Pleased. Not ecstatic, but definitely pleased.

[mundungus42]

I am pleased with Biden's choice for VP. It was the right move. In fact the only thing I don't particularly care for about the Democratic ticket is the candidate for President. In a not-sexist world, it would have been Elizabeth Warren, but we do not live in a not-sexist world. At least Biden had the good sense to take on an incredibly smart and

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[mundungus42]

Oh yes, the dirtbag left (e.g., racist, sexist "progressives" who fancy themselves stoic philosophers but devolve into frothing trolls the moment a woman or person of color has the audacity to suggest that their "thought experiments" JUST MIGHT BE less relevant than other people's actual lived experience and maybe they should shut their mouths and listen to someone else for a change) has been out in force already. I want to slam heads against walls any time I see "Kamala is a cop." A LAWYER IS NOT A BLOODY COP YOU MOUTH-BREATHING TROGLODYTES. These are the same loony assholes that were screaming "HILLARY IS A LITERAL MURDERERRRRR" at the top of their lungs four years ago. I know they're being amplified by foreign troll farms precisely to sow division, but I also do know actual men who believe that shit. Makes you realize QAnon isn't the only batshit conspiracy theory out there.

Wow. I have opinions, apparently. *snort*

And yes, given the choice between someone who's killing thousands by neglect and someone who will make things suck slightly less, it's a no-brainer to choose team suck-slightly-less.

I hope you enjoy the book and method! He has a bunch of videos of the exercises in the book available for free on his website. It's pretty remarkable, he had us sing before and after we did little things to stimulate the different cranial nerves and see how and where they are working (or not working as well), and to "wake them up," and it really did make a pretty appreciable difference. Not every exercise will make a huge difference for everyone, since we all carry tension and injury in different ways, but a couple of the physical and balance exercises made my brain say "awwww yeahhh" and that was amazing!

[too_dle_oo]

Ooh... I’m so curious about these balance exercises now!

I’m way out of shape these days since I can’t hit up my yoga studio and my running turned into hiking, so I am feeling the difference vocally. I’ve been getting back into the movement groove, but my COVID 19 actually IS 19 pounds. YIKES.

[mundungus42]

Though he's a big pilates person, all of the exercises we did were basically getting us to notice what our bodies do and feel in re: each of the cranial nerves, and what few strengthening exercises (for things like the tongue and lips and head/neck) we did were isometric. So it's not fitness, per se, just being aware of your body and trying to get it to stop overcompensating for injury and habit.

I have actually been slightly more active since stay-at-home started because I'm walking the dogs for 1-2 hours in the evenings rather than jetting off to rehearsal. However, when I stay home, I drink more booze in the evenings. So I haven't lost any weight, but neither have I gained a great deal, so yay equilibrium-ish? I know my singing endurance is down (funny when you go from 4-7 hours of singing in a day to 1-2, if that...), but at least the work I've been doing on my technique has kept me in decent form. Thank you, new teacher with whom I had 3 lessons before all this started...