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.

I can't even imagine being able to fold in half like that. I am the opposite of bendy.

This one's for you, Hec.

Thank you! I remember when she was the hippie girl in Little Darlings.

She looks very smooth. t /Ice King

Becoming bendy is actually easier than starting bendy and becoming strong.

Bakasana is my nemesis pose.

It's a physics problem. If you go forward, shoulders past wrist and keep looking forward not down, you'll have a great chance of going up. The problem is that your butt needs to be counterbalanced with the rest of your body so you have to move way far to the front, almost uncomfortably so. Also, try on two blocks and you'll have to go forward less.

The reason I couldn't be a yoga teacher is because I would never want to talk the hokum yoga talk about energy flow and that shit or even alignment. Instead, I say things like, One's ass is huge. If you want to be in a handstand that is more easily balanced, stick your butt, which is the center of your gravity, out more and you'll balance better.

Becoming bendy is actually easier than starting bendy and becoming strong

Is there a cap? Because I was definitely maintaining, and not getting more bendy. Once I hit my peak, which was pretty unwarmed up and unpropmpted at about age 19, I was never able to get more flexible with regular exercise and stretching.

sara, SPAIN! super exciting. I meant to say that earlier but forgot.

Fuck it. I'm going to bed.

One's ass is huge. If you want to be in a handstand that is more easily balanced, stick your butt, which is the center of your gravity, out more and you'll balance better.

Ha! I have definitely had teachers who have said things like this.

I've been trying to do bakasana for years (that's why it's called a "practice!") and I understand the physics of it but can't get my body to do it. BUT! I've never tried it with blocks. Where would they go?

On of my favorite instructions from the Y ( for the kids in lessons, learning backstroke) was "Tuck your butt up! Like you're holding in a poop!" It works!

I'm not sure my ass is my center of gravity, there isn't much of it. OTOH, the legginess probably makes up the difference with the bulky short torso.

I'd assume there is some kind of a finite stopping point for most people. But if you can move that just enough, it's satisfying.

I'm definitely much less flexible now -- I used to be able to clasp my hands behind my back and rotate my shoulders so that my hands ended at the front of my body without breaking the clasp, but there is no way I could do that now.

Also, my hamstrings are way tighter than they used to be, but still better than many (I can often get my nose to shin or knee).

My 6AM yoga practice, though is different completely than my 6 PM or even my 10:30 AM. With enough time, I might be more flexible depending on time of day?