2010.03.03 19:00 - Vacations

The Guardian for this meeting was stevenaia Michinaga. The comments are by stevenaia Michinaga.

Paradise Tennant: hiya steve

stevenaia Michinaga: hi Paradise, I was inspecting the roof

Paradise Tennant: smiles

Paradise Tennant: where did the water go :)

stevenaia Michinaga: I turned it off for a small group

stevenaia Michinaga: :)

Paradise Tennant: very quiet some nites isn't it

Paradise Tennant: often find it .. sort of too quiet :)

stevenaia Michinaga: type "/9help" to see how to control the fountain and cushions

Paradise Tennant: ahh kk

stevenaia Michinaga: the water sounds can be distracting

stevenaia Michinaga: are you considering going to SF in April

Paradise Tennant: not likely was away two weeks in feb

stevenaia Michinaga: yes, sounded so nice

Paradise Tennant: difficult to come back for a month and then be gone another week

Paradise Tennant: I get lots of holiday time just find it hard to use it

Paradise Tennant: are you going

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stevenaia Michinaga: I am in the strange situation, when I am busy enough to afford a vacation I don;t have the time, but when I aI am not busy enough to have the time, I can;t afford a vacation

stevenaia Michinaga: Clients can be a fickle group

Paradise Tennant: smiles .. yes life's most common conundrum :) when you have money you have not time when you have time you have not money

stevenaia Michinaga: yes, well put

Paradise Tennant: *no *no

stevenaia Michinaga: so best to appreciate whichever comes your way

Paradise Tennant: YES!

stevenaia Michinaga: live is a vacation

stevenaia Michinaga: life

Paradise Tennant: smiles

stevenaia Michinaga: which makes vacations especially nice

Paradise Tennant: yes they are really nice .. like to get away .. love traveling .. happy to do at the spur of the moment too ..

Paradise Tennant: how is your practice coming :)

stevenaia Michinaga: RL or PaB...

Paradise Tennant: both :)

stevenaia Michinaga: I am at the early stages of some very exciting work that is developing nicely, keeping me very busy

Paradise Tennant: ah so no time to practice ;(

stevenaia Michinaga: probably one of the more complex things I;ve worked on

Paradise Tennant: the infrastructure project ?

stevenaia Michinaga: no, seems before PaB I always have a bit of time for Chi Gung or my Tai Chi Practice

stevenaia Michinaga: which relaxes me for PaB here

stevenaia Michinaga: it;s a large urban market and 5 stories of housing

Paradise Tennant: smiles that would keep you busy :)

stevenaia Michinaga: yes, it is also unique for the relatively small city I work in

Paradise Tennant: unique is good

Paradise Tennant: smiles

stevenaia Michinaga: rebuilding on substantially empty lots

stevenaia Michinaga: on a main street

stevenaia Michinaga: at the edge of downtown

Paradise Tennant: so you are happy ... you have a project that makes you really stretch and think .. always a lucky thing !

stevenaia Michinaga: I could go no :)

stevenaia Michinaga: on

Paradise Tennant: listens

stevenaia Michinaga: (lots of editing tonight)

stevenaia Michinaga: urban markets are not widespread these days, most have removed themselves from downtowns so this will be a good change for the city, keep people from needing to drive to get food

Paradise Tennant: yes I pretty much very seldom drive .. use transit or walk so much more relaxing

Paradise Tennant: love taking the tube .. can listen to music .. organize my day in my head .. it is all good often the most quiet time I have until I am heading back home

stevenaia Michinaga: you are lucky, but Toronto , like many large cities has localized resources

Paradise Tennant: yes

Paradise Tennant: good planning

stevenaia Michinaga: yes, that too

Paradise Tennant: well . hugely difficult processes but the end results have not been too bad

stevenaia Michinaga: in the states everyone "moved out" and transit does not work in the mists of sprawl

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stevenaia Michinaga: everyone wants trains back but will not move back to the city to support them

stevenaia Michinaga: so they don;t build urban housing

stevenaia Michinaga: hoping this will be the beginning of reversing the trend

Paradise Tennant: city have so many facets .. you have more of a crime issue because of a lack of social programs that creates a very definite geography

Paradise Tennant: well in the very big cities that is

stevenaia Michinaga: crime exists in the suburbs, but home break-in and traffic accidents just just don;t seem t be the same as urban crime

stevenaia Michinaga: but it's all relative, when people from NY come, they laugh at what we call crime

Paradise Tennant: not as pronounced in canada but no guns and lots of welfare programs .. don't mind paying the taxes like to walk my dog at 2 am anywhere and not think about it

stevenaia Michinaga: nice

stevenaia Michinaga: you shouldn;t let your dogs run you like that :)

Paradise Tennant: but our taxes are so much higher lol .. I work till sometime in June before I actually finish paying my annual tax bill

Paradise Tennant: lol

stevenaia Michinaga: yes, but if we wold add healthcare to our taxes it would be the same thing

Paradise Tennant: like 56% of your income

Paradise Tennant: yes

stevenaia Michinaga: but most live in denial of that and pint the finger at the rest of the world about how "bad" socialized medicine would be here

Paradise Tennant: hmm

Paradise Tennant: yes every place has its successes and challenges

stevenaia Michinaga: kind of like standing on the island with the water rising all around you and saying we're safe there

stevenaia Michinaga: well maybe a bad metaphor

Paradise Tennant: well I am very happy you are enjoying what you are working on ..makes the days so much brighter :)

stevenaia Michinaga: yes, it would be unfortunate if the work you do pains you

Paradise Tennant: well shall we explore a PAB topic ..anything come to mine

Paradise Tennant: *mind

stevenaia Michinaga: A close friend lost her job which she did not like, her blood pressure went from 180/something to 120/something once she was unemployed

stevenaia Michinaga: sure

Paradise Tennant: lol thinks work is pretty much unhealthy for many folks :)

stevenaia Michinaga: think of the physical affect of PaB

stevenaia Michinaga: how letting go can calm...

Paradise Tennant: yes dropping

stevenaia Michinaga: dropping probably lowers BP too

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Paradise Tennant: smiles

Paradise Tennant: speaking of dropping .. I think I am going to have to quietly sneak out .. I am sorry I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open .. just a very busy week :)

stevenaia Michinaga: were you always your calm self or was it something you acquired later in life?

stevenaia Michinaga: something to answer next time we meet

stevenaia Michinaga: :)

Paradise Tennant: lol always pretty calm

Paradise Tennant: :)

Paradise Tennant: sweet dreams :)

stevenaia Michinaga: night Paradise

stevenaia Michinaga: waves back