Road Trip Mixes

 Amor Mundi #11

Jump On Board, We're Taking Off #10

What Is It You Really Want Out of Life? #9

Before You Judge Others, Ruthlessly Critique Yourself #8

Any Way You Want It, Just Ask #7

Guided By Fallen Angels #6

Pure Imagination #5

The Art of Living #4

I've Been Dazed #3

Blinded By the Spirit of the Night #2

Let's Eat Grandma Before She Eats Us #1

Workout Circuits

Gym Cycles:

Arms/Shoulders/Back
Legs/Chest

Everytime:
Core Exercises (12) (if it isn't back live - find another list... or maybe a Tai chi routine)

Home/work Cycles:

hammer curls
squats
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dips
sit ups
push ups
jumping jacks
dumbbell swings
farmer's carry (large)

First thing in the morning:


Crunches - 29
Curls - 25
Tricep Dips - 28
Hammer Curl - 15
Lat Lifts - 24
Shoulders (Front) - 25
Push ups 25
Shoulders (Back) - 25
Calves - 29
Single Dumbell Shoulder Raise - 14  (large - both hands)
Squats - 27
Single large dumbell, both hands raises straight out in front to shoulder level 13
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Farmers carry w/large dumbbells 10
Bulgarian Split Squats 5 each side
Garland Pose 24
Jumping Jacks - 48

Last Thing at Night: (Yoga For Countering Sitting/Work )

Locust Pose - 26
Hand and Knees Wrist Stretch - 10 (read instructions, do it carefully, stay at 10 till you can perfect it)
Modified Side Plank Pose - 20 (perfect, then increase)
Cobra Pose and Downward Dog - 28
Low Lunge with Locust Arms - 24
Warrior I Pose (forward) 23
High Lunge with Cactus Arms - 24
Warrior II Pose (side) - 38
Scissor legs 30
Warrior III Pose 21
Locust Pose - 28
Reverse Prayer Pose 20 (perfect, then increase)
Shoulder and Neck Stretches
Camel Pose - 20 (still working to get there)
Squat - 27 (prayer hands version, no block)
Seated Forward Bend - 25 (perfect then increase)
Diamond Pushup - 10
Hamstring stretch w/ strap 24 (straight toward head)
Wide Legged Forward Bend 23
Hamstring stretch w/ strap 24 (one each angled across to the opposite side)
Superman 23
Hamstring stretch w/ strap 24 (one each outward same side)
Legs Up the Wall - 108
Sitting Lotus (switch legs, once each side) - 126
Knee to Elbow Plank 24
Side Plank 20
Dumbell Swings 11
Jumping Jacks 48

Weight Training:

1)
Lunges 18 (alternate - wear shoes)
Pushups 25
Barbell Squats 25
Standing overhead big dumbbell press 13
Standing Overhead Big Dumbbell Hammer Press (Variation) 13
1/4 bent dumbbell rows (Large: 10)

2) 
Single leg deadlifts  4
Burpees 5
Side Planks 24 (supporting arm bent for better support - when you can hold perfectly for a minute consider variations)
Straight leg lifts on back 14 (toward chest/head)
Glute bridge 24 (laying down pelvic thrusts, on the last one hold for the seconds equal to the reps)
Crab Pose 24

3)
Barbell Curls 20
Hammer Curls 7 (large)
Sitting small dumbell 15
Wrist Curl 16 (big dumbell)
Hand Grips (Times, break, then hold for seconds) 20
Exercise ball walk 18

4)
Horse 30
Calf Raises 20
Deep Knee Bends 20
Warrior Three 18
Small Dumbell Lunges 12
Large Dumbell walk 12

5)
Tricep Dips 20
Lat lifts 20
Dumbell Tricep Press - 13
Shoulder Press - front 20
Shoulder Press - back 20

6)
Push ups 23
Descending Push Ups 19
Elevated Push Ups 20
Four Limbed Staff Pose (Modified Plank) 35
Bear Walk 4
Plank Row 12 [small]

7)
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Sit up toe touch 22
Crunches 22
Leg Lifts 8
Side leg lifts 22
On back, legs toward chest 22
Superman Pose 30

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Work Routine:

Crunches 16 (method B - #11)
Airplane 16
Tree Pose 23
Standing Bow Pose - 22
Dumbell Curl 12
Tennis Ball on the wall
Back Roller
Goblet Squat w/ dumbell - 22
Arm Stretches, door frame, up & down - 5
Straight arm stretches on door frames - 22
Jumping Jacks 47
Arnold Press - 11
Sitting, diamond leg, forward stretch - 22
Sitting, one leg extended - other brought in foot against crotch, side stretch - 22
Rotating shoulder shrugs (forward/backward) and neck stretches
Pointer stretch - ground 26
Dead bug stretch - ground 26
Interlaced hands shoulder stretch - top of head, behind and above. Then interlaced behind lower back.
Zottman Curl - 10 (little dumbell - look at example, keep arms against side on the down motion)
Opposite arms above and below (stretching upward downward) & gentle swing of arms/torso
(R/L)Calf/tendon and backward knee stretches
Jumping Jacks 47
Farmers Walk - 12
Dumbell Shoulder Press 24 (large, alternating)
Sitting in chair, cross leg, knee lift-stretch - 22
Sitting in chair, forward toward toe stretch - 22
Cross Body Hammer Curl - (large dumbells - 14 alternating arms)
Bodyweight Squats 27
Plank - on weight ball 64
Backward floor bridge plank - straightlegged 21
Backward floor bridge plank - bentlegged 21
Jumping Jacks 47
bathroom/chair dips 21
Legs elevated push ups 14
Calve lifts 31
Squats 21
Horse 26
Straight arm plank 105
Forearm plank 105
Side Plank - right/left 17
Twist stretch in chair or standing
Jumping Jacks 47
Push ups 27
Yoga side warrior pose 24
Yoga forward warrior pose 24
Yoga swan stretch - both legs 24
Yoga baby stretch 24
Face up cobra stretch & Down Face Dog 24
Push up stance/plank - alternating knee forward/back 32
Warrior II 35
Triangle Pose 25
Tree Pose 33 (work on v to the sky - both sides)
Jumping Jacks 47
Bridge Pose 64
Seated Forward Folds 30 (work on getting lower as you keep your back from bowing)
Camel Pose 12
Boat Pose 25
Backward Walking - 5
Toe to Heel Walking 5
Warrior III Pose 20
Forward Step Up and Down 14 (alternating each leg)
One foot up, hold position 35
Supine Transversus Abdominus Bracing with Leg Extensions (alternating, 13 each side)
High Lunge 24
Jumping Jacks 47
Supine Spinal Twist 24
Staff Pose 23
Upward Plank Pose 23
Extended Side Angle Pose 23
Half Splits 11 (shoes)
Pigeon Pose 24
Half Lord of the Fishes 11
Thunderbolt Pose w/neck stretches - always 20
Vajrasana (Thunderbolt Pose) with Gomukhasana (Cow-Face) arms 20
Breathing Exercise 6
Kneeling on the Floor 64
Jumping Jacks 47
Sit Cross-Legged (64 each way)
Garland Pose 24
Bridge Pose 33
Bear Plank 101
Bicycle Crunches 10 (perfect then increase)

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Hollow Body Hold 32
Pilates Swimming 5
Sphinx Reaches 4
Prone IYTs 5 each
Sumo Squat 21
Jumping Jacks 46
Plank, knee toward chest (alternating) 20
Palloff Press 10
Stir the Pot 2
Kneeling Ball Roll Out 5
Rotational Ball Slam
Back roller, on the ground, out and back & hand ball massage 2
Dolphin Pose 20
Jumping Jacks 46
Warrior 3 Pose 20
Warrior 4
Warrior 5
Quadruped Hip Extension
Step Up
Dumbell Squats

Nick Estes - The Empire of All Maladies: Colonial Contagions and Indigenous Resistance

One of the most potent myths of mainstream U.S. historiography concerns what Indigenous archaeologist Michael V. Wilcox calls “terminal narratives”: an obsession with the death, disappearance, and absence of Indigenous people rather than their continued, visible presence and challenge to colonialism. The most obvious example of this tendency are historical models that assign blame for the mass killing of the Indigenous to invisible, chance forces—above all, the diseases colonizers unwittingly carried with them—rather than to calculated warfare and theft over centuries of relentless European invasion. - Estes, Nick. "The Empire of All Maladies: Colonial Contagions and Indigenous Resistance." The Baffler #52 (July 2020)

Lizzie O'Shea - The Judgement of Paris: Facebook vs The Communards

“Solidarity grows through increasing liberty, not through constraint or obligation,” writes [Kristin] Ross. “Personal autonomy and social solidarity do not oppose each other, but instead reinforce each other.” In an age in which online spaces feel more divisive and polarized than ever, perhaps it is time to ponder how we can create conditions of personal autonomy that give rise to greater social solidarity. Perhaps it is the structure of these spaces that is at fault, rather than the individuals within them. Centrally determined “community standards” enforced by automated takedowns and de-platforming might generate tendencies that are more infantilizing than civilizing. A sense of freedom with responsibility in online spaces is unlikely to be cultivated when those who set the boundaries of good taste and political correctness are more interested in applying constraint than promoting solidarity.

...

Put differently, what constitutes acceptable content is always a political question, constantly being negotiated and renegotiated by those who hold power and those who do not. Public bodies, like courts and parliaments, are often the forums for such debates, which is why they are a common focus of struggle. In the digital age, however, enormous private entities like Facebook (or Twitter, or Google, etc.) are increasingly the hosts for these discussions. When citizens and policy makers ask Facebook to curate content or design algorithms to do so, the implicit assumption is that people cannot be trusted to have these conversations themselves. Of course, some people are awful online—and this can have real world consequences, for which we need remedies. We need to have cultural norms and practices that minimize this behavior, that cultivate shared understanding and mutual respect. But we ought to be careful about assuming that tech companies can achieve this by us appointing them as cops.

...

We could start with the assumption that these digital spaces are open and belong to the public. Why not require that the design of the newsfeed algorithm be made transparent? Why not allow people to redesign their content feeds and become active participants in creating their own sense of self rather than having it curated for them by a tech bro? Why not ban the microtargeting that underpins and animates this business model? A data extraction approach to monetization operates by exploiting our emotions to keep us hooked as audiences to be sold to advertisers. As essential pieces of digital infrastructure, why do we accept that these platforms remain in private hands, beholden to the bottom line?

We could pay moderators to manage groups of a particular size, and allow those roles to be elected and accountable, much in the same way as we might pay district council members or representatives. Imagine a social space on the internet that wasn’t filled with ads! Imagine a web where content moderation decisions were governed by a public charter with an accountable board of elected representatives. Perhaps it is even possible to conjure a platform that doesn’t leave complaints about harm buried in some cyber slush pile, but that actively found a strategy to take those complainants seriously and to design rules around resolving their concerns. Platforms, services, and tools could be designed not just for the average user but with the most vulnerable user in mind. Maybe you don’t like these ideas (maybe you do), but maybe there are lots of other ones out there, waiting to be articulated, discussed, adopted, tested, or discarded.

By breaking down the divide between action and consequence in online social life, we might start to “set capacities in motion” that aim to rebuild a sense of freedom with responsibility. It is an argument against outsourcing politics to machines and the few who build them, and in favor of greater public participation by the many in rulemaking in the digital age. It’s not to say it would be a seamless experience of delight; it would certainly feature conflict. But it could be a place where people could collectively explore ideas in conditions of freedom, without being organized in a clandestine way by billionaire tech overlords.

O'Shea, Lizzie. "The Judgement of Paris: Facebook vs The Communards." The Baffler #56 (March/April 2021): 9, 11-13. 

The Innocents (Norway/Sweden/Denmark: Eskil Vogt, 2021)

 The Innocents (Norway/Sweden/Denmark: Eskil Vogt, 2021: 117 mins)

"Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen."

Nicholas, Alexandra-Heller. "The Innocents." Alliance of Women Film Journalists (April 22, 2022)

Saito, Stephen. "Eskil Vogt on What Leads to Bad Behavior in The Innocents." Moveable Feast (May 13, 2022)

Tallerico, Brian. "The Innocents." Roger Ebert (May 13, 2022)

Vogt, Eskil. "The Innocents." Film at Lincoln Center Podcast #397 (May 13, 2022)

---. "On The Innocents, Childhood Morality, and Joachim Trier’s Advice." The Film Stage (May 10, 2022)

Zadie Smith: "In my capacity as a writing teacher, I've noticed, in the classroom, the emergence of a belief that fiction can or should be the product of an absolute form of 'correctness.'"

 "In my capacity as a writing teacher, I've noticed, in the classroom, the emergence of a belief that fiction can or should be the product of an absolute form of 'correctness.' The student explains that I should believe in her character because this is exactly how X type of person would behave. How does she know? Because, as it happens, she herself is X type of person. Or she knows because she has spent a great deal of time researching X type of person, and this novel is the consequence of her careful research. (Similar arguments can be found in the interviews of professional writers.) 

... Writing is a far larger act of presumption. Sensing this, we seek to shore up the act of writing with false defenses, like the dubious idea that one could ever be absolutely "correct" when it comes to representing fictional human behavior. I understand the desire - I have it myself - but what I don't get is how anyone can possibly hope to achieve it. What does it mean, after all, to say "A Bengali woman would never say that!" or "A gay man would never feel that!"? How can such things be possibly claimed absolutely, unless we already have some form of fixed caricature in our minds? (It is to be noted that the argument "A white man would never say that!" is rarely heard and structurally unimaginable. Why? Because to such a self is to be afforded all possible human potentialities, not only a circumscribed few.) --  Zadie Smith. "Fascinated to Presume: In Defense of Fiction." The New York Review of Books (October 24, 2019): 6, 8.