After making some rolls for myself and M night before last, I had a LOT of ingredients left, so we descended on friends L and J last night, bearing sushi ingredients, and made a whole mess of rolls. Everything turned out good. The rice was not 100% done enough, but the difference here was subtle. Now I REALLY want to have an actual sushi party with lots more people and share the joy :) ...

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New picture! It is not a great picture but it shows off my new summer haircut. This is mostly so that those of you who know me won’t scream when you see me. Bigger version here.

I have added some friends to my friends page. Welcome back :) I have set up some groups that allow me to watch some friends’ journals and not others, depending on my mood at the time. So if you’re on my friends list, I may or may not be reading your journal religiously, but you will still have access to any friends-only posts I have made (though these are rare). ...

I am going to give the “half-assed” diet another try. The idea (as explained to me by Ambar) is to eat half of what you normally eat, and you will lose half your ass. So I am taking baby steps, like asking for “no rice” with the cafeteria meals, getting salad instead of entree selection, half a doughnut instead of a whole one, etc. I managed to avoid pizza twice this week by getting salad instead. I got Chicken Marsala from By Th Bucket (reasonably cool italian place) and put half on a plate and half in a tupperware. ...

Sun 5/19: bike ride (wt. 272) Mon 5/20: walking Tue 5/21: stairs, and walking (wt. 268) 5/22: Walked to 7-11, 30 min 5/23: Nothing today 5/24: bike ride, 30 min 5/25: Walking, 30 min 5/26: none (day off :) 5/27: Walking, 30 min 5/28: none 5/29: none (sushi nite) 5/30: 30 min walk (after site failures) 5/31: none (wt 264)

My doctor gave me a new prescription for blood pressure (Lotensin). The old one (Lopressor) seemed to make me incredibly tired, like I couldn’t wake up even after sleeping 8 hours. But, it looks like it is doing the job of keeping my BP down. My leg feels better. I got pretty much all the mobility back, in terms of range of motion, but still the ankle and toe are both really weak. The ankle muscle is the one that pulls the foot up, and the toe muscle is the one that points my big toe up. I can move my ankle with some resistance (like the other foot resting on it) but it’s not enough strength to walk around on my heels. The big toe has almost no strength to overcome resistance though. ...

The back and leg pain is getting better. The doctor had given me instructions to take advil (at about the max dosage) and do some stretches, and also apply heat, etc. Well, I had stopped taking the advil and doing the stretches because it was starting to get better, but I think I stopped too soon. I started the stretches and advil again and it’s helping more this time. Stretching my left hamstring hurts like Hell but it feels MUCH better after having done it. ...

Another strange and disturbing dream.

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