I've been pretty good about exercising lately.

I don't get people who work out in the gym. It's so gosh-darned boring! My best fitness activities are the ones that I consider recreation, rather than exercise (remember what Covert Bailey said: the best exercise for you is the one you'll do!).

During the winter, it's hard to go skiing enough to consider that sufficient exercise (although on the days I do it, it most definitely is sufficient). That means going with my one other choice: bicycling indoors. It's crushingly boring to just sit there, turning the pedals. So I try to watch TV while I do that--but there's a TV writers strike and no new shows to watch!

Last night, I watched House Of Flying Daggers while I exercised. Problem is, the movie was nearly two hours long and I only needed 30-40 minutes of exercise time. Call me OCD (see the comments, you won't be the first), but I don't really like watching a movie over a span of days. that means I was stuck watching the movie for much longer than I wanted. And I kinda resent that the movie was in dubbed Chinese, meaning I had to pay more attention to read the subtitles--no blogging, cleaning, reading the news while the movie was on.

It probably means I'll be watching a lot of cooking shows while I cycle to avoid the movie problem...

CDs listened to today:

• Remy Shand: The Way I Feel
• Jesus Guridi: Sinfonia Pirenaica
• World Party: Goodbye Jumbo
• Ingram Marshall: Hymnodic Delays
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C Major
• Kenny Wheeler: Music For Large & Small Ensembles
  
• Louis Armstrong: Volume II: The Hot Fives and Sevens
• stellastarr*: (eponymous)