{"id":958,"date":"2006-03-08T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-08T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=958"},"modified":"2006-04-05T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2006-04-05T22:23:18","slug":"it-just-sounds-nasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=958","title":{"rendered":"it just sounds nasty."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"border-color: black; background-image: none; color: black; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none\">When  I joined the crazy-cheap gym I noticed these big balls over in the corner. I  know they are the key element to that new fandangled  fad called Yoga.  I saw the womens sitting on them, doing crunches &#038; leg lifts.  If I had one of those at home  it would be the leading excuse for fighting in our house.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mommmmmmmmmm! Tyler threw the ball at my head and knocked me through the front window.  AGAIN.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Mooooooommmmmm,  Kara won&#8217;t let let me have a turn on the big ball!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After working out  one day I noticed the Yoga Ladies weren&#8217;t at the ball corner and the balls were  all just sitting there, ready to be sat on and played with.  I had watched the  Yoga Ladies enough to be able to mimic the things they were doing on the big  bouncy balls.<\/p>\n<p>With confidence I walked over and sat down on one. <em style=\"border-color: black; background-image: none; color: black; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none\">Comfortable<\/em>.  I then stretched out my legs a bit and something strange happened&#8230;it felt  good. It felt good to be sitting on the balls.  I wiggled my butt on the balls  and I could feel that if I moved just a little bit, I would actually get a nice  little work out.<\/p>\n<p>It got to the point where as soon as I got to the gym,  all I wanted to do was work out on the balls.  They have these things called  Medicine Balls.  While sitting on the balls, you could have balls in your  hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-color: black; background-image: none; color: black; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none\">Yesterday  I skipped the gym, but still thought about the balls.  I missed the balls. I  like how the balls were making me feel.  My back was starting to feel better and  that is a good thing.  I have rationalized in my head the reasons I should buy  some balls that I can have at home and not have to share with anyone else.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-color: black; background-image: none; color: black; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none\">I  think that if I had balls I would be able to strengthen my back and things would  get easier for me.<br \/>\nIf I had balls I could get in and out of the car with ease  and I would be able to drive better.<br \/>\nIf I had balls I would be able to lift  heavy things.<br \/>\nIf I had balls I would be able to sit for longer periods of  time.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-color: black; background-image: none; color: black; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none\">Yes,  I am pretty certain I need to get me some balls and my life will be so much  easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I joined the crazy-cheap gym I noticed these big balls over in the corner. I know they are the key element to that new fandangled fad called Yoga. I saw the womens sitting on them, doing crunches &#038; leg lifts. If I had one of those at home it would be the leading excuse for fighting in our house. &#8220;Mommmmmmmmmm! Tyler threw the ball at my head and knocked me through the front window. AGAIN.&#8221; &#8220;Mooooooommmmmm, Kara won&#8217;t let let me have a turn on the big ball!!&#8221; After working out one day I noticed the Yoga Ladies weren&#8217;t at the ball corner and the balls were all just sitting there, ready to be sat on and played with. I had watched the Yoga Ladies enough to be able to mimic the things they were doing on the big bouncy balls. With confidence I walked over and sat down on one. Comfortable. I then stretched out my legs a bit and something strange happened&#8230;it felt good. It felt good to be sitting on the balls. I wiggled my butt on the balls and I could feel that if I moved just a little bit, I would actually get a nice little work out. It got to the point where as soon as I got to the gym, all I wanted to do was work out on the balls. They have these things called Medicine Balls. While sitting on the balls, you could have balls in your hands. Yesterday I skipped the gym, but still thought about the balls. I missed the balls. I like how the balls were making me feel. My back was starting to feel better and that is a good thing. I have rationalized in my head the reasons I should buy some balls that I can have at home and not have to share with anyone else. I think that if I had balls I would be able to strengthen my back and things would get easier for me. If I had balls I could get in and out of the car with ease and I would be able to drive better. If I had balls I would be able to lift heavy things. If I had balls I would be able to sit for longer periods of time. Yes, I am pretty certain I need to get me some balls and my life will be so much easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}