The energy it takes to move is precious, watch how you use it.

So... Balance.

It's a fun thing to learn how to do. I remember when I was a kid and I had absolutely horrid balance... Then I somehow got signed up for ballet, and bam, here I am, 20 years later with great balance.

Fun things to think about...

A balanced movement involves the entire body... Think of it as though you're attached to a pulley. If you move your arms and want to maintain balance while also conserving energy, you don't move one arm. You move both. Imagine a that a rope goes from each wrist to a point behind you... Now start walking. Your natural movement for your arms is that one swings back, the other swings forward. Lather, rinse, repeat. Pulley = balance.

It really applies to everything. Life is give and take, gain and loss. No one gets everything without paying for it in some way, and no one loses everything without gaining something in return.. It just isn't always what you're looking for. Balance in your everyday life is important, because it makes everything much easier to look at and deal with. Stress is killer if you don't balance it with something to relax.

For me, I have a few ways to relax... First, video games with friends. ESPECIALLY Castle Crashers. Wow, that game is fun. Zelda, different RPGs, things like that. Second, doodling. I'm very slowly working on my book, but doodling is what keeps me relaxed. Third... Well, let's be honest. I'm a flirt. I flirt a considerable amount with almost every attractive girl I know. Playfully, of course, with no real intent of starting something, because in most cases that would be awkward.

SPEAKING of which.. There's this girl, right.. Who I've been talking to recently, playing Halo, whatever. No biggie. Being a flirt, I have of course flirted, because she's attractive. No other motives, it's just part of my personality. Plus, she lives on the other side of the country, and that kinda crap can go to hell. Not doing that again. And she apparently has the same sentiment. OR SO SHE SAID.

So there's this friend of my roommate.. We'll call him Bob. Bob plays Halo with us. It is common knowledge that I am an asshole on the internet, and I act like I'm better than everyone... Either at the game, or at life (because I usually am, and it makes it more fun when there's banter). Apparently after they "met" (I was in a game with her, he joined us), they decided to start dating via Halo. This is fine, I don't judge either of them for that, and really I can't. Two days? Hell, that's plenty of time.

No, I judge on the fact that she thought this would make me sad. Me. Sad. Over a girl I've casually flirted with dating someone. It was to the point (before I knew they were "dating") that she was telling me over and over that she was sorry, and that she didn't want to make me sad. I wasn't sad, I just wasn't responding to all of her text messages because I was at work and in a bad mood because of it. Doesn't matter what I say, clearly I'm sad because she isn't madly in love with me. THIS IS A RECURRING THEME. It happens more often then I care to admit, and I always feel kind of bad when I explain that I really don't care if they date someone... It's like.. Crushing a part of their soul. It would never have occurred to me that people get upset that they haven't upset a friend. Like, really? YOU'RE sad because I'm NOT sad? Get over yourself already. THOSE people need some balance. Balance your ego with how you treat your friends.

Apparently she's now accepted that I'm not sad, and she doesn't need to feel bad about this. In other news, one of the many girls I know who went batshit crazy has accepted that she is, in fact, batshit crazy, and I was the most perfect person she was ever with. If I ever need fuel for my ego, it's right there. Someone who broke up with ME has acknowledged that they made a huge mistake, and I am awesome.

Game, set, match. I'm flippin' BATMAN.