Floor Hockey, Public Speaking, Books, Illness

We matched off against the Special Olympics in floor hockey again, and this time it was called a tie game, 12-12. Some of us really took it seriously. After they destroyed us so thoroughly last time, we decided to pull out all the stops. We came up with positions and strategies, three of our members had gotten practice through their work placements (yeah, I know, that doesn't sound like work...), and all of us were more unified as a team. There was some controversie amongst the group... people saying that we had actually won, but to be honest, if we were going to win, I didn't want it to happen so soon... We play against them every other week, so we're still going to have like, four games against them. Also, we had a foreign Project Leader on our team, one of our members didn't make it, and one of their best players was goalie for our team. I'd rather lose with my team than win with strangers...

The other day we did a public speaking workshop with our sister group, Wellington. Nobody had to participate, but I did. They'd ask you a question and you were supposed to improvise a speach, coming as near to two minutes as possible. I think I did generally well, but I looked at the ceiling and had my arms crossed for the first three quarters of my speach before I remembered I wasn't supposed to do that. I also had a moment with a large pause. However, my finishing time was 1 minute and 59.98 seconds. So close!!! If only it had been 1.59.99!!!

I finished The World According to Garp. The other books I brought were Frankenstein, The Coral Island, The Midwich Cuckoos, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Old Yeller, Ten Little Indians, and Heart of Darkness. I held a vote amongst the group and now I'm reading Frankenstein. I didn't have to bring any books. There's hundreds and hundreds of books in the basement of this house, and there's a library nearby.

I used to do reviews of everything I read, played or watched. I've got two movies and a book I could do that for now, but I haven't been because, if I'm being honest, moreso than lack of access, the real reason I haven't been on the computer that much is because I feel some kind of duty as a member of Katimavik to socialize with my group members as much as possible. So even if there's nothing to do and nothing to say, I'll sit in silence with them longer than I'll spend on the computer.

I wish I'd brought my tarot cards. I brought a lot of conversation starters, but decided against a few because I was concerned about religious and cultural sensitivites. Nobody else worried about that. Anyway, there was some demand for them last night, since there's so much spare time. I'd forgotten that I'd left them behind. If my family's reading this, that could be something they could send in a care package!

I've been sick ever since like, the first day of my work placement. I infected the whole house, but I think I got it the worst, and I think everyone except me is recovering. Still haven't missed a day of work, though!

I really want to know what I'm allowed to say on here... There's a number of things I kind of choke back, just because I'm not absolutely sure that it's cool, but maybe I could get more relaxed...