procrastinator
So, it's 2:46AM, and I'm just finishing the rough draft for a paper due tomorrow.
And I have about 100 pages more of research to read.
Plus 2 tests this week that I havn't started to study for.
Jeez, why am I whining about this?
Sorry folks, I'm not gonna turn this into a bitch and gripe session.
teddy has a lot of work to do because he spent the weekend having too much fun and procrastinated the day away.
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Harumph.
Soon, I'll be off of blogger and moving this blog once again. Stay tuned, Bat-fans.
I woke up this morning feeling great and did a power yoga session, doing some moves I havn't done in a long time. My forearm handstand is finally getting there, which makes me glow. I was working on it a lot during teacher training, but could just never get there. Now, the class I'm taking at Yoga Yoga really emphasizes it, so I'm glad that I have the opportunity to work on it some more.
Did I ever tell you how much I dig my personal trainer? I have this 22-year old senior at UT who's studying to be a trainer, and part of her student teaching is to be MY personal trainer for 2 workouts a week. I've already been working with her for a month and a half, and she's got my body in amazing shape. I have muscles on my belly! I have muscles on my butt! I can sprint up hills without sweating!
But after a week off, I saw her again today. And it was awesome. She's got me doing all these creative activites, like blasting up hills, throwing medicine balls all over the place, lunging into push-ups . . . just crazy stuff. I don't know if all personal trainers are like this, but man, this girl rocks! I feel great, but it's just fun to excercise with someone who treats it like a game, and is always pushing me to do more more more.
Plus, she always tells me that I'm the case study in her class, because of my yoga and running background, I guess I'm a little more atheletic than the typical trainees (or so she says). So, I get the advanced, creative workouts that she uses just to see if I can handle it.
I dig it, I really do.
Tonight, I met with my single men's small group bible study. (that's a mouthful, huh).
I've been meeting with them for a little more than a month now, so I'm finally getting to be pretty comfortable with all of these guys. I tell ya, it was intense tonight. We did some bible study, but mainly we talked about issues in our lives that we're trying to resolve with a Christian perspective.
I've never been a part of a male-only bible study before. Heck, I've never really been a part of a bible study before period.
But within a circle of men, the conversation becomes unlike anything I've ever experienced. Gone is the usual locker room talk, like, "boy, that jessica simpson's really smoking" or "who farted?". It feels good to be around boys who don't have to resort to sophomoric crap to bond with other men, you know?
And inevitably, the topic of sex always comes up. I'm flabbergasted at the amount of self-control some of these Christian boys have over their own lives. Abstinence . . . complete abstinence. Even while in a relationship! Wow, I wish I had that will power.
I remember when Gandhi was talking about his own Brahmacharya, the Yogic concept of celibacy, the discussion shifted more on his wife's self-control more than his. It's a tough tough road to follow, especially if you're married. Because you're making a choice for someone else as well. I sure know that from personal experience.
But I guess the Christian view is, if you're married, then do it all you want. Just make sure you're married first!
I don't know why I'm so fixated on this, I think it's because I wish I had that same type of will power some of my Christian brothers have. I know it's easy to do now, but I wonder if I'll be able to say the same thing when temptation is right in my face.
I've walked away from it a couple times in my life, and I can honestly say, I'm a better man for it. But I've also done a lot of stupid things in my life that I regret, and I'm really trying to stop that. Really.
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Wow. Sorry to go so serious again.
I'm going to Houston this weekend to hang with my sister. I think we have an awful lot to talk about this time around. Oh yes indeed.
And I have about 100 pages more of research to read.
Plus 2 tests this week that I havn't started to study for.
Jeez, why am I whining about this?
Sorry folks, I'm not gonna turn this into a bitch and gripe session.
teddy has a lot of work to do because he spent the weekend having too much fun and procrastinated the day away.
------------------------------
Harumph.
Soon, I'll be off of blogger and moving this blog once again. Stay tuned, Bat-fans.
I woke up this morning feeling great and did a power yoga session, doing some moves I havn't done in a long time. My forearm handstand is finally getting there, which makes me glow. I was working on it a lot during teacher training, but could just never get there. Now, the class I'm taking at Yoga Yoga really emphasizes it, so I'm glad that I have the opportunity to work on it some more.
Did I ever tell you how much I dig my personal trainer? I have this 22-year old senior at UT who's studying to be a trainer, and part of her student teaching is to be MY personal trainer for 2 workouts a week. I've already been working with her for a month and a half, and she's got my body in amazing shape. I have muscles on my belly! I have muscles on my butt! I can sprint up hills without sweating!
But after a week off, I saw her again today. And it was awesome. She's got me doing all these creative activites, like blasting up hills, throwing medicine balls all over the place, lunging into push-ups . . . just crazy stuff. I don't know if all personal trainers are like this, but man, this girl rocks! I feel great, but it's just fun to excercise with someone who treats it like a game, and is always pushing me to do more more more.
Plus, she always tells me that I'm the case study in her class, because of my yoga and running background, I guess I'm a little more atheletic than the typical trainees (or so she says). So, I get the advanced, creative workouts that she uses just to see if I can handle it.
I dig it, I really do.
Tonight, I met with my single men's small group bible study. (that's a mouthful, huh).
I've been meeting with them for a little more than a month now, so I'm finally getting to be pretty comfortable with all of these guys. I tell ya, it was intense tonight. We did some bible study, but mainly we talked about issues in our lives that we're trying to resolve with a Christian perspective.
I've never been a part of a male-only bible study before. Heck, I've never really been a part of a bible study before period.
But within a circle of men, the conversation becomes unlike anything I've ever experienced. Gone is the usual locker room talk, like, "boy, that jessica simpson's really smoking" or "who farted?". It feels good to be around boys who don't have to resort to sophomoric crap to bond with other men, you know?
And inevitably, the topic of sex always comes up. I'm flabbergasted at the amount of self-control some of these Christian boys have over their own lives. Abstinence . . . complete abstinence. Even while in a relationship! Wow, I wish I had that will power.
I remember when Gandhi was talking about his own Brahmacharya, the Yogic concept of celibacy, the discussion shifted more on his wife's self-control more than his. It's a tough tough road to follow, especially if you're married. Because you're making a choice for someone else as well. I sure know that from personal experience.
But I guess the Christian view is, if you're married, then do it all you want. Just make sure you're married first!
I don't know why I'm so fixated on this, I think it's because I wish I had that same type of will power some of my Christian brothers have. I know it's easy to do now, but I wonder if I'll be able to say the same thing when temptation is right in my face.
I've walked away from it a couple times in my life, and I can honestly say, I'm a better man for it. But I've also done a lot of stupid things in my life that I regret, and I'm really trying to stop that. Really.
--------------------
Wow. Sorry to go so serious again.
I'm going to Houston this weekend to hang with my sister. I think we have an awful lot to talk about this time around. Oh yes indeed.
posted by Teddy at 10/25/2005 02:46:00 AM
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