Teamwork

My fellow blogger and long-time friend, Lauren is working with me on a volunteer project for the National 4-H Conference. "Working with" actually undermines the fact that we wouldn't even be doing this if she hadn't come up with the idea in the first place. Our volunteer role encompasses the selection process, training process and then management of collegiate facilitators during the National 4-H Conference in April. Obviously something like this takes a big team effort, but we're glad to be doing our part and I personally love being in DC in the spring.

Every once in a while when we work together we have to push each other a bit. That's when I passed the joke today about not pushing penguin or lemming style, but gently. I thought I'd share the analogy so it makes sense to more people.

Killer whales are one of penguins' fierce predators and one way that penguins are known to check for killer whales is by crowding the edge of an ice shelf and bumping one in for the name of the cause. Abviously, the above photo is pretty edited, like the shark with the helicopter, but I thought the cartoon was pretty appropriate.

And then there's the lemmings. There's just no real explanation for the suicidal insanity with which they all jump into the water and drown together. I'm not for jumping in a sinking boat just for the sake of the team as much as I won't shove someone off or throw them under the bus for my benefit.

But again, that's why we make such a great team together.

(credit to http://www.stevetierney.org/blog/?p=1935 for my pic)

Delinquent

Even more ironic would be if I misspelled that title. Anyhow, I'm back on a Monday. It's 1.39pm, and I am typing in class after giving a presentation I never reviewed before going to an exam I never studied for (don't worry, it's first aid). I'm hoping to get lucky on both accounts, but I have attached a picture from my presentation for your entertainment. I used it in the presentation to talk about negotiation between activists and producers and the importance of negotiating in the zone of potential agreement, but it could also summarize our group. Well, mostly. I think we did well, but only through luck and 2 very skilled presenters. ;)


Also, I am returning to H & H today with my wedding ring. I would love to say right there that they have been great to work with and have so far saved us over $150 by my best guess. But today I am headed back to get a size of wedding ring that does not fly off my finger. Also, please be impressed by my new ability to add italics into the blog. I'm getting this thing.... slowly.

We went and saw the movie "Bounty Hunter" last night. It was a good movie, and had a good plot, but I have to say it was not at all what I had expected. Based on the previews, I expected greater amounts of humor and less serious drama, but instead it was a more even balance of the two. Good movie, and if you have spare time in the next couple of days I would suggest watching it.