Oh, my god, I would so be on a plane to visit if I didn't have to do annual review stuff this week and put out some bonfires.

Well, I'm in Oakland all week anyway--come next week! :)

Yay for shrift home improvement!
 
And that hair length is supercute for you msbelle. Mine is close to that short right now after Friday`s cut. But I still have bangs which I find philosopically weird and just kinda don`t like. I have historically avoided them to avoid the china doll look, to which I am prone.
 
Band meeting was fraught tonight, and what`s more l`m not sure the participants knew it was. The head pastor dude got pissed because he felt like we were piling on someone who wasn`t there. But he was supposed to be there. All five of them were. I dunno what to do if they won`t show up. Either we avoid the subject and don`t resolve anything or we talk without you there. Don`t ask, "what problems are we having" if we`re not allowed to talk about it.

I am looking through hairstyle sites. Anyone have thoughts on a celebrity that shares my face shape. I am really bad at seeing these things. I tried an app on fb, but it said I looked like Sally Field or Linda Blair and I don;t see it and I don;t think those two look similar, so I call bs.

Kat, the type of yoga Colin was doing was "hot" yoga. Is that trendy bullshit?

Hot yoga is Bikram. It's the only type of yoga that has competitions. No. Seriously. Some people love it (For K it was the only type of yoga she did) and most of the rest of the yoga community is judgy about it (believe it or not). Ashtanga is SUPER challenging, but it totally comes from a yoga tradition that makes sense.

Bikram comes from a dude named Bikram. He has a big training center here.

I think so many people dislike Bikram because (1) it's a cheat. Practicing in a really hot room bypasses the need to let your body build heat on its own through exertion and people get a better "stretch" but not through their own work (2) the Bikram guy is sort of a tool (3) it's a series of 26 poses (like Ashtanga, it's the same set each time) (4) the teachers are mean. And by mean I mean non-encouraging, non-positive, just sort of assholish.

Again, this is all built on heresay from others so take it for what it's worth.

I'm at times tempted to try Bikram just to see, but why? I love Anusara (and yes, also made up by some random white dude, but he came out of the Iyengar tradition) enough that I'm not even really willing to take the Vinyasa classes at my studio.

I'm a yoga snob.

I do think it's a shame there don't seem to be pictures. I'm not sure Colin's all that bendy. Misha definitely is.

I think this is the pic I'll take to the salon: [link]

opinions?

I keep thinking of that Nip/Tuck where Misha plays a yoga instructor...

I think it's cute, msbelle, and will look great with your face shape.

I also think a short cut like that needs a standout color, assiduous trims, daily flatiron application and lots of product. FYI.

cute cut, msbelle

I realize I need to ask Kat sometime about the difference between Ashtanga, Anusara, and Vinyasa yoga. But not tonight. I should go to bed soon.

Egad. I have a kindergartener starting school tomorrow.

I keep thinking of that Nip/Tuck where Misha plays a yoga instructor...

Hey, while Manny Skerrit's particular situation was fictional, that yoga pose that made it theoretically possible wasn't a stunt double.

I feel today was fairly productive. I did laundry, went grocery shopping, cleaned my stovetop including the metal pans under the heating elements, squirted down my tub with bleach (will scrub in the a.m. when it's done its work), and pushed through to complete my racy Ben Browder illustration tonight.