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Yoga Journal stress DVD is pretty good, I did the stress reduction practice last night and lo and behold, my stress was reduced. There's a neat feature where once you start a pose, you can start a timer that's embedded in the DVD so that you can hold the pose for 2, 5 or ten minutes. Nifty what technology can do! I'm really looking forward to the floor not being so cold in a couple of months, though.
Must put plastic on windows tonight, speaking of cold floors. It seems sort of a waste to do it now, but there's a veritable breeze coming through the kitchen windows, and since I have plastic left over from last year it's not like I have to spend any money to do it.
Ronan was bouncy and playful yesterday morning! He doesn't have a lot of endurance, but he's scampering around every now and then. It clearly makes Seti very happy, not to mention making us happy! The rabbit based kibble was a resounding failure ("why are you putting clearly inedible things in my food dish?" the look on his little face said), but he seems healthier now so maybe a chicken sensitivity isn't an issue. We did bump up his pred dosage about five weeks ago, so maybe it's just taken this long for the increased dosage to take effect. Seti likes the rabbit kibble, which I suppose is good if he ever needs it.
today's BPAL is Cathedral: "Venerable and solemn: the scent of incense smoke wafting through an ancient church. A true ecclesiastical blend of pure resins." I love Demeter's Holy Water but am always disappointed by how quickly it wears off, and I was hoping this would be like that. They are certainly similar, and one of the best components of Holy Water, a certain dusty marble and limestone scent, is in Cathedral as well, and I definitely catch frankincense in there too. However, there's something in it to which I am definitely allergic (or possibly I am a demon, despite smelling like a saint last week), so I won't be using this one again.
Downloaded the Azam Ali Elysium remix ep from emusic. I have mixed feelings--some of them are definitely good club songs, but it's at the expense of some of what makes her music so special, that unique Persian sound. So far I like the ZAMAN 8 mix of Endless Reverie best. Maybe I would like all of them better in an actual club where I would be actually dancing while listening. Except the Bombay Dub Orchestra one, which just goes on and on forever, it's more of a composition than a mix really.
Zehara's snake rescue benefit thing has been postponed until July, so I'm free and clear to go to the Faten Salama workshops now! Yay! She's covering meleya and hagallah, things that make me happy. I am going to be brave and dance in the hafli following the workshop. I had what I think was a killer gothic set in mind for Zehara's show, but I've also been wanting more--any!--classical or folkloric Egyptian performance opportunities, so I feel like all around, I win.
I don't like ice under my feet. Not one little bit.