Charlie looks unsure of my decision making.

Family.

A young woman was black-out drunk. A persistent freshman in college had sex with her behind a dumpster. The sex was messy, and she did not consent.

"Here's The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read To Her Attacker. "

I don't care about his minimal punishment: I care about the narrative. Each and every person reading these words knows someone who has been in a similar situation.

Teach your children not to rape.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/heres-the-powerful-letter-the-stanford-victim-read-to-her-ra?utm_term=.qljVd1jx5#.ahrv4xDNE

Guys-- can anyone provide some reading on "safe spaces" versus "self segregation"? I see affluent folks participating in things that skirt the law on the regular, under the guise of "gay inclusivity" (using areas without permits, public drinking, etc) and they are mostly white monied men.

I know that we need safe spaces to gather and share common experience, but when does that become detrimentally exclusionary? When does it breed racism, classism, and homonormativiyy?

D.C. No Longer Has a Central Gay Neighborhood. Does That Matter? | Washington City Paper

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/20781582/dc-no-longer-has-a-central-gay-neighborhood-does-that-matter

Doesn't anyone wanna get me this as a late bday present?? Snake Venom Crop Hoodie-Purple – Marek+Richard

https://marekrichard.com/collections/crop-tops/products/bbtsnakehoodie?variant=21246328067

Making shapes in the grass. Look, imma #ekapadabakasana

Capitol Hill Books Has DC's Most Curmudgeonly Store Owner | Washingtonian

https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/05/27/capitol-hill-books-jim-toole-curmudgeonly-rules-signs/

Oh yes, I like this.

Provoking.

http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/474588/why-empathy-is-a-bad-thing/

A day in the life of @jrene01

The first of many adventures for Charlie & Skipper on the SS Samasthithi!

The SS Samasthithi's maiden voyage!

Discovering who spirit trickster. Thanks @pegmulqueen 🙂

Basic daytime let's hang out face.

Charlie loves going to yoga. He does not like leaving.

|> Kali Shiva <| in the sheets (h/t: @whitsummerall )

How I spent my birthday.

HBD ME

Happy 70th!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0chD8U8fA

Little Ramona did a #fbf of us!

Charlie is ready for birthday adventures! Arrr!

"Everything Hurts & I'm Dying"

My friend Kellee killing the game. Wow!

https://youtu.be/-e2zXMJcEd4

Rain day.

I am so many of these douches. And yet-- none

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/05/field-guide-to-dc-douchebags/

But I maybe like the way a runner named Monte Davis phrased it best, as quoted in the 1976 book The Joy of Running: “It’s hard to run and feel sorry for yourself at the same time,”

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/04/how-neuroscientists-explain-the-mind-clearing-magic-of-running.html

Happy Saturday!

Important conversations.

My guRu.

Yikes.

(this kinda stuff is why I'm veg)

http://www.eater.com/2016/5/11/11657684/tyson-chicken-labor-conditions

Will this do?

http://m.macys.com/shop/product/tommy-hilfiger-mens-finn-solid-raincoat?ID=2640094&swatchColor=Navy

Britney gets it.

Life affirming.

nsfw

new mantra

http://youtu.be/Ud2E6TSfJ0M

"Commit random acts of kindness's and senseless acts of beauty."

Retweeted CW Capitol Hill (@CW_CapitolHill):

Yoga Mondays on the rooftop! The rain was awesome. Thank you @MichaelJoelHall for an amazing class!

Retweeted CW Capitol Hill (@CW_CapitolHill):

Yoga Mondays on the rooftop! The rain was awesome. Thank you @MichaelJoelHall for an amazing class!

Guys...

Hair matches shirt. Almost 33, still hot this on lock.

Reading Joseph Campbell.

Think your ideas original? Think again!

http://frank151.com/design-theft-tech-era/

90s Rock in the tub on Saturday.

Current mood:

http://youtu.be/O3dWBLoU--E

This rain can stop now.

The Cure For Fear | New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/article/133008/cure-fear

I just don't see me leaving the couch for a while.

Attaboy!

Eeeeeh. These timeline truths.

Teleworking with @bibliophile1800

My little garden.

Charlie be like.

Game change.

My happy place.

Stayed on vinyasa. Do I look blissed out? I feel blissed out.

Mourning Prince and David Bowie, who showed there’s no one right way to be a man - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/04/21/mourning-prince-and-david-bowie-who-showed-theres-no-one-right-way-to-be-a-man/

I had the best two little guys when I was young. Incredible pets, loving creatures. Donovan was neutered after Nimh got pregnant-- and finding homes for the little ones was not easy!

https://www.gofundme.com/PocketPawz?pc=fb_g_m&rcid=2c050f9808be11e6ad19bc764e049a64

Current Mood:

Devin, God bless you. This awakens my heart.

"This genderqueer savanna cat will not hem in its gender presentation to conform to your suffocating boxes or your feel-good assimilationist gay love story. This male top is actually maybe vers, and just because his sex partner isn’t femme doesn’t mean he’s gay. Just because his partner was assigned female at birth doesn’t mean he’s straight, either. Botswana’s lion scene has achieved a level of queerness the modern LGBTQ movement should strive to reach."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/04/18/those_gay_lions_are_actually_queer_one_is_a_female_with_a_mane.html

This remains a cultural touchstone. The video of a generation. Happy 10th Anniversery, "Shoes"!

In other news, things are turning 10 that I experienced as an adult. I don't know the name of the feeling I'm experiencing presently. Nostalgia? Joy-encholy?

http://avc.lu/1Sc64hx

I've got three continuing education opportunities in the next TWO weeks! Foundational Postures this Sunday, then followed up by "Seeing Bodies" next week. Click the link to find the third 😉

http://michaeljoelhall.com/workshops

Look what came today @emmaoneill !!!

But first, some stretching.

Ok. Leaving the house after 10:30. In America. Get into it.

Did you get the DC Ashtanga newsletter?

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Feeling like Supes. Does he work on armpit bandhas? 😉

Yo, Is This Ageist?--challenging the stereotypes that segregate us by age

http://yoisthisageist.com/

What 'white folks who teach in the hood' get wrong about education | PBS NewsHour

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/what-white-folks-who-teach-in-the-hood-get-wrong-about-education/

The further adventures of Charlie & Hampi.

Hampi showed Charlie around Rock Creek.

I love my singing teacher. She gives me permission-- nay, instructs me, to let my belly really pooch and puff. I sound better, stand taller, and feel awesomer as a result :-).

http://bodyhappy.com/uncategorized/what-should-i-do-with-my-belly/

This is after.

Easter swag.

Quiet groove on replay in my head and heart since Goa. Good stuff.

http://youtu.be/BaF-pGyKaOg

Hmf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/03/03/quiz-can-we-guess-your-age-and-income-based-solely-on-the-apps-on-your-phone/

"You are an extension of the power that created the whole universe. You are God in drag. You are dressed up in this outfit of a body, which is temporary. You are eternal. You are forever. You are unchanged. And this is a dream you're having. So don't get to attached to it. Make love. Love people. Be sweet. Have corn dogs. Dance. Live. Love. Fuck shit up. But it's all good. You can't fuck it up because you're eternal."

http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/rupaul-drag-race-interview.html

Keeping promises to myself. First run of the year.

I never get permission for a selfie. 😉

What do you notice about these ears? 😉

Problem solving. Don't get emotional, just get it done.

Real life.

Important political investigative work.

Oh good gracious. I voted for her from my Nokia, and she just gets better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9FHYBQxURQo

We've watched each other's back for almost 15 years. This muthafucka.

The view from the flight.

A fun day of body surfing.

I'll just let the video speak for itself.

Kovalam lighthouse.

Sunset style.

Walking down from @jrene01 to my swamp.

Researchers have discovered a much faster way to learn new skills - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/12/how-to-learn-new-skills-twice-as-fast/?postshare=9271455734935680&tid=ss_fb

Bumbleing around the village.

(And India) Why fruits and vegetables taste better in Europe - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2016/2/12/10972140/fruits-vegetables-taste-better-europe

Is this your Indian name, @bibliophile1800 ? 😂

Not the kind of wild turkey I'm familiar with.

I love a good paddle.

Panjim at night.

Serving you Portugal.

Sunsets and lantern light. Vagator.

Franswa got *dressed* for our adventure.

There he is!

Sorry, Franswa. Arambol is lovely.

Teeny tiny toilet frog. He doesn't mind covering for you if you let one ribbit.

You can lead a camel to water...

Spot the water Baba.

4am wake up got me like

Well!

http://en.blobla.com/bla/be-like-me-be-like-bill?sall=QmUgbGlrZSBNaWNoYWVsISBDbGljayB0byBzZWUgeW91ciBvd24gc3RvcnkuIyMjQ2xpY2sgdG8gc2VlIHlvdXIgb3duIHN0b3J5LiMjI2h0dHA6Ly9nYW1lZmlsZS5ibGNkbi5uZXQvYmVsaWtlbWVlbi9pbWd1cmw%21bmFtZT1NaWNoYWVsJmluZGV4PTU3JmdlbmRlcj1tYWxl

We should have never gone to the gelato place.

A view of Goa -- oh, I don't want to leave.

https://vimeo.com/119953961/description

Britney Spears on Instagram: “Even the greatest creations start from small seeds”

Fuck yeah. Support for gay men & woman by Sanders from 1995. These receipts, y'all.

http://qklnk.co/Y8kreo

Ursula was a singular Disney villain, and behind the animated tentacles was a real-life, big-haired, poo-eating Baltimore drag queen named Divine.

http://hazlitt.net/longreads/unearthing-sea-witch

Thinking of Pamela!

https://medium.com/cuepoint/where-are-the-female-music-producers-269dfeac1def#.ron2slth7

I mean, it's cool. Beach cows, man 😉

He didn't even take me to dinner first.

"Everywhere looking, only God seeing" -- KP Jois -- a cloudy day at Ashwem Beacv

I won't spoil the deal sealer, but:

"Duality always kicks back, and industrial yoga can offer us artificial feel-good moments and not a stitch more. In class, we see all those gorgeous asses, and all those kick-ass pants, and we buy the lie and seek a Zoloft or a double mocha latte on our slouch home.

Baby, don’t do that with your yoga."

http://prasanayoga.com/articles/the-happiness-of-industrial-yoga/

When did the party turn? When I got mouthy...

"If these are just small offenses, not meant to wound, why can’t I ever manage to shut them down effectively, ensure they aren’t wielded again and again against others? You don’t have to force strangers to see or acknowledge systemic racism and the lives it takes and brutalizes just to point out that hey, friend, all Asians are not interchangeable! "

http://the-toast.net/2016/01/05/what-goes-through-your-mind-casual-racism/

Perfect. I can vouch for their medative value & stress reduction.

http://www.the-open-mind.com/according-to-psychologists-coloring-is-the-best-alternative-to-meditation/

Courtesy of @evanfaber

"But, like, how long will it take," I asked, anxiously.

"In the blink of Vishnu's eye," he said.

These fucking Bhakti yogis and their devotional crap, I thought. HOW LONG.

*fuck*

http://read.bi/1Z21B9s

A quick pic from the #anjunafleamarket -- do you see what I see?

Shave (at home) + avocado/egg yolk/coco oil mask (home made!) + hair cut

Shave + Avocado/Egg Yolk/Coco Oil face mask + Hair Cut

Today's art is: "Ganesh Goes on an Adventure"

Egg Puff: (part of a) Breakfast of champions.

Inspired by @nudeyogaguy to and @suenodevida_ecu

Me right now.