Getting ready to return to the San Francisco Zen Center for the 9-week Fall Practice period. I am excited. There was an orientation meeting last night, where I got a look at about 30 of the 50 participants. It's a larger group than I did the summer intensive with, so we'll see how the dynamics are. Maybe Aaron will finally start showing up for his shift on dishes....
Deep into my newest venture (quit selling books and CDs on Amazon) which is pimping out my apartment. It looks like I have it sublet nearly the entire 9 weeks. So much for Thanksgiving at home; I'm figuring McCormick and Kuleto's will take care of me and my friends, turkey-wise.
Work? I call it trabajo. It's going fine. There's some pleasure in doing something well, even something Byzantine and not all that significant. On the other hand, how else will all those UC Berkeley Extension students find their classes and continue developing their skills? I have a list of courses I think I might try out, on my quest to determine what I really want to do with my life.
Classes Judy May Take:
- Presentation Skills for Training Professionals (in case I want to start doing media training again. HIRE ME - only $500 a half day.)
- a Certificate in Finance (I've met a lot of those morons -- and they make a lot of money)
- Leadership Management (I don't know what I am thinking here; neither leadership nor management appeal to me, but I wrote it down, so I guess I'll look at it)
- Applied Market Research (finally learn to read and understand a company annual report. Imagine!)
- Brand Management (There may be more to this than the bull-puckey I've seen. I lived through two branding projects at Sun. Results of the first: "talk like Tom Hanks in Apollo 13". Results of the second (and boy was that expensive!): "look at our pretty photos. They are large, colorful, and provacative. Look, Mennonites roller-blading! Monks on a roller-coaster! Don't ask me what this has to do with IS managers, computer servers and storages, or developers that we hope will keep our UNIX platform alive and provide us with a competitive differentiator in a market of dinosaurs." I shared my chagrin at a recent meeting with volunteer group, and the brand guy volunteered that yes indeed Sun is floating RFPs for yet another round of the Who Are We exercise...Good luck, Sun!
- Biocemistry
In addition, I've figured out the following key lifestyle choices:
- Shopping
- Sitting still on a cushion, facing the wall
- Siphoning money out of my possessions
Strangely, and I hate to mention this for fear it will be corrected: Sun paid me again. I have no idea what they're doing, but it's always a pleasant surprise when they've dumped more money into my checking account. I figure, I suffered from the organizational incompetence when I worked there; perhaps I can benefit from it, now that I don't.
OK, off to wash shirts and pack things into a bag that's far too small. Peace out.
JAD
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