Monday, June 27, 2005
lord bikram's house
today was once again a rain day in sydney. rain. two days in a row. who would have thought? yes, it happened. today being a monday was to be the first day back to work, but doing landscaping in the rain is not anything i look forward to. it was planned to be jack hammers in a mud hole, and all that shit. well, needless to say work was cancelled. hooray.
so this morning, after getting an early coffee with a mate, i decided to attend lord bikram's house of heat, pain, and punishment. i had not been to a session in nearly six months. i didn't know what to expect of my body, but i needed to stretch and have a work out.
the yoga studio is pretty big. the room size is about 20 meters by 10 wide, with the long wall in front fully mirrored, so you can concentrate on the yoga pose. i arrived early, by about 15 minutes, put out my matt about three rows back and chilled out in the insane heat of the room. various people began filtering in for the 9:30 class and filling up the room. most people when they walk in and find their place in the room, position themselves accordingly around the room so as not to block the view in the mirror for the behind set up behind them. all was pleasant. until...
this fat assed, self centered, bleach bottled, blonde, cow walked in 2 minutes before the class was to begin, and put her mat directly in front of me, right in front of the mirror. she was not slightly to the left or just a bit to the right. she was square directly in front. it was not as if the class was full by any means. there were only about 25 people in the room, and i have been in there when there has been over 60 (and that was way fucking hot=hell). so i know the capacity of the room. this chick had the bull shit ego centric attitude to just plop herself in front of another person, and entirely interrupt the view. this is the type of selfish attitude that seems to be permeating every corner of the city of sydney. frankly, it makes me sick. it has caused me to feel ill for a long time, but more recently i just can't stand it. you would think that such a remote place on the planet, so far removed from what is going on with the rest of the world where important things.
so this morning, after getting an early coffee with a mate, i decided to attend lord bikram's house of heat, pain, and punishment. i had not been to a session in nearly six months. i didn't know what to expect of my body, but i needed to stretch and have a work out.
the yoga studio is pretty big. the room size is about 20 meters by 10 wide, with the long wall in front fully mirrored, so you can concentrate on the yoga pose. i arrived early, by about 15 minutes, put out my matt about three rows back and chilled out in the insane heat of the room. various people began filtering in for the 9:30 class and filling up the room. most people when they walk in and find their place in the room, position themselves accordingly around the room so as not to block the view in the mirror for the behind set up behind them. all was pleasant. until...
this fat assed, self centered, bleach bottled, blonde, cow walked in 2 minutes before the class was to begin, and put her mat directly in front of me, right in front of the mirror. she was not slightly to the left or just a bit to the right. she was square directly in front. it was not as if the class was full by any means. there were only about 25 people in the room, and i have been in there when there has been over 60 (and that was way fucking hot=hell). so i know the capacity of the room. this chick had the bull shit ego centric attitude to just plop herself in front of another person, and entirely interrupt the view. this is the type of selfish attitude that seems to be permeating every corner of the city of sydney. frankly, it makes me sick. it has caused me to feel ill for a long time, but more recently i just can't stand it. you would think that such a remote place on the planet, so far removed from what is going on with the rest of the world where important things.
