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agentotterHere are things that are cool:
* I took my first yoga class last night. It was awesome. And omg so much harder than I had even imagined, and I'd imagined it being pretty hard. Also, every time the instructor said a certain word (I think it was asanas?) it sounded like he was saying "awesomeness." I decided that that's what he meant, anyway. He also was fond of saying "preserverance" when he meant "perseverance," but I've decided that that's a new word and they should put it in the dictionaries. It's the act of preserving your perseverance, no doubt. He also liked to call things "juicy." In short, he was adorably new age-y and had a huge fuzzy beard and he made me hate him because I don't know if you realized, but yoga is actually torture. But in a good way?
* Also on the list of cool things I will be doing: kayaking! I've always wanted to try it, and somebody I know through work offered to take me out on the water. (Part of my job is writing about kayaking, since our publications cover the pacific northwestern coast, and therefore we talk a lot about kayaking, and he feels I can't possibly write about it without having done it. I'm not going to argue.) So I'll be taking a kayaking tour around the Bay this weekend. Woohoo!
Here are things that are not cool:
* I now have a friend who lives in Grass Valley. Grass Valley has the famous Draft Horse Classic show every year, where there are a bajillion draft horses working in harness and all sorts of demonstrations and did I mention the horses? I've always wanted to go, ALWAYS, and now I'd probably even have a place to crash. Unfortunately, it's also this weekend. Like, this weekend. There is no way I can possibly make it. My truck would probably die halfway there. Plus I'd have to cancel the kayaking. *sobs* Next year? I am THERE. Knowing my friend, he'll probably have moved by then, but whatever.
* I've been finally (FINALLY) taking horseback riding lessons, on a horse I mostly trust, with a teacher I absolutely love. I actually like her so much I was thinking of hiring her next year to start Juno under saddle, which is like... a major concession from me, because when it comes to my horse's welfare and training I am just slightly paranoid. But I was having a great time with the lessons and developing an inner thigh of IRON and my confidence was growing at an explosive and exponential rate, so of course my teacher is moving. THREE HOURS AWAY. This week. I might cry.
* You know what else isn't cool? This fucking hyrax. I just added that one because I couldn't think of anything else that wasn't cool.
* I took my first yoga class last night. It was awesome. And omg so much harder than I had even imagined, and I'd imagined it being pretty hard. Also, every time the instructor said a certain word (I think it was asanas?) it sounded like he was saying "awesomeness." I decided that that's what he meant, anyway. He also was fond of saying "preserverance" when he meant "perseverance," but I've decided that that's a new word and they should put it in the dictionaries. It's the act of preserving your perseverance, no doubt. He also liked to call things "juicy." In short, he was adorably new age-y and had a huge fuzzy beard and he made me hate him because I don't know if you realized, but yoga is actually torture. But in a good way?
* Also on the list of cool things I will be doing: kayaking! I've always wanted to try it, and somebody I know through work offered to take me out on the water. (Part of my job is writing about kayaking, since our publications cover the pacific northwestern coast, and therefore we talk a lot about kayaking, and he feels I can't possibly write about it without having done it. I'm not going to argue.) So I'll be taking a kayaking tour around the Bay this weekend. Woohoo!
Here are things that are not cool:
* I now have a friend who lives in Grass Valley. Grass Valley has the famous Draft Horse Classic show every year, where there are a bajillion draft horses working in harness and all sorts of demonstrations and did I mention the horses? I've always wanted to go, ALWAYS, and now I'd probably even have a place to crash. Unfortunately, it's also this weekend. Like, this weekend. There is no way I can possibly make it. My truck would probably die halfway there. Plus I'd have to cancel the kayaking. *sobs* Next year? I am THERE. Knowing my friend, he'll probably have moved by then, but whatever.
* I've been finally (FINALLY) taking horseback riding lessons, on a horse I mostly trust, with a teacher I absolutely love. I actually like her so much I was thinking of hiring her next year to start Juno under saddle, which is like... a major concession from me, because when it comes to my horse's welfare and training I am just slightly paranoid. But I was having a great time with the lessons and developing an inner thigh of IRON and my confidence was growing at an explosive and exponential rate, so of course my teacher is moving. THREE HOURS AWAY. This week. I might cry.
* You know what else isn't cool? This fucking hyrax. I just added that one because I couldn't think of anything else that wasn't cool.
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