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I'm walking on the ceiling and looking up at the floor. You turn my whole world upside down, and I'm loving every moment of it...


Hmm, so life is pretty mundane recently. Ever since I got back from VA. By comparison, hanging out at home just isn't as cool. As for minor going ons...


They closed they closed the capoeira academy this Monday. Everyone came out for a really big roda, it was really cool. Capoeira events like this always end up feeling like a family reunion you know. You get to see people that you haven't seen in a while and it's all exciting. I have pictures, and look for them to appear on flickr when I have a chance to sort through them. It's funny how you take like 80 pics and hope that 10 come out good.

Had a less than happy surprise when I found that I had to get work done on my breaks to the tune of $550... That's on top of the airline tickets I'm still paying for. What can I say, it's just money, right?

Speaking of which, friends are flying down to San Diego in Aug. for someone's birthday. Can it be so soon? Another OZoMa weekend? Possibly, Zo might bring her little sister Zoya, making it an OZoZoMa weekend. Now, how cool would it be if I could convince Codi to come, and that would make it a, are you ready for this? CoOZoZoMa weekend? Probably not likely, but how awesome would that be? Very, in case you're one of the slow kids in class.

Also speaking of which, (from the thing before, not from the slow kids), I got my promotion today. Should be hitting my pay check in two weeks. That's a good feeling because, with the promotion, I'm pretty close to making what I would like to be making at this point in time. It's just a hair short, but, you know, that's something to negotiate for next year. This is one of those thing that makes me feel like I'm almost, kinda', sorta'financially stable. I guess it works as long as I don't try to get my own apartment in a nice area :(

Hmm, I guess that's all for now. Check on Sketch and Reload in the near future. I have an update to the painting I was working on and should be posting that soon.

Bastard Tried to Kill Me...

He didn't, but I could swear he was trying to. He pretty much refused to open the door. Maybe you're not "supposed" to open the door, but most teachers do anyway. I'm talking about yoga again if you didn't catch on. Last night, I decided to go from capoeira straight to yoga. That's like a 3 hour workout there. Good times, right? The idea was to take it kinda easy in the yoga class cuz half the challenge is just staying in the room. Well, had I known this guy was going to try to kill us that night, I would have stayed at capoeira for the roda. Seriously, this guy has no idea that the only thing keeping me in that room was spite for him. Yoga can be powered by loathing apparently. I wasn't even doing yoga by the end. I was so spent I was just sort of laying there, being hot. I paid 11 dollars to be hot for an hour. I can go to VA and be hot for free. Hmm, slightly balding yoga man, you've made an enemy today. Consider yourself warned.

I Ain't Guilty of the Crimes You Accuse Me of...

...but I'm Guilty of Fear. (I still love Dummy)


So O-Zo-Ma weekend went off without a hitch, it was a real blast (I <3 you guys). I should have some pics on flickr up soon for that. Seriously, either you guys need to move to NorCal, or we just need to make Cali smaller. I wonder how hard it is to plane jack a private jet. I have a pretty big back yard.

Just got back from one trip and I'm already about to take off for another. Thur night / fri morning I'll be flying to VA. Somehow I figure that the whole friday the 13th thing will inverse the normal bad karma that flows through airports, and I'll actually get there on time, if not, early. Wouldn't that be awesome. By the time I'm done with all this I'm going to need a vacation from vacations. That said, it's only mid June. I wonder what I'm going to do for the rest of the summer?

Crisis Core is awesome. If you know what that is and have a PSP, play it.

So I'm semitarian now. You know, semi vegetarian. It's a phrase, I'm coining it. Ever since I started yoga, I've been doing this semi vegetarian thing. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not, nor do I plan to ever be fully vegetarian. I mean, how can you pass up the opportunity to eat carnitas tacos in Mexico from a street vendor? Basically, what it comes down to is that I don't want to have to think about it. If there's a good vegetarian option on the menu, or I have a good recipe in mind, I'll go with that, but there's no moral high ground in it for me at the moment (although, in all honesty, there are plenty of really good arguments). There are two observations I would note about being vegetarian. First is that you need to eat more. At least it seems that way to me. I'd already been into this thing of snacking on fruit all day, so it's not that unusual to me, but it seems that with the shift of my meals being from protein to veggie, I have to eat even more frequently to compensate. The second is that being vegetarian isn't "hard" per say. You just have to be willing to give up the variety of your meals. Most places you go seem to only have one or two vegetarian option on their menu. If you're the type of person who can find one or two items you like, and be willing to eat that through most of the week, then you're golden. Being vegetarian is easy. If you like a lot of variety in what you eat (and I actually fall into this category), then it's more of a challenge. I think the saving grace for me is that I cook, so I can come up with meals I like. So far I've done a broccoli in orange sauce a couple of weekends ago, and most recently, I've done vegetarian tacos with chilies and onions, and mango salsa (yum). Yeah, a bit of vegetarian I can do. Vegan I can't do. Vegans are crazy, why do you hate food? Silly vegans.

Still... So... Hot...

Ok, so I'm a couple more days into this bikram thing, and I still have a very love hate thing going with it. Turns out, I just don't do well with heat. I find it hard to breathe. That's not a bad thing mind you, my body will get used to it. I want my body to get used to it, but still it's hard. After the first hour, you;ve made it through all of the standing poses, and the floor stuff is easier. Again, I still have trouble with overheating, but I feel I can push more into this stuff. So complaints aside, I love the way it feels when I do get out though. I feel like totally relaxed, and I think I'm already starting to see the benefits flexibility wise. The other day, in my gymnastics class I discovered that I can do a cleaner headstand back bend, which is a cool looking move. So yeah, I figure I'll stick with it for a little while, even though every time I get into that room I can't wait to get out. As a bonus, according to some websites I burn like 1000 - 1500 calories a class in there, which is insane. There's nothing else I do that can match that. As an added, added bonus, it's low enough impact that I can double it up with other works outs. On wed, I was able tjavascript:void(0)
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It's Hot!

So I finally did it. I finally tried yoga yesterday, and not just any yoga, like hot yoga. How was it? It was hot! It was like really freakin' hot. Ok, so I don't know the actual surface temperature of Jessica Alba in the nude, but for the sake of the analogy, I'm going to assume it's somewhere between 95 and 105 degrees fahrenheit. Other than that it was pretty neat I guess. I'm going back again today, and, possibly on wed. So far, what I like about it is that it's low impact so I can easily squeeze it into my schedule. It could just be that I'm not doing it right yet, but honestly, I don't think there's a muscle in my body that capoeira hasn't found already that will be suddenly discovered in yoga so I think I'm good. In fact, there are a couple of muscles I wish yoga did touch, but I guess I'm just going to have to work those on my own.

So what inspired this new found yoga interest you ask? Well basically, I saw video of myself playing capoeira (which I swore I would never do), and I could see that I looked so tight and lumbering. I figured I needed something to push my flexibility seriously, and bikram is awesome for that. Add to that Zoha has been about the bikram recently, and that started to push me. Also, add to that Codi is all about the yoga and has been trying to get me to go for like months now, and there you have it, I finally jumped. An aside about that, I'm sposed' to join her for one of these classes after I get back from all these weekend adventures. Hmm, I'm still not sure what I'm trying to get out of this. I guess I have a yoga partner. Do I want that? I should probably figure that out at some point. Anyway.

So there you have it. I do yoga now... I think I do at least. Before you know it I'm going to be going on about new ages and chakras. Then, when it's least expected, during some elaborate dinner, someone will pass a plate of chicken my way, and I will shake my head defiantly, almost disgusted as I say "No thank you. I'm vegan now." 0_o Here's hoping this doesn't go to my head.