Bikram Challenge continues....

So this morning I did something really weird (for me): Ah woke up early fer yoga! Yes, ah forced myself outta bed at 7:30 am so ah could gae git hawt n sweaty.

This means of kerse, that ahm on pretty good track ta hit my goal - altho in ordah ta git credit at tha studio, ah need ta dae 30 classes in 28 days. This mornin was #15 - halfway thar. Ah don't know if its gawna git easier er hardah from here on out, altho my schedule is gittin busier n busier. BUT, ahm also committed ta daein this cuz ah said ah would - doesn't sound like me at all does it?

Ta recap:
1st class = awesome!
Next 3 classes = sucktastic!
Next 5 classes = awesome!
Next 4 classes = less then awesome!
Yesterday = pretty good
Today = damn ahm sore!

Yoga Update - 4 out of 28....

Ah don't know if thars a point in time when thangs are supposed ta even out, but my last 3 classes have really kicked my ass. Friday tha heat was higher then its been in weeks - ah actually really love tha hawt classes, but ahve been gittin used ta 102-104 degree temperatures, and Friday was more like 105 - 109 (my favorite spot is up near tha instructor podium, whar tha heat indicator is). Saturday was even hawter - gawt up ta 111 fer tha second half but tha humidifier wasn't on (n fancy this - ah didn't remind tha teacha ta turn it on this time!). Also, Friday ah took 6:30 and then Saturday ah took tha noon - ahve only done two classes in less then 24 hours once before. Today was tha opposite of my usual problem - usually my flesh is willin but tha mind is weak, but today ah was daein really well w. maintainin my composure but damn every pose hurt n ah even left a few of them early (Ah hate when ah dae that). But, ahm still determined - altho ah hafta admit thar were moments today when ah started wonderin if ah actually hated bikram yoga, n had just convinced myself ah enjoy it. I also biked about 17 miles yestahday w. errands n shit, did a class n went to tha pillow fight, which was freakin AWESOME, but surprisingly tiring on my arms.

Here's a pretty blurry pic of my own (my camera is low on batteries so the night setting is kind of whack), I'll try to link to some better ones as they become available on the web:


I was pretty exhausted by the end of the day, but it still beat the livin crap out of last year's V-Day.

In other news, I've been listening to a lot of Murder By Death recently and am very much looking forward to their show next Saturday. Check em out - Americana/indie rock w. cello - that doesn't suck (most americana/indie ah could take er leave, but these folks dae it rite).

Hellz yeah musick musick musick!

Yoga - a bit on tha meh side fer me this mornin. Aftahwerds ah told my favorite instructor "I'm sorry you had to see that," and she just told me "No problem." Then ah (slowly) biked home (ah biked very slowly both to n from yoga today....nawt sure why) in time ta have

Warren Teagarden practice - Good, thar was a few new tunes to play that are now stuck in my head. We also rawked a few tunes especially hard n ah planted tha seeds that WT should record a live album in a little bit. Shortly aftah was

think13 practice - a blast, even minus a key member. Much talking about how to play tha drums was done on my part, n we were able ta amplify our hand-percussionist fer tha first time. While geetar+vocals were out pickin up food, ah made some rawkus distorted noise w. tha drummer boys n received much acclaim on my own skills n approach to tha instrument. A new song was just about finalized as well. Almost immediately aftah ah gawta

phone call from someone that has made me feel bettah about thangs in general. Also reinforced how busy ah am, but w. good thangs (such thangs bein band practices, yoga, acupuncture, n tomorrows electronics instruction traded fer a bass lesson). Gae california!