Geekery

Lately, I've been reading Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake books. I've been gobbling them down, in fact, at about a book every two days. (This is impressive when you consider that I also study and hang out with Neil and tutor. Really.)

So today, because I finished all of the Anita books that Ms. Hamilton has out in paperback, and the library is closed on Sundays, I went to her blog.

Alas. Laurell K. Hamilton's blog is with a black background, and blue ink. And black backgrounds, alas, are harder on the eyes, than white ones.

Then I discovered WebDeveloper toolbar, and the "Disable page colors" and CSS editing feature to edit the colors made my life SOOOOO much better!

Stretching is nice

Oh, I forgot to mention that Shiatsu clinic (where you massage people who are like, actual people and not just other students) was awesome yesterday.

On the good-for-Kim side, I stretched much more before and after, and while I forgot to stretch my quads, my lower back did great. (I got this Stretch and Strengthen book by Judy Alter, and she recommeded hanging backwards from a doorframe to get that lower back stretch... man, it really does work.)

On the client side, I made my second client swoon! :) She had that massage-happy look on her face and that lightheaded walk that you get after a really good session. I'm doing better with the work as far as trying to be client-centered, rather than so much in my head, or so nervous about touching a stranger. She also said I made her lower back feel great, which is extra-nifty, since Shiatsu is an energetic/stretchy type massage, rather than a deep-muscle work sort of thing, and my sciencey side occasionally have problems believing it actually works. It does work, and I get proof of that every time I'm worked on in class -- but my "prove it!" side occasionally just refuses to believe in the power of touch and the power of our minds' ability to fix ourselves on their own.