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Since I have started the Yoga Experiment, one of the things I have been most conscious of is my mood, and especially how it effects my body. If I come to class in a bad mood, my muscles are much, much less pliable than if I come to class and I'm already happy. It was hard for me to believe this when I first started realizing what was happening, that what I was thinking as I was doing yoga was …
| When sharing my journey of The Yoga Experiment, I had to have known that there would be a time where I wasn't going to be one hundred percent excited about it. But everyone has those things that they continue to do, to make sacrifices for, no matter what the challenge, just because they believe in them. My husband, Joel, rides his bike to work and around town through the rain and snow. My friend, Lisa, volunteers for the rape crisis …
OK, people. I have been skipping yoga class. I'm not proud of it. I wish I didn't have to tell you, but at the beginning of this, I made a commitment to honesty. Something else I'd rather not admit: I haven't been treating my body like the temple it is, and therefore, I have gained (back) about five-ish pounds. Aside from all of that, though, I've been feeling fidgety and restless and GROSS. Yoga, I miss you! It has been …
So, spring is officially in full swing, and I admit that I have been slacking, dear reader. I've been having a great time traveling around the country, and taking time off to visit my peeps and just relax. While I have been practicing yoga when in town, I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping up with it when I am elsewhere. Such is life. In a couple of weeks, most of the fun will be over, and …
So, after many discussions about the prospect of going on tour with my friends, Nic and Heather (of You and Yourn) I have finally assumed my title of Director of Nomadic Operations and hit the road with them. Why? I have gypsy blood and crave the vagabond lifestyle. This is also a test run; in the near future, they might be requiring some extra assistance on their tours. After the spring training debacle, I wanted to make sure that I …
So, week eleven of The Yoga Experiment was tough. I was really grumpy and eating crap food all week, and I was beginning to see how heavily the mind and body influenced each other. I was achy and sore, and it seemed like the grouchier I got, the more my body rebelled against yoga. At the beginning of week twelve, I started to feel as thought I was getting sick. I had a headache and low energy for the first …
I could not have estimated the difficulty of getting back into my regular yoga routine after skipping a week; if I could have, I never would have broken my perfect nine week stretch. Week eleven of The Yoga Experiment felt like an epic battle. The newness of the project has worn off, and all that is left is the hard work. For the first time, getting to class every morning was a struggle. Several of the days, I considered skipping …
So far, this has been a great trip, The Yoga Experiment. I've been loving every minute of it. However, for the last two months, I have been sore and hurty pretty much every day, especially in my legs/hips/butt area. Monday is usually at a low level, maybe a one or two on a scale of ten. By Friday, though, I have worked up to about a 4 or 5. Then when I take the weekends off to regroup, my body …
As I write this, I am sitting in a Travelodge in Ft. Myers, Florida. We're down here for a little spring break vay-cay and to watch a few Minnesota Twins games at their training camp. Technically, week nine of The Yoga Experiment was last week, but it wasn't really too eventful, and it is hard to think back to that mind frame when I am sitting here in this completely different world.
So, even though I had a small setback last weekend with binging, this week I took seriously the prospect of getting back on ye olde wagon. My life is changing, and I feel like I am in the process of deciding which old parts to keep and which to throw out. I think that perhaps the binging is a sign that I am clinging to some old issues. Writing this column helps. It might have been a longer process towards …
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Neat article, neat guy. In central IL however, there is little difference between Lincoln and Rambo (the C02 you just inhaled was ACTUALLY in Lincoln’s lungs once - seriously, i had a nice Urbana resident tell me once the old tree in her front yard was gnarled…
Now THIS is a useful service - I only wish the U of I would publicize this information as effectively.
Great article…The ‘Paign and The Damagin’ Dames bout was my first but not my last!!!! Cannot wait for the Dames/Bombshell match. OhNo Bobo / Houchbag smackdown :)
I am glad that we added another potential fan to roller derby las weekend. As the bout coordinator and league member, it is nice to hear an outsiders perspective. I hope you truely enjoyed meeting our league and will come back and see us compete.
Brent’s going to pee his pants when he sees the matchup between the Dame’s OhNo Bobo and the Bombshells incredible jammer, Houchbag. Get ready for another night of derby on October 2 at the Savoy Rec Center!
Great article! Sounds like Brent was a good person to bring along. As for derby in a living room… is the space large enough? Thank you, Smile Politely, and I hope to see you in October for the Bombshells/Dames. Morley Bankrupt, Damagin’ Dames, TCDG
Wonderful piece. It’s so great to hear how things look from a fan’s perspective. Thanks so much to Smile Politely for your continued converage of TCDG. And,yeah, the suicide seats are *the* place to be :) XOXO Bitch E. Rich, Twin City Derby Girls
UPDATE: John Eby (Parkland Community College) and Kevin Johnson (UP Center) will be on WILLam580’s Keepin’ the Faith tomorrow evening (Sept. 5) at 5:00–6:00 p.m. They’ll be talking about LGBT issues nation wide.
Great article Emma! I liked Brent’s analysis especially. As a newbie to the sport myself, each bout I see is easier to follow than the last. It’s a really fun sport for the spectator since it combines the violence of football and the fast pace of basketball.…
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take two seconds to do this. this dude works hard.
What I also like about the Hessel to Centennial run is that I can easily make it a 10 miler (if I run to Hessel and back when I’m done and add an extra loop at Centennial) and still be at most two miles from home. I’ve…
I’m not sure the graphic is for State St. I drive down it daily and there is no parking on the far west side where the bike lines are. Looks to me that parking will only be allowed on the east side of the street, two car…
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Angela, I believe they played at C-U Pride Fest, and they were fantastic.
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Speaking of regular commutes getting safer- White Street now open over the great divide east First Street. Woo Hoo!
I’m not sure that’s what Fred is saying. But the response of “You should just be happy to have a job!“ is a far too common excuse for employers’ bad treatment of workers. It’s also way too common in C-U.
My regular commute to work just got a whole lot safer!
@Fred While I agree that if your employer is treating you badly (e.g. shitty shifts, not honoring break/meal times, or just generally being an asshole) you should look for something else. However, as we all will experience at some point or another, we sometimes have to take…
I was very excited to see this lane put in place. This area is one of my regular, and sometimes scary, routes.
Not that they aren’t great mash-ups, but I’ve seen them twice in concert and was just frankly kind of bored. Probably won’t be going tonight. Maybe I just don’t like fun.
I’d love to see DESAFINADO performing there!They play Brazilian music…Bossa Nova. Great band! www.desafinado-music.com Angela
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You can probably tuck in thinly sliced Romas. But for anything juicier like cherries, brandywines, etc., I would go with Pepin’s method of combining them with bread chunks. Zucchini contains a lot of water, too, so you’re probably best to use it solo or with onions. Saute…
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You mean, once they’ve paid $140 worth of nickels and dimes in one calendar year the CPL issues them a waiver? I’ll bet you’d get little argument from the CPL.
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