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Yes, this! I'm excited for you guys!
You got fired, and you still hang around here like a big loser. Why can't he?
Cordelia ,'Chosen'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Apr 04, 2025 2:19:55 pm PDT #6567 of 6575
I look more rad than Lutheranism
DavidS - Apr 04, 2025 3:02:26 pm PDT #6568 of 6575
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
She is totally going to snap you like a twig. Or bend you in half. (Or both; I don't know a lot about pilates.)
She wanted to test my hip rotation and flexibility and why I had trouble crossing my right leg in a figure-4 shape. So she stood on the end of the bench (towering over me), put both of my feet on her thighs, then crossed my leg over and then pressed in with all her strength until my hip slowly opened. (She's studied kinesiology so this was all very careful and calculated).
So, yes, she was kind of bending me in half.
Also, I was on the Cadillac, which is a bench with a high metal framework all around (not unlike a bondage sling frame), and wanted get better access on one side, so she braced herself against the wall, placed her feet against the bench and pushed the whole frame with me on it over about 6 inches.
Steph L. - Apr 04, 2025 3:04:40 pm PDT #6569 of 6575
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I had trouble crossing my right leg in a figure-4 shape
My right leg doesn't like to do that, either! Because my hip is a jerk. But I'm not sure I want to be bent in half, even by a genderqueer Pilates Amazon, to fix it.
DavidS - Apr 04, 2025 3:12:23 pm PDT #6570 of 6575
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But I'm not sure I want to be bent in half, even by a genderqueer Pilates Amazon, to fix it.
Yeah, you do! Your pain tolerance is already higher than mine.
Steph L. - Apr 04, 2025 3:14:51 pm PDT #6571 of 6575
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Your pain tolerance is already higher than mine.
That's just situational, though. I think Pilates would make me cry.
Laura - Apr 04, 2025 3:17:14 pm PDT #6572 of 6575
Our wings are not tired.
I'm in Stamford. As I was approaching the hotel entry a woman asked me if I was here for the competition. She was delighted I was here as a cheerleader. Told me how excited she was for her first time. Quite a few people look like that is why they are here. Nice bar downstairs at The Stamford. I was amused that she picked me out as a possible competitor.
ETA: I told Brendon he has to take pictures since I always forget.
Calli - Apr 04, 2025 3:25:01 pm PDT #6573 of 6575
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Go crosswordistas and supporters! I hope you all have a great weekend!
Karl - Apr 04, 2025 4:24:59 pm PDT #6574 of 6575
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
I thought for a second you were talking about what it would take for B to retire...
-t continues to be my brain-sibling. No smacking Brendon with a 2x4!
From Rae's bio:
"Bad puns and dad jokes"
One of us, one of us!
P.M. Marc - Apr 04, 2025 5:11:59 pm PDT #6575 of 6575
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
You left out this part: "One session is all it takes to see why her clients gave her the nickname 'The Pilates Domme' ”. She is totally going to snap you like a twig. Or bend you in half. (Or both; I don't know a lot about pilates.)
Both. It's both.
Signed, my sister-in-law has been teaching Pilates since before it was cool. Many a laugh has been had at the Cadillac. It really, really, really looks straight out of the dungeon.