Monthly Archive for August, 2008

Dive into Pain and Insanity

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on August 26, 2008
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Sleep cycle is out of whack. This pain garbage needs to end.

Tomorrow will be another day at the doctor’s. This time, I need to ask if all of my current medial issues have to do with a certain arthritis issue in my jaw. I didn’t even know you could have arthritis only at a certain joint. Of course, it may be that I have arthritis everywhere else.

Which makes me happy in some ways… I know then that the pain that I have is just in the mind; that as long as I can ignore and endure it, no harm will come from it. I think that’s the case anyway… that’s to ask the doctor tomorrow.

What would I give to have these forearm pains disappear… So I can keep blogging like I used to before… So I can continue the guitar (the real kind… and a little bit of the fake kind) and piano… So I can freaking run like a normal person… So I can breathe without pain…

Yeap. It’s getting serious. I’ll try to think of it as an equalizer for the awesome that just seeps out of my pores.

I finally bought a dry-erase board.

Dry Erase Board of Awesome

On it, it has a part of the planning that’s going through my head. Which reminds me, I need to get a better camera/camcorder…

I really can’t post anything worth of value until I get that meta post complete. Bear with me while my mind goes to rest for a few hours.

It’s So Easy But So Hard

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on August 24, 2008
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In an effort to be ruthlessly efficient (in most areas that I deem important), the detail- and formula-oriented side of my mind makes me paralyzed. There are times when I can’t do the next thing on the list, even though the current task at hand is just seemingly impossible. Like freaking finishing this post.

Heck, I spent 20 minutes figuring out how to properly capitalize titles, and since it seems to be largely a style-issue, I’m at a loss. There is no formula here. I guess I am left to create my own.

And then there’s the over-analytical part of me. I must figure out the reasons as to why everything must matter to everything. It’s this holistic view on life that continues to bemuse bystanders who have come and gone. It also addles my mind, and additionally encourage the “meta” mentality that I have towards life.

So what’s the point of this post? Heh. I guess I do end up asking what the point is to a lot of things. I ignore the journey, even though I keep telling people that’s the most important part.

Yes, it’s late. And I’m trying to keep up the blogging. It’s been quite quiet here. That needs to stop.

Oh, and on a related “paralysis” note, they think I have Juvenile Arthritis. Awesome.

What’s On The Menu This Week?

Well, looks like I’ll be having another four day weekend, but this time, I won’t be moving too many boxes around. I’m still trying to figure out what the best way of tracking my ideas is going to be… paper seems likely, since my forearms are not liking me these days.

I also have a feeling I’m going to have a meeting in my head about where this blog is headed. There’s definitely going to be another “blog about blog” post.

Ah, goals. Some people have problems coming up with them. I seem to have a problem with keeping them off the list. I need to start being a bit more artistic. When’s a guitar, when I need it? Or drums. Delicious drums…

The Setup So Far

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on August 24, 2008
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I’ve been getting some requests for pictures of the new apartment.

I don’t know what version to call this “Lair”, but this is how it looks for now.

The Setup So Far

I guess I should post a full tour of the place, but really, it’s just a regular apartment. I don’t know what some people are wanting… maybe after a couple weeks of decorating I’ll be able to show some coolness.

The move wasn’t too crazy. I’m happy that I have so little stuff. Pretty much all my stuff falls into four categories: kitchen accessories (with a small box of toiletries), clothing, books (and all the paper documents), and electronics (oh the cables… so many freaking cables…). Over the year, I intend to start a scanning project of all my old documents, as well as start selling even more crap I don’t need.

All the while I’m realizing how little stuff I truly have, I’m realizing how much bigger this apartment is compared to the last one. There are too many cabinets and closets going unfilled. I liked the limits that were placed at my last place.

However, I am enjoying the much larger and more traditionally shaped living room. My last one was much longer than it was wide, and so it created an interesting situation with my work desk/bench. Now, I have plenty of room to mess around with.

Time to go look at some posters and dry-erase boards. A printer/scanner is also being researched.

ION Drum Rocker on Amazon

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on August 20, 2008
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Finally, they’re shipping on Amazon. I’m getting one, I guess… there goes $300.

I’ve been waiting for this to be on Amazon ever since I heard of such a set existing. Sure, you could have preordered from the official site, but that would have cost you $50 on shipping. If you’re an Amazon Prime user like me (and even if you’re not, this works on the Free Super Saver shipping) and having been waiting for this… there’s no reason to buy it from anywhere else. No tax, FTW.

$300? Yeah, it’s a bit much. Finally, with some news on Kotaku about the Drum Trainer, I’m happy with this purchase. I just hope I can directly map the set to Guitar Hero: World Tour, but I might be asking for too much.

And yes, a new blog idea is foming. Who knows how far I’ll take this music gaming news stuff…?