I've been working on this for a while...
In case you missed it photos and video of the Leverage cast and Jensen Ackles celebrating Christian Kane's birthday at one of his shows. Oh happy. (Link from![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
hederahelix).
aerye gave me 5 words last week. Let's see if we can make some progress on those. If you would like 5 words let me know.
Beauty, food, strength, art, humor: well, these are all awesome things I like :)
Beauty
Beauty's all good. I think lots of things are beautiful: people, nature, objects, buildings, etc. I spent a lot of time staring at things as a kid (like ceilings, architectural details, the woods while driving on 95--we took a lot of long car trips). I also like to people watch and often play "what's beautiful about this person" (a considerably more inclusive game then my other favorite "who here would I sleep with?").
In art history the standard has shifted from what's "beautiful" to what's "interesting". There are lots of things that are interesting rather than beautiful so that works (and I don't mean "ugly pretty" a la Tyra Banks). I still argue for aesthetic beauty when I teach certain things, most recently Mondrian.
Food
I really like food, the eating of it, not the cooking or prep. Well, occasionally I like to cook, but I hate doing it regularly as a chore. I *really* enjoy having food ready when I come home so I often make big batches of things (chili, curry, etc.) for leftovers or ask D. to deal with food (often this involves ordering out). I also have a huge sweet tooth. Right now I'm on a big cherry kick.
Let me give an update on crazy diet program. It lasted for 6 months. The first few months I followed it consistently and lost weight. Then I followed it half-assedly and maintained, then I junked it all together and gained some weight back. *Shocking* I know :) Now I'm not really following it, but I do keep in mind and sometimes follow some of the more useful precepts (eating every 3-4 hours, more protein, more veggies, fish oil, etc.)
Strength
Strength is awesome, I really want to be stronger. After years of doing some (slow) cardio and being intimidating by weights I'm now a huge fan of weights and really neglecting cardio. (Interestingly the last big weight gain I had was when I was training for that 10 mile race and stopped doing any weight training. However the medication I was on probably played a big role.) That's probably been the biggest change from crazy diet program. Even when I stopped really following it I was still going to the gym at least once a week. Now I'm at the gym about 3 times a week and that's working really well for me. (I just realized I've been exercising regularly since last Thanksgiving, that's definitely a record for me, go crazy diet plan.) Sucking it up and paying the trainer semi-regularly has helped with consistency too.
Trapeze has given me new-ish motivation to gain strength. Bellydance and curling clearly require strength, but trapeze is a whole new group of muscles. Plus now that I'm working on my swing I find I'm sorely in need of more power. (Not sure how I'm going to do that exactly, but I recognize the need. I'm also stalled on making gains with assisted pullups, anyone have any tips?)
Art
Yay art! I love art, my period is 20th c. (modernism), but I'm also a fan of 17th c. Dutch and Flemish (my minor), Baroque, Renaissance, Greek, Roman, etc. When I was going first deciding to go to graduate school I was torn between Baroque and Modern. My semester in Italy helped convince me to stay in the 20th c. (too many Madonnas!). That being said I'm a horrible artist. I had to take 2 undergrad studio classes for my major (I took drawing and sculpture) and it was not pretty. However, I'm always happy to visit art museums, and I love company if anyone wants to go!
Humor
Humor is good. I don't think I have a very good sense of humor, and my family and D. make fun of my lack of funny. I do have some funny friends like J. who does standup and the hilariousbayleaf (eta: and of course the very funny ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
osirusbrisbane. I knew I was leaving someone out, apologies). D. and I have been talking about going to a comedy show since we've moved to DC, but we've never made it to one. Oh well, we have HBO.
In case you missed it photos and video of the Leverage cast and Jensen Ackles celebrating Christian Kane's birthday at one of his shows. Oh happy. (Link from
hederahelix).aerye gave me 5 words last week. Let's see if we can make some progress on those. If you would like 5 words let me know.Beauty, food, strength, art, humor: well, these are all awesome things I like :)
Beauty
Beauty's all good. I think lots of things are beautiful: people, nature, objects, buildings, etc. I spent a lot of time staring at things as a kid (like ceilings, architectural details, the woods while driving on 95--we took a lot of long car trips). I also like to people watch and often play "what's beautiful about this person" (a considerably more inclusive game then my other favorite "who here would I sleep with?").
In art history the standard has shifted from what's "beautiful" to what's "interesting". There are lots of things that are interesting rather than beautiful so that works (and I don't mean "ugly pretty" a la Tyra Banks). I still argue for aesthetic beauty when I teach certain things, most recently Mondrian.
Food
I really like food, the eating of it, not the cooking or prep. Well, occasionally I like to cook, but I hate doing it regularly as a chore. I *really* enjoy having food ready when I come home so I often make big batches of things (chili, curry, etc.) for leftovers or ask D. to deal with food (often this involves ordering out). I also have a huge sweet tooth. Right now I'm on a big cherry kick.
Let me give an update on crazy diet program. It lasted for 6 months. The first few months I followed it consistently and lost weight. Then I followed it half-assedly and maintained, then I junked it all together and gained some weight back. *Shocking* I know :) Now I'm not really following it, but I do keep in mind and sometimes follow some of the more useful precepts (eating every 3-4 hours, more protein, more veggies, fish oil, etc.)
Strength
Strength is awesome, I really want to be stronger. After years of doing some (slow) cardio and being intimidating by weights I'm now a huge fan of weights and really neglecting cardio. (Interestingly the last big weight gain I had was when I was training for that 10 mile race and stopped doing any weight training. However the medication I was on probably played a big role.) That's probably been the biggest change from crazy diet program. Even when I stopped really following it I was still going to the gym at least once a week. Now I'm at the gym about 3 times a week and that's working really well for me. (I just realized I've been exercising regularly since last Thanksgiving, that's definitely a record for me, go crazy diet plan.) Sucking it up and paying the trainer semi-regularly has helped with consistency too.
Trapeze has given me new-ish motivation to gain strength. Bellydance and curling clearly require strength, but trapeze is a whole new group of muscles. Plus now that I'm working on my swing I find I'm sorely in need of more power. (Not sure how I'm going to do that exactly, but I recognize the need. I'm also stalled on making gains with assisted pullups, anyone have any tips?)
Art
Yay art! I love art, my period is 20th c. (modernism), but I'm also a fan of 17th c. Dutch and Flemish (my minor), Baroque, Renaissance, Greek, Roman, etc. When I was going first deciding to go to graduate school I was torn between Baroque and Modern. My semester in Italy helped convince me to stay in the 20th c. (too many Madonnas!). That being said I'm a horrible artist. I had to take 2 undergrad studio classes for my major (I took drawing and sculpture) and it was not pretty. However, I'm always happy to visit art museums, and I love company if anyone wants to go!
Humor
Humor is good. I don't think I have a very good sense of humor, and my family and D. make fun of my lack of funny. I do have some funny friends like J. who does standup and the hilarious
bayleaf (eta: and of course the very funny osirusbrisbane. I knew I was leaving someone out, apologies). D. and I have been talking about going to a comedy show since we've moved to DC, but we've never made it to one. Oh well, we have HBO.