another back-ache I had.. for 15 years! It took a bout with bronchitis to make it go away! yup.. 3 weeks in bed, sick like hell.. and my back ache was cured! If I had know.. I would have done more to listen to the doctor who wanted to make me go to the hospital for a week of "full rest" .. my backache was from overtraining in the season before the 1976 olympics.. I was 4th.. the team was compose of 3.. I tried too hard.. and with bad guidance. that year I was off for 4 months.. and the comeback was real slow.. in the years following.. I'd have 5-6 crises because of my back.. 10-15 years later.. it still happened 2-3 times a ywar.. then, after my 3 weeks forced full rest, it didn't happen again.. until know.
You'd think that with a 15 year back pain history I learned my lesson, and am resting 'cause it happened yesterday.. Well no.. I happened almost a week ago.. and did a weigts workout the same day, and a weights workout and a yoga class to days later.. and worked at work, bending, twisting, carrying stuff, sitting.. all week.. and now I have to pay for it. How much? I don't know.. I'm planning on resting 3 days.. and if on Monday I'm not well, I'll go see the docteur..
this stinks.. have time to write stinks..
sorry about that.. and thanks for reading!
reminds me of another back-ache I had.. for 15 years! It took a bout with bronchitis to make it go away! yup.. 3 weeks in bed, sick like hell.. and my back ache was cured! If I had know.. I would have done more to listen to the doctor who wanted to make me go to the hospital for a week of "full rest" .. my backache was from overtraining in the season before the 1976 olympics.. I was 4th.. the team was compose of 3.. I tried too hard.. and with bad guidance. that year I was off for 4 months.. and the comeback was real slow.. in the years following.. I'd have 5-6 crises because of my back.. 10-15 years later.. it still happened 2-3 times a ywar.. then, after my 3 weeks forced full rest, it didn't happen again.. until know.
You'd think that with a 15 year back pain history I learned my lesson, and am resting 'cause it happened yesterday.. Well no.. I happened almost a week ago.. and did a weigts workout the same day, and a weights workout and a yoga class to days later.. and worked at work, bending, twisting, carrying stuff, sitting.. all week.. and now I have to pay for it. How much? I don't know.. I'm planning on resting 3 days.. and if on Monday I'm not well, I'll go see the docteur..
this stinks.. have time to write stinks..
sorry about that.. and thanks for reading!
November 15, 2006
I wish I was a writer..
I have so much to say.. so many thoughts.. during the day I tell myself that I have to write about such or such a thing.. but when???? the days, weeks, months, even years go by so fast..
What should I drop to have the time to write what I want to write? I won't drop talking with my boyfriend, son, family or chatting with my friends... I won't drop working out or dancing or hiking..
there isn't much housework I can drop, I've already dropped most of it just to Log my fitness journal.. can't drop that! I think that in a few years it will be a rich and useful souvenir and might just inspire someone to continue.. well.. might ok.. inspire ME to continue? ;)
the only thing I see that I could drop is work! and become a writer.. but blogging will definately not put food in my pantry nore pay the gym membership.. so what else can I do..?
*sigh* wait for retirement.. put writing on the list.. somewhere between
learning to play the piano.. (I have an excellent piano that only gets heard on the rare occasions when my son comes home).. learning Spanish.. getting back into photography, finishing the basement..
What should I drop to have the time to write what I want to write? I won't drop talking with my boyfriend, son, family or chatting with my friends... I won't drop working out or dancing or hiking..
there isn't much housework I can drop, I've already dropped most of it just to Log my fitness journal.. can't drop that! I think that in a few years it will be a rich and useful souvenir and might just inspire someone to continue.. well.. might ok.. inspire ME to continue? ;)
the only thing I see that I could drop is work! and become a writer.. but blogging will definately not put food in my pantry nore pay the gym membership.. so what else can I do..?
*sigh* wait for retirement.. put writing on the list.. somewhere between
learning to play the piano.. (I have an excellent piano that only gets heard on the rare occasions when my son comes home).. learning Spanish.. getting back into photography, finishing the basement..
November 12, 2006
Preparing for the worst..
Funny how I think of myself as an optimist person.. yet sometimes I prepare for the worst. I could never say to my son that I'll live forever, or that I'll always be there for him.. The best I could do was to say that I'll take care of myself as much as I can to be there for a long long time. And in the same way.. I don't want to think that he'll be there forever.
Anything can happen.. sometimes even good things take loved ones away very far.. and I know that if I don't get used to the idea ahead of time, I'll panic. and if it doesn't happen.. well I don't take it for granted.. I'm real glad it didn't happen.
It works for alot of things.. but of course I don't go around looking for things that can go wrong.. and I definately wish I could just take things that happen without pannicing.. and I'm working on that.. but until I'm sure I can handle stuff, I'd rather play it safe.
Anything can happen.. sometimes even good things take loved ones away very far.. and I know that if I don't get used to the idea ahead of time, I'll panic. and if it doesn't happen.. well I don't take it for granted.. I'm real glad it didn't happen.
It works for alot of things.. but of course I don't go around looking for things that can go wrong.. and I definately wish I could just take things that happen without pannicing.. and I'm working on that.. but until I'm sure I can handle stuff, I'd rather play it safe.
Nouveau départ
Voilà! this blog is no longer attached to the Fitness logs .. It can fly on its own lonesome.
