and we are excited to teach you all the wonderful things pilates can do for you. it’s normal cream, essentially without anything weird or interesting going on. so i stand before you here today to tell you to fill your hearts with enthusiasm and your minds with reason, and use them to navigate through the new adventures that are beckoning. ***just after i wrote this, my friend stopped by and dragged me out of my slump. my motto: it's rude not to watch. while he is doing so, we are counting them. 