Yoga Pose Of The Day: Ardha Chandrasana

This is one of my favorite poses, ardha chandrasana, or "half moon" pose.

I picked it to honor the half episodes I've watched the last few weeks.

This woman is executing the pose quite nicely -- it's a hard pose to catch on camera because there's a lot of movement in getting to the full version of the pose.

It requires strength, balance and determination. (Jack could use a bit more balance...but he has strength and determination in abundance.)

Until next week...

Recap

We can't rightly count occurrences tonight, as I managed to be at a meeting of meditation instructors during the first half of 24. (I thought about leaving early, I truly did.) And "M" has a teething baby at this point, so things are dodgy on her end.

But we did have dammit and perimeter and at least one improbable convo between an agent and a head of state. Both Bridezilla and Faline, both pegged as stupid, and not evil. I didn't see Jack actually kill anyone. No resurrections.

I'm kind of sorry I missed so much of the last two episodes, I'm going to have to see if I can watch it online.

(That is, in-between episodes of Battlestar Galactica, Season One on DVD!)

Time For The Split Screen

Perimeter!

And watching only half the show sure saves a lot of time!

Faline -- the verdict is in: stupid, not evil.

Improbable Convo

POTIR and Jack.

And sigh, Faline's boyfriend turns out to be evil after all. I didn't call that one.

Googly Eyed Kid

Listen to Jack. You should have listened to your mom, you doof.

The Vest! Dammit, it's armed.

(I'm having a difficult time resisting the fact that vests, by definition, can't be armed!)

Ack, splat.

I Love This

I love it on 24 when they show action happening on a screen within a screen.

Dana, You'll Never Be Free

Meth Head Kevin may be dead, but he's going to drag you down with him.

And lying to his probation officer?

If we didn't already declare you as stupid, not evil, I think that you might have finally taken the cake.

OK, Missed The First Half

Again. It's like Groundhog Day.

Previously On 24

Sigh. I determined that I missed last week's first half, when apparently the bad guys decided to set off a dirty bomb probably not far from where I actually live, not because it was so boring, but because I was as sick as a dog.

The second half of the show involved me trying to hold my eyes open while a googly eyed kid in the thrall of the bad guys locked himself into an MRI machine while radioactive. Jack, of course, tried to talk him down, while simultaneously sending Renee back to his apartment so that he could be "there for her". (Huh.)

The President was bunker bound, the President of the Islamic Republic still up to his two faced shenanigans. His wife, we're hoping, is evil, since that would make her about the only potentially interesting female character on the show this season.

I mean, Nina? Jean Smart? Mrs. Palmer?

Sigh. The writers continue to create improbable incidents to get the characters from plot point to plot point: random food prep opportunities to put knives in people's hands; trips to bars in Jersey City to set others up to have their bodies dumped in a swamp.

When the plot points are improbable -- the incidents that glue them together should probably be a bit more probable!

But what do I know, I'm a yoga teacher!

Hope I'll catch up tonight.