Scattered mental energy is in evidence here, I know.

• I keep thinking of different ways that various things in my life fit perfectly into my energy quiz results. For instance, the whole minimalism thing. Paring down possessions this year took physical and emotional energy, which I generally have, and has resulted in my stuff taking up way less mental energy (which I often don't have). So, put in those terms, no wonder it worked for me. I may still do more of it.



• I replaced a worn-out plastic pig keyring with this pewter frog keyring this morning. WAY BETTER.



• I dreamed that my first lover was actually also my fraternal twin, and we'd been separated at birth.



• Recently I've read in several places about "bucket lists". I don't like them... it feels like the focus is on entirely the wrong thing. I want lists of things to do while alive, not "before I kick the bucket".



• There's a good article in Wired about the effects of stress, and on which kinds of stress are the worst for you. It says, among other things, "the most dangerous kinds of stress don’t feel that stressful. It’s not the late night at the office that’s going to kill us; it’s the feeling that nothing can be done." But this is individual too -- what happens when one person feels like a job affords them plenty of control, but another who has the same job feels stifled?



• bluechromis pointed out that I'm not working on my press handstand as much as I should be, given my current annoyance about not being able to do it. It's true. So I'm doing more stuff... part of what I did is order some books containing handstand drills from here. Isn't that just like me? I always think that anything is possible if and only if I have the right books, even though in this case part of me thinks I will never do a press handstand.

Piking up

I seriously thought about ditching acro tonight in favor of drinking on my couch and listening to the rain, but I'm glad I didn't, because guess who did an unassisted pike-up to handstand for the first time tonight? Yep, me. People were doing an entrance with a little bit of momentum, kind of rocking back and forth a bit with hands an inch or two above the ground, then leaning into the hands and piking up. I did it this way too. It wasn't all that hard. It felt... floaty. Also quite beautiful. I did several more. :)

It's funny how the handstand press seems like a mountaintop to climb toward, but it's all the tiny awesome things that happen along the way that make it seem worthwhile. Truth to tell, there are lots of handstand tricks I'd like to get.

Also, there was a new guy tonight who was super impressed with my back walkover, and wanted to know WHAT IS THAT THING AND HOW DOES IT WORK. Lastly, I got to demonstrate Catherine Wheel for the class. Flying. I didn't quite successfully base it later, but really close, and I got the hard transition.