5 minutes of Fame
I was a wee bit nervous on Tuesday morning as I knew the article in the Financial Post Business magasine was coming out. It's one thing to send some photos and yak about my favorite things to do. Another thing all together to see how someone you don't know is going to interpret that and then find out how an editor is going to revise it.
I got to work and one of my co-workers already had the magasine to show me, so I opened up the page and read about myself. Quite interesting. I had told most of my co-workers about it since I'm the first to admit I can't keep my mouth shut about much. :-) They were pretty excited to see me in print and hey, I thought it was fun too. I mean as I mentioned before, as a Leo how could I deny loving the attention, well I wouldn't be very Leo-like if I tried to do that now would I? I did have a wee bit of a wincing moment when I read that they talked about my ice climbing swim suit competition. I thought they could have emphasised the fun-factor with that so readers would know it was totally campy, silly thing that we all had fun with but no one took it seriously. As well the main thing is that they were technically accurate regarding climbing and they were so it's all good.
I'm still tired and sore from my climbing outting on Sunday. My fingers are finally recovering which has helped my mood dramatically. I hadn't realized that I was in a cranky mood because it hurt to touch anything. I had forgotten that a large boulder had landed on my foot while climbing. I know that seems like a rather big issue to be forgetting about, but yesterday I was looking at my right foot trying to figure out why it was black and blue. But duuuhhh it dawned on me.
Stampede time in Calgary right now, I've been quite restrained I have to admit. I think its because I've been fatigued, so the idea of drinking copious amounts of alchohol and adding a hangover to a sore and tired body hasn't felt that appealing.
Well my 5 min of fame has been very fun and a welcome diversion to the rigors of training. I'm still looking forward to a weekend of no climbing and just hanging out like regular people do. I might get out for a scramble on Sunday. I can't stay away from the mountains for too long, but I just won't climb them. :-)
I'll keep all my readers appraised of when the US media discovers me and I can start my own infomercials maybe selling a new Thigh-Master. I mean Suzanne Sommers has made her millions its time to let someone else have a go.... and ONE and TWO and PUSH...
I got to work and one of my co-workers already had the magasine to show me, so I opened up the page and read about myself. Quite interesting. I had told most of my co-workers about it since I'm the first to admit I can't keep my mouth shut about much. :-) They were pretty excited to see me in print and hey, I thought it was fun too. I mean as I mentioned before, as a Leo how could I deny loving the attention, well I wouldn't be very Leo-like if I tried to do that now would I? I did have a wee bit of a wincing moment when I read that they talked about my ice climbing swim suit competition. I thought they could have emphasised the fun-factor with that so readers would know it was totally campy, silly thing that we all had fun with but no one took it seriously. As well the main thing is that they were technically accurate regarding climbing and they were so it's all good.
I'm still tired and sore from my climbing outting on Sunday. My fingers are finally recovering which has helped my mood dramatically. I hadn't realized that I was in a cranky mood because it hurt to touch anything. I had forgotten that a large boulder had landed on my foot while climbing. I know that seems like a rather big issue to be forgetting about, but yesterday I was looking at my right foot trying to figure out why it was black and blue. But duuuhhh it dawned on me.
Stampede time in Calgary right now, I've been quite restrained I have to admit. I think its because I've been fatigued, so the idea of drinking copious amounts of alchohol and adding a hangover to a sore and tired body hasn't felt that appealing.
Well my 5 min of fame has been very fun and a welcome diversion to the rigors of training. I'm still looking forward to a weekend of no climbing and just hanging out like regular people do. I might get out for a scramble on Sunday. I can't stay away from the mountains for too long, but I just won't climb them. :-)
I'll keep all my readers appraised of when the US media discovers me and I can start my own infomercials maybe selling a new Thigh-Master. I mean Suzanne Sommers has made her millions its time to let someone else have a go.... and ONE and TWO and PUSH...
posted by Lise B at Wednesday, July 11, 2007
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