Here we go again...

Oh, Happy New Year. I guess I haven't been here in a while, but as my last post suggests, the volume of traffic doesn't really necessitate regular updates. You understand...

So what's new with me, you ask? Well a few things. First of all, we're one year closer to Armageddon. I'm not pretending to know when that will be, but I'm sure we're closer to it now than we were at this time last year.

Chew on that for a minute.

Life is going to be pretty busy for the next few months. I'm working full-time and taking four courses at university. I did that last semester as well, but I've started taking yoga lately, and starting this Friday, I'll be volunteering at the studio as well. It's going to be weird being so busy, but no one activity actually requires a lot of effort from me (except for yoga, which is a bit different,) so I should be alright.

As far as the yoga goes, I was a bit skeptical at first, and teased one of my friends who had started a couple of months before me. She offered me a free pass one day, and I said "what the hell, I might as well" and I haven't looked back since. It's Bikram Yoga, which basically means you sweat your balls (or ovaries) off for 90 minutes in a room heated to 105 degrees F, with 60-70% humidity. It's supposed to be that hot to help ease blood flow and to help open up your joints and muscles, which prevents injury. I guess the term "hot as balls" applies here pretty well. I have to tell you, I'm in the best shape of my life. I haven't been so light since 9th grade. I was fairly soft around the ole' mid-section from Jr. high to earlier this year, but the yoga has melted it off me. I've never been so flexible, and I know for a fact that there is lots of room for improvement. A few of the instructors made that very clear in a couple of demonstrations. At this rate, I'm going to be ripped by the time the summer comes around.

I think my own self-image has had a lot to do with my self confidence. I wrote before this that I always viewed myself as "the loser from grade 9." Well, I'm definitely looking a lot better than that kid now. I still find myself self-consciously breaking eye contact with girls now, but I'm also finding more of them looking my way. There is actually eye-contact to break, now, and I've talked to two random girls lately where I would have avoided it before. I bet this is all in my head. Maybe I was always just staring at the ground, or avoiding eye contact before. At this point, I couldn't care less. I'm proud of what I've been able to accomplish in my yoga class so far. I'm excited about how much further I still have to go, and what I'll be able to accomplish. I'm going to try to update this page a little more often. Progress reports, and that sort of thing.

In fact, I'm going to set myself a goal. By the next time I post (let's say within one month from today) I'll have gone on at least one date. I've got my eye on a Latin girl from one of my classes.

Until then...