Ballet lesson

I brought my 3 year old daughter to her first ballet lesson. Sitting in the studio brought me right back to being a little girl. The pleasant squeak of the ballet shoes on the floor. The soothing tap tap tap, of each pointed toe hitting the ground.

The music geared towards toddlers had very pronounced beats and rhythms to help the girls learn how to count the music, and time their movements.Watching these tiny girls find poise and pride in how they hold their arms and feet. They were so endearing as they fluttered their skirts and hopped and galloped across the room. They looked like little foals learning to walk.

There is nothing more beautiful and feminine to me than the flutter of a woman's arm in a ballet position.It was such a reminder of a simple pleasure, dancing to music, finding your own center and learning how to move your body in a graceful way.

Organ ambulance

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24990186

This raises some interesting questions ethically. I think they will encounter a lot of resistance if they try to implement this program.

Don't mess with me or my coach bag

I just realized I have a pretty good marketable skill, I can carry a 40 pound child in one arm, a 29 pound child in the other, in high heels and not drop my coach bag. I wish I had a picture of it to prove it though. I wonder if I would be any good at Unbeatable Banzuke.

Yes I am also happy I didn't drop the children either.

I received one of those bored at work surveys that had one question I liked. What song should they play at your funeral? Not a tough one at all for me.

Brick House by the commodores

I mean if I have to die, at least play some good funk for me.

Angelina

I surprisingly do not have a girl crush on her. As an artist I am fascinated by how beautiful her features are and how well she photographs. I am also drawn to her blunt honesty and ability to be herself and not care how she is perceived by others. I feel a kinship with her in this way. She does not apologize for who she is and is guided by her own compass. I think a lot of actresses would crumble if they were scrutinized to the level that Angelina is.

I also like her tattoos because they are personal and just for her.

Goals for summer

Goals for summer:
Learn to throw a javelin
Learn a new language, or at least be able to talk dirty in another language
Read a few non medical/nursing books
quit smoking AGAIN (I quit for 7 years and started again, because I am stupid)
Go to a vineyard, have never been to one
create enough painting to have a show somewhere
be still (this will be the hardest one next to javelin)
learn to swing a gold club

Tuesday Observations

I will be sans children the entire weekend. If I am home blogging instead of having fun, it will be very sad evidence that I need a fresh air intervention.

Sometimes I don't see the writing on the wall, even when it is in bold text and flashing at me.

Even when work is really stressful I still have fun. Bravado and bullshit works wonders, as does the mute button and sign language. I work with the most amazing people and I am so greatful for them.

I had to use the handicaped bathroom stall today and even in heels can't touch the floor. it made me feel like Edith Ann..and that's the truth.phhhhhbbt.

sock monkey

I am a redhead on the inside

I am happiest when my hair is red. My family hates it red so sometimes I change it back to brown. I dunno, I think I am a readhead on the inside.

Shoegasm

from Kelly's suburban dictionary, SHOEGASM becoming sexually exited by the sight of hot overpriced shoes.

Supplement Charlatans

Trace Minerals.com an analysis of the products vs. scientific evidence

The first claim that grabs me off the bat is the one that states through soil erosion trace minerals are being taken from the soil and being swept into the sea. This now compels you to buy supplements derived from the ocean to replace these essential minerals. Here is the scare pitch:

The complexity of the mineral imbalance problem is apparent. It is apparent that our understanding of the mechanisms of mineral imbalances is fragmentary. New inter-relationships are constantly being discovered. We are presently recognizing and correcting only a small fraction of the mineral imbalance problems plaguing animals and man. 5*5.Hoekstra, W.G. Federation Proceedings. National Academy of Sciences: Washington D.C. (Sept./ Oct., 1964).

The complexity of the mineral balance problem is apparent? Mineral imbalances are plaguing animals and man? No studies to back this scary statement up. As a matter of fact no normal American that follows the Dietary guidelines for Americans has any risk of having a vitamin deficiency. The main groups of Americans that are malnourished are the obese population.

This plays into the new marketing technique of why Americans are so unhealthy. It is not because we sit all day, eat fast food and do not exercise, it is because of over aggressive farming, soils erosion and mineral imbalances. The solution is not to eat healthy foods, since trace minerals.com alleges that over use of fertilizer is robbing our foods of essential nutrients. We can blame someone else and get the quick fix solution to what ails us.

The other claim made is that if the minerals we intake do not have the proper ionic charge they cannot be properly absorbed? I spoke with Dr. John Snider M.D a medical internist and teacher at Tufts Medical School and after he stopped laughing he told me this is false and that the small intestine will absorb minerals without you worrying about how ionically charged they are. I have been unable to find any reliable medical sources indicating that this is backed up with any science.

The trace minerals once abundant in our soils are gone because of "overaggressive farming" whatever that means. The site claims synthetic fertilizers are only good for plants and are missing elements humans need. Fertilizer is fertilizer; it enriches the soil causing plants to grow. There are no scientific studies I can find linking synthetic fertilizer with less nutritious crops. Here is a quote from quack watch:

Plants convert natural fertilizers into the same chemicals that synthetic fertilizers supply. The vitamin content of a food is determined by its genetic makeup Stephen Barrett, M.D.
Victor Herbert, M.D., J.D.
The Traceminerals.com has a clever pitch, peppered with scare tactics with enough medical word thrown in to sound pseudo- intellectual, but with no real data other than the articles written by the founder Dr. Meltis who is not an MD but a Naturopath.

The phenomenon of quick fix, take a pill, blame someone else that is pervasive in our culture is a gold mine for the supplement charlatans. We are willing to spend untold mounts of money to ensure our longevity. The fact that the ads also lay the blame elsewhere is a particularly appealing marketing technique.