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edenfallingStuff done today:
1. Went to church, which is something I almost always intend to do on Sundays but only succeed in doing about 1/3 of the time, most often when I have some specific reason for being there other than "I feel like it would be a good thing to do." Today's reason was to catch a ride to somewhere else after the service and use the church as our meeting point, but I am glad I went for the service instead of just showing up afterwards, because one of our members graduated from divinity school last year and next week we get to vote on whether to ordain her so she can step into ministry at another congregation. Today she gave one half of the sermon, and I was very proud for her.
2. Went to a champagne and waffle brunch hosted by two congregation members, to which I'd purchased a seat at the service auction in November. I've attended this once or twice before, and it's always been lovely. It's also set at a point in the year when I generally feel that I have earned a lovely brunch. :)
3. Did some general household chores, like boiling eggs, changing my linens, writing my to-do lists for the next week, taking recycling out to the porch bins, and so on.
4. Phone call with Susan. :)
5. Phone call with Cat. :)
6. Started reading a new book.
7. Earned my gold-level Daily Dipper badge from Audible, meaning that I have listened to at least a couple minutes of some audio "book" for 90 days in a row. I got an Audible account for slightly random reasons last fall, and have been using it mostly to listen to Great Courses series, with occasional ventures into other nonfiction projects. (I find these much less frustrating than audio fiction recordings -- the lecture series in particular are good because they're not a person reading a written text but a person just kind of talking like people do, albeit in a structured fashion.) Audible achievement badges annoy me a little because they're such an obvious bit of gamification intended to hook people into trying to earn them all, but damn if they're not effective. I am actually slightly disappointed that they don't seem to have a platinum level beyond gold to reach for, because I would totally aim for that if it were an option. *wry*
(This is similar to my reaction to a lot of audiovisual media, which is that I can see exactly how my emotional strings are being pulled and it pisses me off how obvious the techniques are... and yet it still works and I get all gooshy or cry or whatever. It's disconcerting to have my own emotional reactions hijacked out from under me, especially since knowing how the trick works doesn't stop its effectiveness.)
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And now I think I shall go to bed. :)
1. Went to church, which is something I almost always intend to do on Sundays but only succeed in doing about 1/3 of the time, most often when I have some specific reason for being there other than "I feel like it would be a good thing to do." Today's reason was to catch a ride to somewhere else after the service and use the church as our meeting point, but I am glad I went for the service instead of just showing up afterwards, because one of our members graduated from divinity school last year and next week we get to vote on whether to ordain her so she can step into ministry at another congregation. Today she gave one half of the sermon, and I was very proud for her.
2. Went to a champagne and waffle brunch hosted by two congregation members, to which I'd purchased a seat at the service auction in November. I've attended this once or twice before, and it's always been lovely. It's also set at a point in the year when I generally feel that I have earned a lovely brunch. :)
3. Did some general household chores, like boiling eggs, changing my linens, writing my to-do lists for the next week, taking recycling out to the porch bins, and so on.
4. Phone call with Susan. :)
5. Phone call with Cat. :)
6. Started reading a new book.
7. Earned my gold-level Daily Dipper badge from Audible, meaning that I have listened to at least a couple minutes of some audio "book" for 90 days in a row. I got an Audible account for slightly random reasons last fall, and have been using it mostly to listen to Great Courses series, with occasional ventures into other nonfiction projects. (I find these much less frustrating than audio fiction recordings -- the lecture series in particular are good because they're not a person reading a written text but a person just kind of talking like people do, albeit in a structured fashion.) Audible achievement badges annoy me a little because they're such an obvious bit of gamification intended to hook people into trying to earn them all, but damn if they're not effective. I am actually slightly disappointed that they don't seem to have a platinum level beyond gold to reach for, because I would totally aim for that if it were an option. *wry*
(This is similar to my reaction to a lot of audiovisual media, which is that I can see exactly how my emotional strings are being pulled and it pisses me off how obvious the techniques are... and yet it still works and I get all gooshy or cry or whatever. It's disconcerting to have my own emotional reactions hijacked out from under me, especially since knowing how the trick works doesn't stop its effectiveness.)
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And now I think I shall go to bed. :)
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