Excerpts from the Peanut Gallery

the very BEST of intentions

Intentions: we all got them, we all love them, we all get reved up about them and raring to go, they are those year-round new year's resolutions, but how often do we actually keep them? an Insider's story:

Exhibit A: i decided before school ended for the semester that i would spend an hour a day either journalling or blogging... i think we can see the testimony of that wild success on this very webpage... Anyway i even went so far as to tell someone so that they would keep me accountable. Unfortunately i told my friend who just three days previous has sat around with me mouthing off about the lame trinity keener journal assignments they were making everyone do in the leadership training sessions. Ok, so that one is out.

Exhibit B: spring cleaning. The date is June 21st. It is now officially summer- enough said.

Exhibit C: Hike-mania. for this one i think the intentions might actually come into fruition, this is just an example of slightly unrealistic intentions which will have to be modified though not entirely abandoned. you see Rachel and Jenn and i decided that we would become the hiking crew this summer, however due to time restraints, scheduling difficulty and highly uncooperative vancouver weather and the sudden- although-not-entirely-unexpected- loss of one of the members of our adventure team. She answered a different adventure call, the call of small children on camp outs with sunburns and who came to camp last year and had a counselor who let them stay up late and who, as they often like to remind her at dinner time, invariably prefer chicken to whatever is being served. That's alright, we will regain said team member in due time, although the vital window of opportunity of summer weather will be shut by the time we are all reunited once again making it difficult to reach the summit before the winter storms arrive. Therefore, are we going to fulfill our intention of hiking multiple times a week? lets not get ahead of ourselves. however will one or another or both of the remaining members venture out into the glorious unknown at some point or another? You betcha. how do i know this intention will work out in the end? pls view proofs that it is well on its way below in the recent photo postings to see our hike to Cypress a week or two ago.

Point of personal priviledge: I thought the word fruitition was well placed in the last paragraph.

Exhibit D: I had intended four topics but i seem to have forgotten the last and really, the whole point i was making with this blog- but i suppose that in itself is it, isnt it? so i am gonna wrap it up with this: to all who made summer's resolutions, dont bother aiming for the stars. Low-hanging branches on the other hand are within your grasp and, if you are hiking, if you dont grab them, they will probably swing back and smack you- so watch out.
go out there and get 'em tiger!

posted by Kiki @ 11:16 p.m.