causing confusion

i know i have been sending out a lot of emails about wanting to collaborate on environmental projects, and it may have caused some confusion about dates and requirements. when i send out the emails, i simply want to share information and try to get a group of people together to make a larger impact. when i think of the environmental requirements, i know the first degree candidates have a lot to satisfy, and us second degree candidates have to complete five major acts. i think doing something as a group can help more than as an individual and that is why i continue to send out emails asking for all of you to consider participating.

a couple people have responded about my idea of making the aim high reusable shopping bags and selling them to fund a service learning weekend. if you have not read the email, ask me about it and i will send you more info.

i know everyone has a lot going on, but i do want to clarify that i am simply offering ideas. i am a person who likes to collaborate so i will share my ideas and ask for participation, but it is by no means required to do what i ask.

i apologize for causing any confusion i cause when i send emails out of excitement. things may not always come out clear, and i may not always check info...i will try to remember to check dates before i send another email asking for people to join me.

DTD Recon Episode 9

Is he losing a lure? Or losing allure?

Find that happy thought

So you know how you start out on a Monday, you're up before the sun, you have to go to work (or school), and then you get behind the slowest guy on the road. They moved you to the bleakest part of the building at work during a building remodel (for six months) and your spouse (or boyfriend/girlfriend) is all cranky because they got their cold from you (oops!)... Aahh, Mondays!

So I threw myself a pity party... All the way down to wondering why I do martial arts when I can barely walk a straight line sometimes, let alone do combination kicks of whichever sort. But then the reality of it all surfaced: I (any of us) can go to class, everyone's glad to see each other, we talk about things we need to work on and what stresses us.... No one is waiting for the dishes to be done, or the kitty litter to be changed, or in some cases, for homework to be done. When we're in class, we're pushing each other to do our best, and we can still come out class smiling, for the most part. We ALL have bad days or 'off' days, but I really enjoy being around everyone at Aim High. That's what makes me push myself... I still feel the frustration of not being a "natural" at all this, but it's the people I train with that make it all worthwhile. I pushed myself to run the 3 miles this past Saturday for the people I train with, not for me. If I were doing it for me, let's face it, I'd be back home in bed. Thank you, DTD team for taking away my option to sleep in... You're more fun. ;)

DTD Recon Episode 8

Trains go by....

class

Yesterday was a great day for aimhigh. I wrote down many acts of kindness and memorized some things. Class was great. First I had weapons class and I got my Bokken it's pretty cool. I learned some cool moves with the sword and how to cut someone. Then I went to regular class and we started with kickboxing that got intense I got lots of good comments and was yelling super loud on the final kick of the 4 plus. then we had forms overall it was slow and I really wanted to go for speed and power of course. People forgot their forms and everyone was out of unison.However, the slowness helped because I could really focus on detail because there is always something wrong in forms. So all in all a fantastic class. Oh yeah I got to say attitude outloud to everyone in class,it was awesome I was so lucky I studied the written test that day but I could say attitude whenever because I memorized that at brown belt(the day of the test) ~Noah Prins

spring break

spring break was a lot of fun. and it sucks to go back to school. but its nice to see all your friends. i saw 3 movies over spring break. Limitless, Paul, and Linlcon lawyer. they where all good movies. but its nice to be back at school though.

spring break

Because it was spring break, I missed a lot of classes and conditioning. But instead I went snowboarding at Mt. Bachelor and had a great time. I also went on the only wave simulator in all of Oregon. :)