The Devil Resides in this box.

That's right. The seemingly sweet overly flexible blond on the front of this box is the devil incarnate. Let me explain.

For my birthday last month (exactly one month ago today, I might add.) my wonderful coworkers at the full time job went together and got me a gift card for Borders. Instead of buying yet another book that would get read once then forgotten about, I decided to purchase a DVD. Not just any DVD though. I was going for the gusto...Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease. Oh yeah I was.

I stopped in on my way home from work one night, feeling pretty damn giddy at the idea of buying a workout DVD with the word Striptease across the front of it (Hey, I maybe 29 but nobody said I had to act like it). I was still doing...whatever...with Him and was convinced I could learn some down and dirty moves that would, shall we say, spice things up a little more. Well, I start perusing the rack of fitness DVDs and see nothing. Huh. So I walk around the DVD section a little more. Still nothing.

Oookkkaayyyy.

Eventually I settled on a three pack that included the above title along with a Yoga and Power Yoga DVD. Now I've never done Yoga but I thought what the heck. I could use some serenity in my life and Pilates, well, I've done that before. It's good for me. Keeps my limber during hockey season and at the bargain price, well, what selfrespecting bargain shopper would pass that up?!

The DVD's sat on the TV stand for the past four weeks. Unopened. Until last night.

I had time to spare before the sis and bro-in-law arrived so I decided to open up the Pilates DVD. Ha. I have two complaints: 1. If you're going to have someone doing beginner adapted moves for the newbies at least show her more than 2 times during the course of your 39 minute video and 2. Slow it down biotch! Jeez. She was moving from move to move so fast I could hardly keep up! Over all I got a nice ab workout (as witnessed by the pain in my midsection everytime I sneezed, coughed or stretched today).

But damn. Can we help a sister out? Not everyone can do that one thing where you roll your spine all the way back so that your feet are up and over your head. Accusing little Miss Instructor of being on crack and watching the move in awe was enough for me to catch up but for the love of all things holy?! Who the hell can do that?

I intend on trying the Yoga next. Not for another day or three though. Still have the debauchery of tomorrow night to enjoy and the recovery after that.

Don't want to make too many changes too fast.