Ever since I've been dabbling with developing Facebook applications, I'm liking Facebook [in general] more and more. Practically everything on the site – all the design and functionality – is executed so well and flows together. I'm really impressed that they've got their shit together despite how fast they grow.
Doesn't mean I'll be spending my hours poking around everyone's profiles.
I was eating leftover mashed potatoes over the sink when I remembered something I was trying to think of last week: the original Emogame.
Was it really five years ago?
From Emogame 2:
lololololol.
Asma and I ran the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Turkey Chase 10k yesterday. It was the first time I ‘ran’ more than 1.5 miles in the past three weeks, and I finished at least 20 minutes faster than I thought I would (around 1:13:00).
My knee did act up at around 2.25 miles, so it was sporadic attempts to run since then. I experimented with different forms to keep the stress going directly to my kneecap, and found out that pointing my toes slightly out did the trick. Not a good or permanent solution, but it worked overall.
Asma and I started and finished together, and we walked 5 miles to and from the race. So in all, we covered 11 miles on foot. And because we didn't have any post-race food, there was a 40-minute delay in getting in calories. Poor bodies. We ended up feeling exhausted for the day.
We ate good foods in the end, though. Big feast at her parents' house. And Evan Almighty wasn't nearly as bad as people (critics?) say. I liked it. License to Wed stupid, though, except for the flipbook.
I'm going to be working some of today. Fun.
Mishti had a dicey couple of weeks (due to my negligence three weeks ago), but she is all fine now. Yay.
Me: Aside from work a couple of times, I haven't eaten Pizza Hut, Papa John's, or anything like that.
Hasan: Really?
Me: Yeah, we make pizza every week. It's a lot better than that stuff.
Hasan: Yeah… Taco Bell?
Me: Huh?
I finally figured out how to shut off the DSL modem's firewall and make it act only as a modem. Now changes I make to the wireless router will actually work.
Good thing #1: I can develop Facebook apps directly on my computer, instead of through another server.
Good thing #2 (pending): torrents will work on Oink's replacement. They stopped working on Oink months ago. Never figured out why. Annoyed the hell out of me.
I injured my right knee just over a week ago (the 4th) during a 7-mile run. Around 4.5 miles in, Asma thought it would be fun to match the pace of a faster runner in front of us, so I played along. Things felt a little off, but it wasn't until after a minute or two that I felt a shock run up my right leg.
After that, any sort of running motion at any pace aggravated my knee – it was a vice gradually tightening around the joints. Even walking up and down stairs was painful. I tried jogging on Wednesday but couldn't get more than a mile without the pain starting up again.
I went to an orthopedist last Thursday who told me, after X-rays, that the tendons around my knee were inflamed. He gave me a prescription for an anti-inflammatory medicine and instructions to stay away from running for 2 to 3 weeks, unless the inflammation goes away before then. Biking was fine, and possibly elliptical (of course, if it hurt, I should avoid it).
That was the news I didn't want to hear. What could actually replace running? I don't like biking, and elliptical just wouldn't have the same feeling, at least that's what I thought. Still, I forced myself to go to the gym and try the stationary bike. Sucked. My ass hurt and I couldn't get my heart rate up enough.
(Our department went to ESPN Zone on Friday to celebrate the launch of the Beta 1 site, and I did two games of boxing. I will now start looking for boxing gyms. More on this in the future.)
My general inactivity over the week was really starting to get out of hand and bother me today, so I went back to the gym and tried the elliptical this time. It wasn't a typical elliptical, though – it had an adjustable incline. I tried it out a couple of times months ago and didn't like it then, but it was all that was open at the moment.
Turns out to be a good machine, but that had more to do with me being much better shape than I was in May. I got my heart rate up doing a movement that was comfortable to me, and purged a lot of the junk that had been building up. I might just go back tomorrow.
As if that wasn't enough to make me happy [healthwise], I got my CPAP equipment today! They sent the mask I didn't want, but I'm not hooked up to wires this time, so it might actually be comfortable. If it all works out, I'm going to experience a true, restful night of sleep for the first time (barring anything related to a particular substance) in maybe 15 years.
Honestly, I don't really know how long it's been. But maybe now I'll just remember the bad nights and not have to stress about feeling tired, burnt out, etc. It might just be a revolutionary experience, this sleep thing.
Also, Asma made an awesome dinner.
The end.
Asma and I have completed our first four-year term as a couple. We're looking for a third-party candidate for the next four years.
Syke.
Yay for us!