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Tough Core and More class today! We did a lot of leg lifting that caused both the glutes and the large thigh muscles to scream for relief. Guess my leg muscles are not as strong as I think they might be. I felt good once the class was over and I've felt good this afternoon and evening. Late in the afternoon, I walked over to get a green tea latte. I found that I could relax my leg muscles and walk with an almost loose gait. I could also feel the muscles tighten and drag some as well. It was like I could choose either mode. Class was the biggest so far -- over 10 people on the mats on the floor. No PD dance class tomorrow--just the resistance training session in the afternoon.


Dreamed last night a set of connected dreams. In one dream I was with a group of co-workers. We were assembling an electronic device and were discussing how some of the components should be attached. There was a need for an L-shaped connecting element that we didn't have in the workshop. I volunteered to go next door and get something that would work. In the mall next door there was a huge hardware store. Some of the co-workers didn't seem to know about the store. I told them that the place was next door in an adjacent building. I told them I'd run over and get the item and be back in just a few minutes. For some reason, several people didn't seem to think that I'd be successful. I went anyway.

In a second dream part, I was in a dark section of town. I was in some place where I was lying down and was having trouble getting up. There was a person on each side of me also lying down. They sort of penned me to the cot even though I was trying to get up. Finally, I managed to slide from between the two people and was standing. I headed for the door. One of the people warned me that it was late and dangerous to go outside, but I told him that I knew the area and was going anyway.

Watched a macabre film this evening--Freaks. It was an early b/w talkie film about a traveling circus and its sideshow assortment of freaks and oddities. It was done as a somewhat horror film that used real-life people who had a variety of physical/mental attributes. At the time, the movie was not well received and went through a gauntlet of reworks that shortened the work by 30 minutes (thank goodness!) before being taken out of circulation. It sat on the shelf for 30 years before it was revived.

The 60 minutes of the film that ended up as the final cut has really poor sound quality. In the extras of the DVD there is a commentary about the various actors and the making of the film that is very enlightening. In fact, that extra section is more interesting than the film itself. But, it is a strange film--a freaky film. For all intents and purposes it ended the career of the man, Tod Browning, who directed the work.