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Open Letter #2 to Sweaty Red-faced Gentleman at Hot Yoga

I took a long (unintentional) break from Hot Yoga this past year, but have just recently started back up.  It's something I truly enjoy (which is rare for me when it comes to any form of exercise) and one of the best things about for me is that it follows a set routine and there are general rules that you follow when you're in the studio (silence, no shoes, staggered mat set up so everyone can see themselves in the mirror, etc).  The studio I've been going to for the past week or so is a newer one, and caters to a younger crowd compared to where I have been going for the past year or so.  Nevertheless, I expect the same rules to apply at every studio, since it's such a strict form of yoga.  Last night, I was proved wrong.

Dear Sweaty Red-faced Gentleman at Hot Yoga,

Did you ever wonder why the students at the hot yoga studio are all lined up in front of each other on their mats?  It's so we can see ourselves in the front mirror and work on our form.  It's also extremely helpful when we're doing the floor exercises.  I spent the last half of class last night looking right up your caboose, and not in a good way.  Do you know how frustrating it is to be trying to improve your technique in this hellishly hot room only to have someone planted in front of you so that all you can do is stare at the sweat dripping down their beet-red scalp, neck, back, etc?  Please look around you next time you come to class and take a moment before you plop yourself down for the night.  I, for one, will greatly appreciate it.

Moon Boots and Snow Days

Well, Seattle has made it through our 2012 snowstorm.  With it came power outages, downed trees, major commuting challenges, and flooding.  It also brought some fantastic footwear choices as Seattlites braved the wet, cold streets on their way to wherever they happened to be going.  I saw lots of hiking boots and rain boots, and even a vintage pair of moon boots.  Now these brought back memories of late elementary and middle school (I wanted a pair of these so bad!).  If you grew up in the 70's/80's you remember these too, and if you went to ski school, like I did, you saw a lot of these (they were popular on the bus for the way up/way back from Stevens Pass).  I couldn't believe a pair of these babies still existed, much less would be seen out in their element...but welcome back moon boots, your presence here in Seattle's snow is welcome!

Flip-Flop Flurry (of snow)

I'm not necessarily someone who likes to look at feet, nor am I repulsed by them like some people I know.  But I think in the summertime, we become fairly numb to the fact that people all around us have their feet out on display 24/7, whether in flip-flops, sandals, open-toed shoes, or just plain old bare feet.  But in the winter?  Especially on a snowy day in Seattle (few and far between as they are)?  In Starbucks...that last bastion of social modesty? Where everyone typically looks very 'Starbucksy'?   Feet out on display in the wintertime are not good, especially when you figure that a lot of people neglect their usual foot upkeep in the colder months.  This guy's feet certainly weren't horrible, but I was really taken aback at seeing them out in the wild at all.

SOPA and PIPA

This isn't my usual type of blog (I do have a new one in the hopper though) and I realize that my blog is not a huge platform from which to shout.  But, everyone needs to be informed of what SOPA and PIPA mean to the freedoms of the internet and how it will affect all of us on a daily basis.

These bills will have huge, negative impacts on publicly driven websites (think Wikipedia and CraigsList, just to name a few) and stifle the creativity of so many of us who enjoy using the internet as a way to express ourselves with writings, drawings, videos, song and more.

Read the actual bill here:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:h.r.03261: 

From Google's site:

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/ 

CNET's take on how SOPA would affect you:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/ 

Pass it on!