"The Lord's Gym"???

I'm watching ABC news and this segment just finished about "The Lord's Gym". Get this. Between reps, they recite passages from the Bible!! Apparently it's a growing trend to merge the two huge industries of fitness and religion. Thus, a gym with scriptures and heavenly murals painted on the walls, a strict dress code (ie. no sports bras!), and "lordly" products on sale such as protein "Bible Bars", "Jacob's Bars", and "Body by God" books. Oh my, oh my, oh my. Now tell me, if Intelligent Design is at work, would we not all be fit and healthy, trim and ripped?!! I think their intelligent designer has shares in the fitness industry as well. But hey, if it takes reading passages from the Old Testament and being threatened by going to hell if you don't lose 10 lbs in a month, why not?!

Otherwise, so far a very quiet weekend. I went and bought the Lonely Planet "Thailand" volume today. Yeah!! Lots of reading to do now.

I had the strangest dreams last night. I must be stressed - I usually only have such vivid, fucked-up dreams when I'm stressed. One involved some Banff people, but it was really, really weird. Actually, maybe the main trio of the dream was not so weird, but the situations was. Too much to get into here me thinks! The other one, I was being chased while hiding on a boat. I always have dreams about being chased, running from someone evil, fleeing, etc. Usually it involves a violent pursuer as well - someone looking to shoot or attack me. Apparently such dreams are simply manifestations of real anxieties, fears and on-going problems that are part of your waking life. Possible. I know I have been dreaming alot more since having been through therapy. Maybe it's a release from that awareness.