Blood Out of A Stone #dreamdiary 197

I’ve had to calla special meeting for our beer club. It’s to discuss some legal formalities which has to be observed by members who are higher up the table and I’ve had very little time to give any notice for it. Surprisingly, it’s very well attended and I see a lot of faces that I haven’t seen before. We get through the business very quickly which is in the upstairs board room of a fancy hotel. We all sit in a wooden panelled room and I start to wonder if people are only here because it’s a new venue for us and they’ve never had the opportunity to visit before. Some of the senior members have begun to question the work and commitment that I do in my role, but since this isn’t an election meeting they don’t have the authority to remove me from office. What they did do was to comment that the processes would all be changing next week and I would find out what was happening on Monday. But no-one would grant me any hints, and they also denied me the opportunity to address new attendees and to discuss regular events.

Feel Good, Fight Evil

 -The Doctor.

It’s not every day that you might get a chance to fight evil. You’re more likely to clean up after it. But going up against evil takes confidence. You want to do something about it because it shocks you. You’ve got to convince them that their act is wrong, and manage the conflict carefully. It’s going to be tough if there’s a physical confrontation that draws an audience with people that aren’t on your side. If you triumph, it gives you a good feeling. You’ve got control over something. But things could also get a lot worse if you lose, and many people aren’t prepared to take the risk. Some things are also on a grander scale than you can handle. You’re more like to win if there’s people nearby to help. You might even have time to formulate a plan to increase your chances of success. But bear in mind that some people could see you as in the wrong.

The Sales Call

It’s a difficult situation. No one wants to spend more money for things that they don’t need; yet it’s an independent company that offers quality for its supporters and you don’t want to be seen rejecting them. The guy seems friendly enough and has a local accent that you can understand but puts you under pressure for a quick decision. You’ll end up feeling guilty if you say no. It could be done by email, but it’s just too easy to ignore or press the delete button. You can have it on file for reference later, but it’s not going to help out the salesperson. But you might be able to wrangle a bit of a deal from their efforts. You’ll take the new product if you can have a small permanent reduction on the regular one. They won’t compromise though. They’ll just send you a follow-up email to make you think about it.

The Last Leg #habberleytrail 21

The final obstacle on the trail was an interesting one that was well engineered. Four swings were arranged at different heights. In the centre was a ball suspended on a rope. The idea was to get your swing up to a height where you could kick the ball while on your swing. The amazing thing was that each swing came in at a different angle so that no-one collided with each other. Little ones needed help to climb up on some of them. Then it was a climb back up the hill to the café, though there were plenty of opportunities to roll back down it if you wanted to. There was little choice left in the café on the hot front, and it took a while to receive the order. But the whole experience was something different and we all had a lot of fun. We look forward to additional activities along the trail.

Hot Tub Time Machine

This movie was just so stereotypically depressing. It’s a frat movie that was lucky enough to be given a big budget, probably because the whole filming would be one giant party. The opening seemed promising since it featured tubs throughout time and people enjoying them in various capacities. But the drink and suicide attempt soon put a downer on things. Throw in plenty of swearing and sucking up and you get the idea. The only part that I did like was the bellhop’s arm gag, and when it finally happened it was if the writers had got bored of the whole thing or they’d ran out of time. I also couldn’t understand how you’d get a spilled energy drink to last the whole evening. Its conclusion didn’t really inspire me or offer any insight into my own life. I feel like the producers owe me some time for watching this. And they’ve gone ahead and made a sequel!

Sack Sliding #habberleytrail 20

This slide, while looking slightly crude, makes the best of the landscape and is well designed. The wooden barrier is topped with a rubber lining should little hands find the slide too fast and wish to hold on, while the sack makes it a fast and smooth ride. A rail helps you up to the steps and gives you a bit of leverage to pull yourself off. And a felled tree trunk can quickly be sanded down into a bench to let adults take a rest. The girls were confident with the speed that they went down and the landing runway allowed them plenty of time recover without sliding off the end onto the floor. There were plenty of sacks around and you didn’t have to wait long to have a go. I certainly should have gone for a video instead, but these were the days when space was sacred.

Eye on a Pie

At first glance, it looks like a pie. It’s neat enough, with all those different fillings. But it’s actually a loaf. How do they get the bread to rise around the mountain of fillings? The only other thing that I can think of is that they carefully scoop the loaf out to make it hollow and use the fillings for something else. Now that I’ve read the description again, it’s exactly what they’ve done. Surely it would be better in pastry? And it looks like it’s being served in a boardroom rather than a kitchen, with chap office furniture that may even be a classroom. Maybe it’s the boss’s lunch. Why haven’t I followed these people before? They’re just down the road from me! It’s either the prices that put me off or I’ve been loafing around too much. I hope that they still sell it. It sounds like it takes a lot of effort to create.