Thinking Day.
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Let's revert back to '97 for a moment, a/s/l?:
omglol!!!!1 um im 10/f/lancashire
(I am a reformed Netspeaker)
Do you like forks with three metal pokers, or four?:
3.
Would you ever wear a hat with cat ears on it?:
Yes. I have little or no shame.
How many MP3's do you have on your computer?:
Uh... not a lot. No more than 100.
If you use Ebay, how do you sort your search results?:
Never used it.
How often do you get teased for your musical taste?:
Every time I seeloneraven. "I can't believe you listen to Marilyn Manson!" "No, neither can I." "And Rammstein!" "I LIKE angry German music!"
Are you fascinated by death?:
Yes and no.
Do you have posters on your wall? Of who?:
I have oodles. There's two Legolas ones (both given as gifts); a Legolas/Aragorn/Gimli one because they've been my favourites since I was 12; an Aragorn one from the Times; ditto the Eowyn/Theoden one; Aeryn Sun above my bed from SFX; Jack/Sam/Anise from Cult Times opposite my bed; LOTR calender (Arwen); big Stargate one on the wall; little Stargate one of Jack behind my pillow.
I don't need to see all that pesky paint. *grin*
What did you have for breakfast this morning?:
Philadelphia on toast. Mmmm.
If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?:
An oak tree.
What was the last book you read? Was it good?:
Currently reading The Oxford Histor of Britian and the Ghormenghast Trilogy.
... buggarit, I want a FUN book!
Do you have a Livejournal?:
Why, no. What's a Livejournal?
What does your favourite t-shirt look like?:
I don't really have a favourite t-shirt.
Are you going to college? What will you major in?:
Yes, and history. Past that? No entirely sure.
Have you ever eaten raw sugar by itself?:
maybe
How often do you use Google?:
Pretty daily.
Have you ever owned one of those little Chevron cars?:
Why, no.
What was the last thing you won?:
I'm not actually sure. I suspect it would have been the dancing awards about two years ago. I'm never taking that statue down, either. It comes all the way up to my ankle!
Have you ever been seduced? By whom?:
Yes. Don't ask. It was embarassing.
Do you own any comic books?:
Duh.
What kind of deodorant do you use?:
Dove Roll On.
Where was the last place far from home that you visited?:
Switzerland.
Do you paint your left or right hand fingernails first?:
Left, when I can be arsed. I'm biting them to death at the moment, so can't do anything.
What about for your feet?:
Toenails are designed to be kept short and behind socks. The end. Thank you.
Have you ever gone to a grocery store late at night? What did you get?:
No, it's only real weirdos who go shopping any later than 6pm at night. I should know.
What's the most expensive item you've ever paid for?:
Probably that Gemrna poster. (£65!) I still need a frame.
How often do you drink soda?:
*shudders* Never.
What's the best name you can come up with for a snake?:
Mr Tingles.
*crickets shirp*
Well, why not?
Would you or have you ever begged online people for money?:
No!
What kind of people are you attracted to?:
Women, mainly. They have a nagging tendancy to be fictional/unreachable.
Do you work? Where at?:
Homebase. Gaaaaaaah.
Have you ever worked at Subway? Was it fun?:
Did consider it.
Do you want to have children? How many?:
Despite my tendnacy to mother people, none.
What would you do if your best friend said they were in love with you?:
Um... panic?
Been there, done that, it ain't fun.
What's the scariest thing you've ever done?:
Tell my mum I was gay. Get my nose pierced.
All turned out be relatively painless.
How long have you had your AIM/MSN/Yahoo name?:
Three years.
Do you think fish are cute?:
Yes. "And I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy!"
Where will you be posting this?:
Oh, not really sure... *blinks*
If you found an ant on your food, would you still eat it?:
Probably.
Are you any good at math? What about quadratic equations?:
*screams*
NOT QUADRATICS! PLEASE! NO! I'M TOO YOUNG! NOOOO!
*whimpers*
Do you like your family?:
Don't know enough of them, actually.
Have you ever been to a concert? What ones?:
Muse... Robbie Williams... s'all good.
So, yes. Thinking Day. I realise very few of you have the faintest clue what I'm blithering on about (as per usual), so I will attempt to explain.
I am a Young Leader AND a Ranger. This means Ilook after the darlings as an unpaid babysitter guide various Rainbows, Brownies and Guides because I have no inclination to go for full Guidership-ness yet. I can stick with this until I'm 24, so it'll do.
Still with me? Good.
This is all part of Girlguiding UK, which is the new name for Girl Guides. Yes, Those In Silly Blue Uniforms. Anyway, today is International Thinking Day, as it's the joint birthday of Lord Robert and Lady Olive Baden-Powell who founded the Scouting/Guiding movements, so we have a celebration of world unity on this day, what with there being 10 million Guides in the world in the form of WAGGGS (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) and Guiding is in 144 countries around the world, notable exception being China due to the communist state BUT we still Think about them.
Still with me? Tough - re-read later.
So, I missed the rehersal. But I polished my flag this morning, ironed my trousers, and sang a happy goodbye to my mother as I left the house. I went to St Annes school to meet up with the others, and... none of my Guides were there.
Well, fair enough. They'd be at the Church, right? So I found Emmeline, pleading stupidity for missing the rehersal, got quickly told about what I had to do. This consisted of "Follow Sarah Constantine!"
So, off the pair of us toddled, and it turns out that we were marching through Ormskirk. Well, fair enough, I've done it before, generally it's a bit of an amble to the Parish Church. Or not. I had to be at the front. All the way through Ormskirk there was nothing but Bossy!Comissioner and the Union Jack in front of a whole fricking parade with a brass band and everything.
It got worse. Could I wear my coat? No! Gloves? No! And it was COLD. Biting wind and I had my hand in front of my face trying not to kill someone with my wildly veering Ormskirk Central District Ranger Flag.
*facepalm*
Made it to the Church. Was promptly told to take my necklace off. It was practically below the jumperline, but I took it off and looped it up as bracelets. There was then pointed staring at my nose and ears, and I was about to leap for the throat of Bossy!Commissioner but the organist distracted everyone by playing the Blackadder theme tune, which made me break down in hysterics but no one else seemed to get it. Shame.
By this point, everyone else (who got to wear coats, I noticed) all trailed in, and sat down, so I had to vaguely do the procession up the centre. Like, by myself.
I almost died of terror. No one told me it would be like that!
I'll skip over the long and boring service, which was... well... long and boring. And did hymns that made me giggle. They were lovely and Puritannical, which I'd never really noticed before.
"Give me joy in my heart, keep me serving!"
Suddenly I prefer Catholicism for the vibrancy of it. And the colours. The Parish churhc is a beautiful building, but so bland inside! Give me a painted ceiling, stained glass and lots of statues any day.
Service ended. Walked up aisle. With flag. Again, by myself. Hung around somewhat awkwardly at the back for a while, then had to go outside. Really needed to pee by this point, and a flag holster bashing against my bladder was not helping the situation. But oh no! We had to march all the way around Ormskirk again. On the main roads. In the biting wind. Avec ma flag. Oh, and did I mention the scary people lining the roads to watch us? I remember watching these parades once when I lived that way, and I remember laughing at them.
*facepalm once more*
Then finally, finally we were dismissed. Various flagbearers stood around in St Annes car park whilst other people took down the flags, as we couldn't uncurl our fingers. Ouch.
Eventually got flag, pulled on coat, said hi to Lara and checked over history work (I think I've done it all) and then walked home.
None of my Guides turned up all day. This includes my own sister. Oh, and the leaders. I will shout a LOT on Friday, since I had to answer an awful lot of very awkward questions along the lines of "Hey, you're one of Maureen's Young Leaders! Where is she?" "Um..."
Raaarrrrrggggghhhh.
And now I'm still tired, cold, and generally embarrassed by the whole debacle. I wouldn't have minded if Bossy!Comissioner hadn't accused me of not making an effort. ExCUSE me. I was the only one of Ormskirk Rangers there, ditto 2nd AND 3rd Guides, I was walking around with a flag, and oh yes, I was trying my best after being given the wrong information by Jeanette.
Silly of me to assume that trying your best was the core principal of Guiding. Rargh. It makes me angry, sometimes. Most of the leaders are genuinely noce people, but some are power-hungry old women who never got anywhere in their lives and control ours instead to try and make up for what they didn't have.
I'll go now. I have college tomorrow, I'm tired, I have to do my ironing, and it's overall been a bad end to a good week.
~Hathy_Col~
mettannaLet's revert back to '97 for a moment, a/s/l?:
omglol!!!!1 um im 10/f/lancashire
(I am a reformed Netspeaker)
Do you like forks with three metal pokers, or four?:
3.
Would you ever wear a hat with cat ears on it?:
Yes. I have little or no shame.
How many MP3's do you have on your computer?:
Uh... not a lot. No more than 100.
If you use Ebay, how do you sort your search results?:
Never used it.
How often do you get teased for your musical taste?:
Every time I see
loneraven. "I can't believe you listen to Marilyn Manson!" "No, neither can I." "And Rammstein!" "I LIKE angry German music!"Are you fascinated by death?:
Yes and no.
Do you have posters on your wall? Of who?:
I have oodles. There's two Legolas ones (both given as gifts); a Legolas/Aragorn/Gimli one because they've been my favourites since I was 12; an Aragorn one from the Times; ditto the Eowyn/Theoden one; Aeryn Sun above my bed from SFX; Jack/Sam/Anise from Cult Times opposite my bed; LOTR calender (Arwen); big Stargate one on the wall; little Stargate one of Jack behind my pillow.
I don't need to see all that pesky paint. *grin*
What did you have for breakfast this morning?:
Philadelphia on toast. Mmmm.
If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?:
An oak tree.
What was the last book you read? Was it good?:
Currently reading The Oxford Histor of Britian and the Ghormenghast Trilogy.
... buggarit, I want a FUN book!
Do you have a Livejournal?:
Why, no. What's a Livejournal?
What does your favourite t-shirt look like?:
I don't really have a favourite t-shirt.
Are you going to college? What will you major in?:
Yes, and history. Past that? No entirely sure.
Have you ever eaten raw sugar by itself?:
maybe
How often do you use Google?:
Pretty daily.
Have you ever owned one of those little Chevron cars?:
Why, no.
What was the last thing you won?:
I'm not actually sure. I suspect it would have been the dancing awards about two years ago. I'm never taking that statue down, either. It comes all the way up to my ankle!
Have you ever been seduced? By whom?:
Yes. Don't ask. It was embarassing.
Do you own any comic books?:
Duh.
What kind of deodorant do you use?:
Dove Roll On.
Where was the last place far from home that you visited?:
Switzerland.
Do you paint your left or right hand fingernails first?:
Left, when I can be arsed. I'm biting them to death at the moment, so can't do anything.
What about for your feet?:
Toenails are designed to be kept short and behind socks. The end. Thank you.
Have you ever gone to a grocery store late at night? What did you get?:
No, it's only real weirdos who go shopping any later than 6pm at night. I should know.
What's the most expensive item you've ever paid for?:
Probably that Gemrna poster. (£65!) I still need a frame.
How often do you drink soda?:
*shudders* Never.
What's the best name you can come up with for a snake?:
Mr Tingles.
*crickets shirp*
Well, why not?
Would you or have you ever begged online people for money?:
No!
What kind of people are you attracted to?:
Women, mainly. They have a nagging tendancy to be fictional/unreachable.
Do you work? Where at?:
Homebase. Gaaaaaaah.
Have you ever worked at Subway? Was it fun?:
Did consider it.
Do you want to have children? How many?:
Despite my tendnacy to mother people, none.
What would you do if your best friend said they were in love with you?:
Um... panic?
Been there, done that, it ain't fun.
What's the scariest thing you've ever done?:
Tell my mum I was gay. Get my nose pierced.
All turned out be relatively painless.
How long have you had your AIM/MSN/Yahoo name?:
Three years.
Do you think fish are cute?:
Yes. "And I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy!"
Where will you be posting this?:
Oh, not really sure... *blinks*
If you found an ant on your food, would you still eat it?:
Probably.
Are you any good at math? What about quadratic equations?:
*screams*
NOT QUADRATICS! PLEASE! NO! I'M TOO YOUNG! NOOOO!
*whimpers*
Do you like your family?:
Don't know enough of them, actually.
Have you ever been to a concert? What ones?:
Muse... Robbie Williams... s'all good.
So, yes. Thinking Day. I realise very few of you have the faintest clue what I'm blithering on about (as per usual), so I will attempt to explain.
I am a Young Leader AND a Ranger. This means I
Still with me? Good.
This is all part of Girlguiding UK, which is the new name for Girl Guides. Yes, Those In Silly Blue Uniforms. Anyway, today is International Thinking Day, as it's the joint birthday of Lord Robert and Lady Olive Baden-Powell who founded the Scouting/Guiding movements, so we have a celebration of world unity on this day, what with there being 10 million Guides in the world in the form of WAGGGS (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) and Guiding is in 144 countries around the world, notable exception being China due to the communist state BUT we still Think about them.
Still with me? Tough - re-read later.
So, I missed the rehersal. But I polished my flag this morning, ironed my trousers, and sang a happy goodbye to my mother as I left the house. I went to St Annes school to meet up with the others, and... none of my Guides were there.
Well, fair enough. They'd be at the Church, right? So I found Emmeline, pleading stupidity for missing the rehersal, got quickly told about what I had to do. This consisted of "Follow Sarah Constantine!"
So, off the pair of us toddled, and it turns out that we were marching through Ormskirk. Well, fair enough, I've done it before, generally it's a bit of an amble to the Parish Church. Or not. I had to be at the front. All the way through Ormskirk there was nothing but Bossy!Comissioner and the Union Jack in front of a whole fricking parade with a brass band and everything.
It got worse. Could I wear my coat? No! Gloves? No! And it was COLD. Biting wind and I had my hand in front of my face trying not to kill someone with my wildly veering Ormskirk Central District Ranger Flag.
*facepalm*
Made it to the Church. Was promptly told to take my necklace off. It was practically below the jumperline, but I took it off and looped it up as bracelets. There was then pointed staring at my nose and ears, and I was about to leap for the throat of Bossy!Commissioner but the organist distracted everyone by playing the Blackadder theme tune, which made me break down in hysterics but no one else seemed to get it. Shame.
By this point, everyone else (who got to wear coats, I noticed) all trailed in, and sat down, so I had to vaguely do the procession up the centre. Like, by myself.
I almost died of terror. No one told me it would be like that!
I'll skip over the long and boring service, which was... well... long and boring. And did hymns that made me giggle. They were lovely and Puritannical, which I'd never really noticed before.
"Give me joy in my heart, keep me serving!"
Suddenly I prefer Catholicism for the vibrancy of it. And the colours. The Parish churhc is a beautiful building, but so bland inside! Give me a painted ceiling, stained glass and lots of statues any day.
Service ended. Walked up aisle. With flag. Again, by myself. Hung around somewhat awkwardly at the back for a while, then had to go outside. Really needed to pee by this point, and a flag holster bashing against my bladder was not helping the situation. But oh no! We had to march all the way around Ormskirk again. On the main roads. In the biting wind. Avec ma flag. Oh, and did I mention the scary people lining the roads to watch us? I remember watching these parades once when I lived that way, and I remember laughing at them.
*facepalm once more*
Then finally, finally we were dismissed. Various flagbearers stood around in St Annes car park whilst other people took down the flags, as we couldn't uncurl our fingers. Ouch.
Eventually got flag, pulled on coat, said hi to Lara and checked over history work (I think I've done it all) and then walked home.
None of my Guides turned up all day. This includes my own sister. Oh, and the leaders. I will shout a LOT on Friday, since I had to answer an awful lot of very awkward questions along the lines of "Hey, you're one of Maureen's Young Leaders! Where is she?" "Um..."
Raaarrrrrggggghhhh.
And now I'm still tired, cold, and generally embarrassed by the whole debacle. I wouldn't have minded if Bossy!Comissioner hadn't accused me of not making an effort. ExCUSE me. I was the only one of Ormskirk Rangers there, ditto 2nd AND 3rd Guides, I was walking around with a flag, and oh yes, I was trying my best after being given the wrong information by Jeanette.
Silly of me to assume that trying your best was the core principal of Guiding. Rargh. It makes me angry, sometimes. Most of the leaders are genuinely noce people, but some are power-hungry old women who never got anywhere in their lives and control ours instead to try and make up for what they didn't have.
I'll go now. I have college tomorrow, I'm tired, I have to do my ironing, and it's overall been a bad end to a good week.
~Hathy_Col~
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Date: 2004-02-22 02:01 pm (UTC)Anyhoo, talk to ya soon andrewx
Thinking Day
Date: 2004-02-22 02:31 pm (UTC)swarmgroup ofbratspositively charming young ladies *cough* yeah right *cough*.Carrying a flag is NOT fun... have had to do it a million and one times... and always got the job of presenting the vicar with 'Rainbow Rabbit' when i was a Rainbow coz we had that instead of a flag :| Yes, im being serious *sigh* a fluffy toy rabbit in a rainbows tabbard :S You know what im on bout Col? Coz apparently my unit weren't the only ones to have a RR.
Isn't it for some reason 'Lady Olave Baden Powell' OlAve with an A?? I always found that weird... ahh well, thats probably why it stuck in my memory. Lahdeedah!
Gotta go n update my journal now,
Bai hunny xXx
Forgot to add...
Date: 2004-02-22 02:33 pm (UTC)GOURANGA HEY!
xXx
Re: Thinking Day
Date: 2004-02-23 03:19 am (UTC)All our Rainbows had the Ranbow Rabbit too. Except I was never a Rainbow, so it never mattered to me. *grins*
'give me oil in my lamp,keep me burning.....'
Date: 2004-02-23 10:51 pm (UTC)&now I'm singing that damn hymn! We used to have visions, after a happy/clappy church trauma of dancing up the conservative church ailse to the 'sing hosanna' bits sidestepping and waving the flags from side to side, until we couldn't hear the song, or think about thinking day, without giggling.
Blackadder theme tune?That would have been the end of me! Absolutely.
NEvermind.A whole 'nother year to go!
Re: 'give me oil in my lamp,keep me burning.....'
Date: 2004-02-24 06:54 am (UTC)Most definitely. If anyone even tries to suggest that I carry a flag for the Poppy Day Parade, I'm going to throw thr Ranger Standard at them. I'll go the parae, past that I'm not getting involved!
It is an addictive hymn, isn't it? I can sing every word, and I only really sang it when I was 6... it just gets stuck!