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Pain now but not pain later?
The brain is moving slowly today! Yesterday I finally had a decent massage - the Subi Massage Clinic - so today I feel as though I was beaten up! That's how you know :-) The masseur clearly knew his stuff, though I'm not sure it helped for me to know precisely what muscle was currently convulsing under pressure. He found sore spots I had no idea I had. He also kindly asked me from time to time whether I was still breathing, due to the odd impulse I had to hold my breath when a sore spot was encountered. It was rather like being in an anatomy class with myself as the subject.
So yes, I'm not in good shape. It'll take a few more visits to completely unkink all the muscles, but I've no wish to be in that much pain again - pain from tension, too much typing etc, not the massage - so I'll do it. At least it's easier than the massages I saw featured in "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day," a "reality tv" show with a bunch of British tradies building a Roman villa according to authentic Roman building practises.
In the last episode the tradies were taken to Turkey to see actual Roman villas as inspiration and also visited a Turkish bath, direct descendant of Roman baths. "I'm sure they'll enjoy it," said the barking mad Welsh professor overseeing the whole thing. Switch to a scene of smirking tradies, clearly enjoying the sight of others of their number being mercilessly pounded by the torturers, sorry, masseurs, at the Turkish bath. The victims were whacked hard, their limbs twisted into the desired position and you could see tears in their eyes. This was one day before my own massage, so it was in my mind.
Last night I also went to see a preview of The Thing - thanks to![[personal profile]](https://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
stephen_dedman for half of his double pass - which also featured unusual pain and suffering, plus the message that taking care of your teeth is not always beneficial. It has an MA rating and was indeed quite gory, so viewers would need to be ok with that. I really can't say much else without giving spoilers, except that I enjoyed it. I'm not bothered by horror movies, though I prefer those with actual plots, which this had. I'll probably review it somewhere else under a cut later on. Meanwhile, I think it's time for another medicinal cup of tea.
So yes, I'm not in good shape. It'll take a few more visits to completely unkink all the muscles, but I've no wish to be in that much pain again - pain from tension, too much typing etc, not the massage - so I'll do it. At least it's easier than the massages I saw featured in "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day," a "reality tv" show with a bunch of British tradies building a Roman villa according to authentic Roman building practises.
In the last episode the tradies were taken to Turkey to see actual Roman villas as inspiration and also visited a Turkish bath, direct descendant of Roman baths. "I'm sure they'll enjoy it," said the barking mad Welsh professor overseeing the whole thing. Switch to a scene of smirking tradies, clearly enjoying the sight of others of their number being mercilessly pounded by the torturers, sorry, masseurs, at the Turkish bath. The victims were whacked hard, their limbs twisted into the desired position and you could see tears in their eyes. This was one day before my own massage, so it was in my mind.
Last night I also went to see a preview of The Thing - thanks to
stephen_dedman for half of his double pass - which also featured unusual pain and suffering, plus the message that taking care of your teeth is not always beneficial. It has an MA rating and was indeed quite gory, so viewers would need to be ok with that. I really can't say much else without giving spoilers, except that I enjoyed it. I'm not bothered by horror movies, though I prefer those with actual plots, which this had. I'll probably review it somewhere else under a cut later on. Meanwhile, I think it's time for another medicinal cup of tea.