So I decided to do something totally different and open a CrossFit & weightlifting gym.



Opening August 16th.

http://unitedbarbell.com/

You know what this place feels like? It feels like visiting an apartment which was once your home that you lived in, renovated, spent so much time in that it is intimately familiar. But you moved out, and now other people live here, they just haven't bothered to redecorate.

And those people are 18.

Something I completely love about British TV: interesting teeth.

What's new you ask? Well...

I got a job. I teach boot camp at 6am every weekday morning. I'm making it as Crossfitty as I can with no equipment.

I signed up to get two Olympic lifting certifications this month. First up is the USA Weightlifting level 1 coach course. Then I'm flying down to SoCal take the Crossfit Olympic lifting cert with Mike Burgener. Fun times!

I volunteered at the EG conference for the second year in a row.

I made peace with the cold & rain. I'm loving winter.

I bought a piano.

I started watching Lost. Season 2 - no spoilers please!

Aaaaand I'm trying to open a gym here in SF with a friend.

What have you been up to?

Honestly, I have no idea how my life made sense before I started listening to Morrissey.

Oh, hi there. Nothing much has happened since last time I updated.

I put up a badass Christmas tree,

Filled out my basement gym,

Got a haircut & colour,

Launched a blog that currently only has one entry,

Filmed myself to check my form doing power cleans & jerks, then put it on YouTube,

Took up adult gymnastics classes,

Did a bunch of Christmas shopping,

Went to a few holiday parties,

Oh. And I did a bunch of long-overdue laundry.

What've you been up to?

Yesterday I ate a vegan croissant (not bad!) from the vegan bakesale in SF. There were rescued bunnies there. Bunnies may eat their own shit and be dumb as a sack of rocks but they are very cute and extremely soft. Later I had soy froyo.

Before my eat-a-thon I went to a kettlebell workshop where I learned the basics of the RKC method. Much sport was made of my ridiculous Crossfit-style overhead swing but I don't mind. I just ordered a couple of kettlebells and am looking forward to playing & learning to juggle. I also ordered myself an olympic bar & some nice rubber bumpers that I can drop on the concrete slab in my back yard. Let the PRs commence!

And because nobody reads this shit... a picture.

Oh hey, so I'm a certified Crossfit coach now. In other news, Fennec Foxes might be the worlds cutest animal. But the worlds cutest baby animal goes to the Snow Leopard every time. Google that. Take note of the size of the paws and the tail. It's insane.

PS: http://zooborns.com/

Dia de los Muertos!



Taken outside le's house, by the photographer of her first set.