This Is My Life

This Is Life in MISTLife as a MIST StudentbyBrian Robertson

Abandon ye hope of a life all who enter these gates. The clock ticking on the wall sounds like a pile driver reverberating in my ears, and the chime seems as loud as the bells of St. Marys. So, I study. And I study. And I study. And I study. Well, you get the point. All work and no play, but it is not as dull as it may seem. Im learning instructional science and technology.

I think the theme song to MIST should be Misty Mountain Hop from Led Zeppelin. Id add that as part of my recording, but Im not advanced enough in PowerPoint. Maybe down the road. 1Living the MIST Life requires constant attention to the balls in the air.

Living the MIST Life

The ball represents the tasks that are at hand. A ball can be very high in the air and seem far away. However, those balls will free fall, accelerate to terminal velocity, and come at us very fast. Dont even think about blinking because

Have you ever gone skydiving? What a rush that is! If you do, keep in mind that if first you dont succeed, skydiving is not for you. 2

That is a lot of balls to juggle. Have you ever had a long-haired dog who likes water? There is a fish pond next to a deck where I like to sit and read. On hot days, my dog, Squeaks (the long haired dog) likes to go swimming in that pond. Can you guess where she goes to shake herself off? Her timing could not be better. On days when I dress up nice, shell go for a swim and shake off onto my nice dress clothes.

I built a chicken coop recently and bought five female chicks for egg layers. Three months later, one of them is doing the Cocka Doodle Doo thing all morning, starting at 3am. I have this sneaky suspicion that I will not be getting eggs from that chicken. It might Cocka Doodle Doo its way onto the barbecue, though, if it continues to deprive me of sleep more than MIST does. 3To catch the ball

More balls in the air

Thats MISTKeep Your Eye on the Ball

to feed the yak, and furry bovine creature indigenous to the Himalayas. The yak thrives at higher elevations and has an enlarged heart an lungs. And, for goodness sake, keep your eye on the ball so you can catch it. Then, more balls will fall toward your mitt for you to catch. You must catch them all to survive in MIST.

During the Army, there was an occasion when a trench had to be dug ASAP! A back hoe was parked at the site, and the trench had to be dug within an hour. What do you do? The answer is you get a detail of twenty guys with picks and shovels and dig the trench. If the back hoe gets in the way, assemble some requisition paperwork in triplicate to get approval for someone to move it.

How is that relevant to MIST, you may ask. It just seems so. 4Brian Robertson901 Fern Flat Rd.Aptos, CA 95003(831) 662-0519Email to: brobertson@csumb.edu

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This is my actual contact information. The address is impossible to find because Im far up in the mountains off a dirt road where you might as well hear banjo music playing the theme song to Deliverance. The phone number is also correct, but it doesnt work all the time. A tree recently fell and knocked out the phone lines, and AT&T doesnt like to come to these parts to fix their equipment. I think its because they have poor taste in music. 5