poetry

There's always some saving grace in poetry.
And that is something nice.

Yours truly.
M.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

by Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieve it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

fitness talk

Just completed a work-out with J.
It was one of her exercise DVDs based on the HIIT (high intensity interval training) principle.
I use intervals in my workout a lot, whether it's running or whatever, so I thought I'd do well with this DVD.

Wrong.

I didn't do well, at all.
I did complete the workout but this is the thing.

First of all, it is not enough to warm-up for 4 minutes. 
I'm sure the people who have created this DVD are professionals but this just goes to show that not everything suits everyone.
For me, this is absolutely not enough. Okay, I understand if I'd be in a rush and I have to get a work-out in, or whatever. But I mean, I'm very happy to work-out, thanks! And it's not a huge priority "just to get it over with".
So note for the future - keep taking time for warming up.

Second. I like stretching other body parts than my legs.
Same thing really. 4 minutes to stretch. You've just put your body through quite a thing, you know! I mean, high intensity is HIGH intensity. So surely your body deserves more than 4 minutes to relax and wind down. Besides, there's so much more to stretching than the legs. But it was literally, all leg angles, and then, shake it off. What? What am I "shaking off"? What about the back and sides and arms and shoulders? Just, what?

HIIT is great, but make sure you understand how your blood-pressure works!
I'm one of the people who just has high blood-pressure. It loves getting sky-high and very quickly. So I need to work on maintaining a middle-to-high pulse rate. This is very individual for different people. Whatever it is, make sure you are aware of it. I'm still currently sat on my ass, trying to recover.

HIIT is awesome as part of working out. Intervals in general are great, high or medium intensity.

But please, give your body time to warm-up, make sure you then feel warmed up (especially if you live a sedentary life style), and then same with the cool down, to make sure you feel good before the workout, then have the power to push yourself and have a good hardcore workout and then to feel good again afterwards.

And as always, all I know is what I've done and tried myself.
I'm gonna go eat an orange.

And I hope you're having a lovely Monday!

Raise the pulse.
M.

today

Today was useful.
I got some stuff sorted, respectfully sent off our Christmas tree, and then ended up and the gym (of course) with E., and our session ended with the saunas and pools. Yay!
So I fly tomorrow. At 1.30pm, my flight leaves for LDN. And so I'm currently packing.
I would really like to squeeze in a mini-session tomorrow morning, just to get my pulse up and gimme energy for the flight. And I really want to pop into this place before the airport as well - they do an awesome selection of nuts and allsorts of like, nuts in yoghurt, and almonds in this and that, and clusters of unicorn dust or something, point is - everything.
Oh, and also! I found this man who offers a moving service, from LDN to either HEL(sinki) or TLN. I contacted him and I think we are gonna strike a sweet deal between the two of us. Yay for this! I mean, "Yay!" is such an understatement. This is like, so sweet if it happens. Fingers crossed, please!

So now I'm sat here, on my bed, watching another James Bond. Some Finnish channel showed James Bond movies really really late on Christmas eve, for years on end. And as my parents had gone to bed and I was so excited about my presents, I'd stay up and watch Bond. And to this day, every time the festive season comes round I feel like watching Bond. And now I'm working my way through them. I've got to "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977).
I'm gonna dry my hair, handwash some stuff for tomorrow (don't have a tumble-dryer in TLN), then make some tea probs, pack (my packing list is genuinely like, laptop, phone, and jeans), and that's that.

TLN-LDN. ✈
Lots of love.
M.

beat

i
want
all
sorts
of
things
so
much



my heartrate indicates excitement.
i like it




RAISE
MY
PULSE

M.