Serenity, or at least peace and quiet

My order from Musician's Friend arrived today; the main item was the Extrene Isolation headphones. (Browncoats will appreciate the URL: SerenityHeadphones.com. Unfortunately, it immediately redirects to ExtreneHeadphones.com, but it's the thought that counts.)

The product page on MF claims 28dB of isolation; I believe them. They're not only quiet, but comfortable -- big, deep, comfy cups that fit around your ears. They're tight, but I think they'd be OK for an hour or so. Comfortable even wearing glasses.

I'll be leaving this pair at work, because the office is pretty noisy. But I'll be getting another pair for home, for recording. A couple of times I noticed a little leakage from the headphones on overdubbed tracks. Not enough to be a problem, but I'd really like to be able to crank up the monitor volume without having to worry about it getting into the track.

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(Cross-posted to healthy_fen.)

After re-filling my prescriptions (ouch!!) and getting some lab-work done (to see whether my new statin is working properly) at Kaiser, I took advantage of the location to go down the street to Sports Basement, a discount sporting-goods store located in the cavernous space that was once the Fry's store at the corner of Lawrence and Kern in Sunnyvale. It has since moved to larger quarters a few blocks away, but the giant [ENTER] and [ESC] keys on the door are still there.

Bought a Polar FS2 heart-rate monitor. It's too clunky to wear as a watch on a regular basis, but it looks as though it will be ok while I'm exercising. Also got a gait analysis in the shoe department; was told that I pronate a little and need "stability shoes". I think the ones I have will provide that -- they're noticably stiffer on the inside. Not clear whether that's the problem. She also recommended arch supports; I have some that I can try.

Compared to the other sports store I've been in recently, especially the Big 5 last weekend, the Sports Basement staff was friendly and knowledgeable. Cute, too.

I did not go out for a walk at lunchtime. Partly that's because I was already running late, and partly because my left ankle was -- and still is -- hurting. Hopefully I'll be able to walk this weekend. Grump.