I work forty hours a week while taking two courses and hitting the gym 2-3 times a week. It occurred to me that I may have become one of those busy people. Maybe even the flaky sort of busy person ( Read more... )

I had a dream where a cult-like storefront church opened next door to me and I built all these little transmitting devices that (re)brainwashed the parishioners and caused them to leave the church in droves. This was probably inspired by the RTS game Sins of a Solar Empire, where you can build interstellar broadcast networks that can over time can ( Read more... )

I should write in here more. And start cross-posting, as others have suggested ( Read more... )

I managed to have a weekend so unproductive I actually feel kind of guilty. I did a little gaming and saw Hitchcock with my sister but no cleaning or exercise got done.

The high point was playing A Touch of Evil with some friends and a work-buddy I invited along. It turns out said work-buddy is some kind of minor Midwestern gaming/fantasy art ( Read more... )

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The abdominal pains I mentioned in my last post turned out to be something embarassing and relatively non-threatening that can be cleared up with over-the-counter medications. I guess if I've learned a lesson, it's to just bite the bullet and see my doctor if something seems wrong. Googling my symptoms was only scaring me and my doctor is a pretty ( Read more... )

I'm seeing a doctor later this week because I've been having sharp pains below the right side of my ribcage. There are a lot of important bits in that region of the body so needless to say I'm worried.

I'm going to move to Milwaukee in the spring. I miss city life and I've still got some great friends down there and I've missed city life. In the meantime, I'm working extra hours(haunted art gallery!), trying to sell various things, and generally being more austere and thrifty ( Read more... )

I've been on the South Beach diet since Friday. To save you a quick Google search, it's a low-carb diet. The first couple weeks require quitting carbs and sugars cold turkey and subsisting on lean meats, vegetables, and minimal dairy. After this initial purging period some whole grain carbs and various fruits are allowed again. Since I began on ( Read more... )

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