We start P90X tomorrow. Oh dear God help our poor fucking bodies 
On a different note, my girlfriend and I spent today discussing... ah... the politics of power, I guess you'd call it. Alphas vs betas vs deltas vs omegas. There's no question that the structure shows up in any group of a decent size and we're a fairly large group - 10+. We're both alphas, Sara and I, but we have completely different styles of maintaining status and running the group. She's always had an alpha personality so she tends to rely on charm, wit, and sheer force of will. I made myself into an alpha and I'm a lot more laid back than she is, so I rely on loyalty, saint-like patience, and a mixture of constant teasing and bluntness. It's an interesting dynamic. The generally agreed upon breakdown is:
alpha- me, sara, eric
beta- afton, andrew, dana
delta- matt, ferrari, brittany, jessie
omega- rhianna
The whole reason the conversation came up is because of Jessie, who's been flitting between delta and omega lately because she recently decided teh Sara wasn't quite as high up the ladder as she is and ceased to show the amount of respect she demands. Not a good idea. So once again I'm stuck working damage control/ clean-up crew before Jessie's flamboyant aries temper gets her cuffed round the head and sent off to find somewhere else to hang out - permanently.
All in all? People are too much fucking trouble sometimes
On a different note, my girlfriend and I spent today discussing... ah... the politics of power, I guess you'd call it. Alphas vs betas vs deltas vs omegas. There's no question that the structure shows up in any group of a decent size and we're a fairly large group - 10+. We're both alphas, Sara and I, but we have completely different styles of maintaining status and running the group. She's always had an alpha personality so she tends to rely on charm, wit, and sheer force of will. I made myself into an alpha and I'm a lot more laid back than she is, so I rely on loyalty, saint-like patience, and a mixture of constant teasing and bluntness. It's an interesting dynamic. The generally agreed upon breakdown is:
alpha- me, sara, eric
beta- afton, andrew, dana
delta- matt, ferrari, brittany, jessie
omega- rhianna
The whole reason the conversation came up is because of Jessie, who's been flitting between delta and omega lately because she recently decided teh Sara wasn't quite as high up the ladder as she is and ceased to show the amount of respect she demands. Not a good idea. So once again I'm stuck working damage control/ clean-up crew before Jessie's flamboyant aries temper gets her cuffed round the head and sent off to find somewhere else to hang out - permanently.
All in all? People are too much fucking trouble sometimes