Men's Circle

Well... The leader didn't show up. Apparently he was on vacation and didn't tell anyone. So, in a knee jerk decision, I led it.

Now, he left no materials or instructions. However, I grabbed a bit of this and a bit of that and led something resembling Men's Circle at the weekly shelter. And you no what? Amazingly (even to my surprise) it actually turned out pretty good. Even with my stumbling in a few places.

For those not in the know about homeless things in Seattle, Men's Circle is a meeting held by a few men at the weekly shelter that promotes not only looking into the scripture but listening and sharing with each other thereby by result actually promoting healing.

The line was held today.

Auto Hood Revisited

I have a classmate by the name of Rachel that I know is an artist.  So; I let her doodle on my Welding hood to see what came out.  Man; it fits me perfect!!!!!!  Check it out!  Simple designs yet it came out so awesome!  We have talent in our class.

The Concept of "If I don't Protect Myself No One Will" Revisited

Well...  except for setting myself on fire for the 8th time; I had an interesting event.  I had a meeting with my TRAC caseworker, TRAC being the people paying for my college.  Apparently; I have changed since I started taking courses.

Apparently, I have mellowed a bit.  Gotten a bit more laid back.  More comfortable.  Less at the ready to fight.  Looking back; I have to admit that she was right.  In the beginning, when I told her that if I didn't protect myself nobody would, I wqas completely serious and sincere.  I'm not so sure anymore.

I dunno when it happened.  Maybe when I pulled a fellow classmate aside and finally broke down.  There haven't been too many people in my life that I could do that with.  In my life if I wasn't the strong one me and/ or others got hurt.  Therefore, no weakness was allowed to be shown, no matter how damaged I was.

Maybe it was when I almost jumped on this classmate for disrespecting me and I was pulled off by another.  He spent 5-10 minutes calming me down and God knows how much longer behind the scenes just to peacemake.  Not sure if that's a word; but, I do poetry and therefore I'm allowed to invent words.

Maybe it was when my toothache that started 3 days before my classes even started went beyond the tolerance point.  After they got over the shock of dealing with the pain that long (about 2-3 weeks into class more or less) the painkillers were broken out left all around

I'm not sure when it happened.  I didn't notice it until someone else did.  Thinking honestly though; the phrase "If I don'ty protect myself; no one will." doesn't ring as true as it once did.

Freman reaffirmed

The training top be a welder may be difficult but I can't say that I don't love it.  One reason I love this training is because this and firefighting has to be the only professions I can say that I caught myself on fire and not be looked at like I totally lost my mind.  Well....  I might just have crossed that threshold today.  I sat the chair on fire that was in my booth.  Yes, you heard that right.  The chair.  To my benefit I had a flip hoof instead of an auto one and never noticed the said victim.... Or maybe that's a bad thing.  Dunno.  Rachel high fivedd this new accomplishment and then I went back to working with 6010 rods (we are currently working with SMAW, which involves an electrode, a.k.a., rod).  6010 rods are harder to use, so when I got a bit frustrated I went back to 7018 for a bit.

Got randomly drug tested.  Of course I'll pass.  No studying required even though how they conducted it I would've had plenty of chance.  Paperwork is due at 1600 hrs tomorrow.

With the first 7 times I managed to set myself on fire I have earned the nickname Fireman.  Thank you chair, for solidifying that nick.

Intro

I've thought about posting a blog off and on.  However; it wasn't until an old school asked me to help him out with making one that I got really interested in making one.  After all, there are a LOT of crazy stuff that happens in my life.  So; here it goes.  crazylife98104.  The good, the bad, the ugly, and the real as well as the surreal.  Won't take the place of my facebook page; simply more of a journal type thing.  More personal than the snippets and news stories I tend to share on my facebook.  If interested in seeing my facebook page it's at facebook.com/kristopher.coin.  Until later!