Zombies Want Your Brains Song

Here’s a rocking little zombie song on YouTube:

“We only want to eat your brains. We’re not unreasonable; I mean, we won’t eat your eyes.”

This song made me and some friends think - are the zombies lying? Why don’t they also want the eyes? That’s got to be like fresh grapes to them.

I believe they’ll eat the eyes if you let them near your face. They don’t seem awfully picky about what body parts they shove into their gaping maws.  So, consider this a public service - don’t trust zombies to only go for your brainz. They will most likely eat your eyes on their way TO the brainz, and then look around for your liverz and spleenz too.

Application Form for the Evil League of Evil

I wish I’d found this form before the deadline so I could prove my evilness to the League. But it’s still a hoot to read through the application and I can’t wait to see the videos they select:

Apply to the Evil League of Evil

Note - this will make a LOT more sense to you if you are a Joss Whedon Fan. Just saying.

Second Note - remember, Henchmen need not apply. Contact your union.

My New Goal is 100 Push Ups

I have to admit the uber-simple idea of this website - 100 Pushups - is somehow very appealing.

I never thought about push ups much - I do about 15 of them when I do floorwork, and lots of my yoga poses use the same muscles. But taking a look at that fit woman with the cute hair made me think - HEY! I can do 100 push ups too, if I wanted!

I immediately dropped to the floor and and assumed the push up pose. Or, yes, a modified push up pose, on my knees. I did my usual 15 and realized how sloppy my push ups were. I needed to go all the way down, right? I really didn’t.

So I have a new goal. I want to get to 100 push ups, even if I have to use the modified sissy technique. I can work on getting around to the full, proper posture after that. My first step is to whip my 15 modified push ups into shape - going all the way to the ground. Once I feel comfortable with that I will take a closer look at their actual program.

Anyone care to join me?

The Joy of Poop Putting

I like to putt poops off my porch. On a daily basis. It’s a great new sport that anyone can learn. The key is to get the poop to sail sweetly off your porch in one swing, using a golf club of your choice.

This fabulous game was developed when I realized, a few months back, that I had trained my pets to poop on the porch - my upper deck around the back of the house. Back when we first moved in, we didn’t have a dog run, and the deck was knee high with snow. So we encouraged the dogs to eliminate on the deck.

We built a nice big dog run in May. And really, the dogs did a lot of their business down there. Yet my littlest one still preferred pooping on the deck.

For months I had been kicking the poops off with:

1. My Shoe (eeeew!)
2. A Big Stick (not enough control)
3. The Force (this rarely worked)

It occurred to me I could do better. I COULD USE A GOLF CLUB!

Of course I did not have a golf club, as I don’t golf, but by GOD why should that stop me? I saw golf clubs at Goodwill all the time. So I drove to my local thrift store and poof - there it was. A lovely sand wedge slicer for three dollars. Overjoyed, I brought it home.

Fast forward to now, mid-summer: I am now a proud expert poop putter, at least with a sand wedge. I have mad skillz. It can be tricky to get the poop off in one swing, as there is only a small opening between the deck and the wooden railing. It’s really easy to bounce the poop right off the railing and thus, back to where I started. It can take a few tries to get those dookies in a perfect sailing arc into the air.

But when they go, boy oh boy is it satisfying.

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Mop your Floor with Tea

I bought a Libman mop from Rite Aid the other day, as I have a super old and dirty vinyl flooring in the kitchen/dining area of the house. I needed something to really swab my decks.

What’s neat is there’s a little household tip on the baggie around the mop head: they suggest hiding scratches in wood flooring (or wood panels) with tea. They say to brew one bag of tea for each quart of water.They suggest mopping the floor with the tea.

I am guessing this is regular black tea and not something like, say, Chamomile.

How to Get Back on the Yoga Mat

I found this great article on how to Get Your Yoga Mojo Back. I have used the idea of getting out your mat for 10 minutes and doing something, anything, even if it’s savasana. I have not used the “secret weapon” idea of lying on the mat with props and “thinking” about yoga but suspect that would work well for me too.

My yoga reviews, my portfolio site

I am loading up articles review yoga, tai chi, and fitness at my Jillflorio.com writing site - I have about 17 articles up about DVDs, books and workout gear.

It feels good to be getting this huge project started; not the yoga per se, but the actual compiling of all my articles into one area. I am happy to be getting this underway!

Looking for Land

Dan and I just drove around and looked at some plots of land for sale. We liked one that is along Jewel Drive in the Arosa area, here in Crestline. Nice views of the San Gabriels and the Pinnacles, and probably has a view of the city lights. It’s a quiet area with well-kept houses and isn’t too far in. Paved road and utilities are right there at the lot.

We need to find out where exactly ARE the boundaries of that plot. It’s a downslope, but not too bad - looks like it would be easy enough to make a level entry home, and has a nice flattish area. There are pines, cedars and scrub oaks, and the land itself seems to be a peninsula between two small ravines (seasonal streams, I gather).

The idea Dan has is to not have to pay rent or a mortgage by three years. So we’d start building something modular on the plot. We want to spend less than 20k on a piece of land. I think this parcel is 13,909: at least it was seven months ago. It might be less now. I have inquired for further info.

Weight Milestone Signs

My friend Lisa, who owns BellaOnline.com, made me some weight milestone signs. They are my favorite creamy blue with a lovely flower and have the word Serenity on them.

The idea is that it’s too overwhelming to try for huge life goals, and weight loss is certainly a life goal for most. So to have little, positive reminders about smaller goals - like five pounds at a time, can actually help make it happen.

My issue is that I have been bouncing between 122 and 127 pounds every few days. It makes little sense to me, but I figure if i post these signs in various places it can help me with small choices…like the choice to eat something with carbs or not, or the decision to get in a an extra workout.

My goal is 120, so i am not too far off, but the problem seems to be getting to 120 and then actually staying there. I am hanging five signs -

1. one above my work calendar
2. one in the kitchen, on the fridge
3. by the TV in the living room, actually on my lampshade so it will glow
4. by my bed
5. bathroom mirror

The reason it says Serenity: double meaning. I am actively working on achieving a serene, peaceful, calm mindset. And also to remind me of Firefly…just thinking of that show makes me happy. And the ship on Firefly is named Serenity