Right now I’m loving/hating…
Loving learning Yoga poses on the Wii Fit (video). I’ve always had an interest in yoga but was wary of it’s pseudo-spiritual side. Yoga on the Wii Fit removes the unnecessary parts and concentrates on deep breathing and stretching. The balance board that comes with the game tells you if you are in the right position, to make it as effective on your muscles as is possible. The Wii is teaching me well, because I’ve even started doing some of the poses without it, just to relax. I’ve also been enjoying the really fun balance games and exhausting aerobics. Hating how I managed to pull a muscle in my leg by overdoing it in the muscle exercises section, clearly I haven’t gotten to that stage yet.
Loving taking artsy Polaroid photos with the packs of film my GF got me. I’ve been trying to turn each and every picture into a mini work of art for my bedroom wall. There’s something very pure about Polaroid photos, it’s almost as if they are the antithesis of digital. With my digital camera I can take 1000+ photos and it’s fine if a high percentage of them are a waste. But with a Polaroid camera you must compose the picture so carefully, because the film has become so rare and expensive, so taking great photos is far more difficult, yet much more satisfying. Next, I’m going to start scratching to create even more art. Hating that Polaroid is no longer producing the film and that I might have to give up this new hobby sooner than I’d like.
Loving writing stories and notes into moleskin notebooks. Ever since I bought a Filofax last year I’ve been enjoying the freedom of jotting down random useless thoughts (and some useful ones) onto paper, rather than typing them out. I’ve gone a step further and further into geekdom by picking up some moleskin notebooks, they remind me of school copies, but cool. I wrote a small draft of this post in one. Just like taking a Polaroid there is something so wholesome about the act of putting pen/pencil to paper. I also love the slightly cut off corners, it makes the paper feel unworldly. Hating how expensive they are, astronmically expesnive in comparison to standard notebooks.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I’m a big fan of moleskines, will be picking up some of these next time I’m in Ams: http://www.vangoghmuseumshop.com/Thema/Moleskine.htm
June 17th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Ohhh… they’re gorgeous! Multicolored splendor! Have you seen this laser etched ones? http://www.modofly.etsy.com
June 17th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Oh I hadn’t! Also cool. I can think of about four people who’d love these as presents…
June 20th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Wii Fit is awesome. It’s very motivational. I cycle 8 miles every day now. It might present itself as a game but you can hurt yourself if you don’t warm up properly. I learned that the hard way.
June 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I’ve learned the hard way too. Doing lots of yoga to warm up and then getting into the energetic stuff.
June 26th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Yeah Moleskines are brilliant alright, but too cost far too much for what they are. I find i always write better if I write things down with a pen and paper first. It’s alot looser. Plus I can’t really type to save my life.
Sounds like WiiFit is worth getting, I’d been thinking about it.
June 26th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
cuddly lovable nintendo used to make money by owning hotels that charged at an hourly(hint hint) rate.
treat their employees like sh!t too allegedly.
June 26th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
@ Andrew - did you see the results of the Wii Fit Experiment? http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/23/mans-wii-fit-experiment-comes-to-an-end-15-pounds-shed/ It works!
@ B’dum B’dum - really? was this in real life? the internet? or imagination? ;)
June 27th, 2008 at 12:18 am
It was in reality, they were a game card company, the game cards became commonly used by the japanese mob, invested in some hotels, then refocused on toys making unusual ones, fell into videogaming, etc.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Really? God, I must look into that some more, sounds shifty!
June 30th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
I’ll tell you next time Edge magazine decide to do a feature on it… usually around the release of every super cuddly big game for christmas by nintendo.
so that’ll be nintendogs 2.