A Word A Day Keeps the Dr. Away: October 2015

10/28/15

winsome

winsome: attractive or appealing in appearance or character

Furry Waylon. Isn't he the cutest thing?!

matriculation: to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university

Hi world.

Just wanted to check in and let you know that my degree plan was accepted and my project proposal approved. Officially my degree is now a MA in Informal Learning and Agency in Organizations, my project is going to be an ethnographic/communicative evaluation of the training/development model for referee certification within the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.

Took a year to sort all the parts out, but I am anxious (typical) and excited (aren't those the same thing?)!

Eat My Words

I was once prescribed to keep a journal. I was told, write anything down- mundane occurrences, incoherent thoughts, complete nonsense- ramble on and on if I must. I did such and quickly found "what a power there is in words; later for those who hear them, but first for the one who finds them; a healing power, a solution, like the breaking of a barrier" [ayn rand]. I learned that "it helps to write it down even if you then cross it out" [nada surf]. I mean, think about it...most great authors wrote from a place of pain, their words laden with suffering, but through this inked art form I would like to think that a shred of health and sanity was salvaged just by sharing their words. and to that I dedicate this blog.