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[clevermanka]

Hey! It appears that the U.S. does not (contrary to popular opinion) have the market cornered on moronic fits of censorship: CANBERRA, Jan 22 (Reuters Life!) - An airline passenger barred from a flight for wearing a T-shirt labeling President Bush a terrorist has threatened legal action against Australia's flag carrier Qantas.

A food moment: the best grapefruits around here are bought in December and January. Maybe February if it's a good season. I ate a pink grapefruit yesterday that was so good it was a blissful experience. I meant to eat half and save the rest for breakfast today, but I couldn't do it. I ate the whole thing. It was absolutely delicious. Small joys.

Last night just before leaving for yoga, I had another stomach pain episode. I still went to yoga and it might have helped a little. At least it took my mind off it. It was still a very uncomfortable three hours. So of course today I'm on the "I'm afraid to eat" diet, even though there is no proof whatsoever that the pain is food-related. Yesterday I ate: A ham sammich with mustard and lettuce, some raw vegetables and a spicy peanut dip, and the grapefruit. Maybe it was the peanut dip. I dunno. It's weird. And upsetting. And painful. Yoga seemed to help while I was actually doing it, but on the drive home I started to hurt again. Not as bad as earlier, but it still hurt. It finally let up around 10:00 p.m. and I got to sleep.

Has anyone here heard of Zumba? The website for it is beyond annoying. I won't even link to it. Ugh. But I'm curious if anyone has taken classes. Lawrence Athletic Center is offering fairly inexpensive classes for non-LAC members and I'm thinking about trying it out. I won't go to an aerobics class, but if it's geared like a dance class, I'll try it.

Comments

[apocalypticbob.livejournal.com]

Grapefruit sounds so good right now...I may have to pick a few up at the grocery store later.

[closer-to-fine.livejournal.com]

I have tried Zumba, along with thefox_rb and middnightclear. It was fun, and for me, it was an ass-kicker. The way I remember it, the instructor led us through a series of dance moves while a medley of Latin-sounding songs played. I don't have a lot of experience with dance classes, but I would say this particular class was more like an aerobics class where everyone faces forward and mimics the instructor.

I don't know if all the classes are the same, but do they have you pay by the class so you can see if you like it?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Whew. I deleted my earlier comment. My fears about the instructor were unfounded. Whew.

So yeah, I'll try a class or two and see what I think. I'm not too keen on trying to keep up with new movements, but we'll see. "Fun" and "ass-kicker" are a good combo for me. =)

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

:: tickled at the icon ::

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Watch out for grapefruit and meds in combination. Grapefruit causes certain meds to stay in the body at higher levels, or something like that.
Someone posted a link to a study on that. I'll dig it up.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

The only medication I'm taking is my thryoid and allergy stuff.

[cba1282zyx.livejournal.com]

Thanks for accompanying me to Spooklights. I know that was quite sometime ago but whatever takes a person to accomplish in a day takes me years to do on the internet.

wow, I missed this one awhile ago

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Some allergy meds can be affected, ie Allegra was mentioned on one page I found.
http://www.consumer-health.com/services/cons_take10.htm