A Man Reborn

Had a fun weekend!  Stayed in on Friday night and started work on my Halloween props – it’s been a while since I’ve worked with paper mache and I forgot how fun it could be.  It’s very satisfying to build up an armature in a creative way and watch something take shape out of nothing.

On Saturday I went to the CNE and had a really good time full of good company, rides, games and lots of guilty pleasures in the food department.  Can you say deep-fried? Tried the deep-fried mac-n-cheese, mars bar, corn dog and of course, the butter!  Mmm, deep-fried goodness.  I know this is in stark contrast to some of my goals, but hey – you gotta live.  I’m all for balance over absolutes and I know I’ll make progress towards my goals over the month – long term!

Sunday I took a trip to the ROM with a couple of friends.  I haven’t been there since they had the Two Towers exhibit for Lord of the Rings so it was nice to wander around and gawk at history.  I developed a fascination with patterns in the artwork from different cultures and time periods and took a lot of pictures for future additions to the sleeve on my left arm.  I’d been thinking I would keep that arm all black ink, but I might throw some colour in there … lots of sketching to be done!  I was going to come back into the city later on that night, but I ended up doing some reading and passing out (sorry guys!).

Monday I did some website work and visited my family.  My little bro cooked up a sweet meal like always and we discussed our plans to conquer the Turducken.

Also decided on a few more habits to change / try in the next 3 weeks – I like this approach… going to keep changing little things a few at a time -

1. Ride my bike to work twice a week.

So many benefits to this one: saves wear on my car, saves gas, pollutes less, gets me off my ass and improves my leg muscle stamina for the upcoming snowboarding season.  Plus I’ve got the Ride to Conquer Cancer next year so it’s time to start logging some serious distance on the bike.

2. Do yoga twice a week for 30 minutes.

I am actually quite flexible for a bigger dude from years of martial arts, but I could definitely use more flexibility.  I also enjoy the calming aspect of it.

3. Plan my meals.

Easier to shop, easier to stick to a plan and easier to monitor.  Plus there’s less of a chance of wasting any food… something I hate to do but it happens when I don’t plan and go crazy in the produce section.