Barney Frank! Wah. Sad to think of him retiring.

I would like to lose enough weight to be back to my pre-baby/post-diet size because I miss doing the yoga I could do when I had less problematic flesh in the way.

I went to 6AM yoga today and we actually did this pose: [link] So essentially I sat on the back of my arms before 7:00 AM. No wonder I am tired.

You know, I've got ridiculous bendy naturally, and my upper body strength is kinda awesome of late (if my lap times suck) but I'm pretty sure no way in hell I could do that.

I'm pretty sure no way in hell I could do that.

Well, you maybe couldn't just do it from scratch but you might could build up to it eventually.

My body is not really made to do that kind of pose. And I'm TOTALLY cool with that! I can do many other things.

The problem for me in the pose is shoulder flexibility. The first two poses in this [link] is the sequence we did. The first one, with ankles crossed is seriously not hard.

Well, yeah, to all of that. I love lifting myself out of the pool and being able to raise my hips above my shoulders to get my feet on deck without a boost kick, all in the arms and core. Well, 90 percent of the time, anyway.

To freak everyone out: not taking a cellphone.

I took my phone to London, but I had it on airplane mode the entire time. The only thing I really missed was being able to use Google Maps when I didn't have a wifi connection.

In other news, there's a small chance I may be in Mountain View next week.

Also this pose: [link] which is totally a fave, I can still mostly do. Most other bound/twisted poses, nope.

Bakasana is my nemesis pose.

Nothing I did to make myself strong ever resulted in that sort of thing. It was my weak point in capoiera. My high game was good, but my ground game was crap.

Tommy, I used your Stupid IT Tricks to try and make conversation with the Security Officer. He seems so outside of IT so much, because he always comes to us with more tasks, or to tell us no (well, okay, not today, but usuall), or...he's just more like non IT management. But it's not his fault, that's the job's fault. Being secure is more work than not being secure. And we're a financial company, so even if we weren't run by responsible people, there are rules and regs up the wazoo.

Reading those horror stories made me feel the pain (briefly) of the ISO.

He knew exactly the article I was talking about.

Hey, Gugu Mbatha Raw is on Kiefer Sutherland's new series. I'm glad she's back on a show after hers tanked. Somebody cast black leads in someone good, will they?

I got excoriated by someone who thinks that Bones is racist. I tried to convey that I thought Bones was an example of yet another show without a black lead, but it wasn't racist, it was Bones-centric. It's not well shaded, and no one is as extra magical than she is. It would be like saying House was racist because it was a black boss he didn't listen to (I have no idea if this has happened). No, the show just revolves around House listening to no one.

I made sure I led off with "I don't like the show at all, but I think you're wrong because..." and finished up with "...the industry needs more shows with non-white leads, but *Bones* isn't racist because there aren't more shows like Nikita out there. The landscape is, in aggregate."

Apparently that's too happy.

Fucking Jezebel, man. Someone's always happy to tell you that you're a race or gender or sexuality traitor.

Never mind the conversation around Cynthia Nixon saying (her) homosexuality is a choice. How could that go well? Pageviews -> profit!

The first one, with ankles crossed is seriously not hard.

Most people can't do that with their hips, can they? I certainly used to get looks for it.

Speaking of looks, people kept staring at my neck today. I'm paranoid, thinking a) avoiding boobs b) avoiding portacath c) *truly* fascinated with a not that exceptional pendant. Had me on edge all day.