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shark_hatHis support was Craig Campbell, who I'd heard of but not seen. Canadian, a lot about UK-Canada cultural differences, funnny and likeable. Hall was good, too- less grumpy than before, which was a bit of a shame, but very funny when talking to the crowd and an interesting bit about rural life in Montana, shooting gophers. Pointed out that you should give money to the City Varieties's fundraising exercise- "Look, unruly acts have been pulling all the wallpaper off!" *picks at bottom of proscenium*.
So if you go to any sort of back treatment person, they scrunch your bones about and lecture you about slumping, and if you keep going they give you exercises to strengthen your core muscles to try and give the spine the proper support, and then if you still keep going they get on to the heavy shit and try to completely change the way you have held yourself for like YOUR WHOLE LIFE. If you usually slouch, as most people do, try this: Pull your shoulder blades down and together- try to imagine that you want the lower tips to touch. [1] Check that you are not poking your head forwards but are letting the new position of the shoulders pull it back. Changing the position of the shoulders has almost certainly made you stick out your stomach too much, so work out how far forwards you can rotate your pelvis and give it about 30% of that. Try to have all your muscles nice and relaxed, not tensing up. This is the correct neutral position for the spine(!) [2] Now try to walk.
I feel like I'm walking uphill all the time (the rotated pelvis, so my legs are swinging from hips which are held a bit further back than I'm used to) and I'm having to put more effor into breathing for god's sake (standing straighter means the my ribs are actually about 2 inches higher, so I'm actually having to breathe properly from the diaphragm to fill the lungs instead of being able to do lazy rib-breathing) and the sides of the neck ache from the flexors doing some work for once. And if I try to slip back into the nice comfy slump THAT FEELS WRONG AS WELL NOW AARGH.
No wonder toddlers need naps, this is haaaaarrrrrddd. *pouty face*
On the plus side, you instantly look taller, thinner and more confident.
[1](You may find it easier to feel where they should be by imagining yourself as the big Christ statue in Rio de Janeiro. Now bring your arms down to about a 25 degree angle with the body so your hands are at about hip level, palms still facing front. You may need to also move your arms backwards a couple of inches. Anyway, you will feel that your shoulderblades have moved down and in, and this is what you're after.)
[2]It's pretty much what the Alexander technique thing of imagining you've got a string running from the top of your head to the sky is trying to attain, I think.
I got a collection of Charlie Brooker's TV reviews, Screen Burn, on Saturday, which is as splendid a collection of spleen, vitriol and hatred as I've had the pleasure of reading for some time- stupid TV makes him angry and he explains why very colourfully.
On page 2 there's a column from 2000 where he's talking about the nasty time a character in a soap [Ricky, in Eastenders] has been having, and listed amongst the "harrowing indignities" he's undergone is "Being down on his hands and knees cleaning the pub toilets". Ok, what? I mean, god knows I'm glad I'm not a cleaner, but someone with a job at the pub is cleaning the toilets- how is that a "harrowing indignity"? Would he even have mentioned it if it'd been, oh, say, Peggy or Sharon?
Makes me wonder who cleans his toilets.
I am foolish, and managed to call folks to say "hey, can I come over Sat instead of Sun?" *Long logistical conversation here, it turns out that it could work* and then instantly had to call back and say "No, sorry, there was a REASON I was coming over on Sun, I am going to see Josie Long on Sat."
I am foolish (2), just had a long conversation with IT about why I couldn't see the new printer they just added to my account, and of course I need to restart first. Duh.
Hmm. How would an orange-and-ginger cake topped with fruit in a lemon-and-ginger syrup be?
So if you go to any sort of back treatment person, they scrunch your bones about and lecture you about slumping, and if you keep going they give you exercises to strengthen your core muscles to try and give the spine the proper support, and then if you still keep going they get on to the heavy shit and try to completely change the way you have held yourself for like YOUR WHOLE LIFE. If you usually slouch, as most people do, try this: Pull your shoulder blades down and together- try to imagine that you want the lower tips to touch. [1] Check that you are not poking your head forwards but are letting the new position of the shoulders pull it back. Changing the position of the shoulders has almost certainly made you stick out your stomach too much, so work out how far forwards you can rotate your pelvis and give it about 30% of that. Try to have all your muscles nice and relaxed, not tensing up. This is the correct neutral position for the spine(!) [2] Now try to walk.
I feel like I'm walking uphill all the time (the rotated pelvis, so my legs are swinging from hips which are held a bit further back than I'm used to) and I'm having to put more effor into breathing for god's sake (standing straighter means the my ribs are actually about 2 inches higher, so I'm actually having to breathe properly from the diaphragm to fill the lungs instead of being able to do lazy rib-breathing) and the sides of the neck ache from the flexors doing some work for once. And if I try to slip back into the nice comfy slump THAT FEELS WRONG AS WELL NOW AARGH.
No wonder toddlers need naps, this is haaaaarrrrrddd. *pouty face*
On the plus side, you instantly look taller, thinner and more confident.
[1](You may find it easier to feel where they should be by imagining yourself as the big Christ statue in Rio de Janeiro. Now bring your arms down to about a 25 degree angle with the body so your hands are at about hip level, palms still facing front. You may need to also move your arms backwards a couple of inches. Anyway, you will feel that your shoulderblades have moved down and in, and this is what you're after.)
[2]It's pretty much what the Alexander technique thing of imagining you've got a string running from the top of your head to the sky is trying to attain, I think.
I got a collection of Charlie Brooker's TV reviews, Screen Burn, on Saturday, which is as splendid a collection of spleen, vitriol and hatred as I've had the pleasure of reading for some time- stupid TV makes him angry and he explains why very colourfully.
On page 2 there's a column from 2000 where he's talking about the nasty time a character in a soap [Ricky, in Eastenders] has been having, and listed amongst the "harrowing indignities" he's undergone is "Being down on his hands and knees cleaning the pub toilets". Ok, what? I mean, god knows I'm glad I'm not a cleaner, but someone with a job at the pub is cleaning the toilets- how is that a "harrowing indignity"? Would he even have mentioned it if it'd been, oh, say, Peggy or Sharon?
Makes me wonder who cleans his toilets.
I am foolish, and managed to call folks to say "hey, can I come over Sat instead of Sun?" *Long logistical conversation here, it turns out that it could work* and then instantly had to call back and say "No, sorry, there was a REASON I was coming over on Sun, I am going to see Josie Long on Sat."
I am foolish (2), just had a long conversation with IT about why I couldn't see the new printer they just added to my account, and of course I need to restart first. Duh.
Hmm. How would an orange-and-ginger cake topped with fruit in a lemon-and-ginger syrup be?
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Date: 2007-02-12 02:15 pm (UTC)Absolutely yummy!
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Date: 2007-02-12 02:40 pm (UTC)