Yes... there is a GOD! Sunday, May 1st, 2005... God's day... Family Guy SEASON 4. Oh..uugh uuuuugh uuuuuuugh......"Lois, at least one of us is part of the Mile-High Club"
Friday, April 29, 2005
The Killers - Vancouver - Maroon 5
Well I haven't posted in awhile cause I am jsut enjoying my time off waaay too much.. My summer's has been six days in and this entire week has felt like a weekend... what the hell have I done? not sure.. but a hell o fa lot of yoga ha ha.... so last minute I decided to go To Vancouver to go visit my beautiful friend also known as Robin Ng also known as Bar Star - that and Maroon 5 is playing on Sunday and it would be nice to see them live though Phil did say they sound like the CD as he saw them in TO. Oh well... we'll see! Wednesday Anne and I saw the Killers and they were sick! though they too sounded like their CD but they've only got the one album out and this is their first tour so i'll give them that. it was funny cause Anne and I were near the front of the crowd and when we got to the merchandise table... all the good t-shirts were already sold out! Don't these people keep these things in stock.. or are they saving them for bigger cities? My goodness.. that was a disappointment... but the concert wasn't.. though mose of the time we were contemplating and finding ways to cheat the system and sneak onto the floor. i wish I had a bigger set of balls cause we could have during the transition between the opening band (tegan and sara? if you go to mtv.com these girls are very unattractive, and they said they grew up in Calgary - figures) and the Killers. Darn it! oh well the concerto was wicked nevertheless and so glad they ended with "All These Things That I Have Done".... that song's da bomb! But yes now off to Van... I was actually suppose to go out yesterday.. but the flights were all oversold and my sister couldn't understand why - then I told her must be because finals are over the same day and all the kiddies are going back home. - long and behold I was right... there was this group of girls all wearing the same thing and pink fuzzy slippers... we didn't get it... but they looked comfortable... there was this one girl that had one of those ultra soft pillows (like the ones jeannie and clara bought in vegas that have toxic beads in the them) strapped to her suitcase and made the suitcase look like it had boobies... quite hilarious during the moment.. but yeah anyways my sister ended up gettin the last seat as she ditched me cause she had to work a hong kong flight the next day. thus, being desperate, i bought a one-way to vancouver and i am now booked on the flight sat morn... though now my trip ended up being $150 more expensive than anticipated... god you would htink airlines would be happy to fill those last few seats.. no.. they like to gouge you as much as possible even if they were empty seats... and why doesn't Westjet have standby?!?!? god ... stupid airline... and why is aircanada always sold out??! their fares are so expensive.. then again westjet is $3 cheaper... so they ain't that much better... so tmrw in vancouver I have NO idea what I will be doing to entertain myself as Rob has to drive her fam around.. but I plan I doing a little Yoga tour and chekcing out the studios and maybe doing a few classes since the city is thriving with them... i'm gonna try this bikram yoga stuff.. the yoga you do in a sauna... sounds intense... well at least I'll be wicked skinny ha... anyways peace out and i'll post when I get back.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Faking It: Yoga
I decided to post this artcle from dose.ca
Ben Carrozza
Dose
Everyone’s talking about it—now you can, too. We’ll give you the basics on all the hottest topics and help you fake it until you make it.
This week we're faking on Yoga.
With everyone from MADONNA to corporate CEOs to baseball pitcher AL LEITER (?) saying how awesome it is, Yoga is everywhere it seems. And there’s you not knowing a thing about it. Read on to sound like you know what you’re talking about—maybe even throw in a British accent like MADONNA, people love it.
Looking hot is a side effect, only: Despite what that creepy STING will tell you, the original and only purpose of yoga was to experience spiritual enlightenment.
So, it doesn’t have anything to do with yogurt? In the ancient language of India, the word yoga means "yoke" or "union," describing the melding of mind and body to create a greater connection with one's own soul in its purest state.
The Other Sutra: The sage PATANJELI has been credited with writing the Yoga Sutra, a 2,000-year-old treatise on yogic philosophy. A collection of 195 statements, the Sutra provides a kind of philosophical guidebook for dealing with the challenges of being human. Keep in mind that there were obviously a lot less challenges two millennia ago.
It’s not just called yoga? Most classes you’ll find in the western world teach one of the many types of hatha yoga, a physical discipline which focuses mainly on asanas (the funky postures and stretches) and breathing in order to prepare the body for spiritual enlightenment. For the record, self-molestation is not a spiritual pursuit.
Yup, a tree: In ancient India, yoga was often compared to a tree, and the six schools of yoga its branches. Hatha yoga is one of the six branches; the others include raja (meditation), karma (humilty), bhakti (devotion), jnana (wisdom), and (everyone’s favourite) tantra (ritual).
The part you’re most likely to remember: Tantra yoga is probably the most misunderstood or misinterpreted of all the yogas—the Goth baby sister of the yoga family, if you will. Tantra is the branch (remember the big ole Yoga tree?) focusing on ritual, which includes consecrated sexuality. The word to focus on here is "consecrated," which means to sanctify or set apart as something holy. In tantra, the student is to experience the Divine in everything they do. Ironically, although tantra has become associated exclusively with sexuality (thanks, STING), most tantric schools actually recommend celibacy. Suddenly not-so interesting, huh?
What’s all the sweating about? You might think the steamiest yoga is that tantra one, but the truly “hot” yoga is Bikram. Bikram yoga is a series of asanas performed in an extremely hot environment—somewhere around 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This apparently helps prevent injury from overstretching (but not the embarrassment that goes cheek-to-cheek with ass sweat). The heat is meant to replicate India's climate, and promotes sweating, which in turn (according to Bikram’s humble creator, BIKRAM CHOUDHURY) helps move the toxins out of the body.
Never have your handshake trumped by an esoteric Eastern bow again! Before you head out into the world all plump with yoga goodness, you’ll need one final thing: Namaste. Namaste isn’t some kind of Indian soda or some new way the kids are saying “nasty,” it’s a bow of greeting. The gesture Namaste is one’s acknowledgement of another’s divinity. The word breaks down as: "Nama," meaning bow, "-as-," meaning I, and "-te," meaning you. So it literally means "I bow to you." To perform Namaste, place the hands together at the heart, close your eyes, and bow your head.
Thursday, April 07, 2005
well less than one week of school and it will be ALL OVER! well for this semester that is. Haven't posted anything for a while cause the last three weeks have been GROSS. Anyways gotta bet back to the projects but saw this the other day and I jsut laughed like an idiot by myself in my room. you should try it sometime.
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