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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: April 15, 2021, 05:31:41 pm »(i'm still testing positive tho)
hope you're not still planning to do the race if you're still testing positive <10 days out...
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hope you're not still planning to do the race if you're still testing positive <10 days out...
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 14, 2021, 05:09:12 pm »
started to get a tension headache today, did a bunch of massage and mobilization, it continued to get worse, took ibuprofen and lay down for 20-30 mins, then started to practice guitar. it is receding. deep breaths.
of all that the guitar seems most helpful. trying to learn the intro to this song (en route to learning the whole thing, obviously, but the intro uses a technique, finger rolling, i hadn't learned before, so it's taking a while.)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngyk7wE0Peg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngyk7wE0Peg</a>
that's a duet, i found an arrangement for solo guitar that combines the parts.
of all that the guitar seems most helpful. trying to learn the intro to this song (en route to learning the whole thing, obviously, but the intro uses a technique, finger rolling, i hadn't learned before, so it's taking a while.)
that's a duet, i found an arrangement for solo guitar that combines the parts.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 13, 2021, 10:52:45 am »
slept like garbage last night. had one continuous dream about my two most meaningful exes, which i may or may not have awoken in the middle of. in the first part, i was lying on the floor with the most recent ex and nicole aniston, the porn star. we were all naked. ex had invited nicole aniston to have sex with me after ex used clippers to trim my pubes. this was all a big surprise. i knew that she'd have liked me to trim my pubes, although she never specifically asked about it, and in the dream she seemed really excited by the whole thing, so i went along with it. i find nicole aniston very unattractive, so i was worried i wouldn't be able to get it up. and in fact, when she started to straddle me i was still limp. then, suddenly, time had passed. i was standing in the same room but with my previous ex sitting on the floor. both of us clothed. she was looking at me mournfully, pouting, but not saying anything. then i looked around and noticed that she'd taken all of her things out of the room. she was moving out and breaking up with me and it was a fait accompli. i was taken aback by the suddenness and finality of it, which was true of my actual breakup with that ex. then she was not there anymore and i was alone, looking around at the stuff that was left.
you don't exactly have to be freud to note that i am craving both physical and emotional intimacy and that i miss both of my exes.
anyway, on the upside i was awake super early this morning so i went for a run after missing last night because of work.
- run 8.05 km in 40:48
felt absolutely wonderful, need to commit to morning exercise because it makes the rest of the day so much better.
- stretch
you don't exactly have to be freud to note that i am craving both physical and emotional intimacy and that i miss both of my exes.
anyway, on the upside i was awake super early this morning so i went for a run after missing last night because of work.
- run 8.05 km in 40:48
felt absolutely wonderful, need to commit to morning exercise because it makes the rest of the day so much better.
- stretch
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 10, 2021, 05:11:08 pm »
yeah my mom is also trying to get me to try alternative stuff first. acupuncture, for example. i dunno. more research to do.
upon waking
- GMB standing warm up
- kit laughlin neck and face stretching
- meditate x 10 mins
afternoon
- run 42:00, 8.35 km
T+DI 129, creeping back up toward summer values. not so bad yet that i'm drenched in sweat right after a shower.
- stretch
upon waking
- GMB standing warm up
- kit laughlin neck and face stretching
- meditate x 10 mins
afternoon
- run 42:00, 8.35 km
T+DI 129, creeping back up toward summer values. not so bad yet that i'm drenched in sweat right after a shower.
- stretch
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 08, 2021, 11:37:35 am »
immediately after waking
- GMB standing warm up
- face/neck stretches
- meditate x 10 mins
evening
- run 1:02, 12.39 km
slightly sore. kept it nice and relaxed.
- stretch
left shoulder still quite sore and tender. there's a big bruise, as well, about the size of a deck of cards but oval shaped. and upper traps are stiff and sore now. did much more mobilization and self-massage throughout the day than normal.
- GMB standing warm up
- face/neck stretches
- meditate x 10 mins
evening
- run 1:02, 12.39 km
slightly sore. kept it nice and relaxed.
- stretch
left shoulder still quite sore and tender. there's a big bruise, as well, about the size of a deck of cards but oval shaped. and upper traps are stiff and sore now. did much more mobilization and self-massage throughout the day than normal.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 07, 2021, 06:27:25 pm »
went to new doc today. aside from being incredibly slow, it was fine. he had a couple suggestions about my headaches. the first was that they could be related to my elevated blood pressure. he told me that in the last 15 years or so the recommended ceiling for health bp has gone down steadily, to the point where i'm over it now. so i need to reconsider getting a stent put in (the issue is in one of my kidneys) or going on medication. strong preference for the former, i think.
the other thing was just to say that the headaches are probably muscular and so i need to be doing more stretching and movement throughout the day. that's not new but it gave me a little kick in the pants. i think i'll start doing some meditating as well. it's been 20 years since i meditated regularly but never too late to start again.
the other thing was just to say that the headaches are probably muscular and so i need to be doing more stretching and movement throughout the day. that's not new but it gave me a little kick in the pants. i think i'll start doing some meditating as well. it's been 20 years since i meditated regularly but never too late to start again.
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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
« on: April 07, 2021, 08:41:24 am »
oh yeah i've seen that video before, absolutely bananas how he tunes the guitar while playing, as an embellishment. cool that you got to see him in a setting like that.
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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
« on: April 06, 2021, 07:46:56 pm »
^^^tight
this dude is my new guitar hero. absolute god-level playing.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cORcUqbLAU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cORcUqbLAU</a>
this dude is my new guitar hero. absolute god-level playing.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 06, 2021, 07:31:52 pm »
got the shot. what a relief. feel tired now but otherwise no ill effects, shoulder feels fine.
no run tonight.
no run tonight.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: April 06, 2021, 11:10:07 am »
re-evaluate
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: April 05, 2021, 08:15:18 pm »
- run 9.3 km in 46:30
rough. ten days off = fitness decline. also it's suddenly warm.
- push up x 20,20
- stretch
got a vaccine appointment for tomorrow. fuck yes.
rough. ten days off = fitness decline. also it's suddenly warm.
- push up x 20,20
- stretch
got a vaccine appointment for tomorrow. fuck yes.
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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: jookin videos
« on: April 05, 2021, 01:36:08 pm »763
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 30, 2021, 06:54:22 pm »
exercise taking a back seat this week. doing some push ups and BSS and a few pull ups on my aunt's old swing set but that's about it. did go for a nice ~30 minute walk with my mom this evening.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: March 25, 2021, 07:28:38 pm »
- run 47:52, 10.1 km
eh. humid. once i get back in a rhythm i need to excise these 4:40-4:50 runs. they're easy but not quite slow enough to be really relaxing, and too slow to be quality work.
- stretch
eh. humid. once i get back in a rhythm i need to excise these 4:40-4:50 runs. they're easy but not quite slow enough to be really relaxing, and too slow to be quality work.
- stretch
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: March 24, 2021, 08:16:55 pm »Man your house/land is GOALS. I would absolutely love to have something like that one day.
yeah i was just talking with my best friend last night about the idea of buying a place together with his wife and another friend. we live in really expensive places (SF, DC) so this would be a kind of shared retreat situation somewhere cheaper and more beautiful. seems more realistic than buying homes where we live and i love the idea of (1) owning some land in common with close friends and (2) having a place that i know i can go back to year after year that's in a beautiful setting far away from crowds.