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Well, it's the beginning of the school year. Which, although I'm not going to school (outside of one class which I will discuss momentarily), is usually a time when I return to my "self-improvement" cycle. I've actually made a few steps towards an improved Bootler, and I am now going to record them.
First! I am joining a choir, starting next week. It's "Introduction to Choral Singing" through the Royal Conservatory of Music, running until December. I'm a little nervous, but I hope it goes well. It's been a long time since I sang in anything resembling an organized group, and I'm quite looking forward to it. That does mean that I won't be taking a writing course this semester, but a few students from a previous course are carrying on with a more casual meeting, so hopefully that will hold me over.
Also on the writing front, I've begun a separate writing blog over at blogspot: Among Other Things. Come visit! Tell your friends, tell your neighbours! There's not too much up there just yet, as I'm only updating twice a week (Thursdays and Sundays, except this last Sunday because I wasn't home and it was a holiday). Everything there so far is older work, but I hope to start posting new stuff soon. We'll see how it goes.
In the more physical realm, I am back to swimming (completed 54 lengths in 22 minutes last night). But not only am I swimming, I am also lifting weights! A little bit. I've borrowed a weight-lifting for dummies book thing from my dad, along with a couple dumbbells and teensy weights. Because I'm not looking to really bulk up I'm just doing a circuit routine, but having just completed my first session this evening I think that will be more than enough for me. In general terms I've decided that rather than resolve to lose weight, I will now resolve to exercise more, since that's easier to control. So far I am succeeding, and that makes me happy.
Finally, in the creative realm, I'm trying a completely new sort of role-playing character in a new game that just started up with Pat, Kendra and Carly. I don't know that that really counts as "self-improvement", but it's a lot of fun and that's important too. We just finished our first session last Saturday, and I am really looking forward to the next one. This is actually the first time I've been in a role-playing game without Sab, so that's a little bit odd. Today we had an official role reversal in which I told her about a game that she's not in. Craziness.
And that's pretty much it. I'm still doing the online dating thing, no real success just yet. But I haven't given up, so I guess that's something. Really I have no expectations of anything coming out of it, so I'll just stick with meeting new people to chat with for now.
And that is all!
First! I am joining a choir, starting next week. It's "Introduction to Choral Singing" through the Royal Conservatory of Music, running until December. I'm a little nervous, but I hope it goes well. It's been a long time since I sang in anything resembling an organized group, and I'm quite looking forward to it. That does mean that I won't be taking a writing course this semester, but a few students from a previous course are carrying on with a more casual meeting, so hopefully that will hold me over.
Also on the writing front, I've begun a separate writing blog over at blogspot: Among Other Things. Come visit! Tell your friends, tell your neighbours! There's not too much up there just yet, as I'm only updating twice a week (Thursdays and Sundays, except this last Sunday because I wasn't home and it was a holiday). Everything there so far is older work, but I hope to start posting new stuff soon. We'll see how it goes.
In the more physical realm, I am back to swimming (completed 54 lengths in 22 minutes last night). But not only am I swimming, I am also lifting weights! A little bit. I've borrowed a weight-lifting for dummies book thing from my dad, along with a couple dumbbells and teensy weights. Because I'm not looking to really bulk up I'm just doing a circuit routine, but having just completed my first session this evening I think that will be more than enough for me. In general terms I've decided that rather than resolve to lose weight, I will now resolve to exercise more, since that's easier to control. So far I am succeeding, and that makes me happy.
Finally, in the creative realm, I'm trying a completely new sort of role-playing character in a new game that just started up with Pat, Kendra and Carly. I don't know that that really counts as "self-improvement", but it's a lot of fun and that's important too. We just finished our first session last Saturday, and I am really looking forward to the next one. This is actually the first time I've been in a role-playing game without Sab, so that's a little bit odd. Today we had an official role reversal in which I told her about a game that she's not in. Craziness.
And that's pretty much it. I'm still doing the online dating thing, no real success just yet. But I haven't given up, so I guess that's something. Really I have no expectations of anything coming out of it, so I'll just stick with meeting new people to chat with for now.
And that is all!