Month: July 2005

Yes, I’m one of the billions hooked on Harry Potter. And unlike those pretentious people who buy the “adult”
cover books, I’m not afraid to admit it. When I first saw the photographic like covers on the shelves I was
slightly disturbed. Isn’t there a phrase…hmm…let me think. It’s something about judging…and covers. I think
this is very appropriate because it also has something to do with books. Now what was that phrase? Oh anyway,
I’m once again delving my attention into J.K. Rowlings’ world.

It’s funny really. I seem to have a very select handful of topics that I can actually read through without
falling asleep: quantum physics, leadership and harry potter. Yeah…it baffles me too.

“These sudden inspirations… never happen except after some day of voluntary effort which has appeared
absolutely fruitless and whence nothing good seems to have come, where the way taken seems totally astray.
These efforts then have not been as sterile as one thinks; they have set agoing the unconcious machine and
without them it would not have moved and would have produced nothing.”

• Henri Poincare (mathematician)

The warthogs? No. I started a small group class about tapping into our creativity and about creative writing.
It’s held by a wonderful woman ( of which I probably will be referencing her as time goes by ) named Dari.
With each class she has them come up with a name for themselves. With a little work and thought, we are
The Chrysalis. Considering the definition I would say it’s
a very fitting name.

wikipedia has pretty much the same definition, but
I thought I would connect to it…it’s looking a little barren. Know something? Share

So I’m drinking my starbucks and I read on the back of their cup

Chances are you are scared of fictions. Chances are you are only fleetingly happy. Chances are you know
much less than you think you do. Chances are you feel a little guilty. Chances are you want people to lie
to you. Perhaps the answer lies on the side of a coffee cup. You are lost. – David Cross, Comedian

This is from a comedian…so…is this supposed to be funny?

Like any group of people, the swing band that I am in is going through the stages of becoming a performing
teams. I think anytime you get a group of people together they inherently “want” to be a performing team, but
whether they can go through the phases is a test of character and dynamics

1. Forming
2. Norming
3. Storming
4. Performing

Right now we are at stage 2: Norming. Right now the group is getting to know more about each other, jokes are
starting to fly a little more and we are getting to know more about each others stories. Now, the trick is
this next stage…can we do it? The Storming stage is were people start to talk about others behind their backs
like “Nick’s Solo completely sucked ass!” I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but it’s a part of life. What
needs to really happen at this stage is someone says to me “Nick, you solo completely sucked ass!”, in which
my response would either be “@$)& you!” ( note: for the group to stay together this must be an accepted form
of response ) or “I didn’t know that, where did it chomp?” The storming phase is all about being able to talk
about the bad with the good. And if a group of people can successfully get there, then they are definitely on
the road to bigger and better things.