t’s been a very social weekend. Actually, more than just the weekend, because on Friday the CEISMIC team spent the day at the NDF Bar Camp, an “unconference” to discuss digital issues in the cultural heritage sector. Lots of exciting conversations and ideas, and seriously inspiring. Tiring though, in that way of an event where…
Apparently there was some sort of sporting event last night which people were getting kind of excited about (the turnout at Toastmasters was the lowest I’ve seen since the coldest days of winter – presumably everyone was at home watching the match). I enjoyed Harvestbird’s commentary – she sent me regular tweets about the relative…
n all my star-struckedness (yeah, not really) yesterday, I forgot to tell you about the speech I gave at Toastmasters on Tuesday night. My seventh official speech, so I’m creeping ever closer to ten and finishing the first qualification. As with everything else in my life at the moment, the race is on to complete…
I had another look at the kestrel in daylight, and having let enough time pass for the frustration at not getting it to work right to subside, and I’m feeling a lot happier about it now. The misalignment isn’t nearly as bad as I’d thought, and (as a couple of you pointed out) hardly even…
ear Diary being down yesterday has thrown me off completely, because I (re-)posted yesterday’s entry this morning, which means I’ve been thinking all day that I’d already written a post today, so I haven’t been keeping an eye out for something to write about. So now that I’ve finally remembered that this morning’s post doesn’t…
y resolve about not taking on new things is weakening. I was asked last night to step in as treasurer for my Toastmasters club, because our current treasurer has just resigned from the club. My immediate response was that I definitely couldn’t do it after the start of July, because I’ll be studying, but the…
irst Toastmasters meeting of the year tonight, and as always it was a lot of fun. I was the “Table Topics Master”, in charge of the impromptu speaking section of the meeting. I did have a set of prompts prepared to use to assign speaking topics, but as it turned out we had a huge…
nd of year party for Toastmasters tonight, with charades followed by one of those Secret Santa swaps where you get to steal gifts. All the gifts had to be home-made, so there was loads of imagination in them – some were crafted, some baked, and one was a gift certificate promising a couple of hours’…
oor Parsnips got in a fight last night, and I suspect got the worst of it, because she was looking pretty sorry for herself. Lots of tufts of fur sticking out all over, and definitely a few tender spots she wouldn’t let me touch. She was looking a bit happier when I left for work…
iving a speech tonight at Toastmasters – it’s my 6th speech, so that means I’ll be more than half way to my first qualification. I’m definitely seeing a benefit from attending (as well as having met new cool and interesting people, of course) – even though giving a speech is still nerve-wracking, I’m getting a…