EyeQ #1

EyeQ #1.

I'm for it. EyeQ is one of the best systems I've found for improving reading ability.

I say ability, not just speed.

There are only a few different basic exercises that EyeQ does. Those exercises are WONDERFUL! There are a few variations on those themes, that I've found have helped me. I'll use this blog to discuss those.

Overview: EyeQ is based on "expanding vision" so that you see more words at a time. Also, they say to stop the many "bad habits" that most people have while reading; sub-vocalization, re-reading, etc. But which exercises do WHAT? How much of each is optimal? How much too much? How can you overcome specific weaknesses, like ADD, or a poor mental/visual system?

There is lots to explore.

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Yoga #3

Yoga #3, Body Image, the spine.

When you close your eyes and just BE, what does it feel like?

When you "follow your breath" what does it feel like? What can it feel like?

Overview: The BODY is made up of a spine with appendages. First you work the spine, all else is secondary. Breathing "following the breath" "works" the spine.

Detail: The spine is an "S" curve. The Top of the curve is the head, the Bottom curve is the rib cage. When breathing there are only TWO "basic" movements: the ribs "expand" (rolling forward), and the head "tilts" upward (felt along the back of the neck). That's it!

HowTo: The most simple way to feel this is lying on your back, with your legs resting on a chair. Breath with the heart beat (3in/3out), VERY SLIGHTLY roll the back of the neck up and down (feels like EXTENDING the neck in the back, feels like dropping the chin to the chest). FEEL how the spine curves. The trunk of the body will "set up" the lower section below the neck. The ribs will FEEL fully connected down the body, and ALSO feel like they are FLOATING all my themselves. Doing "ballet arms" is the most basic way to get those appendages out of the way (like holding a real big beach ball).


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TWCDT #1

Those Who Can't Do, Teach #1

The basic concept: If you can DO IT, then you will get much more reward for DOing it, than for TEACHing it.

Variations:
1) You can only DO it for so long. You get tired of the same thing.
2) You can only DO it for so long. Other things need to be DOne, and take priority.
3) By DOing things as a youth, you experience that thing.
4) While DOing things, you talk to others also DOing that thing, but they DO it a bit differently.
5) As human life span increases DOing things needs to be RE-learned in later life. But HOW??

The devil's in the details. That'll get the main topic started for now...

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Stand Up #9

Stand Up #9 - I'm being told...

Overview: Put your hand to your ear, lean forward and act like you're being interupted, getting the "breaking news" in your headpiece. Just like Jon Steward uses so well.

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Song List #3

Song List #3, 08-0319

The last couple of weeks have been very good for finding new music and artists. I don't want to fall too far behind on the list so it stays somewhat manageable. Besides I get to listen to each song as I do the artist quick review!

Susan Gibson - she wrote Wide Open Spaces!!! The Dixie Chicks made it one of the most popular Country songs in history! Not quite the voice of DC but nobody does...
Chelsea Lena - She's country, but she ROCKS! I sent her link to WomenWhoRock and she said she was dancing all over the room!! She also has great covers and a variety of styles. She'll be big! WWR told me I have good taste in finding new artists, I agree!! But I get lucky too. I "mine" the comments from other artists like Jewel for "you inspired me!", for mini-Jewels in the making.
Pauline Croze - Frenchy! Great moody stuff!
Charlotte Overman - Super covers! Incredible voice and guitar sound like sittin' on pillows on the floor together, her playing just for you!
Pascale Picard Band - Folk music from BC Canada club circuit out west.
Buffy - Fell onto Eliza Dushku's personal website. She is so-o-o beautiful and so much more. She overshadows everyone else in all her movies and TV shows.
April Start - Indie Country Artist (ICA) haunting vocals...
Quincy Coleman - jazzy, bluesy, strong voice with style!
Emma Shapplin - classical voice used in wonderful new ways!
BRIANA CASH - Real Toe Tappin' Music!! When she sings -Honey!! I just feel/think YES! YES!
Kara Kay Music - 60's folk style, super simple and emotin' all over the place
FAST HEART MART - Head bobbin' music
Frank Sinatra Jr. - Ol' Blue Eyes, what else can you say?
Kenny Chesney - So many great songs, lots of links to him. ABut Mine is Surfer Dude fun.
AMBER LEIGH - Great "Country Bar" Style. Kind of weird but I love it when I'm in that mood.
April Start - Catches your ear quick and holds it! (ICA)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Hello!! Lynyrd Skynyrd!!
RATT™ - few bands have the Ratt energy!
mike ehlers - the way a voice and guitar SHOULD sound!
Stephani Krise - Fell into "Song for You" looking for Leon Russell. She's too young to remember Leon, but she sings great, recorded "mushy" in mid-tones. Yes, I told her I thought so, how else to improve? I'm hoping she gets a more suitable mic system, and a better engineer, then watch her star shine! Luv her Pink Boots theme. Used her Opry Flags picture to set up Opry Key. Her's, of course, is Pink.
vince - weird that I like this glockenspeil stuff, but I've played it a LOT! I'm blaming the Yoga for relaxing me!
Andy McKee - soft and sweet guitar. DREAM ON!!
RIGHT SAID FRED - too-o-o sexy!

Here's the list.
Shape I’m InFrom Chin UpBy Susan Gibson
Good Ol Country SongFrom Lena/woeckener/atkinsonBy Chelsea Lena
Baiser d adieuFrom Un bruit qui courtBy Pauline Croze
Help Me Make ItBy Charlotte Overman
Smilin’’From me, myself and usBy Pascale Picard Band
Full Of GraceFrom BTVS Season 2By ☆ Buffy, The Vampire Slayer ☆
StayBy April Start
Want Me BackFrom Come CloserBy Quincy Coleman
La Notte Etterna RemixFrom EtternaBy Emma Shapplin
Take a Walk with MeBy BRIANA CASH
My ChildFrom "Just a Demo"By Kara Kay Music
TrustafarianFrom An Orange AlbumBy FAST HEART MART
i Get A Kick Out Of YouBy Frank Sinatra Jr.
Anything But MineFrom When The Sun Goes DownBy Kenny Chesney
Honey DoFrom RecklessBy AMBER LEIGH
I Don’t Need YouBy AMBER LEIGH
GrowFrom ChangesBy April Start
Free BirdFrom Lynyrd Skynyrd LyveBy Lynyrd Skynyrd
Round And RoundFrom Tell the WorldBy RATT™
stay with meFrom coming soonBy mike ehlers
Song for YouBy Stephani Krise
glockenspielFrom circus contraptionBy vince
RylynnFrom the thing that came from somewhereBy Andy McKee
I’M TOO SEXYFrom UPBy RIGHT SAID FRED

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vision #1

I have had all kinds of problems with my eyes. I'll use Vision# to blog updates.

Today I was looking at a maze. Mazes are really cool for vision analysis and training for several reasons. I start anywhere and try to SEE an extend WHITE passage way (line). Then I "Shift" and look at the DARK around it. Very cool.

It seems to me that the Shift from actually SEEing the white of a page, to THINKing of the black text as THOUGHTS describing the world, is the ESSESENCE of reading.

We have black letters but our eyes can NOT see black. How weird is that?

While looking at the maze I covered one eye. I could SEE that I could NOT see many vertical lines. My eyes vibrate side to side so it probably shouldn't have been such a surprise. But then, I tilted my head a bit and turned slightly sideways. I COULD SEE those same lines. My eyes were actually changing how clear things were by the tilt of the head and the angle of view. Lots more on this in the future!

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Stand Up #8

More!

Stand Up #8: mySpace TV is really only a premise to get people to watch Roommates.
Variations: Every try to watch stand up comedy, movie trailers, or other fun things on mySpace video? Seems that the default is always set up to go to Roommates, the TV show. BORING!!

8a) What us the criteria for showing the NEXT available videos? Tags, theme, what? No! More Roommates!

Thou Shalt #1

Thou Shalt #1
This concept pretty much covers Religion, Rule of Law, Cultural Norms, Family regulation, and the like. Lots of room for discussion of "Me vs. You", as individuals, neighbors, cultural groups, social groups, ethnic groups, national/regional, and on and on and on.


Overview: Thou Shalt -- YOU not ME! Will do something I deem proper.


Function: Thou Shalt -- defines either the behavior or the concept to establish "acceptable" actions.


HowTo: Very simple in theory -- Obey.
Not so simple -- Obey ALL rules and laws, from everyone, all the time, based on what rules currently apply to you, or will apply to you, or did apply to you. Short list, of simple examples: 10 commandments, 99 names for Allah, ettiquette, netiquette, thoughts you have when you see a cop car in your rearview mirror.


Usefulness: Most SMART people would say -- know the rules so you can bend or break them.


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Stand up #7

Even MORE!!!

Stand up theme #7: The Cheaper Version

7) The Cheaper Version concept is "I wanted to -- But didn't have the $$ -- So I..."
Variations: My mom/police/a big dog/etc wouldn't let me,

7a) go to Mexico to lose my virginity -- screamed "Ay Carumba!" as I tapped the local hooker.

7a) go to Mexico to lose my virginity -- imagined the local hooker looked like Vicente Fox.

7c) Get a Porsche -- put a bumper sticker on my GEO saying "My other car is a Porsche"

7d) Travel the World -- "Favorite'd" the Travel Channel website

7e) Write a Novel -- started this blog

7f) Get famous -- watched Paris on TMZ

7g) wanted a woman -- put up a Poster of woman in my bedroom

7h) wanted a mural -- printed 8x10s and stuck up side by side

7i) wanted a Crackberry -- put a 3x5 card with my meetings schedule in my shirt pocket

There are a gazillion of them!


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Yoga #2

Yoga #2.
The Pivot Point.

Overview:
All structural joint movement can described as based on a Pivot Point.


Function:
As a joint moves one muscle contracts, the opposite muscle expands.


HowTo:
Here's were it gets tricky! I'm over simplifying for now as I start out.

I think (correct me on this if there is more) that a muscle can ONLY contract. It is designed to tense, get shorter, and pull. The basic concept of a joint is as a hinge, a lever. Tense the bicep as you relax the tricep. Repeat analogy for ALL muscle groups. Rotators TOO!

Usefulness:
Shortening a muscle is ALL you can do physically. Mentally, you can ALSO think in pairs of muscles, IN SPACE, so that as the one muscle contracts you FEEL AS IF you are extending the opposite muscle.

Much of Yoga is based on ALSO feeling this RELEASE of the muscle against the pull of gravity. The relaxing muscle DOES NOT know, and can not distinguish between, the difference of a pull from the opposite muscle and the impulse the achieve "balance" against gravity. Thus there are all the different postures to "learn" how to interact with these, oftentimes conflicting, signals.


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Yoga #1

I'm getting confused. Whereas that is not unusual, Listing, as in numbering in sequence, seems to help somewhat. So-o-o...

I'm going to # my Yoga questions and comments. For now, they will just be "next"ed. Maybe, someday, after I've got my Yoga moves numbered the way I like them, I'll cross reference them to that. Anyway,

Yoga #1
Follow the Breath.

Overview:
The human body has a natural ebb and flow based on the heart beat. The heart has a natural rise and fall of speed of about 2 beats a minute. This ebb and flow is DIRECTLY related to the breath by three breaths in, three breaths out.

Function:
This sets up a normal tense and relax cycle. Both for the natural flow of the heart beat, and the natural speed and inclination to breath.

HowTo:
The easiest way to get into the cycle rhythm is to exhale very very very slowly. As one exhales one starts to notice that the breath has a slight pulse. This pulse is based on the pumping heart pushing against the diaphragm. As one exhales there comes a very specific feeling at the end of one heartbeat. That feeling is "the signal to start to INHALE". That is the "pivot" point, the top (or bottom, I forget the diagram off-hand of the biofeedback view ) of the envelop of heart beat speed changes.

Usefulness:
This is the CENTERing that happens for the human system. This centering is talked about in Yoga and religious offerings. ALL the other "tense/relax" cycles of muscle use, in the whole body, ALL the time, is based on, is coordinated with, is trying to synchronize with, this cycle.

I've blogged other aspects of this recently, so I won't do it here.

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Stand Up #6

More Stand Up themes.

6) MySpace "Friend Requests" with THE SAME blurb, and a link to SEE MY PICs Variations: Man! There are a bunch of these! I get one almost every day! I deny mostly. I will SPAM if I get two in one day that are identical.

Stand Up #5

More Stand Up themes.

5) the look of the WIFE of a politician as he speaks.
Variations: Huckaby's wife during his final speech looked alert at first, faded to looking tired, then VERY tired, then a "Oh, come ON! Get DONE!" look. Eliott Spitzer's wife as he admitted spending thousands of call-girls. Kind of a blank stare.

5a) OK everyone! I'm going to give acting classes! These classes will make heavy use of facial expressions. My only clients will be the wives of politicians! They stand in the background during good times and bad. For LONG speeches and short. What is their face saying? Approval? Denial? Boredom? !!!! So how can we improve on this? FROZEN SMILE FACE! Like Hilary Clinton when she is trying to present herself as being WARM! BIG TEETH! No change for HOURS!

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Stand Up #4

Stand Up themes:

4) MySpace advertising:
Variation: What do you see? Match.com girls coming into view as "bookish" looking. They then look at the screen, take their hair down, remove a sweater, and GET COMFORTABLE. In almost all of the Match.com ads you get a CAVERNOUS look down their cleavage. They either lean WAY forward toward their video camera, or they are lying on their belly so you can't help but see down there. They have a variety of "social" groups too. Tilla Tiquilla tops it off as the "good girl" image who does NAUGHTY things! But she says "NO!" to online requests like for naughty in the ads. There is the blond Librian (only "classic" ALL AMERICAN image so far), Punker with streaked hair, a couple of brunettes (India-n?, Western European-Armenian? Russian? ). There isn't a classic redhead or "sweet faced" blond yet, or else being new to myS I'm missed that rotation so far.


4a) One of my Friends is a stand up comic in New York. As a comment for one of his Stand Up gigs I left this message:
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I wanted to "flesh it out" a bit better but you only get so many characters. I KNOW I revised it more times than ANY other comment I've made. Probably about ten, so it would be as good as I could get it.


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Stand Up #3

More Stand Up Comic theme:

3) Childhood memories.
Variations: neighborhood personality, moving, 1950 style community group families, different houses, aunt burning hair off chicken leg on old gas stove, pantry - Easter orange peanuts, yellow chicks, relative size of things - parents bed was HUGE, steps knee high (try that as adult!), shorter steps than mom (ten steps to one, like video game fast motion, use fingers to display), cars (who owned what & why), Dad - taking me to the beach in afternoons (stop for Papa burger!, reading paper outside pool glass wall, anticipation of waiting for Dad to get home @ 4pm, dogs (Rex - Shepard, Moose headed German Shepard/Dane mix protected me from sister during fight- mouth around leg!-, Dad - watering grass - ALL the time!, Mom car - acting funny, could you check? NO OIL!, Dad - Turtle soup!, Dad - help pick up strippers (for him!), then I leave!, Dad - out to eat - FROG legs, Mom - always had a fireplace, Dad/Mom shuttling between for summer/school time, Dad as stalker - "just for fun, drive by her house!" while LEARNING to drive!, asking Dad for money - for guitar lessons - for BALLET! lessons, taking bus to Tae Kwon Do ( sitting on mailbox waiting at night - gay pickup bait!), TKDo getting kicked in the shins by old guys with now stretch, differences in toughness of TKDo later on (don't shout at them!) - wimpy, TKDo saved me from a LOT of fights in High School ( friends girlfriend became mine, Leather Jacketed Rocker - think Fonzi, wanted to prove himself but we became friends instead), Kids walking to school long way - weird long stepped gate, Dad- ice skate rink in backyard (stupid punk neighbors threw salt on ice!), Tough Neighborhood (TN)- got lunch money stolen - Dad said enough is enough and started home self defense then TKDo, TN- tough guy being trouble at school, walked past my house to get home, taunting me as I was walking MooseHead Dog, MHD LEAPPED 20 ft at him and just grabbed from of Letter Sweater, Ripped Open sweater, didn't touch skin, I yanked on lease JUST IN TIME! to lower jaw to chest level, he never bothered me AGAIN! Kind of bowed his head, turned, whimpered and walked the other when he saw me!,

3a) Remember how you KNEW where to find the GOOD stuff was when you were a kid? I do! One place I got into a LOT of trouble in was the PANTRY! Especially around Easter time! Ever start Jonesing for those little yellow marshmallow chicks? And for me this was BEFORE I was even getting the MUNCHIES! Yeah, I was a FAT kid! Mom used to TRY to save my self esteem. We would shop in the HUSKY department for pants. How many other euphemism are there? Do any of them really work to save the self esteem? Do your "friends" use euphemisms? I think NOT!. Hey, FATTY! I'm HUSKY! my momma said so!!

3b) Ever had any TOUGH Guys in your school when you were growing up? They are sometimes known as BULLIES! Me neither. So there was the one tough guy who was picking on me at school. One day he happened to be walking near my house on his way home from school. He started taunting me as usual. THIS time I was walking MooseHead Dog. MHDog was very big but usually just a big lap dog, super friendly. Well, THIS time MHDog LEAPPED about 20 ft, without touching the ground!, at him. I remember seeing it in SLOW MOTION!, like one of those slow-mo movies. I somehow yanked back on the leash as it extended to it's full length, MHDogs head and TEETH going SIDEWAYS right at this guys throat! I'm mean like everything is Slo-Mo, I leaned back, the lease got taunt, the TGuy leaned back a bit (in terror!), the leash tightened on the MHDogs neck and his head slowed down and dropped to TGuys chest level. TGuy was an athlete. He was proudly wearing his Letter Sweater! Well, MHDogs teeth JUST grabbed into the loose knit of the sweater, right above the letter. Ripped that sucker OPEN!! Probably a good thing, and very lucky for all of us, MHDogs teeth didn't touch skin! I yanked JUST enough leash JUST IN TIME! So what happened? TGuy bolted! Our Dads, "had a little talk", and I had to pay for the sweater. Oh, and TGuy never bothered ME again! TGuy would kind of bow his head, turn, whimper and walk the other when he saw me! After that my Dad stepped up the TKDo training for me. The best defense is actually HAVING ONE!

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Stand Up #2

Stand up Comedy themes to follow:

1) Buying a wife on eBay.
Variations: russian, Jewish, sex doll, sister, life styles (party animal, home body, pierced Noir, To Catch a Preditor. sex slavery trade, neighbor (link in with # 2)Noisy Neighbors), descriptions (as car, model, bicycle, couch, etc), shipping & handling charges?, Buy NOW! price vs. bid, "new vs. Used", .

1a) I'm going online to meet women. I tried the chat rooms. Met a FEW nice women... And the folks from TCAPreditor! So I turned to the site that is ranked as very safe... ebay. These sellers had the best rating! Super feedback! And!... promised very few rope burns on the wrists and ankles!

2) Noisy neighbors
Variations: surprise-home construction business (building pre-built house in driveway, snow shovel truck at 4am ( good thing-does mine!), truck turns wide into drive, digs out corner of lawn, Cops @ 3am, little dogs yapping, cutting and piling wood (night?), 14 cars in the driveway (2 trucks & a van), good things-pretty girlfriends, snow shovel, neighborhood gossip, lots of teenage kids-cops, cars, girls, loud music, cussing, driveway auto repair,

2a) So I bought a house! Yes, thank you, it was a wonderful opportunity. And my new neighbor has a construction business. I'm thinking... maybe I can get some tips on home repair? So I settle into my home and all is well. The neighbors driveway is right between our two houses, under my window... Leads to the garage in the back. Never had that before, but what could be so bad?? Ever tried to sleep next to an auto repair shop?? Air guns - bzzzzzz-bzzzz-bzzzz, jack hammers, chukkkkkkk, air lifts - sssszzzzsssszzzzsss,... I know, I know, this is AMERICA! A person can do what he darn well pleases! After all, it's HIS driveway! HIS property! So, as a nice new neighbor, I softly mentioned to him out the window, The SUN will be UP in LESS THAN AN HOUR, would you mind WAITing a bit??

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SU#1 4real

Stand Up #1

There are so many folks on the internet these days! There's Facebook, and other similar sites, like my favorite right now, mySpace! In mySpace you describe yourself, your interests, your life, and put up some pictures and videos. Then your "Friends" can easily find you, discuss the topics of the day, and learn even more about you than they knew before.

One interesting aspect of mySpace is actually the "Friend". What is a Friend? With a capital "F". Someone you went to school with, work with, a neighbor or local club buddy? Yes!

Then there is the BIG world out there of Friends. You can have friends from all over based on your interests, I've found models, actors, comedians, and muscians. I've got 38 friends!

Rock stars THOUSANDS of friends. Reminds me of Diamond Dave "inviting a few thousand of his closest friends" to a rock concert. Now LOTS of groups and that many friends! Holy Smoke!

But, for those of us in little land. How do WE keep up our egos? How do WE think that WE are cool compared to these Rock Stars?

I've found the easiest way is to set goals for myself. Yes! I'm going to find A/ONE friend today! That's all I need, I tell myself! After all, close intimate friends are WAY better than those ugly "Groups"! And MY new friend will comment back! Well, sometimes. Eventually... Maybe...

And the hit counter? Views are often tens of thousands for myS Music Indie performers. I've got 361. And I get a new hit every time I log in, so MOST of that is ME! So WOW I'm so-o-o-o popular! I've tried to get my older crowd of folks to contact me on myS. A few even email me and IM me there. But so far folks don't see the value in electronic friends when they have REAL friends, and jobs, and families, and lives. So it goes...

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Stand Up #1

OK, now. I started this mySpace thing by following a models pictures. Progressed to Yoga, and still luv that part actively. Found myS Music as an almost religious social experience exchanging (so it's mostly me saying OMG I Luv U!...) thoughts with REAL talented folks. Now I've discovered Actors and Comedians. Since I luv telling jokes as I photograph folks I get to tell a LOT of jokes. Mostly the same, but sometimes I try to expand my repetoir. So I figured this blog, as my diary that no one but me reads, would be a good place to start.

Stand Up #1

OK, so I forgot the joke while writing the intro. Look for SU#2 in stores near you!

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myS USO

Yesterday I watched mySpace promote a USO show for the troops in Kuwait. I had lots of interesting observations during the time. Here are some that I remember.

MF this! MF that! HAHAHA Trying to promote this as a "family show" (yes, in quotes) must be a bit difficult. So what is it that entertains the troops? Vulgar jokes about sex, oral sex, anal sex, don't ask don't tell sex, fags, beaners, oral sex, rock star sex, social sterotypes, national regional (southern, western, etc) sterotypes, did I mention sex?...

Jessica Simpson actually has a very nice singing voice. That is when she's not over doing the "expression" stuff.

I'm not that into current rock bands. Seem link of bland (even tame) compared to bands of my generation. But my generation didn't have re-hab for the off season. They would just die on their own puke. The Army guys know all the words, of all the bands, by heart. I guess was the same way as a late teen/twenty something. Still know the words to those songs. Many of them are still popular for this third or fourth generation later! Aerosmith, Zepelin, etc.

I thought about how I'm not a "group" type of guy. Never have been. I've never liked standing side by side in a crowd of guys screaming at chicks. Seemed kind of dumb.

I felt very sorry for the troops. Of course that is the reason for the USO anyway. DUH! I fully support the guys!! I wish I knew that the leaders were making good decisions in what they tell the guys to do. Not so easy to support the leaders.

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Songs, Yoga, gif

Dang! I've found so many wonderful songs from so many weird and unexpected places! I just had to update my history list here with recent adds in the last two weeks. I've found a few Actors myS pages this week. Eliza Dusku, of all people! I've luv'ed her for so long I thought she was OLD! Not so, only 28, I've Friend requested her! Just to get notified of her new movies & TV shows. I mean, what else? True LUV? HAHAHAHAHA! Drat! I hate it when I speak the truth sometimes!

I've got a few of my favorite "smiles" cut out of pictures for icons to change things up. Eliza = WOW in that category. Did a couple of gifs of "junk" movement but they didn't come out too well. Did one of StepUp2 which looks OK on my screen but gets all broken up, probably from myS compressing it a whole bunch more, when used as default. Also did one of Des in Guess/Playboy butt model dancing pose, but she blew me off on that one! Many not a side/style of her she wants to express. If she doesn't show it I don't either. I did do a DesDancing (very simple reversal of pic) which she approved to show in her coms.

I'm down to doing less than an hour a day of Yoga. Did several hours a day as I started out last month. Got the front hip bone/belly and front of the thighs a little more flexible, and they relax much faster so I don't need as much. Also the breathing in/out at three heartbeats each is working wonders to help relax. Follow the breath, that's what they say. But HOW, they don't say. Feeling the initial "need to breath" on a heartbeat, then following the "feeling" in/out on three beats, that works! Funny thing about "following the breath", it pulses with the pressure changes in the chest cavity. That is the easiest way to feel it, not the heart itself, the chest pressure changes against the diaphram. Breathing out or in, it doesn't matter, if you "follow" it you can "feel" the heart beating by feeling the breath beating. To hear it, you can hold a "note" humming or singing. The note pulses.

Another favorite pose (I'm learning some of the names) is to modify Cobra with Tree and use the leg to softly rock the hipbone sideways to feel the hamstring in the back of the hip. The hams are popping! gluts too! The weirdest thing I wasn't expecting was that I can now feel my whole spine from the head down to the tailbone. It had been so-o-o locked up & gone for many years. The pose that really hits the back (but I started it for the hams) is from Cobra (lying on belly with chest up a bit) extend the knees to the sides (ballet stretch) then PUSH your feet together! Extending and contracting the feet really works the hams in "dynamic tension" (like Charles Atlas!), but the whole back kicks in also. The muscles cramp and strain very quickly, but dang! it feels so-o-o GOOD! And after the body just naturally puts inself into a "military" posture when you stand up; shoulders back, chest up and relaxed, head tall. So cool, just like when I was a twently something! Except old ...

And the music list I promised...

Pete's song history
View: profile photos videos
Full Of GraceFrom BTVS Season 2By ☆ Buffy, The Vampire Slayer ☆
Current profile song
StayBy April Start
Want Me BackFrom Come CloserBy Quincy Coleman
La Notte Etterna RemixFrom EtternaBy Emma Shapplin
Take a Walk with MeBy BRIANA CASH
My ChildFrom "Just a Demo"By Kara Kay Music
TrustafarianFrom An Orange AlbumBy FAST HEART MART
i Get A Kick Out Of YouBy Frank Sinatra Jr.
Anything But MineFrom When The Sun Goes DownBy Kenny Chesney
Honey DoFrom RecklessBy AMBER LEIGH
I Don’t Need YouBy AMBER LEIGH
GrowFrom ChangesBy April Start
Free BirdFrom Lynyrd Skynyrd LyveBy Lynyrd Skynyrd
Round And RoundFrom Tell the WorldBy RATT™
stay with meFrom coming soonBy mike ehlers
Song for YouBy Stephani Krise
glockenspielFrom circus contraptionBy vince
RylynnFrom the thing that came from somewhereBy Andy McKee
I’M TOO SEXYFrom UPBy RIGHT SAID FRED
The Way I AmFrom Girls and BoysBy ingrid michaelson
Jessie’s GirlFrom Working Class DogBy Rick Springfield



So far so good...