Karate ruins a person's feet.
You aren't allowed to wear shoes in karate. And so, over the years of doing karate, sliding my feet along cracked gymnasium floors, I have got some nasty callouses. My heels are cracked. I have a callous on the side of my one baby toe that is starting to grow over the nail. (I know. It's disgusting).
I've had two pedicures since I've been doing karate. But when you remove the callouses, doing karate hurts, and the callouses come back thicker than ever.
Aside from the callouses, I've lost a toenail and cracked many others.
I've seen pictures of dancers' feet, and they are even worse than mine.
It's amazing what we do to our bodies in the name of sport.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Keep it to yourself...
There are some conversations you shouldn't have in public.
I was out at a restaurant once and was seated beside a mother who was loudly lecturing her 15-year-old daughter about the hazards of premarital sex.
Talk about ruining the innocent bystanders' appetites.
I was almost tempted to ask to be moved to another table, because I didn't really want to listen in, but couldn't help it. It was like I was unwillingly transplanted into this family's living room.
Awkward conversations are better kept at home, or at least kept to a low whisper.
I was out at a restaurant once and was seated beside a mother who was loudly lecturing her 15-year-old daughter about the hazards of premarital sex.
Talk about ruining the innocent bystanders' appetites.
I was almost tempted to ask to be moved to another table, because I didn't really want to listen in, but couldn't help it. It was like I was unwillingly transplanted into this family's living room.
Awkward conversations are better kept at home, or at least kept to a low whisper.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
On the lot...
Has anyone been watching the new show On The Lot?
Aspiring filmmakers air their short films each week and America votes on the best. A few of the earlier episodes followed the filmmakers as they made their films, but making films is actually more boring than it sounds. It's actors doing the same scene over and over again and long hours spent putting sound and picture together in an editing suite. It's only slightly more exciting than watching someone write a book. And it's a surprise On The Lot has low ratings?
Films, like writing, are about finished product. The process is quite dry and a bit of a slog. It's not like So You Think You Can Dance, where dancers put their bodies to the test and face injury in rehearsal.
Short films are not popular with the masses either. They are like the poetry of the film industry. They have a limited market.
That said, maybe there should be a So You Think You Can Write Poetry show. They have everything else. And are ratings really that important? Really?
Aspiring filmmakers air their short films each week and America votes on the best. A few of the earlier episodes followed the filmmakers as they made their films, but making films is actually more boring than it sounds. It's actors doing the same scene over and over again and long hours spent putting sound and picture together in an editing suite. It's only slightly more exciting than watching someone write a book. And it's a surprise On The Lot has low ratings?
Films, like writing, are about finished product. The process is quite dry and a bit of a slog. It's not like So You Think You Can Dance, where dancers put their bodies to the test and face injury in rehearsal.
Short films are not popular with the masses either. They are like the poetry of the film industry. They have a limited market.
That said, maybe there should be a So You Think You Can Write Poetry show. They have everything else. And are ratings really that important? Really?
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Just not that into you...
Social situations can already be awkward and complicated enough in real life, but taking them into the virtual world makes them even more so.
Take Facebook for instance. You write a question on someone's wall and, through the "news feed," all your shared friends can see you wrote that question. Then that question just hangs there unanswered. The friend, you wrote the question to, has logged on since. You know this because you can see they've commented on other people's walls. You, however, are being ignored by them.
Do you take this personally? Are they deliberately snubbing you? Do they not feel your question relevant? Do they just not have the time to answer? They've had the time to write back to other friends and maybe even upload photos onto the site.
They wouldn't have ignored you if you had asked the question in person. That's just plain rude.
Do social networking sites, which are supposed to bring people closer together, encourage rudeness, given the impersonal nature of such sites?
Given that you're snubbed on Facebook by a friend, what does that mean for your friendship with that person? If they can't make time to answer your question, maybe they're just not that into you, because your true friends will write back right away.
And what to do with those friends who are not that into you? Do you just not bother to make time for them. Certainly, you won't be asking them any more questions on Facebook, because it's no fun being ignored.
Bringing friendships into the virtual world is complicated.
Take Facebook for instance. You write a question on someone's wall and, through the "news feed," all your shared friends can see you wrote that question. Then that question just hangs there unanswered. The friend, you wrote the question to, has logged on since. You know this because you can see they've commented on other people's walls. You, however, are being ignored by them.
Do you take this personally? Are they deliberately snubbing you? Do they not feel your question relevant? Do they just not have the time to answer? They've had the time to write back to other friends and maybe even upload photos onto the site.
They wouldn't have ignored you if you had asked the question in person. That's just plain rude.
Do social networking sites, which are supposed to bring people closer together, encourage rudeness, given the impersonal nature of such sites?
Given that you're snubbed on Facebook by a friend, what does that mean for your friendship with that person? If they can't make time to answer your question, maybe they're just not that into you, because your true friends will write back right away.
And what to do with those friends who are not that into you? Do you just not bother to make time for them. Certainly, you won't be asking them any more questions on Facebook, because it's no fun being ignored.
Bringing friendships into the virtual world is complicated.
Friday, June 08, 2007
Rude, much?
Today, I got the most insulting piece of spam. It said: "Loose weight, fatty," or something to that effect.
Now, I can see why it would be funny to call a million random strangers fat via e-mail, but it's also incredibly cruel. Weight is a very sensitive issue for a lot of people.
There were definitely some people crying this morning when they saw that e-mail. Ouch.
Now, I can see why it would be funny to call a million random strangers fat via e-mail, but it's also incredibly cruel. Weight is a very sensitive issue for a lot of people.
There were definitely some people crying this morning when they saw that e-mail. Ouch.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Reality TV
I'm one of those sad people who is a reality TV addict. And let me say, it takes some serious commitment to keep up with them all. That's why I'm thankful for VCRs. (I haven't caught up to the 21st century, which means I don't have a digital recorder. I wish).
Watching reality TV is tough, because you get attached to certain people and then they get the boot and you have to keep watching anyway... even if it means watching someone you totally hate take the prize. Like I said, it takes commitment.
Watching reality TV is tough, because you get attached to certain people and then they get the boot and you have to keep watching anyway... even if it means watching someone you totally hate take the prize. Like I said, it takes commitment.
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