Here's to bad literature and dissipation. Let's dance!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
goth nostalgia: here we go again (yo no comprendo)
I guess I've been in a posting mood! And a video mood. But it's winter, so here's Siouxsie. My first goth band obsession with a lady singer... second, in goth band obsessions, only to Bauhaus. This song isn't that goth but oh well. It still makes me kind of secretly sad that I gave away my five inch silver ankh that I got from the renaissance fair.
And here is the Weathered Remix of Rasputina's "The Olde HeadBoard," with a good golden Brooklyn accent and some fuckin' roller skates. And how awesome does the two-tone hair look on Melora? God, I always wished for wavy hair so I could pull off a big mess like that. This video, low-quality as it is, makes me positively giddy.
And here is the Weathered Remix of Rasputina's "The Olde HeadBoard," with a good golden Brooklyn accent and some fuckin' roller skates. And how awesome does the two-tone hair look on Melora? God, I always wished for wavy hair so I could pull off a big mess like that. This video, low-quality as it is, makes me positively giddy.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
bodies cost a lot, and other thoughts
Listen to this song while you read the post!
I don't think I've mentioned this yet, but (as if my life weren't already overly busy) I'm doing a 200-hour yoga teacher certification. I think during an ongoing yoga practice it is relatively easy to stay in the same place (same strength level, same flexibility level) if you practice seriously a couple of times a week. You push your body to the place you know it'll go, but then you're done. Lately, though, I have been going four times a week, in addition to the mandatory hours. The consequence of this is that I feel myself getting stronger. I can do more pushups, I am getting closer to the 90-degree angle in Virabhadrasana. I can hold poses for longer, my stability in balance poses is better. Body change is so so fascinating and I am cautiously optimistic. I wrote a small post about the teacher training process here if you are interested. This post makes me sound really fucking nice, and also really excited, which I guess is accurate. ABOUT THIS ONE THING.
It is also great for writing. I am not about to spout any hubbub about how yoga balances me out mentally (although it helps). It's a real physiological thing. When I write a lot, or when I sit and pore over details a lot (such as now, when I am in the wrapup stage of working on the book), my back hurts a lot. I sit for hours and sometimes I don't sit right. But the past month has only produced the satisfying kind of muscle pain.
I still have my issues. I still drink a dangerous amount of coffee. But I feel kind of good and that's making me stoked. And now, because I feel stoked, it is about time for me to do my yearly posting of this song. I feel like looking at something beautiful, so here is "The Modern." I love this video and song so inexplicably much.
"Won't be afraid of happiness / won't be afraid at all."
I don't think I've mentioned this yet, but (as if my life weren't already overly busy) I'm doing a 200-hour yoga teacher certification. I think during an ongoing yoga practice it is relatively easy to stay in the same place (same strength level, same flexibility level) if you practice seriously a couple of times a week. You push your body to the place you know it'll go, but then you're done. Lately, though, I have been going four times a week, in addition to the mandatory hours. The consequence of this is that I feel myself getting stronger. I can do more pushups, I am getting closer to the 90-degree angle in Virabhadrasana. I can hold poses for longer, my stability in balance poses is better. Body change is so so fascinating and I am cautiously optimistic. I wrote a small post about the teacher training process here if you are interested. This post makes me sound really fucking nice, and also really excited, which I guess is accurate. ABOUT THIS ONE THING.
It is also great for writing. I am not about to spout any hubbub about how yoga balances me out mentally (although it helps). It's a real physiological thing. When I write a lot, or when I sit and pore over details a lot (such as now, when I am in the wrapup stage of working on the book), my back hurts a lot. I sit for hours and sometimes I don't sit right. But the past month has only produced the satisfying kind of muscle pain.
I still have my issues. I still drink a dangerous amount of coffee. But I feel kind of good and that's making me stoked. And now, because I feel stoked, it is about time for me to do my yearly posting of this song. I feel like looking at something beautiful, so here is "The Modern." I love this video and song so inexplicably much.
"Won't be afraid of happiness / won't be afraid at all."
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