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its been nearly a week now of this new schedule of mine. get up earlier, then stretch... then dress in running attire... then go outside and run for 3-4 miles. wow... not as easy as i just made it sound. i used to do my running in the evenings, and because my evenings are now more full - i needed to change things up because i simply wasn't getting my running in.

i wasn't getting terribly upset or discouraged over not running... well, a little discouraged, with myself... i just did what i have to do. i feel better when i run... so now i make time to do so. i think this will work out for me. yeah... it has other positive effects, such as going to bed earlier. no more 2am nights for me. i was up a little late last night... about 12:30 but lately its been to bed by 11 or 11:30. i'm aiming to get to bed by no later than 10:30... 11 if i have to push it. the *only* reason i was up till after midnight last night was the SG was needing some attention and i needed to hear noise coming from the marshall.

speaking of which, i would like to say that the boss GE7 7 Band EQ Pedal is teh b0mb0rz. really. a graphic eq really is a nice way to shape guitar tone. you don't need all the tweak-ability of a parametric eq for something as confined (frequency range wise) as guitar. so... if you play the git-fiddle and want a nice way to shape your tone... play with one of these.

notice i said "shape" and not "change?" yeah... so many people have it in their heads that you can *change* tone with an eq... which is why people have such strange notions of eq settings. its bothersome. eq's are to be used in small doses. i pains me to see huge radical settings on an eq... especially with frequency gains. gah!!!! you do know that when you add gain to a frequency you are adding more to the over all gain structure of the sound as well (thus bringing up the noise floor). so... the trick with eq is... small moves. and ALWAYS (well, not always) start with reduction of a frequency first... in small portions. i've learned this lesson the hard way. i'm *STILL* learning it. like... one thing i have recently learned is... 1k-4k. here is where it is best to add a bit of gain... or if too "present" back off... because the human ear is most sensitive to this frequency range. interesting... i have recently (as in a few days ago) started applying this... and well... i won't say "world of difference" but it is helping significantly.

um... okay... so i started out talking about running and ended up ranting about equalization. errr... i guess this is what you get for running 3 miles before you've had breakfast... oooh... and blinder brings it around full circle! nice move... dork.

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And I Run More

And I Run

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  • something something something. You asked for that.

    And no, I haven't gone to bed yet. It's a good thing I can't find my copy of the D2 expansion eh?
  • It was announced yesterday(and the papers carried it today) that bangalore would have its first marathon on may 15. I was so damn pissed with the organizers and papers. Normally a marathon is announced atleast 3-6 months prior so people can have time to train. I called up the organizer in the morning and chewed his ass out for giving people just 4 weeks time to get prepared for such an event. He wants 30k people to participate but I doubt it will touch that number.

    I was actually planning to run in the bomb
  • Good on you for making time for running man. I definitely (as you know) have problems scheduling when my life gets too busy, but I'm trying to change that permanently. Regardless, I owe it to myself to work out regularly--so other things will have to wait.

    I sort of know some of your influences, but I was listening to Jawbreaker again last night. Would you say they're a big influence on your songwriting/guitar sound? I was just curious because I can definitely hear bits of Jawbreaker in some of your son
    • this is jennings your anesthetist / i think we'll go in through the mouth

      oh my... that song gives me goose bumps. i mean... there is only one band... err... one man that could get away with using "anesthetist" in a song.

      i need to rip "Unfun" for you. its their first LP. recorded in '89. its beautiful. my favorite song of all time is on that record... "Busy."

      anyway... influences. yes. i have influences. its a pretty broad range of stuff that influences my sound. first... to know my particular influences i
      • i've been told that i have a unique sound. i dunno what that means...

        Isn't that a nice way to say, it's good, but please dear god don't have me try to describe it in coherent statments? :)
  • I want to run, but I just can't get motivated to do so. I know I'll feel better once I start, but just getting started sucks.
  • I love it. I run at 7 am Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I'd do it Monday and Friday if my gym were open so early those days. It's a great way to start the day...
    • yeah... i don't love it... but i think i can grow to love it. its still too new. but yeah... i do like how it makes me feel throughout the day. a little sleepy but not completely exhausted... i can still focus and do my work... but i also get really sleepy at more decent hours at night.
  • blinder ... how long (if at all) did your shins hurt after you started running? i've been running for about 4 weeks or so now and my shins are still sore after running. the first few weeks, they'd hurt for a day or two, but now it's down to 30 mins or so

    thanks man

    • Re:running question (Score:3, Interesting)

      by blinder ( 153117 ) *
      well, when i first started running, back last june... my shins would hurt along with my calves. ugh... which by the sounds of it, 4 weeks is right. this is the point where many people... or so i have heard... start giving it up... because what is happening is your body is really started to get into a fitness mode so your muscles are really working and getting into shape... and this is painful. it took about 2 months (maybe a little less) for the pain to fully subside and then once i got past that hump i cou
      • the shoes are new. got them about a week before i started. the right one does give me a blister tho, so maybe some inserts are in order

        my roommate noticed that when i get back i'm not falling on the floor trying to breathe anymore. what's holding me back from going longer are my shins. so, from what you're saying, i probably only have a few more weeks and i'll be good to go

        thanks blinder =)

  • I've been using the word awesome way too much.

    Keep up the good work. I've started to get back into running also. I seem to be on an every-other-day schedule. Sometimes it is in the morning, sometimes in the evening. I know I'll do better if I try to stick to one schedule, but it's really hard with school/work/family. I love the way it makes me feel though.

    I noticed some people talking about pain. I've noticed when I haven't run for a long time, it does hurt when I start, but after just a week for

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