Alternative Movement Modalities, and a Picture of a Sandwich, Too

After my sudden nap last night, superbrad showed up and he, f00dave, and I had a rambling conversation about science and mysticism. Mostly, I observed. Eventually, the conversation strayed to areas where I had no interest, so I began working on muscle isolations. Before the conversation started, I could not raise my pelvis to one side without incorporating my psoas and glutes. Within a few short minutes of experimentation, I found a way of raising them using only my obliques. I still can't do it quickly, but that will come with practice. The visual effect is quite different from when I raise it with the more obvious musculature. I suspect this is the way Rachel Brice does her three-quarter shimmies in this video clip.

While modelling yesterday, the drawing instructor told me my shoulders have become very developed. This surprised me, because I thought I was buffer a couple of years ago than I am now. Then again, my kayaking this summer may have given me some extra definition. I don't think I've been doing anything else which would target that particular muscle group. So when I went to the gym after the figure drawing class, I did a few extra chin ups out of vanity.

In other news, I'm rereading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I think the last time I read this was some time in the 1980s. I hadn't recalled Mark Twain using quite so many adverbs, but despite the clunkiness of prose, the story is great. Tom is such a little shit.

My computer is acting slow and clunky. Before I reboot it and give it a breather, ( I'll share the links messing everything up for me. )

Bad Witch. Naughty Witch!

Lest you think only ill-educated Wiccans are my detractors, let me present unto you this chestnut. loopando writes:

this is a good website. i wouldnt of gone here however, i am doing a school project. have u read harry potter? the witches in there are good but witches aernt good the will never be. i am very christian and will never think of witches as good

Uh, wait a minute. This person didn't say anything bad about me or my site. Damn. I wish they would. I am not on their side. The witches in Harry Potter aren't all good, ( and the bad ones are my favourites. )