When I was like 12 or 13 I got a tail... you know how those were popular back in the day? Well, I cut my hair off to a real short punk rock do and decided to keep a tail... on the side. I spent the next few years (and, yes, I had it that long) consistently saying "I had it before Aimee Mann." I have no idea if I really had it before her but I do know that I had it before Til Tuesday became media centered popular. I never thought Aimee Mann got enough credit... I always say I'm gonna go see her when she's here locally and I never do.... Maybe someday....

Practice today was lovely... the room was hot as hell... sweat was pouring off everyone... I started off the practice completely impatient to finish and get to backbends. I was so excited to try standing up I could hardly stand it. By the time I got to Mari D I started feeling a bit of trepidation. I worried that I wouldn't be able to do it again. I worried that I'd fall backward. By the time we were at Setu Bandhasana, Tiff was telling me something about doing something but I tuned her out and just told myself I could do it... I did it before I could do it again. On our third backbend I was so excited to try that I popped up on the 3 count instead of waiting for 5. This meant that I was the first one up and that no one actually saw me stand up :) I then did dropbacks which were lovely and I came up between every one of them. My feet were quacking just a bit but, all in all, it felt wonderfully beautiful and, quite honestly, not so hard.

After practice a few of us got into a discussion about what exactly is the problem with turning out your feet... I wondered whether it was better to just not stand up unless I could keep my straight or to stand up and gradually move my feet in. I asked Tim the same question. His response was that splaying your feet recruits different muscles which isn't a good thing... he didn't commit to whether one should do the former or the latter... he told me to use my conscious. I'm not quite sure what my conscious feels at the moment but I do know that I enjoyed standing up so much I will probably try it again tomorrow. :)

She'll get in trouble but she will scrape through
oh, she's the kind of girl who can always find help
I'd say she's stupid, but it'd be untrue
oh, you've got to be smart if you're fooling yourself
-- Til Tuesday