http://www.daisypit.net/ Knowing me, knowing you... en Copyright 2012 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:54:22 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ?!" and then he would give me the "you said you were going to listen to me, woman!" face. And then I would make the scrunch "awww - man... really? ok" face back at him. but then i would do it. and I must emphasize, the loml is a wonderful father and a good husband. but I've never been so great about following directions so that's what I'm trying to do here. and I have to admit, after awhile, we did hit a pretty neat state of marital accord. I stopped interjecting with objections, and after a few days, the loml actually seemed to listen more. WEIRD! Though I must confess - there was one crazy night in there where, seized by what I must assume was a massive backlash against the new policy, i did implement a few hours of "ok honey, you are going to listen to ME. NOW." So, hope all y'alls new year is going well. I'm going to try swimming at the local community center tomorrow morning during open swim. This should be interesting because every time I think about the phrase "open swim" I am inevitably reminded of the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and my favorite show, which was Sea Lab 2020. Wow - did I love that show. and the awesome theme song! "underneath the seaaaaa lab.. under neath the water! that is where you'll find meee! seaaaaa laaaab" oh - good times. ]]> http://www.daisypit.net/2012/01/am_i_resolute_yet.html http://www.daisypit.net/2012/01/am_i_resolute_yet.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:54:22 -0500 Happy New Year everybody! I spent my morning engaged in an old tradition of mine. On new year's day, I camp out in front of the television and watch tv shows about fat people. Apparently, they no longer do a 'Biggest Loser' marathon (or if they did, I couldn't find it). Instead I watched tales of the super morbidly obese. Which was fine by me. The only other interesting thing on was a show on optical illusions. It had some nice demonstrations but for some reason, watching people who had to be carried out of their homes by teams of EMS to get to a hospital won the battle for my viewership. I don't know what the official criteria is to be classified as 'super-morbidly obese' but apparently being anywhere from 600 to 1000 lbs will get you there. In the case of the people I watched, some doctors won't even perform a gastric bypass on you if you are more that 500 lbs because there is an insanely high chance that stress imposed by the surgery will cause you to drop dead. or roll dead... or something... settle dead? ( i know that sounds like a tacky joke, but these people can't even sit up on their own and i feel a need to get this image right in my head) I had given up on watching this kind of thing for a couple of years. A short time after I realized that I was deriving a mean satisfaction from knowing that I would never be like these people, I also realized that wasn't how I wanted to spend my time. So I stopped watching. So after all that time, why now, why today? Why did I spend an hour watching these miserable people attempting to lose weight just so that they could qualify to get a gastric bypass? hah - well. it turns out that I am just like those suffering fat sacks of humanity. i was trying to stay off the internet. I waste too much time consuming content of low nutritive value. All these ridicuouls websites were like shovin mcdonalds value meals into my brain. But like any counselor will tell you, applying a treatment while failing to address the root cause of an issue will only result in moving the unhealthy behavior elsewhere. So in attempting to avoid my usual trashy surfing habits, I instead wound up with a crappy tv watching session (though honestly, given the quality of today's programming - I seriously doubt there is anything I could have watched this morning which would have been ok, but maybe that's denial talking, eh?) so tell me (and that's rhetorical, given that I've disabled comments), is there any such thing as dramatic entertainment that is 'right' for the mind? is 'jeopardy' ok due to its academic content? or is it a question of quantity? If I only watch one episode of 'jersey shore' a week, then maybe my brain won't get too whacked out? is 'ace of cakes' any better, really? Does my mind look fat on this channel? Is there such a thing as a metaphor gone too far? or did I lose you when I made the fat joke? sigh. These are the moments when I wish there were more shows like "Community" out there. Happy New Year, and remember... I love you all, very much. http://www.daisypit.net/2012/01/super_morbid.html http://www.daisypit.net/2012/01/super_morbid.html Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:13:22 -0500 i attended another informational session today. And nearly left it. It was another experience where I've been faced with my lack of compassion for other people. Or to put it another way, it was not easy for me to find anything positive about the inefficiency, ineffectiveness, and general inaccuracy of other people. But I didn't let it get to me. And when I got some free time this evening I thought I deserved a massage. Yay me! So I put a bath sheet on the bed (like a bath towel but huge!) got out a bottle of massage oil and got in touch with myself. Ok, I realize this all sounds potentially horribly filthy. It wasn't. I was having a great time working the kinks out of my calves, stretching out my back until things went terribly wrong. One of the small fluffy secondary citizens of my domicile (the cat, 1 of 3, kind of like the Borg), jumped on the bed and proceeded to snuggle her fuzzy self all over my massage-oily self. So yeah, maybe things did get a little messy. But I feel very positive about the whole experience. http://www.daisypit.net/2011/10/world_wide_pants.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/10/world_wide_pants.html Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:08:33 -0500 i recently attended a one hour session titled "quick tips to improve your business writing". And I did indeed learn a few things. 1. People who care about grammar are pretty judgmental. I'm willing to bet that if all the session attendees had revealed their myers-Briggs Indicators, we would have all shared a big fat J at the end of them for "judging". 2. Traditionally, it is wrong to start a sentence with "hopefully". If I understand correctly, that's because the original meaning of the word is not consistent with "I hope" but instead actually refers to conducting an activity with hope (basically it is an adverb). But this is one of those words whose meaning is changing with the times, so who knows. 3. I need to work on compassion. Ah yes, misanthropy raises it's ugly head and I find myself making my own hell, yet again. But, have no fear people! I am working on it. See youse later - same bat time same bat blog. http://www.daisypit.net/2011/10/i_am_hopeful.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/10/i_am_hopeful.html Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:58:48 -0500 so for the last few minutes, I've been pondering my failures. Don't worry, its not too depressing. I'm maintaining a pretty even keel on this one and taking corrective actions as possible. furinstance.. i've noticed that i haven't gotten any legitimate comments since January, which i realize probably has something to do with my near zero amount of posts. So guess what? I've changed my blog tagline to something offensive and tuned my comments settings. I now officially take commentary from NO ONE. Not even you, my loyal russian spammers, not even you. so on the upside, i don't feel like discussing my other failings.. instead let us discuss what is good in life. I doubt i'll be able to achieve the big 3, as per Conan, but here is what i got: 1. Ouran High School Host Club - an anime for otaku. sheer bliss is this after all these years of perversion. and that probably doesn't mean what you think it does. 2. Brown Cow whole milk cream on the top yogurt - better than ice cream but i can only find it at Whole Foods. 3. a happy baby. i has one of these (most of the time). it's great. so not too much pressure; I'm going to end it here adn hopefully I'll get in another entry tomorrow. and don't forget! I love you all, very much. http://www.daisypit.net/2011/09/why_so_serious.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/09/why_so_serious.html Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:31:55 -0500 Most everyone I know if a Netflix customer, especially if the recent Facebook status explosion of "Netflix - why are you screwing me over?!" is to be believed. For those of you who aren't customers (and I can only imagine that you aren't reading this entry as you must live some kind of media technology free amish lifestyle), Netflix decided to change the existing plans and simultaneously up their prices. So we're going to drop the 'real' DVD/Blu-ray products and switch over to streaming only. And I'm ok with that, the last couple of DVD's I got were horrendous. Like "Country Strong". Just look at that title. ughh. I don't even like country music. I only rented it because it had that guy from 'Tron: Legacy' in it.. and i still couldn't bring myself to watch it. Though i should note that the last musical gwenyth paltrow movie I watched was "Duets" with Huey Lewis. That was much better than I thought - darker too. Streaming selection has moderately improved with netflix. Just the other night, the loml and I watched "Kick-ass" which was at least 10 times better than I expected (especially regarding Nicholas Cage). And to make a recommendation. This movie was marketed as some kind of juvenile fan-boy comic book super hero flick, and it is. But underneath it, its really an exceptionally done dark comedy. Probably the best one I've seen this decade. So, its an odd place to find one but if you like both those things (comic book fannish-ness and dark comedy) this movie is for you. http://www.daisypit.net/2011/07/netflix.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/07/netflix.html Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:26:52 -0500 ok - I've been sitting on this for a few days and I really need to get it out. But brace yourselves people, this is going to be one internet-geeky entry.. of rage! I finally started watching Torchwood. For those of you who aren't sci-fi fans, Torchwood is a BBC spin-off the latest Doctor Who series. If you don't know Doctor Who, then you aren't a sci-fi fan. Sorry, but there is no excuse. I haven't actually watched the new Doctor Who, but I loved old series (Tom Baker is my #1) and was turned off by the tv pilot/movie that came out in '96 (Doctor Who with a sex drive -ewwwwww!). SO understandably, I was a little reluctant to watch the new one. My loss - turns out BBC is awesome these days - just go watch their new Sherlock (it is to die for). Anyways.. back to the point. So, looking for a new show, I decided to give Torchwood a go. And damn! Adult sci-fi with the welsh!! LOVE IT! And I really did, I invested in that show. But no one warned me, so I have to warn you ** Don't read this if you don't want me to ruin the show for you, much like my mother did when I was catching up on Bones and she goes 'Have you gotten to the part yet where her assistant turns out to be a serial killer?' Mom, you lose big time for that, because you did it on purpose ** One of the best things about the show is the raunchy yet understated romantic interest between the main man and one of the supporting staff. Two decently attractive men, good writing, and lots of fun action. I swooned - and so did the fanbase (from what I can tell). And yet, the man in charge of the show saw fit to kill one of them off (and consequently terminate the sci-fi gay romantic back story line that was nicely threading through the series). I'm am still so upset, words fail me. I cannot describe the awesome that this was, and the awfulness that resulted from this action. As I watched via netflix, years after it actually aired, I remembered. I remembered reading about the acrimony between the fan base and the series producer. At the time, I thought it was ridiculous. People have to die in stories to create a richer experience, to make a point, sometime just as a plot device. You can't fight the creator. Fans need to know their place. but oh, in this instance, i was wrong... oh so wrong. Now maybe I've missed it, but I haven't seen a tv show do a nicely understated gay romance with the main character, have it be well-written, and not have it be the main point. This was something rare, and in this case I have to agree with the fans. So even though he'll never read this, "Russell Davies - you killed a unicorn. That's why people got so mad." http://www.daisypit.net/2011/07/its_a_sin.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/07/its_a_sin.html Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:13:09 -0500 because i may sound like a bad mom. and normally, i don't like to center a post around the mini-loml, because i don't think you should use for kids as social fodder (pets, yes; other people, not so much).. but what else has my day been about? i am a pretty laid back mom. ***oh wait, before I forget, this post contains mention of ladies-only *things*. this is the only warning you are going to get*** At some point, after working in a pretty stressful on-call job, and having a kid, and meditating for awhile, I find that I've got a pretty good ordered list of things that are problems. And I'd like to quote an old philosophy professor of mine. "You think you have problems? Cancer. That's a problem". So I don't yell so much these days; at least not because I'm angry. I seem to have volume issues when I get excited about things - that's a separate issue. My point is that, I don't see the point in getting pissed off about things anymore (people yes, stupid incidents no). For example, heading east instead of west on the interstate and going 4 miles out of my way? Not a problem. Breaking a glass, not a problem. Sleeping in a giant pile of laundry? HAHAHAHAHAHA - I am a slob! Anyway, this morning I was in the bathroom trying to brush my teeth and conduct all those little activities that are necessary to function well in polite society. Meanwhile, the mini-loml was entertaining herself with the vanity contents. And then I notice that she's grabbed hold of the box of tampons and is tossing them all over the bathroom floor. okay, not a problem, they're individually wrapped, I'll pick them up later when I've got time. And then she grabs one and starts chewing on it. So, I'm brushing my teeth and thinking, "okay, they're individually wrapped, but this is kind of disturbing." So I make a grab for it, but she gets super pissed and doesn't want to let go. "ok.. still, individually wrapped, and the kid is happy, ok whatever". I get a move on with my morning routine and then I notice a) she's dropped the tampon - yay greatness, but then b) she has now moved on to a bag of razor blades. so before that sounds as awful as it could (too late I know), they're all packed in these nice safe SEALED plastic cases. But YES, I KNOW. THIS IS A PROBLEM. I can't really let her run around playing with these things, even if they are also *individually wrapped*. So I grab the kid, remove the bag of razor blades, and haul her screaming, tantrum throwing little self out of the bathroom, to kitchen where I can maybe distract her with some french toast. yay, parenting. http://www.daisypit.net/2011/07/i_almost_didnt_post_this.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/07/i_almost_didnt_post_this.html Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:26:00 -0500 Wow, its been a while since I posted. I had to spend the first 10 minutes nuking spam comments from the blog. Evidently, some spambots, using cyrillic, found my site and hit me up for over 100 comments saying something incomprehensible. So time to bump up the comment checker threshold. Anyway, I fully intend to start posting on a regular basis again. And with that being said, here is my tale of amazing adventure for today. There I was, with the mini-loml, at Whole Foods. We had snack time at the store since they were sampling cherries and peaches, and some bread.. and cheese... and some chips and dip... anyway.. I was going through the aisles looking for healthy snacking options for the mini-loml, when I found a box of freezer pops. Healthy freezer pops? Is there such a thing? well, if there is, I suppose these would be them. Some kind of combination of coconut water and fruit puree, with a minimum of sugar added. At least it wasn't the primary ingredient, so I suppose that's what counts. But then, as I dropped them into the basket, I wondered "Would the mini-loml like them?" They certainly weren't full of sugar, food coloring and citric acid, which is what I used to like in a freezer pop (still do actually). but I suppose that we all have to make do with substitutes sometimes. I do this all the time with food. Two days ago, I had an unwholesome urge to get a huge box of assorted chocolates and eat them all (Damn you Amazon Prime for letting me know that all my dearest consumer fantasies are available with next day shipping!!!), but NO! I thought about it and instead made a cup of hot chocolate (technically Godiva milk chocolate flavored hot cocoa but whatever) and that worked. And then yesterday, when I wanted to eat candy for dinner, I found a box of Nature Valley Granola bars (Oats and Dark Chocolate - yay me!). And then today, when I wanted to eat mass quantities of ice cream, well... I polished off some Edy's Mocha Almond Fudge ice cream. Because seriously, what kind of crazy person thinks there is a substitute for ice cream? http://www.daisypit.net/2011/07/at_last.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/07/at_last.html Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:29:28 -0500 the great thing about kids is all the stuff you get to learn. take this example, please. A few days ago, the loml turns to me and says "I know why parents play the airplane game". He's referring to that feeding ritual where the parent holds a spoon of food in their hand, and moves it through the air, like a plane, before putting the food in the kid's mouth. Anyway, I bite, "ok, why do people play the airplane game?" "Most people think its to get the baby to open their mouth", he says, "but really, its to stop the kid from grabbing the spoon when they get fed." "oooh", says I. "My sister just holds the bowl in front of the mini-loml. Then when she tries to grab it, she sticks the spoon in her mouth". "Whatever", says the loml, "My way is easier. So hey, that's pretty interesting right. But even more interesting to me, is the conversation that I have with my sister yesterday. "I know why parents play the airplane game!", she says. And I get this feeling of deja vu, but I ask her anyway. "Why do people play the airplane game?" "Its to get the baby to open their mouth!" I think I mutter some sort of acknowledgment at this point. but the good news is, no matter what people think is going on, the baby is getting fed. http://www.daisypit.net/2011/04/_on_the_way_to_the_forum.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/04/_on_the_way_to_the_forum.html Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:05:43 -0500 yesterday i finally had the chance to clear out the garden bed and side planting area at Meowderly. The weather was tolerable and the little loml was taking a nap. This area of the yard has presented some challenge in the past. The previous owner had taken an approach that resulted in a look between "desert survival" and "untended yard scrapple". The first year we moved in, we did very little besides some pruning. The second year, the loml graciously installed a raised bed for me to grow edibles, a fun experiment that resulted in a random crop since I didn't heat treat the compost. That year, I randomly planted some pretty flowers (phlox and hibiscus) in the yard, tried to get the existing plants to flourish (lavender and forsythia), and then got completely sidelined by my pregnancy. This year, I'm finally ready to take some action. My friend Yijia keeps insisting that I need to plan out what I want to do, otherwise this yard will wind up like the other side yard which is an experiment in "I wonder what the plants are going to do now?" well, I'm pretty bad at planning out the yard, but after performing this initial cleanup, I definitely have some ground rules: 1 - Day Lilies are officially being accorded "weed" status. With the exception of a decorative border, they will be removed. 2 - The Lavender and Forsythia are being given notice. Either they start flourishing and looking pretty, or I am going to rip them out and possibly NOT REPLANT them. They are in pretty bad locations as it is. 3 - Where is my phlox? I planted two of them last year and I'm not actually sure where they are or what they are doing. Must locate! 4 - I need to lay down some mulch or ground cover or whatever it is you do when you define where things are. There is a new sheriff in town! http://www.daisypit.net/2011/04/in_bad_odour.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/04/in_bad_odour.html Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:55:04 -0500 I recently "upgraded" to Office 2010 (for work). and as far as I can tell, its not much crazier than 2007 with the ribbon of whack but Outlook seems to be trying to take over my desktop. But this is nothing really; I'm just looking for an excuse to transition into what I really want to talk about. Which is my TOTALLY AWESOME spreadsheet for all the plants I am growing from seed, indoors ( I did my spreadsheet in Excel 2010 - see! ). Anyway, I've got about 31 jiffy pellets/pots of various sizes underneath my grow light, containing a variety of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, beets, and kohlrabi. Because they are all in different sizes, I keep rearranging them, and pruning off the undesired sprouts, and generally micro-managing the heck out of them. Which is why I needed a spreadsheet, because the constant redrawing of my seed pot vegetable configuration on post-it notes was getting old. And my spreadsheet is so cool! Using the data validation and conditional formatting options in excel, I've got it set up so that I can drop-down list populate any cell from a master inventory list, and once the cell is populated, it automatically color codes itself based on the type of vegetable it is!!! I can create a color-coded representation of my plants in seconds, EVERY TIME I REARRANGE THEM! who knew gardening was so fun?! http://www.daisypit.net/2011/03/the_front_40.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/03/the_front_40.html Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:40:04 -0500 Blood of Beasts' (note that it appears they attempted a re-release with a different title a couple of years after it was made). There were all kinds of harbingers of doom on this one. When the loml saw it, he totally got miffed about how crappy it was going to be (i think this was based on the title and the fact that I requested it in the first place). So I figured I should watch it quickly and then dispose of it. So I popped it into the DVD player and immediately noticed something else. Production quality was low. low low low. The titles looked like they had been done with power point. but I persisted. Then I noticed that one of the actors was Justin Whalin.. that name sounded familiar, and when I saw him I knew I had to stop watching this movie. Mainly because a) he used to be Jimmy Olsen on 'Lois & Clark' and has been in *nothing* worth watching since and b) all the guys in this movie had really bad weaves. This is supposed to be some kind of medieval adventure, so all the men have long hair. But instead of investing in wigs, these ren-festers decided to go with, I kid you not, really bad weave jobs. I think it was the sight of this bad hair that really made me decide to quit. So I ejected the DVD, turned to the loml, and said, "That's it. Maybe I should start using some kind of rating system before I add things to my Netflix queue. Like a rotten tomatoes rating. I'll just figure out what my threshold for bad movies is, and take the average of that." The response from the loml wasn't really transcribable, but suffice to say, he still loves me even though my funny ideas are no longer funny to him. anyway, I tried looking up movies that were on my threshold of bad, like 'dragonball: evolution' but the ratings wound up too low to use (13% is too low). So, I started checking out other movies for fun. Did you know 'Conan the Barbarian' has a 76% rating? I love that movie. So I realized that instead of trying to avoid bad movies, maybe I should look for good movies instead. So I checked out my top 3 movies that I think are genuinely good, well made, and that I enjoyed. 1. Inception - 86% 2. Sex, Lies, and Video Tape - 97% (my favourite movie of all time from 2003 to now) 3. Dangerous Liasons - 93% (my previous favourite movie of all time from 1993 - 2003) which gives me an average of...92%. Well, that certainly would have saved me from watching that glorified 3D piece of **** movie named 'Avatar' (came in at 83%). So this number must be good. Which leads me to the next problem. How can I find a listing of movies at 92% and up so I can build my netflix list? Does rotten tomatoes have this option??? --- quick update --- looks like they do have something. Check out their top movies list here. ]]> http://www.daisypit.net/2011/03/a_night_at_the_movies.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/03/a_night_at_the_movies.html Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:08:18 -0500 Michael Rosenbaum catch a break? This guy is a good actor. I knew it the moment I first saw him in 'Sorority Boys' and confirmed when I re-watched 'Urban Legend', this time not focusing on Jared Leto. But yes I know, those movies weren't very good. But seriously! Michael Rosenbaum is way better than James Franco! James Franco is like one step up from Keanu Reeves. And I love James Franco! I loved him in 'Pineapple Express' and I love that he got himself some episodes on General Hospital, and I especially love that he was in '127 Hours' but more because I really dig the Aron Ralston story... but that doesn't mean he's a good actor. So why is he doing so freakin' well when Michael Rosenbaum looks like he's gonna spend his career like Mark Walhberg (cute but massively unappreciated for his acting)? I suppose it would help if Mr. Rosenbaum weren't participating in movies like 'Dragonlance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight'. which, yes, I had the dubious honor of watching last night. and yes, you caught me, this whole rant is just a sneaky way to back into a movie review for something you never want to see. Dragonlance: DotAT is an animated version of the the Weiss/Hickman fantasy novels from the 80's. Or as the loml comments, "no, i didn't read them. Those books were stupid." and to which I can now add, "omg. do NOT watch that movie. It was really bad." And normally, I enjoy a bad movie. I even enjoy bad kids movies, like 'the last airbender'. But this, this was seriously horrible. I will now sum up the horrible in three points so that we can never mention it again:

1. They off-shored the animation. Did you know that India has an animation industry? No? Well, I think I know why. The animation in this movie was so bad, I initially thought that the work had been done in the 80's, left abandoned in a vault, quickly touched up in the 90's, abandoned again, and then was finally released with voice work in 2008. but no. evidently all this stuff was done on purpose sometime around 2007. AND IT SUCKS! If the studio really wanted to save money, they could've just farmed it out to a mass of college students working in computer visual arts programs around the country and then just compiled the work... It would've been so much better.
2. Confusing violence. A lot of people die in this movie. Women, children, old people, young people, and a fair amount of monsters. but for some reason, not everybody bleeds, and only at odd times in the movie. Was this movie for kids? Cause a lot of them get killed, pretty obviously, in the story. and yet, there is also some weird sexual tension and I don't know what else. the content-level was really just a mess.
3. That's about it really. The first two points really cover 95% of the bad that was this movie. Of small note, is the fanboy puling that they shouldn't have attempted to jam the plot line of the entire book into one small movie, but really that's small potatoes at this point.

Oh well.. one can only hope that Michael Rosenbaum strikes it lucky with his next movie. whenever he gets one. I promise to watch it!]]> http://www.daisypit.net/2011/03/why_cant_michael_rosenbaum_cat.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/03/why_cant_michael_rosenbaum_cat.html Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:30:08 -0500 So a couple of weeks ago, I decided to try Tim Ferris' Four hour body diet. Basically, he said that a super low carb diet is the key to losing body fat. So I did it. For six days, all I did was eat vegetable omelets, cottage cheese, salsa, 15 bean soup, vegetable stir fry with no rice, salad, nuts, and sea weed. and lots and lots of water. And then I measured myself. I lost about 3 lbs, a half a percent of body fat, 1 inch from my waist and 2 inches off my hips. I consider the inches to be the success of the week. thus emboldened, I decided to add some sort of physical exercise to the mix. Plus, my sister (pissed off because I stopped eating her breakfast cooking) kept saying that if I didn't exercise then my diet wasn't going to work the way I thought it would. On a side note, all I wanted was some results for cheap effort. And I must admit, when you cut out carbs, its amazingly easy to convince your body to eat omelets and bean soup for a week straight. And, I actually feel better. So I decided to move onto phase 2: the kettleball. Tim Ferris recommends a 36 lb kettleball for women, and only one basic exercise - the two handed swing. So I went online to buy me one. Which leads me to a mini rant about how exercise is marketed towards women. This isn't the same rant that Tim Ferris has in his book, where he basically says that specific exercises for women are bullshit. This is the one about how the kettleballs that are marketed towards women, and I can tell because they colored them pink and yellow, are all three or five pounds. Are you kidding me?!! You can't accomplish anything doing a two handed swing with a five pound kettleball. I've had five pound handweights for years, and a fat lot of good they ever did me. I need at least thirty pounds to get anywhere. Where is my pink thirty pound kettleball??? So fine, I got an amazing good deal with cheap shipping on a thirty pound, black kettleball from wal-mart. When it arrived I named it 'Al' (short for Almost Pood - A pood is a russian unit of mass used for kettleballs, approx 36 lbs) and started using it as Tim suggested. About five minutes a day on monday, wednesday, and friday coupled with some back stretches. Now I can hear you say "5 minutes a day!" What was all the ranting about if you are only going to use it 15 minutes a week. Well, like I said, I'm looking for cheap results - which is really what Tim Ferris' book is about. Tomorrow, I'll be doing another set of body measurements and we'll see what happens. Note* I did start eating carbs again but I did reduce a lot of them based on what I learned during my week of dieting. http://www.daisypit.net/2011/02/on_wit_the_crazy_1.html http://www.daisypit.net/2011/02/on_wit_the_crazy_1.html Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:50:04 -0500