My Aching Back

It all started three weeks ago. I was doing some work under a desk in a Protools room and I developed a muscle knot in my back. It hurt a bit, but I figured it would work itself out in a few days. It didn't. Two weeks later was watched the movie "UP" and like I do during movies I was slouching in my theater seat with Sarah leaning up against me. When I went to get up I felt a stab of pain in my back where I had the knot, but this time it was much more intense. I managed to walk to the car with a shot of pain with every step I took with my left leg. I was hoping I would sleep it off, but I didn't. The next day was monday and I had work doing much the same thing that started this whole chain off, so I told the boss I got a stunt double to do the wiring for me. I, in the mean time got a massage that I should have gotten at least a week sooner. Unfortunately it was too late for that, and although the massage was nice, the problem had progressed from a muscle knot to a couple of ribs out of place.
It seems that the knot in my back had weakened the muscles enough that when I was slouching with my sweetie in the theater, I put enough pressure to do a little damage. Now it was time to see a Chiropractor. On Tuesday I got on my health insurance's web page and looked up a local bone cracker. I went in that day and he confirmed what the masseuse had said, it was a couple of ribs out of place, the difference is that he could do something about it! He more or less jumped up and down on my back a couple of times, and then attached muscle stimulating electrodes to my back for a few minutes, and after settling the tab, I went on my merry way. My back hurt worse for a couple of hours but then It has been constant improvement. I went in again on friday and got adjusted again. I will be going in a few more times but all is going well. I have been healing except for the jumping up and down with my hands in the air that I did at the VNV Nation concert that set me back a little. I think I will be pain free in a couple of weeks.

Decision Engine

So Microsoft has launched a huge ad campaign promoting Bing.com as the new "Decision Engine" that provides a more contextual result to your queries. While Google quietly develops Google Squared Take THAT Microsoft. Stick to what you're good at......

UM.....


well at least you tried

Back Pain

So now I am in some serious pain from an aggravated knot in my back. I have had a little pain mostly when I cough for about two weeks bun now its much worse. I can't walk without a little pain bending over is out of the question and getting in and out of my car is a careful maneuver. There is no way I will be able to do the work that I have scheduled today so I am going to have to get a subcontractor to do it. I just can't squeeze into the required areas. I am going to have to get a massage today to fix this.

R.I.P.

Grand Master Chong S. Kim, the founder of Kim's hapkido died last week. Even though my Dojo no longer carries his name (we switched to Mile High Karate about 6 months ago) and even though I never met the man in person, he had an enormous effect on my life. He taught Master Les Connard who is the master of the Dojo where I train and it is the Jang Mu Won style that he taught that I learned. His teaching and the sense of family that he instilled in his dojo will stay with me for the rest of my life.

Mead Batch 6

My Girlfriend and I just put together batch number 6 of mead. This one is using Lalvin 71B-1122 yeast which is my standard, 6 pounds buckwheat honey, 6 pounds clover honey, 5 gallons of water, 3 ounces of freeze-dried apples, and 3 cinnamon sticks. The initial specific gravity was 1.08 but I think that was a low reading because the honey wasn't dissolving very well into the must.

Last time I added the fruit in during secondary fermentation(batch 5 with freeze-dried cranberries) so I am interested to see if this is different.

I am not well

I am in worse condition than I have been in a long time. I still have a lingering cough from when I was sick with all that chest congestion a week ago. Every time I cough I get a stabbing pain in my back from a muscle knot that I think I got from working under desks. I am now nasally congested and I can't blow my nose because it will trigger a serious nosebleed that has been haunting me for 5 days now. I need to get a massage to work the knot out and If the nosebleed doesn't heal over soon I don't know what to do.