August 31, 2005
Moet & Chandon
Must say I'm more of an Asti Spumante sort of a person... not that I drink much anymore... Still, Mr Moet and Mr Chandon (or perhaps Mrs and Mrs, who knows)... how comes it's not known as simply Moet Champagne or Chandon Champagne (well that one sounds kinda naff even to me)... but Moet & Chandon.. when did they decide to become a united company or was it just always meant to be that way? Was there a mass take over bid or did it just sound better to stay a 1+1 forever?
I guess somethings are meant to be together and some aren't. Circles and squares to me are just lines drawn slightly differently. It's just how you draw the line, isn't it? Yoga practice has become difficult these last couple of months. Been too much in my head trying to sort out what little tweek here, what little change there I could make to get me further into a posture. Then, with some help from my teacher, I took a good look at the mess I'm making and have started to go back to basics. If you're in your head working within a posture is that your ego driving you on? Am I judging myself? Is this better than that? Can't I just plonk my foot down and go "Well that's just where I am today?" Or am I just clearly missing the point?
I'm sure the moets and chandons had much the same problem.... where do you draw the line?
Weather outlook: clear skies.
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August 30, 2005
Are you ok?
What the heck does that mean? People have been asking me this alot recently. Sure I'm ok. I'm still breathing and all... there's plenty of people in the world who are in a worse situation than me.....
It's a bit like talking about the weather, d'you not think? "Weather's nice!" and "Yeah I'm fine." No-one really admits to the weather being really kinda sh*ty and even when it is we often put a positive spin on it... "Gonna clear up by tomorrow".
So I'm in a clear up by tomorrow kinda mood.... yesterday was a bit of a nightmare. The J.O.B's been going nuts at the mo.. stuff's been running late and everyone's running around pressing people to get on with stuff when really it'll be ready when it's ready. It feels like rushing through practice. Sometimes you just gotta take your time and breath through each asana to the end. There again, it did get kindly pointed out to me last week that sometimes you've just gotta do an asana without paying too much attention.... get outta your head so to speak and just let the body do it's thing... and it worked! Just goes to show.... what the heck do I know?
Forecast for tomorrow. Overcast with sunny intervals. Thursday improving with the slight chance of some sun..... :>
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August 29, 2005
Woke up this Morning
Not so much on the wrong side of the bed but in the wrong bed. It's a long story, and sorry, but I'm not going to bore you with the details .... suffice to say that I'm in a place I'd rather not be, doing stuff I'd rather not be doing. Ok, so it sounds like the grass is greener on the other side sort of affair, and in many ways I guess that's kinda true. Yeah, yeah. I'm selfish.... I want green grass.
In many ways it's like the first day of the rest of my life. Got on the mat this morning and just kinda stood there for like 10 minutes looking at the wall. Nadda, nothing, zip. My minds be going 1000 miles an hour recently so to stand there like that was kinda worrying to start with then kinda ok. Yesterday it was the stramash of colours from all the cans on the shelf in the corner shop. Soooo many choices to chose from. Seemed like I just stood there for ages...... Ended up I didn't pick anything. Huh!
I guess that kinda sums me up at the moment.
So hi. Here I am. Here's the first step. Welcome to the rest of my life.
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