Might finish the book today. Could have finished it yesterday, but instead spent the entire day feeding rhododendrons to a wood chipper.

Donated platelets for the first time a couple weeks ago. Shit wiped me out for like the afternoon but I was okay within 24, which has whole blood beat by a mile. It was pretty aggro, though. Like you cramp up from your arm not moving and the anticoagulant makes you dizzy and your limbs tingle and then they give you a fistful of Tums 'cuz it's bonding all the calcium in your blood and then you get done and all you want to do is lie there 'cuz you've been feeding the vampire for two hours.

I have conclusively determined that "hot yoga" is purest bullshit. I still need to try regular yoga but I'm about to be knee-deep in Los Angeles in a few weeks so that ship has likely sailed.

And the stress has pushed my cortisol levels back up to epic numbers. It's reflected in my ability to retain weight. Burning 600-800 calories a day in exercise and starving. Still gaining weight. I gained 4lbs in two days and that shit takes weeks to get back off. I mean... I'm up like 7lbs in the past year but it feels like an impossible amount.

On the plus side, I'm staring down the barrel of 28 miles of bike riding a day for the next four months so that's going to involve some caloric expenditure.

"Program an Android app." LOL