Wii Fit, Day 9

Today was a good day. Studied for my final tomorrow, prepared for an image assessment trial (ie, got a protocol ready), and other such work things. Halfway through the day, Serena showed up, and the three of us hiked in Malibu Canyon for two hours. A fairly amorous couple decided to... er... get amorous in the crater lake there (we walked up, and she was in the water naked, and the guy was himself about to go in, but stopped just as we walked up. I guess that's the risk of sex in a public park, even on a Tuesday afternoon).

On the way home, we had to -- it was like a magnet pulling iron fillings, we had no choice-- dine at Father's Office. It is the tastiness, and the Wii chastised me for imbibing too much ("You've gained 0.7 pounds! Good Lord, son, are you trying to crush me?" I made that second sentence up, but not the first), but sometimes, life must be lived. Today was a yoga/strength day, starting with deep breathing, half moon, dance pose, bridge, shoulder stand, and sun salutations, and then moving on to pushups (2x20), jackknifes (1x30), triceps (1x20), and plank (30 secs). I really need to work on my pushup form; I may lower the number, just to make sure I don't blow the form into uselessness.

Then, I watched Melodie do the meditation balance game, and she destroyed it. 180 seconds, sitting perfectly still. I was amazed. I tried to replicate the feat. I failed. She came in at one point, when I'd gotten to 130 seconds, and I lost it. She told me, when I asked (peevishly, I'll admit), that all I had to do was to think of nothing-- which is much, much harder than it sounds. So I failed a few more times. And then I remembered reading in Eat, Pray, Love (a book about a very self absorbed rich person who trots around the globe after destroying the life of her soon-to-be ex-husband because she can't figure out how to go on a spiritual journey with another person) what she was told when she had a similar problem, and I paraphrase: "It is a shame that no one else has had this problem before you." That phrase really clicked; I started to think about that, while in the balance game, and voila-- 180 seconds.