the daily dub

Right around now is when things start to get hectic. Who am I kidding, they’re always hectic, but right now even more so.

I’ve got WWDC coming up, a show to rehearse for, plus my normal day job.

As you can imagine, things can get a little draining.

Here’s a little recipe to battle the stress and the fatigue:

• Workout Daily

Admittedly, I can’t keep up with this one. It’s hard to hit the gym every day. Lately, though, I’m making an effort to get up at 6:30 and be at the gym by 7am. Then, it takes me about 8 minutes to run a mile, which I follow with some Yoga Ball exercises. This gets my energy flowing, and works my core muscles - basically helps wake me up and keep me toned.

• Coffee

A no brainer. Actually, Coffee has been shown to have detrimental effects in large doses. It will temporarily increase your blood pressure (in turn elevating your perceives stress, and making you a bit more touchy), but it still helps get you going. Caffeine is a proven performance enhancer - it helps concentration (unless you over do it), and stamina.

• Gingko

And now for some herbals.. Gingko relaxes your blood vessels, which offsets the BP raise from coffee. Studies have shown [citation needed, i know] that Gingko can relax tough blood vessels as a result of years of drinking or smoking. I take it every day, and it not only helps wake me up, but also helps keep my blood pressure in check. Also, people think it’s good for your memory, but I don’t remember where I heard that…

• Ginseng

Ginseng is believed to normalize body functions - for example, it raises BP in people where their BP is too low, and lowers it in people where their BP is too high. I found some really cool shots of ginseng at Whole Foods that I’ve stocked up on.

• Laughing

No shit. Laughing is really good for you, and if you can find something to laugh about, you’re obviously not that stressed.

Keep up the good fight. Cheers!

I (red0x) haven't had any time to work on this project for quite some time.
There's not much activity on my mailing list for the project, either, so it
doesn't look promising that anyone wants to take it over.

R.I.P. Sonar.

Just posted that here. Kinda sad to see it go… Anyone wanna take it over?

“studio” and “stdio” are just one letter apart.

Coincidence? I think not…

Athena comes home today! Yay!!!

:-)

My other commitments have been dispensed with. Back to the program….

My family has also been driving me nuts. God forbid they read this, but here goes: They always tend to call when I’m in the middle of something at work, and expect that they’ll get my full attention. When they don’t get my full attention, they get short and upset (or maybe that’s me). And if I don’t answer, they don’t leave a message - it’s almost like they want my full attention when they want it, and if they don’t get it, fuck it.

I know I’ve said that last phrase to at least one person who means the world to me in my life lately, and if so, it’s probably more than a little bit of misplaced anger.

My mom asked me to come home this weekend for my sister’s birthday - asked me if I could find the time. Going home these days is such a huge energy drain. Something I used to find peaceful and enjoyable is now dramatic and painful and that makes me terribly sad. And I’m also a little bit bitter about my sister’s pattern of finding herself invited to something, changing all the plans to suit her better, and then completely bailing on it. Say what you want, but it happened twice in the two weeks around my birthday.

I’ve been wanting to hang out with my group of close friends lately - I’ve been missing them, and haven’t had much time with them. I planned a little shindig last weekend, with fresh oysters from Farmers’ Market, some ribs, and chicken legs, and most of the people said they could make it over, but - of course - the weather didn’t work out.

And to that end, I wanted to hit up Farkas’ poker night tonight - to catch up with a group of friends that hasn’t seen much of me, nor I of them - but couldn’t make it because I got in a huge meta-argument.

*le sigh*