New Yoga Studio

I have started a new yoga challenge. I am going to do a yoga class 4 times a week in addition to boot camp classes 3 times a week..Groupon made me tackle this crazy challenge. Boot camp will not begin for a few weeks, so I am going to shoot for 5 to 6 yoga classes a week. My new studio so far is great. The studio has an interesting policy of not allowing air conditioning while a class in session. My first class was intense. During 1st 20 minutes, I thought it wasn't for me, until I realized how well I was doing with my poses. I have heard about Bikram Yoga working for so many people, but I don't do well with extreme heat (except for the sauna). I think I will be able to handle this month with no ac and yoga. I also really like the studio and the instructors. I have been doing yoga for a few years now and can do most poses, except for this one:

The Mermaid pose, it's difficult, but not too difficult. My challenge is to be able to do this pose by the end of my month of yoga.

New Purchase

The weather in Houston at the moment is fantastic ( apart from the drought). Tomorrow, sadly..that will all change and will return to the usual swamp weather. I like spending evenings in my patio with Lola when the weather permits. I found this amazing azalea plant.

It's flowering more and more everyday.

Houston Nights

I went out last night with my dear friend, Ryan. We started out at Cafe Boheme....I didn't realize they had moved location. The weather is amazing at the moment. Zero humidity, sunshine and cool breezes, so we opted to have a drink outside. After that we proceeded to check out different places in the area. The Houston sky line looked amazing.

My picture didn't come out very well, but I took it with my camera phone. Then we went into a bar where the lighting was really interesting so I took a self portrait. I couldn't resist.

Sometimes, I forget how much fun a relaxed night on the town in Houston can be. If weather permits, strolling from place to place is rather a pleasant experience.

John Carpenter's "The Thing"

I finally got around to watching The Thing last night and I must say that I really enjoyed it. I love movies in general and I also love science fiction. Science fiction with a cult following, however, I truly enjoy. The stranger the better. My favorite cult Sci Fi movies are The Fly, Scanners, Black Hole, 2oo1 Space Odyssey and now I am adding the The Thing to my list. I also think Kurt Russell is brilliant in any of John Carpenter's films ..(and Overboard)

The special effects in The Thing are great even 30 years later. I read that the film's reception commercially was not a success, but film critics agreed that the effects were stomach churning in parts. People's faces stretch to inhuman dimensions, and all sorts of bloody mayhem ensues, while the members of the research crew stand around covered in the bleakness of Antarctic ice. I knew something was up when the "friendly" doggie was wandering around the camp and giving certain crew members stare downs. Actually, I knew something was wrong with the dog at the very beginning, but I don't want this post to a be a spoiler post.