Hi gang,
Billeting starts next week, which means that we'll be living with a local family for a week. We'll all be living with different families. I'm going to be with the aunt of a former participant who is associated with our group. First I was going to be living with another participants' boss at the Salvation Army, but someone else in our group's family backed out, and he got switched to my family, which meant that I got put with a local farmer, but another Katimavik group in PEI didn't have enough families around where they lived, so they stuck a deal with my PL to get him put with my farmer, so I got switched to this former participants' aunt. I'm a little worried that, because she only entered at the last minute, and someone associated with the group has blood connections with her, that she just got begged into it, and doesn't really want to do it. At least I'm the closest to the house.
Otherwise, I'll describe my hat. It's a black tuque. For my non-Canadian readers, that's like... a knitted winter hat. Here's the Wikipedia on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuque
A French Canadian guy over here taught me the right way to wear a tuque. With the rim rolled up and pushed back on your head so a ruff of hair shows and it doesn't keep your head warm. I'm getting pins and putting them on the rolled up rim of the hat. So far, I've got a Katimavik pin and a Summerside pin.
We got Katimavik T-shirts now. I like wearing them because I feel like a man in uniform.
The beard competition is coming along disappointingly. It's been just over a week and I feel like I should have more. Oh well, the beard-growing instructions I read said that it usually takes at least four weeks to grow a beard. If I can do it in half that time, I'll still feel good about my testosterone levels. As far as my competition goes, some people in the house say it's really close, but that he might be a little bit in the lead, and some people say that it's too close to call. I call that me losing. I don't know if a competition like this is something you can make up for once you start losing. There are a few tricks. Like sleeping for large periods at a time, drinking lots of caffein, and exfoliating your skin early in the competition. I think he did a better job of exfoliating his skin near the beginning. Yeah, that must be it...
I'm finally not sick anymore! YAHOOOO!!!!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
House Management Complete, Katima-lympics, Group Blog
I managed it. I managed to provide for a family of nine, eight of whom aged 18-20, for a week. Okay, I didn't do it alone, and my partner wasn't a slouch, either. But still!
Today was the Katima-lympics, which included three of the four cluster groups. We got smashed, just like we got smashed at every team-based competition back at the orientation. The other two teams tied for first, and our team... didn't. Oh, well. Look how much better we got at floor hockey, after only one game! Our team may start off bad, but we have unlimited potential!
We did win a caber tossing-like competition, and the tug of war. The tug of war was cool, because everyone attributed the win to me. People from other teams were high fiving me, clapping me on the back, hugging me, saying I was amazing, a beast, a legendary creature, telling stories about how they'd be pulling as hard as they could, I'd look them in the eye, smile, pull, and they'd go flying. I got a picture taken, where I got to hold the "rope" (a sheet) and my partners are pointing at me.
During the Easter egg hunt, I managed to fall in some mud, and in a river (I got some eggs out of it, though). I was the roughest-looking guy by the end of the day.
We did another Easter egg hunt through Summerside, just with our team. In this one, there were fewer eggs, and each one included a hint to find the next. Our group was split into two teams, and my team lost.
I took part in a campaign for Katimavik at the farmer's market. That was kind of boring.
Looks like there IS going to be a blog for our group. I didn't think it got very good reception when I first brought it up, and since it wasn't really my original idea, I kind of dropped it. But there's been some renewed interest in it, and no objections. However, nobody's got any suggestions or offered help, either, so I'll basically be in charge of it. I plan to keep updating this blog, too.
I'm going to format it like a weekly newsletter. I need a name for it, though, and I can't think of anything. Our group number is 15133. Not particularly catchy. There was an idea that it could be translated into it's letter equivalent. Isiee. Also that it could be based on a newspaper name, and that whatever is chosen could have "Katima-" put in front of it. Also that something with "Summerside" could be implemented, since it's how the groups are defined right now and it will be the station we spend the most time in. We tried cramming our names together, but that's a minimum eight-syllable word... I'm still working on this.
I finally started taking medicine for my cough. Buckley's cough syrup. I think this is the first time I've ever used it. It's known for tasting incredibly bad, but I find it barely tastes like anything. Kind of disappointing.
I don't think we're getting any replacements. You can get replacements up to five weeks into the program, and we're closing the fifth right now. Arlington and Wellington both got one replacement, and they both lost two members. I think the score is, we've all lost two members, and two groups have gotten one replacement apiece.
Today was the Katima-lympics, which included three of the four cluster groups. We got smashed, just like we got smashed at every team-based competition back at the orientation. The other two teams tied for first, and our team... didn't. Oh, well. Look how much better we got at floor hockey, after only one game! Our team may start off bad, but we have unlimited potential!
We did win a caber tossing-like competition, and the tug of war. The tug of war was cool, because everyone attributed the win to me. People from other teams were high fiving me, clapping me on the back, hugging me, saying I was amazing, a beast, a legendary creature, telling stories about how they'd be pulling as hard as they could, I'd look them in the eye, smile, pull, and they'd go flying. I got a picture taken, where I got to hold the "rope" (a sheet) and my partners are pointing at me.
During the Easter egg hunt, I managed to fall in some mud, and in a river (I got some eggs out of it, though). I was the roughest-looking guy by the end of the day.
We did another Easter egg hunt through Summerside, just with our team. In this one, there were fewer eggs, and each one included a hint to find the next. Our group was split into two teams, and my team lost.
I took part in a campaign for Katimavik at the farmer's market. That was kind of boring.
Looks like there IS going to be a blog for our group. I didn't think it got very good reception when I first brought it up, and since it wasn't really my original idea, I kind of dropped it. But there's been some renewed interest in it, and no objections. However, nobody's got any suggestions or offered help, either, so I'll basically be in charge of it. I plan to keep updating this blog, too.
I'm going to format it like a weekly newsletter. I need a name for it, though, and I can't think of anything. Our group number is 15133. Not particularly catchy. There was an idea that it could be translated into it's letter equivalent. Isiee. Also that it could be based on a newspaper name, and that whatever is chosen could have "Katima-" put in front of it. Also that something with "Summerside" could be implemented, since it's how the groups are defined right now and it will be the station we spend the most time in. We tried cramming our names together, but that's a minimum eight-syllable word... I'm still working on this.
I finally started taking medicine for my cough. Buckley's cough syrup. I think this is the first time I've ever used it. It's known for tasting incredibly bad, but I find it barely tastes like anything. Kind of disappointing.
I don't think we're getting any replacements. You can get replacements up to five weeks into the program, and we're closing the fifth right now. Arlington and Wellington both got one replacement, and they both lost two members. I think the score is, we've all lost two members, and two groups have gotten one replacement apiece.
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