so i went running yesterday. mostly because i've gotten very flabby and both jason and kirsty run now. i started this couch-to-5k running plan and discovered several important things. firstly, my vns which regularly causes me to wheeze/feel short of breathe causes me to suffocate when i run. it might be a good idea to shut it off in the future. secondly, real running shoes bought at a running shoe store don't have to be broken in and don't hurt your feet. amazing that. thirdly, having one leg that is shorter than the other causes hip pain on one side. the treatment for this is identical to the treatment for lower back pain caused by the same thing. a lift in one shoe. for years i have thought that my lower back pain was caused by sleeping on my stomach. a few weeks ago i thought maybe it was worsened by me walking a lot. i was right. this morning i finally got to the root of the problem. 08:42 am

i also spent a day playing fishy. thanks to matt. that is until i destroyed the entire eco-system. 09:32 am

i've been playing star wars galaxies. a lot. probably too much. but, hey, it's fun and doesn't take too much effort. 09:29 am

i haven't written in a long time. back at the end of june i had a very bad night. went into status. this left me mostly unfunctional (is that even a word?) for the rest of july. taking lots of drugs, dealing with drug side-effects including depression. in general, not having a very good time with life. thankfully, i'm mostly sort of back to normal. we'll see. i'm starting to get bored anyway, so that's a good sign... 09:25 am