21 days

according to del.icio.us, i started researching martial arts classes in Seattle more than six months ago, and that was i don't know how long after C and me swore we would take a class together. it's a sign of how things go with physical fitness in my house - reading about it is much more engaging than doing, and there's always some reason we should put it off or drop it for a while and then the momentum is gone and we forget...

mimerki mentioned elsejournal that it takes 21 days to form a habit.* i've embraced it as an arbitrary measure. the plan is to go three times a week until we hit 21 classes and hope that makes it stick. so maybe i'll read this in a couple months to see where i was at the beginning, or maybe it will be another well-intentioned failure.

we settled on kung fu. we've done three classes as of yesterday. ( first impressions )

i liked my first week. quite a bit. we got massages this morning to work out the tense bits, and i feel relaxed and excited rather than scared about going back to class Monday. it's a good place to be.




*so i looked it up. it came into popular use from a book with the ridiculous-to-me title Psycho-Cybernetics.
¹research says this is from the style family attributed to Wong Fei Hung - the dude from an astonishing number of films including Drunken Master, Once Upon a Time in China, and Iron Monkey. more fangirl squee.

21 days

according to del.icio.us, i started researching martial arts classes in Seattle more than six months ago, and that was i don't know how long after C and me swore we would take a class together. it's a sign of how things go with physical fitness in my house - reading about it is much more engaging than doing, and there's always some reason we should put it off or drop it for a while and then the momentum is gone and we forget...

mimerki mentioned elsejournal that it takes 21 days to form a habit.* i've embraced it as an arbitrary measure. the plan is to go three times a week until we hit 21 classes and hope that makes it stick. so maybe i'll read this in a couple months to see where i was at the beginning, or maybe it will be another well-intentioned failure.

we settled on kung fu. we've done three classes as of yesterday. ( first impressions )

i liked my first week. quite a bit. we got massages this morning to work out the tense bits, and i feel relaxed and excited rather than scared about going back to class Monday. it's a good place to be.




*so i looked it up. it came into popular use from a book with the ridiculous-to-me title Psycho-Cybernetics.
¹research says this is from the style family attributed to Wong Fei Hung - the dude from an astonishing number of films including Drunken Master, Once Upon a Time in China, and Iron Monkey. more fangirl squee.

for your consideration

Wall-E is wonderful.

one of the film's strengths is that our hero can't talk. the trailer shows the pratfalls and leaves out the heart of the love story, the desperate beauty, and the pathos. this film is an amazing achievement. please don't miss it in the theater. i want more like it.

five big-eyed compactor robots out of five.

for your consideration

Wall-E is wonderful.

one of the film's strengths is that our hero can't talk. the trailer shows the pratfalls and leaves out the heart of the love story, the desperate beauty, and the pathos. this film is an amazing achievement. please don't miss it in the theater. i want more like it.

five big-eyed compactor robots out of five.

boom da yada.

it's so clear tonight...i can sit at my desk, look out the front door, and see the tv towers blinking. it's deep twilight, and there's finally rain in the air.

it was a really hot day, and i had a cold Yuengling.

i got almost caught up on Doctor Who, and so far it's quite good. i'm afraid the last two eps will nuke the fridge. (no spoilers after Left Turn, okay?)

it looks like Pride went just fine without me. 400,000 people. that's most of the city right there. wow.

i stole this icon.

the world is just awesome.

boom da yada.

it's so clear tonight...i can sit at my desk, look out the front door, and see the tv towers blinking. it's deep twilight, and there's finally rain in the air.

it was a really hot day, and i had a cold Yuengling.

i got almost caught up on Doctor Who, and so far it's quite good. i'm afraid the last two eps will nuke the fridge. (no spoilers after Left Turn, okay?)

it looks like Pride went just fine without me. 400,000 people. that's most of the city right there. wow.

i stole this icon.

the world is just awesome.