Done yesterday (20100828 Sa)

[mdlbear]

0828 Sa
  * up 7:45ish; W=194.0; drugs, nose, teeth; dishes, coffee
  @ YouTube - Van Halen-Right now @vixy 
  @ Top 10 YouTube Videos About Internet of Things @RicohInnovation
  @ The 2010 Pegasus Ballot is out; I'm not on it.  Skip OVFF this year?
    Better to put the money into a TGl rehearsal trip.
  * breakfast; puttering; groceries
    % back hurts.
  * upstairs sink clogged, -probably- with hair.
  * swap light bulbs between the two fans -> no go -- both dead
  * buy:  Alpha Lipoic Acid
  * buy: pantsu
  * 2pm Joyce's songfest/packing party starts - went ~3; stayed til ?9
  % guitar+books+music stand way too heavy for use as a backpack.
  * bath in Colleen's tub (arm and shoulder pain)
    % trembling with, apparently, pure physical pleasure.  Changes viewpoint.
  * bed, snuggle.

A pretty good day, but occasionally painful without even the compensation of a walk or bike ride. It started with the standing, bending and lifting involved in doing the dishes and putting away the groceries, and ended with overusing some arm muscles manhandling a gig bag made way too heavy with songbooks and a music stand.

In between I mostly hung out at the Ugglas' house, which they're moving out of next week, hanging out and helping pack, mostly by handing things to people. It was followed by one of their Rise Up Singing "songfests". A good day with friends, and worth the comparatively small price.

I came home to aspirin and a hot bath in the walk-in tub, which I can soak in up to my neck if I scrunch down into the footwell. The hot water triggered the same trembling that I get from a good backscratch or nestling down into Colleen's arms. So that's one more data point to triangulate from: simple physical pleasure. I'll figure it out one of these days.

The 2010 Pegasus Ballot is up online. I'm not on it, so I'll just be pushing for Ship of Stone in the classics category. That will make it even easier to trade my trip to OVFF for one or two trips to Seattle to rehearse for the Tempered Glass gig at Orycon. I'd like to do both, but there are these time and money things... (ETA: not to mention a friend's wedding that I really need to go to. So it will be good not to feel torn about it.)

A couple more links under the cut.

Comments

Need Boxes?

[hvideo.livejournal.com]

If the Ugglas would like some extra boxes for their move (cardboard, excellent condition, 10" x 11.5" x 16") I could provide a bunch (around 20). Let me know....

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

I would venture to guess that the trembling you feel from a hot soak, or a good back rub/scratch, or industrial-strength cuddling, isn't from pleasure so much as release of muscle tension. (Of course, release of muscle tension is pleasurable...)

[mdlbear]

Hmm. So, no specific emotional connection at all? That might explain a few things. Well, I'll get into more detail in a River post sometime fairly soon.

[mdlbear]

On second thought, no. It seems to be brought on by overstimulation -- usually physical, but possibly also emotional. I can usually stop it by "relaxing into it".

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Emotional stress can cause muscle tension, and sometimes the release of the muscle tension triggers an emotional delayed reaction - it's apparently quite common for people to find themselves crying "for no reason" during a deep massage. It's also possible that you (like so many of us, including me) are so used to walking around with all this muscle tension piled on you that anything that relaxes some of it creates an overload of relief. (And simply discussing it like this is making me acutely aware of how badly I need to have the tension rubbed out of my upper back, shoulders, neck, and the base of my skull. No wonder I'm attracted to men with strong hands!)