new year. new you.

1/08/08

happy new year. no really.

i rang it in at stonefly, courtesy of our very own geraud blanks. there was booty-shakin' a-plenty, good times and good beer.

so far, the year has been filled with a plethora of excitement, buzz, and creativity. i've decided that, in lieu of the traditional new year's resolution to "eat right and get fit," i'm taking matters into my own hands. after all, i just discovered putein*. my life will never be the same.

rather than making myself miserable by stuffing my face full of celery and packing peanuts (are those low carb???), i've decided to implement the hula-hoop exercises plan. every day, i'm trying to fit in one half hour of hula hooping, supplemented by at least a mile of running or walking. i decided this would work. and hey, hula hooping is fun!

onto more substantial things than my vanity...

we've sent out our tsp requests for proposals. it's sort of exciting to see what kinds of suggestions we'll get. even more of a mystery is what the other tsp groups are going with: how they laid out their rfp's, who they sent them to, what they're planning.

we've decided to call our team ASSET (Advance Sustainable Social Equality Together). isn't that clever? ideally, we've hoping our TSP will address youth issues, some sort of possible forum.. we're crossing our fingers.

our group is also having some issues with attendance and accountability. a few of the members really haven't put anything into the process. it seems like that's just the way it's going to be, and we'll have to work around that.

oh allies. friday trainings and the whole ordeal are beginning to get complicated. people are getting upset about the sense of a lack of direction. where is this program headed? what is the point? these are the questions that are arising.

just before christmas break, we had a huge blowout. it was about race. i am curious to see what will happen with that, what kind of approach our class will take: are we going to tackle issues, or simply ignore them until they go away? it seems that people have their opinions, but are too scared to come out and speak about them.


mid year is coming up. it's going to be interesting to see what happens when we're all trapped together for 3 days. will people deal with issues, or will they be swept under the rug while we all pretend the world is a wonderful place?


*.(read: french fries coated in cheese and gravy. amazing!)