How do you relax?

[mymemory]

During the day I have found out that if I play some music my mind just fly away. Since my divorced from music I have been developing some temper, specially because with no music or sound at all in my studio I'm able to focus a lot more.

When I go to sleep I just think I'm flotting some where. Pretty corny stuff until images of the riots and stuff come to my mind and I turn in to anger and I try to think in to something else. Pretty crazy.

During the night I like to go out with some friend to drink something in a cafe. The problem is that now ther are about 15 kids during the night asking for money or food, so I end up locked in my house.

What I do too is to watch tv with my girlfrind, we watch Friens, Scrubs, Good Morning Miami and finally South Park (a big inflence in me).

I really would like to smoke a huge ammount of pot but I do not smoke and that is really bad, I did it once about 2 years ago and it got me so bad that I just do not want to have the temptation close again.

What do you do to relax?

[scem0]

I am a pretty relaxed person, so I rarely catch myself very
tense, and usually when I do, just the knowledge of me
being tense causes me to relax. But when I am really mad,
or something like that, martial arts, ramen noodles, or the
computer releaves my stress. :)

and what vniow says below of course ;) :eek: :eek:.

[vniow]

Masturbation.

[janey]

i can't relax...i tend to not do anything about the buildup of stress and stuff like that until i explode and start yelling at someone until i feel tired.
sometimes that means yelling at my parents for several hours for no reason at all and just doing malicious things just for the heck of it.
once in a while i get into a fight with someone much stronger and bigger than me.

[scem0]

Originally posted by vniow
Masturbation.

hahah I didn't think to add that.

Nice one though, and so very true. :D :D ;)

once in a while i get into a fight with someone much stronger and bigger than me.

iBookin@mwny?

[MacAztec]

Well, I am tense before baseball and football games. To relax, I close my eyes and visualize what I am going to do in every situation in either sport.

I stay quiet and think. I never really yell unless I am pissed. I cuss at myself if I screw up.

I think baseball practice is relaxing. Its fun, you learn, you get better, and there is no pressure on you, so everythings ok.

Football practice is tense. Always have to watch out of your eye incase a linebacker or safety is coming in on you. Its all instincts....

Oh, and I like to chill. Just with friends and stuff. Listen to music and get some ladies up in the joint.

[eyelikeart]

I guess if I had to pick from the things I do where I know I'm relaxed...it's sitting around for good conversation over a bottle of red.

I can spend the entire night talking about life & such over wine. ;)


now for relieving stress...I exercise :D

[Moxiemike]

this is how i pass my time. :) (http://www.mikemancini.com/040303)

and yes, i know i could photoshop them . :)

[scem0]

that is kind of funny, because church causes me more stress
than anything... More my mom forcing it upon me, but w/e. ;)

oh, now I see you meant photography and not church. oops. :( :p

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
this is how i pass my time. :) (http://www.mikemancini.com/040303)

and yes, i know i could photoshop them . :)

you could photoshop them in what sense?

[howard]

listening and play music definitely.

also coming to macrumors and spending time on the forums is very relaxing

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
you could photoshop them in what sense?

well, at least getting rid of that wire. :)

[janey]

Originally posted by scem0
iBookin@mwny?
i hope i never get into a fight with him...

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
well, at least getting rid of that wire. :)

ha! yeah...get rid of that wire already! :rolleyes:

I don't really relax all that much though. I went over it in my head, and felt it just wouldn't be right to come in here and say:

"well, the thing is...when I have nothing to do...I'm miserable" :(

[RandomDeadHead]

To relax I like to go to concerts, any kind of concert. My wife and I love bluegrass music, and luckley we live in the foothills of the appalachian mountans. Any day of the week their is at least one folk/bluegrass, jam band, is playing with in 30 miles from our house. My favorite bar always has good bands playing on the weekend. Acoustic Syndicate, Snake oil medicine show, The Lary Keel experance, to name a few. Nothing is better than great acoustic music, and a fine hand crafted pale ale, to ease the soul.

Bonnaroo is coming up soon, and The Dead are playing:D Time to do some relaxin and a lot of tapen'.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Moxiemike
well, at least getting rid of that wire. :)

i'm sure everyone was ready to beat your ass about it too.

[thekaiser]

beer.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by thekaiser
beer.

oh word!!!

[Moxiemike]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
ha! yeah...get rid of that wire already! :rolleyes:

I don't really relax all that much though. I went over it in my head, and felt it just wouldn't be right to come in here and say:

"well, the thing is...when I have nothing to do...I'm miserable" :(

bah! i'd say you're pretty mellow and happy go lucky. :)

[evoluzione]

a nice pint down my "local" is always a good idea, especially seeing as all the girls that work there think i'm great, and they're all ridiculously stunning Brasilians and Argentinians :D , and the fact that i buy one pint of guinness and get two free usually.

listening to music is always a goodun too, reading a magazine or two, coming here, wandering around Prospect Park, and just relaxing with close friends chatting.

(and when i have a girlfriend, just spending time together doing not much at all :) )

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by vniow
Masturbation.

I 2ed that! ;)

Well, I post here mostly relives stress, which I do too much of. Music is key: Daft Punk, White Stripes, The Vines, Chemical Brothers ... etc all help during a bad day.
Lets see no illegal substances to relive stress but I again go back to vniow's comment.
You post whatever you want Vniow. I agree that that is used but I can't imagine relieving daily stress like that... :rolleyes: ;)

Oh well time to take my non-illegal substance. (Joking)

[Steradian]

A good game of Doom 2, and some music in the background while I take down the undead (In flames, project 86, etc) :)

Yup, that does it for me, although sometimes I do listin to carl orff, and do some programing to calm me down... I dunno :D

[dabirdwell]

cooking, cannabis, music, political theory

(wait, just the first three for relaxation)

[maradong]

I relax sitting in front of my debian shall, and staring at the awesome shall system :)

[trebblekicked]

my real life has stress relievers built into it:

1. i own the company i work for
2. i'm passionate about what i do
3. i love the people i work with
4. i work out regularly

whenever stress builds up, it's usually time to take a trip (road or otherwise). getting out of the city usually does the trick. failing that, it's writing or reading.

randomdeadhead:

bonaroo looks to be spectacular. if you were there last year, would you not agree that moe stole the show?

[wdlove]

To relax I like to listen to music and be on my Power Mac! ;)

[mymemory]

To spend time in macrumors is a good one, I may say I burn calories in here but, the other day I had no power in my house and I couln't get in to the internet and I started to do other things. I wasn't that relaxed, I was very desperate!

[wdlove]

Originally posted by mymemory
To spend time in macrumors is a good one, I may say I burn calories in here but, the other day I had no power in my house and I couln't get in to the internet and I started to do other things. I wasn't that relaxed, I was very desperate!

I'm glad that your power is back! Do you have problems with losing your power? It happens to me rarely. ;)

[shadowfax]

i'm in that stage of driving where going out at 2 AM in my civic when no one is around and just blasting music is way relaxing. i like the dark outside, especially when it's kinda misting (god, though, i go the speed limit when it's wet especially).

when i get depressed, depressing music like some of radiohead's stuff is usually relaxing. beyond that, a nap is pretty good in general.

[MacFan25]

Listening to music is very relaxing for me. I also think that posting here on macrumors is relaxing.

[rainman::|:|]

well since you asked... i have a *very* high-stress job, as well as an anxiety disorder (recovering)... so it takes a little extra to get me unwound at night. that's why i smoke pot. Flame me all you want, i don't care ;)

A note to kids out there: i strongly support age requirements for cannibus. if you're under 18 and smoke it, just remember i think you're an idiot.

Aside from that, i like to hang out with friends, do interesting yet bizarre computer projects, read (LOVE to read), and masturbate.

:)
pnw

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by paulwhannel
well since you asked... i have a *very* high-stress job, as well as an anxiety disorder (recovering)... so it takes a little extra to get me unwound at night. that's why i smoke pot. Flame me all you want, i don't care ;)

A note to kids out there: i strongly support age requirements for cannibus. if you're under 18 and smoke it, just remember i think you're an idiot.

Aside from that, i like to hang out with friends, do interesting yet bizarre computer projects, read (LOVE to read), and masturbate.

:)
pnw

all aboard for the cannibus omnibus cannabis!
i suppose it probably is relaxing.

[Computer_Phreak]

Originally posted by vniow
Masturbation.

:D

I sometimes wonder what % of girls do this...
At my school it seems that all guys admit to doing it, but very few girls do. I wonder if they are lying to keep up their "goody-goody" image, or weather they just don't want to admit it.:confused:

[Computer_Phreak]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
all aboard for the cannibus omnibus cannabis!
i suppose it probably is relaxing.

what is cannabis?:confused:

[barkmonster]

Even though there's plenty of sensible things I do to relax like listening to music, watching comedy (scrubs, friends) and getting as much fresh air as possible without doing anything more energetic than a 2 hour walk with the dog, this is how I relax mostly :D ;)

(zipped mp3)

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by Computer_Phreak
what is cannabis?:confused:
SYLLABICATION: can·na·bis
NOUN: 1. A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers. 2. Any of several mildly euphoriant, intoxicating hallucinogenic drugs, such as ganja, hashish, or marijuana, prepared from various parts of this plant.

i was just poking fun at the spelling, a nice rarity for me :D

[wdlove]

Found clean information on masturbation!

http://shack.bianca.com/shack/goodvibe/masturbate/

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by Computer_Phreak
what is cannabis?:confused:

OMFG
Marijuana, weed, the stuff they have for only medical purposes in California, but is still illegal federally and in all other states.

Lets see you smoke it and its illegal, yeah.

[evoluzione]

Originally posted by Computer_Phreak
:D

I sometimes wonder what % of girls do this...
At my school it seems that all guys admit to doing it, but very few girls do. I wonder if they are lying to keep up their "goody-goody" image, or weather they just don't want to admit it.:confused:


more than you think I would imagine. it's impossible to say though. i know for a fact some girls don't, they think it's dirty, while others, at least every day. ;)

[Computer_Phreak]

Originally posted by wdlove
Found clean information on masturbation!

http://shack.bianca.com/shack/goodvibe/masturbate/

wow... a little more than i needed to know, but an interesting read:D

got to clear my cache, history, etc. after that one tho;)

[mischief]

Bong-hits, Corona and some Table-gaming followed by a soak in the hot tub and a good screw.:D ;) :cool:

[RandomDeadHead]

randomdeadhead:

bonaroo looks to be spectacular. if you were there last year, would you not agree that moe stole the show?

Moe was GREAT!!!! The best I have ever heard them. Tho I dont rember much of anything from that weekend:cool: Ive got the tapes of it if you want to trade.

The superjam was well, TO DIE FOR.

Phil and friends seamed kind of off. NOT bad just off.

Have you heard the Valentines Day show that The Dead did, this past febuary at the warfield? OH MY GOD THEY WERE ON!!!:D I havent heard energy fly off the stage like that since the 1990 fall tour! Joan Osborn(<--sp) Stole the fuc*ing show during hard to handle. The franklins tower made me cry (realy) It sounded like Jerry was on stage with them. If that was any indication of what to expect at the roo, we are in for a treat!

If you have not heard the Valentines show, PLEASE give me your address so I can send you a copy! That offer stands for anyone else in these forums as well. God, people a free copy of the best dead show in 10 years sent to your mail box, for free, just email me your address. This show is like the common cold, Its just got to be spred.

Also I will have copy's of bonaroo available 3 days after the last day. Let me know if you are intrested.

[janey]

Originally posted by MrMacman
OMFG
Marijuana, weed, the stuff they have for only medical purposes in California, but is still illegal federally and in all other states.

Lets see you smoke it and its illegal, yeah.
hey can i get my hands on some "illegal" drugs for medical purposes :D
anyway i was just talking on my cell today just staring into space at starbucks when i saw this guy masturbating...to the extent where it was getting pretty disgusting-right in front of a whole bunch of little kids too :rolleyes:

[evoluzione]

Originally posted by übergeek
hey can i get my hands on some "illegal" drugs for medical purposes :D
anyway i was just talking on my cell today just staring into space at starbucks when i saw this guy masturbating...to the extent where it was getting pretty disgusting-right in front of a whole bunch of little kids too :rolleyes:


noooooooo, you're kidding???? did anyone call the police??? that's seriously scary

[vniow]

Originally posted by wdlove
Found clean information on masturbation!

http://shack.bianca.com/shack/goodvibe/masturbate/

*SMOOCH*

[vniow]

Originally posted by Computer_Phreak
:D

I sometimes wonder what % of girls do this...
At my school it seems that all guys admit to doing it, but very few girls do. I wonder if they are lying to keep up their "goody-goody" image, or weather they just don't want to admit it.:confused:


Goody goody my ass, I'm the Alpha Bitch and damn proud of it.

[Sun Baked]

Go play with your iBrator...

[edit - Ooops, left it turned of high. :)]

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by vniow
Goody goody my ass, I'm the Alpha Bitch and damn proud of it.

lol, some people besides ourselves use our computer...

Originally posted by Sun Baked
Go play with your iBrator...

[edit - Ooops, left it turned of high. :)]

LOL!

[shadowfax]

i dunno, masturbation seems to require that you build up more stress before you can relieve it. i guess it's arguable that the stress gets built up anyway, but that's probably something that varies from person to person.

[vniow]

Originally posted by Sun Baked
Go play with your iBrator...


How can I when uber won't let me borrow hers?

It's not like these are sold in Apple Stores ya know.

Harumph.

[shadowfax]

geek thread alert. relaxation turning green...

[Doctor Q]

Did someone say geek?

I relax three ways:

(1) Doing anything on any computer - I can never get enough.

(2) Twiddling, fiddling, manipulating, whatever you call it. My hands don't like to be idle, so I'll pick up any small object and "worry" it when my hands have nothing else to do. Gimmie a desk toy and I'll be happy.

(3) Music, anytime I'm awake. I have CDs or the radio on anytime I can.

[Computer_Phreak]

Originally posted by vniow
Goody goody my ass, I'm the Alpha Bitch and damn proud of it.

not that I was saying you were a goody-goody or anything

[iGav]

hmmm....

I design.... or I shoot dv..... or I kick back to some toons and do the above.... :)

I'm thinking about buying a BMX though..... although I need to find out whether 6.3" is too tall for little bikes.... :(

[GeneR]

I listen to music. Dance. Maybe listen to a radio station that has a pretty goofy DJ, read books, read magazines, read comic books and graphic novels, write, draw, go to MacRumors, shoot film and/or DV, edit on Final Cut Pro, visit the Apple store in Pasadena, sleep, watch movies on HBO, watch movies in general, spend time with girlfriend (this can either be relaxing or not), sit in church (I don't go because anyone forces me, I go when nobody else is around and everything is really peaceful. :D)... pray? Yes, that really relieves a lot of stress. I just shrug and figure, "Hey, why worry? It's out of my hands." or "Hey, God has a better idea what's going on than I do, why worry?"

I'd like to say I workout even though I'm pretty fit, but I'm a bit lazy about that. Maybe I'll take up Yoga or Pilates. Dunno. I guess it would be relaxing to be able to fit your ankle behind your head... NOT! :D

[wdlove]

Originally posted by vniow
*SMOOCH*

Thank you, I'm pleased that you liked the link. Education is always beneficial! You caused me to blush, but pleased! ;)

[Stelliform]

I play golf, and I eat. :) I am trying to stop doing the second one....

[dreamlance]

Chat online, design a site, draw, dance - generally good relaxation techniques for me. A very intense game of racquetball is another one.

[wdlove]

Another very easy way to relax that can be done anywhere anytime is to take slow deep breaths. A good technique for many things such as anxiety or pain or to just relax! ;)

[GeneR]

Sometimes it's just fun to see what other people think, to be that fly on the wall and to really see if you agree with what other people are saying or doing (or saying they're doing! :D )

A lot of good people on this website. A lot of good hearts, and a lot of good thoughts. Good reading. Who needs a book? I've got MacRumors?

And, like I've mentioned in my footnote, it always reminds me of how little I know. :D

[janey]

Originally posted by vniow
How can I when uber won't let me borrow hers?

It's not like these are sold in Apple Stores ya know.

Harumph.
if you want mine vniow...you'll have to get it from my bf ibookin'@mwny because he has it. :p
is this the new geek thread or what...:)

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by übergeek
if you want mine vniow...you'll have to get it from my bf ibookin'@mwny because he has it. :p
is this the new geek thread or what...:)

only because you keep talking about it.
* * * * * * * * *
i'm convinced or the relaxing powers of the night drive. i was feeling crappy and depressed on friday, with that tightness you sometimes get like you could almost vomit but not really, and a headache to boot. finally i went to go pick up a friend at about 10:00, and i just zoomed around in my little honda. it was kind of exhilirating, and my physical ills subsided after a few minutes. good stuff.

[vniow]

Originally posted by übergeek
if you want mine vniow...you'll have to get it from my bf ibookin'@mwny because he has it. :p


Kinky.http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251618

[scem0]

Originally posted by vniow
Kinky.http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251618

Geeky.http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251618

[chrisfx811]

paintball ... i dunno if it actually relaxes me though

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by chrisfx811
paintball ... i dunno if it actually relaxes me though

getting struck by small, hard balls that break against you and spew paint all over you? heck yeah, that's relaxing! especially when you take one on the hand, or thigh, or better yet the neck.

[Doctor Q]

Actually, many of us get to spend more and more time each day with the simple task of deleting spam. If you don't get too red in the face from anger or embarrassment, the simple act of pressing the DELETE key over and over could be the 21st century's most common form of relaxation. To add to the fun, you could use different fingers each time you press the key or you could tap it in a rhythmic pattern as you hum your favorite song. Maybe that drum solo from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida would do.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
getting struck by small, hard balls that break against you and spew paint all over you? heck yeah, that's relaxing! especially when you take one on the hand, or thigh, or better yet the neck.

So you find physical activity relaxing? Or is it the warm paint on sensative areas? ;)

[Genie]

I would like to relax you with music.

[tazo]

I hang out and play pool, basketball, at my local teen rec. center, that is when I am not banned from there. umm long story :)...but I go back thursday :cool:

[beatle888]

Originally posted by übergeek
i can't relax...i tend to not do anything about the buildup of stress and stuff like that until i explode and start yelling at someone until i feel tired.
sometimes that means yelling at my parents for several hours for no reason at all and just doing malicious things just for the heck of it.
once in a while i get into a fight with someone much stronger and bigger than me.

poor thing. you might wanna try to find a way to cope better with your stress. i know its tough but its not good to project your feelings on others the way your doing. all it does is make you feel better and makes them feel like sh)t. i know i need to work on that myself.

[MacAztec]

I agree with whoever said something about a night drive. I noticed I when I go out at night (return movies, groceries, etc.) and drive around, im always relaxed. Its great where I live, because there arent that many people.

This is what I also do (from an earlier post):

Well, I am tense before baseball and football games. To relax, I close my eyes and visualize what I am going to do in every situation in either sport.

I stay quiet and think. I never really yell unless I am pissed. I cuss at myself if I screw up.

I think baseball practice is relaxing. Its fun, you learn, you get better, and there is no pressure on you, so everythings ok.

Football practice is tense. Always have to watch out of your eye incase a linebacker or safety is coming in on you. Its all instincts....

Oh, and I like to chill. Just with friends and stuff. Listen to music and get some ladies up in the joint.

[wdlove]

I like listening to music to relax. Being on my Power Mac is relaxing!

[mactastic]

Exercise. Do some kind of athletic activity several times a week. I like to hike. I have several short 4 mile or so hikes that I like to do without having to drive anywhere, and try to go for a 10+ mile hike on the weekend when i'm not swamped. Martial arts were a wonderful outlet for stress too. Go running, rock climbing, kayaking, biking, swimming, anything. It hurts while your doing it, but you will feel good afterwards. And thats the majority of your time anyway. Enjoy!

[Roger1]

I usually hang out with my kids, surf the web, read, hang out with friends from church, walk the dog. However, my new office is about 99% done, so now I can have "alone" time when I need it. :)

Oh, I also go putter in the garage, weather permitting.

[Doctor Q]

Lately, I've been relaxing by writing my own spam filtering program, to run on a mail server. I like programming, especially writing parsers and string manipulation programs, and I'm having a great time adding one feature after another as I think of them. Unlike projects at work, this one has no deadline, so I work on it whenever I feel like it.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
Lately, I've been relaxing by writing my own spam filtering program, to run on a mail server. I like programming, especially writing parsers and string manipulation programs, and I'm having a great time adding one feature after another as I think of them. Unlike projects at work, this one has no deadline, so I work on it whenever I feel like it.

Are you planning to put it out as shareware Doctor Q?

[MrMacMan]

Cool a spam filter, lemme guess somehow it is only server based?

I love spam filters, acually I love more when my (really stupid script) just sends the spammers back there own **** (sit) back to them.

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by wdlove
Are you planning to put it out as shareware Doctor Q?You've been paying attention - I asked about what it's like to be a shareware author in another thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26996). But no, this is just for the mail server I run. It won't be particularly better than any other string-comparison rule-based filter (although I taught it to spot hidden words like "viagra" in Subjects like "Buy v1a-g`a`r`a here!!"). For me, the fun part was studying the RFCs for the e-mail format, learning how sendmail works, and the joy of programming.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
You've been paying attention - I asked about what it's like to be a shareware author in another thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26996). But no, this is just for the mail server I run. It won't be particularly better than any other string-comparison rule-based filter (although I taught it to spot hidden words like "viagra" in Subjects like "Buy v1a-g`a`r`a here!!"). For me, the fun part was studying the RFCs for the e-mail format, learning how sendmail works, and the joy of programming.

I'm glad that you have something that you enjoy! If successful maybe you will change your mind? Please keep us posted!;)

[King Cobra]

I hardly ever relax. If anything, it's being on the internet and listening to my choice of hard music.

If relaxing is releasing tension or certain feelings, that relaxing is typing up at least a page of poetry based on that singular feeling.

If relaxing is calming down to a state of minimal activity, then it's being with certain people, watching a movie, or a combination.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by King Cobra
I hardly ever relax. If anything, it's being on the internet and listening to my choice of hard music.

If relaxing is releasing tension or certain feelings, that relaxing is typing up at least a page of poetry based on that singular feeling.

If relaxing is calming down to a state of minimal activity, then it's being with certain people, watching a movie, or a combination.

Just sounds as though you have your own prefernces for relaxing. That you prefer not to put a label on your down time. The human body needs to have periods of rest, beside the need for 7 - 8 hours of sleep at might!

I really like you new Avatrar King Cobra! What significance does it have?

[King Cobra]

>That you prefer not to put a label on your down time.

What do you mean put a label on my down time? It's not a label, it's choosing to relax by choice. There's no label for that.

[Steradian]

Well i talk to the girl Friend, or I listen to some coldplay :)

[SumDumGuy]

heaven is wakeboarding (http://www.liquidforce.com/images/wall_watson_800.jpg)

[Doctor Q]

I was invited to a concert in Palm Springs so I took time off work and drove there from Los Angeles yesterday. It was 112 degrees Fahrenheit there today. I discovered that I was driving down Bob Hope Drive (one of the major streets there) on Bob Hope's 100th birthday!

Anyway, since it was a day to relax, I took along my 1200-page Sendmail book (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sendmail3/) and read another 200 pages. I suppose that when "normal" people read, they want to know whether the butler committed the murder, whether the 50-foot space slug will be defeated by the space brigade, or what Scarlett and Rhett are doing. But not me. I read a novel now and then, but I'd almost always prefer to curl up with a technical manual of some kind.

[MacAztec]

Yea its pretty hot down here in Palm Springs. What concert did you go to and where? I didn't here about it hehe.

It was really hot yesterday, humid also. In football I was sweatin my brains out! Oh well, its still nice here.

Dont play golf here in the summer. While it may be fun, its soooo hot. The best thing to do for locals is either to go down to the Marrior Resort (very nice, and free if you act like you stay there), or to just go to the beach.

But not this summer for me :( Im gonna try and really bulk up!

[Doctor Q]

Originally posted by MacAztec
Yea its pretty hot down here in Palm Springs. What concert did you go to and where? I didn't here about it hehe.Well, I apologize for not inviting you, but it wasn't a major event like, say, a Foo Fighters concert. It was the Palm Desert Middle School (http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/schools/pdms/Pantherband/pantherband.htm) year-end band concert at the Westin. They have four bands, including a marching band and a darn good jazz band!

[Wardofsky]

Music can be soothing for me and takes my mind off (school) work and other matters by making me think off a movie story line that could go along with it.

Watch Amelie (http://www.amelie-themovie.com/), inspirational stuff, it's one of the best movies.

Divorce sucks, I've never been through it or been a part of it but I think I know how hard it is.

[bcsimac]

I do all kinds of things. I go fishing.......fishing is very relaxing since you can just sit somewhere on a five gallon bucket and catch fish and when the fish aren't biting just sit. I go hunting......it relaxes me unless it is really cold and then in that case I am too tight because the body is cold and trying to tighten up to warm up. Music is good.....I do love praise and worship music and Point of Grace....can't get enough of the girls! My fiancee' giving me a backrub and shoulder massage is a big time reliever and relaxer.....I have a shoulder that the muscles on it just rid up my neck and then tighten up with a huge big knot and it hurts so bad that it drives me nuts and causes me to sometimes go numb and I lose range of motion and can't moe the shoulder or arm.....thank to an injury I suffered back in college and all the stress back then! A new electric massage machine helps too.....it allows me to release. A hot bath or shower works too.....especially when the shoulder is acting up....or if my stomach hurts. Spending the entire day sleeping or in bed is good too. Goofing off on the basketball court is relaxing; but unfortunately for me, it can turn competitive and serious very easily for me and then I really get into it and get reallly round up (not sure of sp?) and get very intense.....in which case its not relaxing.....I used to play competitive varsity basketball......that is why it can turn very competitive very quickly for me. A nice picnic in the park by a stream is relaxing for me.....I used to love going to Stainbrook park (named after my mom's family.....my uncle Ruben owned the property before giving it to the Army Engineering Corps as a park) and grill something and eat and then sit in front of the quiet little stream under the shade of a tree......it is very quiet there.....nothing to disturb you. Going to church is a big stress reliever for me since it allows me to be where I am most home and feel the most accepted and loved and know that Jesus is there.