Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Are you a joiner? Part One.
I think I am. No, not the sort that works with wood. I seem to have an urge to join things. Participate in some way. Things I have joined include:
Brownies and Guides (pushed, obviously)
of my own volition:
evening classes - family french (not bad); decoupage (omg. What was I thinking. Well, it passed a few pleasant hours in a friend's company, and helped provide 'individual' christmas pressies)
afternoon classes - step by step watercolour (amazingly, 20 people can copy someones work in 20 completely different ways!). Again, good source of pressies for long-suffering folks.
a choir (Ladies) we were competitive, average aged 60+, and really not very good
a flower club - relaxing. We don't do, you see, we watch someone else do. Then hope to win the arrangements in the raffle! You haven't lived until you have gone to a flower dem (as we call them). An absolutely priceless mix of people DO THIS FOR A LIVING. They come along and regale us with their tales of being invited to Brazil to do a Masterclass, or competing in the World Flower Show in Tokyo. Admittedly, they are the top tier. But what a job. Where do I sign up?
yoga - my favourite. I especially like the bits at the beginning and the end.
swimfit - does what it says on the tin.
So, what do YOU join?
Brownies and Guides (pushed, obviously)
of my own volition:
evening classes - family french (not bad); decoupage (omg. What was I thinking. Well, it passed a few pleasant hours in a friend's company, and helped provide 'individual' christmas pressies)
afternoon classes - step by step watercolour (amazingly, 20 people can copy someones work in 20 completely different ways!). Again, good source of pressies for long-suffering folks.
a choir (Ladies) we were competitive, average aged 60+, and really not very good
a flower club - relaxing. We don't do, you see, we watch someone else do. Then hope to win the arrangements in the raffle! You haven't lived until you have gone to a flower dem (as we call them). An absolutely priceless mix of people DO THIS FOR A LIVING. They come along and regale us with their tales of being invited to Brazil to do a Masterclass, or competing in the World Flower Show in Tokyo. Admittedly, they are the top tier. But what a job. Where do I sign up?
yoga - my favourite. I especially like the bits at the beginning and the end.
swimfit - does what it says on the tin.
So, what do YOU join?
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Tennis club, Marc Almond fanclub mailing list. That's about it. Ever.
What possible fun can you have going to flower arranging classes, but never actually arranging any? Get a proper hobby, weirdo!
What possible fun can you have going to flower arranging classes, but never actually arranging any? Get a proper hobby, weirdo!
It's so soothing. Doing it yourself is very stressful - is the height right, have I filled in all the holes, will the flowers last........ But I do have a go sometimes, when someone buys me flowers!
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