Give Mii more

Today I sat down with my laptop and the wii to make some Mii characters. I made Einstein, Pocahontas, Leonidas, and Inigo Montoya. :) I'll find 4 more for tomorrow!

Today my workout was 1 hour:

Regular Routine- 44 minutes
Super Hula-Hoop (6 minutes)
Advanced Step
Rhythm Boxing

In a Hurry

I have an interview today so I only had time for my regular routine. I took out the shoulder stand yoga pose though. I can't do it yet anyway.

Regular Routine- 44 minutes
Yoga-

1. Deep Breathing
2. Half Moon
3. Warrior
4. Tree
5. Sun Salutation
6. Standing Knee
7. Palm Tree
8. Chair
9. Triangle
10. Downward Dog
11. Dance
12. Cobra
13. Bridge
14. Spinal Twist
15. Spine Extension
16. Gate

Strength-

1. Single-Leg Extension
2. Push-up and Side Plank
3. Torso Twists
4. Lunge
5. Tricep Extension
6. Arm and Leg Lift

Wii Fit Plus

I recently picked up the Wii Fit Plus after spending a few weeks using the regular Wii Fit. I had complained about the inability to create a routine with the regular Wii Fit and instead having to select each exercise through the menu. Making an hour of exercise take 1.5 hours with the menus and extra instructions. Now I have created my own routine with the Wii Fit Plus which consists of an aerobic exercise to warm up, 23 yoga & strength exercises and then aerobic, balance and training plus games to fill in the rest of the hour. Here is the routine I used today. So far, I'm loving the Wii Fit Plus :)


Warm up Aerobics - Basic Step

Regular Routine
Yoga-

1. Deep Breathing
2. Half Moon
3. Warrior
4. Tree
5. Sun Salutation
6. Standing Knee
7. Palm Tree
8. Chair
9. Triangle
10. Downward Dog
11. Dance
12. Cobra
13. Bridge
14. Spinal Twist
15. Shoulder Stand
16. Spine Extension
17. Gate

Strength-

1. Push Up & Side Plank
2. Torso Twist
3. Lunge
4. Arm & Leg Lift
5. Tricep Extension
   

Cool Down
Balance Games-

1. Soccer Heading
2. Ski Jump
3. Ski Slalom
4. Lotus Focus
   

Aerobics- Advanced Step

Training Plus- Rhythm Kung Fu

Let the relief rain

So I bought two new products today. I've been looking everywhere for some decent bubble bath but it seems most places have stopped carrying anything but Aveeno bath treatments, used for poison ivy and such, and switched to shower gels. I don't like using shower gels in the bath, they don't provide as many bubbles and if you get a gel with any exfoliating beads they wind up coating the bottom of the tub making it feel like you are laying on sand.

While at CVS today I looked again through their bath product aisle and found a new item called CVS Muscle Relief Mineral Bath Salts. I've avoided their other salts because I hate the smell of lavender and that's usually the only option. This one says it soothes and restores with natural eucalyptus and peppermint. Sounds great and it was.


The second product I picked up was Neutrogena's rainbath. "A refreshing shower and bath gel", still a gel, but it does specifically say bath on it. The back says it will awaken my senses with the blend of spices, fruits and herbs. ++

I used them both together in a bath and I must say that I am relaxed. My skin feels warmed from the inside out from the peppermint, my scalp also feels cool and light and not just from my wet hair. It's more like it feels after using a dandruff treatment like Selsun Blue, but in a good way and without the heavy smell. In fact, though I may not be an unbiased judge having spent the last hour soaking in it, I think the scent is rather nice, fresh and light.

Mencken Man to the rescue

Dear fellow classmates,
I am losing participation points because I can't figure out how to respond to shit posts like this 4 times a week:

This is very true that we have to have some sort of a starting point. I mean if we didn't have those that gave us what we have based all our therories on we would not have come as far as we have in the study of psychology.

We do have to have a a base point and it was a shame that some of it has been by trial and error at the expense of others. But even today we have those that are willing to be in study groups to help find answers to medical trials and to me these are the true pioneers that have paved the way for all of use to lean from.

because with out those willing to put their lives in test groups we would have to rely on what we find out using animal tests and some of those can not be true because all animals are the same make up as a human.

Sincerely, fuck you.

OMGBBQ

Note to all my fellow students, I'm tired of reading your juvenile posts and assignments. If you want to write like a 12-year-old girl texting her BFF's about how dreamy Edward is, that's fine, in your personal life. If you choose to do so in your academic work, then don't expect anyone to respect your answers. While you're at it, try also not copy/pasting from Yahoo answers or wikipedia, answer in COMPLETE sentences, answer the question, don't write 200 words about how your dog helped you discover your love of psychology.

Here's some excerpts of some of my favorites from this week.

Question: Think of as many major philosophers in the western tradition that were primary contributors to the formation of psychology as a formal discipline. From the list please choose a favorite. Discuss why he/she is your favorite!

Answer 1: I think that Ivan pavlov is very interesting, him and his experaments that he was doing to discover the digestive system and how it works and this helped him to discover much more.
Ivan Pavlov worked to unveil the secrets of the digestive system, he also studied what signals triggered related phenomena, such as the secretion of saliva. When a dog encounters food, saliva starts to pour from the salivary glands located in the back of its oral cavity. This saliva is needed in order to make the food easier to swallow. The fluid also contains enzymes that break down certain compounds in the food. In humans, for example, saliva contains the enzyme amylase, an effective processor of starch.

Answer 2: One of my favorite philosophers is Charles Darwin he strongly influenced our knowledge of life on Earth. His theory of evolution by natural selection explained where the diverse kinds of living things from and how they adapted to their environment. His theory was simple life on earth is the result of billions of years of adaptations to changing environments. This of course went again everything the church in the western world taught and his theory was and still is very controversial. His works influenced not only psychology but many other sciences such as zoology and anthropology. His way of thinking of evolution was the only theory that actually provided and scientific explanation of the human life.

There have been some decent answers, and I'm not saying mine are perfect, hardly, but I at least give a shit about sounding like a total retard.

Homey

I've been working.. lots and lots of working lately. Almost 40 hours for the last 4 weeks. Doesn't sound that hard but a lot of it has been being called in on my day off or taking other employee's shifts. Plus it's Christmas and the store has been a mess, people are slobs, I've been asking for an armed guard to watch my bead aisles. People steal so much!!

Also been getting to hang out with more people from work, awesome people. Princess is warming up to a couple of them. I took her out to Petsmart for the first time yesterday, she was nervous in the parking lot and when we stopped by Michael's to say hi, but then she was fine in Petsmart. Must be the food smells.

School starts up again next Wednesday, for 1 4-hour class then off again for 2 weeks. I could have finished the class by the time we get to the second day. Annoying.

Everyone has been getting sick, I'm trying really hard not to, but some days I get no sleep. Tonight will likely be one of those nights. I've got to write a paper for the first class and I don't have any days off till the day of the class. We're also open till 11pm all this week and I close 3 nights, which means getting home at almost midnight. It's been nice having some extra money though, since I was barely covering bills before. My great-aunt sent me a check to help me out and I used it to buy some bookshelves so I could unpack the boxes that have been sitting in the bedroom since August. That made me really happy :)

A co-worker of mine lives 4 houses away and her teen son was upset that I had no furniture so he grabbed a friend's love seat and brought it over one night. So the house is getting homey :) Looks awesome with the Christmas Tree up in the front window too :) Next week I'm going to Ikea to get some floor lamps for the living room and 2 extra bedrooms. Then maybe I'll start hanging some pictures.

My brother, D, wants me to come move to Colorado soon. He makes a good argument but even if I wanted to go asap I couldn't till this class is over at the end of January. Plus I have to figure out what to do with my stuff and my parents have to deal with the house. I dunno!

I've been eating this song alive lately: Kings of Leon: Sex on Fire.