It’s raining here. What the heck.
We’re cat-sitting Jackie’s boy, Pasha, and Lyapa thinks he’s a disrespectful young whippersnapper. She tells me so every chance she gets.
Last night was our weekly movie night with Jason. Christen came too, yay! We were supposed to watch Life with Father, but Jason thought Bowling for Columbine would be more appropriate. It was. I’d never seen it before, but I can’t imagine that it would be more depressing when it first came out than it was to watch it after Monday’s horror at Virginia Tech. When they mentioned that 12 students and 1 teacher were killed at Columbine… and the Blacksburg numbers make those 13 lives seem like a small number… something is very, very wrong. I think the best response I’ve read yet is the letter from Alfred, NY. I would embrace that.
The small bit of strength training that I did yesterday was unexpectedly exhausting, and my hand weights weren’t even three pounds (I didn’t have dumbbells, so I used two 2-lb-11-oz wine bottles). I guess I haven’t done a pure strength workout since high school. This morning I feel a bit sore but mostly all right, which I think is thanks to the massive stretching I did last night before going to bed. It’s good, it’s good. I’m going to do more strength workouts from now on.
LA friends: Would you like to come to our weekly board game night this Saturday?
[This post was imported on 4/10/14 from my old blog at satsumabug.livejournal.com.]
satsumabug.com | Lisa Hsia 
We are going to a birthday party on Saturday, but thank you for your previous comment about board game night. I for some reason assumed these were on weeknights, but if it’s on Saturdays, I’m down for future nights, especially during the summer!
Yes! We do it almost every Saturday, usually either at my friends’ place in Pasadena or at our apartment in WeHo. Let me know any week in future that you’d want to come! And I’ll mention it other times as well, since personally my memory is so shot these days I know I can’t remember half the things other people tell me. ;b
Your kittie squeeks
Lisa-
That is the cutest thing I have ever heard. Your Lyapa is so cute.
Heather
strength workout
I did it two days in a row and my legs HURT afterwards! I never thought that my legs were particularly weak but oh my goodness I really felt it. That’s a kind of motivation in itself. Shame. Haha. :] Keep it up! It’s really nice knowing that you’re doing this along with me.
Hugs,
Shra
Re: strength workout
I agree — it’s very nice to know I have company/support. 🙂 I hurt a lot today, but also I feel really good because I can feel that my muscles have really worked. I feel pretty confident that I can do the workout again tomorrow. 🙂
*hugs*