This is unedited, in large part, so these are old comments mixed with the newer and updated ones. I don’t want to change it, as I see how my knowledge about health and such has changed drastically in the last months.

I’m counting this as from the start of August, more specifically 01/08/09.

01/08/09 – 09:00 – 116,8kg
16/08/09 – 23:10 – 112,8kg
17/08/09 – 20:34 – 111,3kg
18/08/09 – 22:50 – 110,1kg
19/08/09 – 21:30 – 108,7kg
21/08/09 – 22:XX – 108,3kg (ate some chips the previous day, heavy stomach)
22/08/09 – 15:30 – 107,6kg
24/08/09 – 23:09 – 108,8kg
28/08/09 – 20:15 – 105,3kg?/106,5kg (after a big glass of water)
03/09/09 – 07:45 – 103,3kg (1)
05/09/09 – 10:55 – 104,5kg

—- long period of no weight changes because I’ve been on vacation, but it seems I did drop a bit there too —-

15/10/09 – 07:45 – 99,9kg (back from vacation and forgot to weigh myself for a few days)
16/10/09 – 07:45 – 98,9kg (Oy, nice. 1kg in a day? Oo) (2)
20/10/09 – 07:45 – 97,7kg (Continuing drop, steady diet) (3)
21/10/09 – 08:25 – 97,1kg (moar droppings… ;P)
29/10/09 – 07:40 – 96,7kg (changed the diet since I dropped too fast) (4)
22/12/09 – 18:30 – 94,0kg (long time no see!)(5)
15/01/10 – 07:45 – 93,5kg (yoyo days!)(6)

1. Weighed with just boxers on, I’ve been criticized for wearing clothes when weighing myself. Also had a week of eating a bit extra when exercising
2. Back on the good diet again, so I should be feeling better soon.
3. Stomach’s not feeling uncomfortably full any more. Seeing how I felt when eating a normal portion, I think people really eat too much
4. I dropped too fast, almost anorectically fast, and I didn’t realize it. I just ate too little and thought I ate enough, nothing magical about it. What struck me was that it’s amazing how much better you feel when you’re dieting and eating too little. The body feels light, the head feels clear, and you generally just feel good. Now I read that this is because the body is giving you juice so you can get well enough to go hunting for more food, so I’m starting to see what kind of addiction the anorectics have.
5. Right, now I’m worried about loose skin. Bah. At least I’m starting to look a lot more slim and fit. Even getting a bit toned in the edges. Crediting Barr for the massive encouragement in simply being.
6. Christmas came and went, and so did my weight! I gained 2kg, disregarding the pure amount of food in my belly, which pushed it up to around 97 or 98kg. I’m now back to dropping down at a steady rate. Just how much I should drop is currently beyond me. I was told the other day that I look thin, which is a good thing, but not necessarily a good thing. My intent is to look fit, but I suppose that’s more like buff if you compare to what I used to be. I’ll have to see about that. Right now I’m just trying to weather emotions, and I hope I’ll be able to stay in the saddle.

Then I travelled with Norwegian over the country to the eastlands, landing on Gardermoen. We landed, for some reason, at the non-domestic area, so we had to be shuttled to the domestic area. Which sucks, because here I was hoping to sneak by the tax-free in a jiffy. No such luck! I’m hoping to pick up some goodies on the way back or something for people, like Lagavulin. God that whisky is awesome.

Which reminds me I should see if I can find something for those I’ll be staying at in Israel, who seem to be slightly troubled by it all, the stay. I hope I’ll be able to soothe their minds and put them at ease that I’m not some pillaging viking…

Did I mention I had to get up really early? Like 5:45 in the morning. So when I reach my brother’s, I’m so tired and broken down. Also due to lack of sleep, I’ve been excited about this trip for weeks now… and the Strattera’s straining my sleep too. Oh, did I mention I’m on Strattera now? Anyways, I reach my brother and we have a bunch of good laughs. That guy’s the best, I can’t help but love meeting him. His girlfriend’s freakin’ awesome too! Both funny and cozy people.

Eh, anyways, early in the morning on friday, and we’re both tired. I get home to him, chat a bit. Fall asleep on the couch when he’s picking up his missus, and then we chat and crap, see a few places. Good fun. They’ve got the cutest kitten, and she sleeps on my belly when I’m taking the nap! So damn cute! Oh, did I mention my relative had a kitten too? Gah, I just melt into a puddle of “Awwwww…. ” when I’m around kittens.

And today we were at a place called Sakura Sushi here in Littleletricity, nice place, nice people, and massive portions on the plates. I never thought I’d say this, but they might’ve been too big, especially since I’m trying to lose weight. Mother of god… wow… and the tempura was amazing. Perhaps the cod was a bit boring, but it went down. They did some magical things with coconut milk and curry, holy crap that was nice. So I’ve got a new recipe to try my way to getting right!

Right, too big a portion, pig out on Ben & Jerry’s Cookie Dough + Haagen Dazs Strawberry Cheese Cake. So good! Now my brother’s playing Final Fantasy 12, english dub which sounds horrible, and it looks a bit unengaging to be honest. Dull as fuck in other words, and sounds bloody awful. Poor bastard, stuck with dubbed version. Might as well have gotten the russian dub or something, or the french one, at least he’d have gotten a few laughs out of that…

Right, I’ll go play with the kitten and chat some more with the wonderful little woman… :3

Nirwana CD cover

I won’t try to angle the Ayla sound to seem as deep and awesome as Beethoven’s (*coughs*), but the slightly melancholic tone of the Ayla music hits me in the right spot. Liebe for example is energetic and subdued at the same time. Angelfalls has that piano that adds so much tone to it. Singularity (Brainchild II) has a regretful feel to it. Into the Light sort of captures the whole spectrum, and all the music has a melancholic and, added to the mix for me, a strong nostalgic feeling.

It’s old, it’s a classic for me, so when I came back after having played the album on the way home I decided to see what became of the Ayla project since the last time I read about it. Wikipedia threw me to this interview with the man behind Ayla, Ingo Kunzl, who was partially behind Safri Duo, a shortlived project I think (can’t remember right now), but with extremely fun music. Seems he has plans to return now in 2009 with a new Ayla album.

The best part of the interview I can’t help but agree on:

i:Vibes: Are their too many generic trance productions now a days and is it easier to have a hit now in 2009 since almost anyone can make music with internet being so big now?

Ayla: I don’t know whether it is better or not. It is good, that almost everyone can make music, but it is sad, that not everyone is able to listen to all the stuff.

And surprise, surprise, Inigo Kunzl’ top 5 isn’t far off mine, which are all favourites of mine from the past:

i:Vibes: What are your five all time favourite tracks?

Ayla:
Odysee Of Noises – Firedance
Energy52 – Cafe del Mar
Cosmic Baby – Space Track
Cygnus X – Orange Theme
William Orbit – Adagio For Strings

Looking forward to this.

Enough about that, I learned later that I had lessened hearing in my right ear (I think, it’s still a bit confusing…), after a test after the sound in my ears had stopped being in the way of it. Oddly enough I forgot which ear it was that had reduced hearing, and it’s not really crossed my mind a whole lot (though there has been moments of “Eh, wut u SAY?!” and I’ve tilted my head (the right side) towards the person). That’s not really the point either, because those moments are fleeting, passed in the blink of an eye, and then it’s past. Which this moment was too, but this moment really struck me.

Somehow I had managed to fuck up the sound settings on my computer. When talking on Skype the speaker on the other end could hear themselves from me through some magical means in the settings. That left me to mute a whole buttload of channels by the elimination method while yelling into the Sound Recorder (while it’s probably a whole lot more fun to shout at other people, I doubt they’d subscribe to it).

During my fuckup moment I had managed to flip the balance to the left ear without thinking/noticing. Shit, that’s not a problem, right? So I go through the settings trying to find the right one that I messed up (for some reason I was in dumbass-mode this evening, so it took me some time). Eventually I find it, grinning at me. Damned slider.

Moving it with grace and precision towards the middle I quickly found myself pushing it beyond the middle, just messing around. For some reason my left was hearing worse than the right, so I pushed it back in the direction from whence it came. It was awesome. The sound was balanced. I think. This is where confusion comes into the picture – after an hour or so it felt like I had lessened hearing on the other side again! So I turned it towards the right, but was that right? Nope, that felt decidedly weird. Really weird, so back it goes, and then the whole unbalanced feeling comes back again. Which is it that’s right? Left? Neither? I’m still not sure. I feel a bit lessened on the left now that I have it in the middle, but I’m not sure.

This shit’s messed up, and I’ll figure it out eventually. Might it be some balancing thing in my ear that went the way of the Dodo? Meh, confused. It was right, right?

So I bought the SteelSeries 5H v2 USB a while ago, and the soundscape (is that the word?) makes me able to listen to music for extended periods of time, talk to friends on Skype with no trouble at all, and play games where I seemingly hear everything in clear details! I was really happy with this baby, it even felt really awesome to have on my head due to cushions that never gets sweaty or uncomfortable. Being able to pull out the microphone is pretty damned w00t as well.

My life was so nice and great for a while. Then one side decided that some crappy connection was to become ailing, and every now and then the right side disconnects, completely or partially. How’s that for awful. Then I send a letter to komplett.no telling them of the problem, and they want me to send it in so they can check it out. That’s a month ago. Now, I really want to use those headphones again, because they made sound a whole lot more awesome, but for some reason packing it up and shipping it off seems like a mountain to overcome. I never understood why that is so until now.

Ordering a product is easy. A few clicks, some typing, WHABAM, you’ve ordered something. All you need to do is pick it up, and you feel like it’s christmas (just a whole lot better, because you know you’re getting something you want, instead of that stupid plastic angel from some obscure relative). Sending it off again on the other hand, now there’s an obstacle. Why the hell is it so difficult to get off my ass to send it, when I know it’s so freakin’ easy? BAH!

It doesn’t require an effort. It just requires you to do something that doesn’t excite you in any way. There’s no insane need for this product, so there’s no desperation present either. I suppose I should get off my ass this evening and get it shipped off. Question is, will I?