Showing posts with label aquatics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aquatics. Show all posts

Friday, February 4, 2011

2nd post?

So, I decided I should just start writing in this blog like I said I would half a year ago. I have had a lot of thoughts about what could fill these pages. I have decided to use bits of all of them. So onto teh blogging.

My Life At Present
Right now I am still working at the pool I was working at when I started this blog. I actually quite enjoy this work. I am teaching a lot and because of a recent rash of snow days have been spending a little more time doing that than guarding. That will all change tonight as I will be working both my normal afternoon shift and a special late night event that will keep my Friday night work filled until midnight. For working this late I will of course be reimbursed with my normal rate and an extra $20 dollars which actually is more than normal overtime would be if we actually got overtime. (not a complaint they just like to keep part time workers at less than full time and therefore we don't ever get overtime)
     In other news my current RPG exploits include some 2nd ed Planescape. I am playing a tiefling priest of chaos. I think I may devote an entire post to her so that's all I will say on this subject.
     I think that is all I have to say about anything right now.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

First Post!!!!11!!!@@2

So you start a blog cause all your friends do it and you go. "Hey I can do that." Then you face the problem what is interesting enough in your life to write about. I mean the point is to eventually have other people read this so what do you do?

Well you do what I do which is to just write what you know and hope it eventually gets interesting. So what do I know about? Lots of things. Let us explore these things for a moment.
  • Aquatics: I am a lifeguard. I have been for 6 years (that's 4 actual years of experience.) What does this mean I know? On the base line it means I have to know how to swim (this should be obvious to people but isn't always especially to kids.) I also have to know CPR (that's cardiopulmonary resuscitation), AED (automatic external defibrillator), first aid, and how to pull someone out of the water (ie. Lifesaving). Those are the certificates I have to have to lifeguard. What I also know is how to blow a whistle, how to say "Pools closed" so that a full pool can hear me.  I know in general what rules should be standard at every pool and why those rules exist. I can also spot when someone is having trouble swimming when there about a hundred other people in said pool. I also happen to be a swim teacher so I know how to get a kid to float, kick, and paddle, and usually have fun doing it.  I love the water and I think I am a pretty darn good lifeguard and a pretty good teacher. Thus the Aqua in this blog title. There will be a certain amount of talk about my job.
  • Gaming, I have about as many years experience gaming as I do lifeguarding. when I say gaming I mean real pen and paper RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons, Call of Cthullu, and GURPS. I love roleplaying games and the people I play them with however those are the people who I think may be the first to read this blog so there will be less talk about day to day activities though I may talk about it more when I run my own games.
  • Webcomics, I love webcomics and have been reading them longer than I have been doing the past two things (except swimming I have been swimming my whole life.) Expect reviews from time to time of especially good comics.
  • Webshows, I have a bit less experience with this than Webcomics but pretty much the same comments about that.
  • Life, I actually only have so-so knowledge about life in general as I hardly have one but what I do I will talk about.
So that's it I hope everyone who reads this considers it a good investment of their time and continues to read.