New exercise! The dolphin pushup (name from the yoga pose it is adjunct to). Starting from what is basically a somewhat elongated downward-dog position (body bent to about 90 degrees, heels on the floor) but with one's upper body resting on forearms instead of hands, simply move the torso and hips as per rhythm between that start and a plank. It's similar to a dand/Hindu pushup in how it isolates different muscles than a regular pushup and also works on flexibility of the legs and shoulders, but in a much more intense fashion. Yummy.

      Vaguely ok not really tangentially. I was reading about the zen metaphor of the reflection of the moon on running water for being in a ready-state in martial arts - that is, still, but in motion simultaneously (a paradox points beyond itself, right?). Then for some reason I thought of the thought-problem of 'what is one's identity?' that was an oft argued concept in that existential philosophy course from back when - specifically, the part that went, how can one claim to have the same identity over time when one is constantly changing (whether by cells dying or whatever definition of consciousness changing). Then I thought, well, why not apply the zen metaphor to identity? Eeeyup. Mmhmm.

Dark Fury, with voices of Vin Diesel and Kieth David. First thought: how the hell did I end up paying the same for this half hour movie that I did for two two+ hour movies? Luckily, they were all on sale, so I'll take it, especially considering the worth of this short. While I'm not quite particular to some of the stylized faces/bodies, I did end up warming up to them and the wonderful way lifelike and stylized motion was captured in the fight scenes and otherwise. As with apparently any story with the character Riddick, copious badassery abounds, and some of the scifi ideas were neat.

"The Amazon River...was so named by the explorer Orellana after a battle with the natives in which the women fought more bravely than the men."