I went to yoga yesterday afternoon (which was great, even though there was a sub instead of my favorite instructor and even though my shoulder blades are now on fire), and I managed to get into the Bird of Pradise pose, which I'd never done before. OK, OK, so I couldn't straighten my legs all the way, particularly when binding on my right side, and so it looked more like Half-Bloomed or Slightly Shriveled and About to Die Bird of Paradise, but still. I impressed myself.
Posted by thevieve at March 27, 2006 1:29 PMWe special ordered 5 stems (stalks, rather, you could knock someone out with one of these mothers) of Birds of Paradise for a customer last week. They are the fucking ugliest "flowers" I have ever seen. Kind of funny, the yoga pose looks like half the flower, like, if you had another person doing the pose and you attached them to the first person but with their back to you. Anyway, I had to look at these things for an entire 6 hours before the nutter who ordered them came to fetch them (and do god knows what with them). I actually saw some at Whole Foods the other day, too. Nasty.
Posted by: Emily on March 28, 2006 6:48 AM