Walking hand

Blog Posted by kitt at 12:31 on 1 July 2016

For reasons I do not know and have not figured out, when I walk, and think, and am in a state of flow, I walk with my left ring finger curled with the tip touching the muscle base of my thumb.

I've never noticed my doing this with the right hand, only the left hand. My rest of my fingers are all relaxed, the ring finger is the only one actively contracted.

Double Bra Day

Blog kitt decided around 09:57 on 30 June 2016 to publish this:

I've been trying to go for a run on a regular basis these days. I sweat, my body does not make my desire for consistency with running easy, though. About once a month, for about a week, my body makes exercise particularly difficult.

A good sports bra can help with one particular aspect of my exercising difficulty, but even the best can fail with a small-chested, large-breasted woman who participates in a lot of high-impact activities such as running, ultimate, plyometrics, jump rope, and burpees.

Years ago, a fellow large-breasted ultimate player had breast reduction surgery, I can only assume so that she could play ultimate better and in less pain (she was a top player in the nation and the world). She had been playing with two bras regularly, wearing three on her big-girl days. I have at times followed in her steps, knowing that wearing two bras means I can exercise. The trick, however, is wearing the second one correctly.

... While Daring Greatly

MicroBlog Instead of being asleep at 09:02 on 29 June 2016, kitt created this:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

Hair

Daily Photo Yeah, kitt finished writing this at 12:37 on 25 June 2016

Pretty sure I've posted this one elsewhere. I really like this picture. Give me another year and my hair will be this long again.

Power of Vulnerability

Book Notes kitt decided around 20:34 on 24 June 2016 to publish this:

This isn't a book review, even though the content type under the title of this page says "Book Review." This is more of a rambling set of thoughts about why I picked up this book, and why I want you to read it too.

Okay. So.

It has been a long while since I've read a book that moved me to tears as well as to laughter. It has been a long time since I've read a book that left me feeling that the world can be a better place, that my life can be a better life. It has been a long time since I've read a self-help book that I has been as inspirational as this one is (which is kinda saying something: I've read a lot of self=help books).

The big caveat of this is, of course, that I didn't read this book, I listened to the audio book, and am very thankful I did. The book is a series of six lectures by Brené Brown as she goes through her research on shame and vulnerability, some the findings, and many of the ways that one can improve one's life. Not improve it in the "have more wealth" way or "eat this, lose pounds, get laid" way (though, maybe the same result could happen), but in the base, fundamental joy one has in being alive.

Ooof, now there's a big promise to make.

Right.

Okay, so, why did I read this book?

I've seen Brené Brown's Ted Talk, The Power of Vulnerability, when it went viral back in 20111. Ugh. Five years ago.

The audio book was on sale, and I recalled the video when I was buying a book for my mom, so I threw this one into my cart, too. I don't know what lured me to the book specifically, to be honest, so let's go with impulse purchase.

Which is to say, when the student is ready...

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