Cello practice
1. Vibrato in time with fast beat
2. Scales with beat as fast as possible, focus in particular on second position, extended position, etc.
3. dotzauer book with and without fast beat
4. some time spent without a beat just enjoying playing
5. various pieces with beat as can manage

Viola practice
vibrato exercises with beat, especially c string
then if I have anything left to continue to hold proper position, a bit of time just playing whatever

Again I wrote zero words. But I'm spending a lot more time playing cello/viola. And the beginning part of the week I was so dammed stressed, the idea of trying to write just seemed ridiculous. Finally thought of worrying about others instead of myself and the stress just disappeared. Maybe because I don't really have anyone else to worry about? Well what the hell it works. Wonder if it still will if I ever have someone else who really needs my worrying.

Reading Words of Radiance which is a really good book. Stormlight Archive seems so much better than his other works. Book one was one of the best I've read...

Did a 3.5 reps of a 4/4 at 6.5 min/miles on 2% incline. Shorter harder interval workouts leave me feeling better than longer slower ones.

My back definitely feels better when I really limit refined sugars. If I start eating something with refined sugar everyday. Like a piece of pie. My back starts bothering me more. I think.

Had a dream that I lost my job. I went and confronted my boss to ask why. She said they just hadn't made enough money. But then she made a pass at me. I didn't really reciprocate. Then she kind of acted like she was going to cry. Then she turned into a cat and hissed at me and waved her claws.

I do appreciate that in real life I virtually never see/interact with her, I guess. Don't think very highly of her. I assume she's just a bit stoopid, doing the best she can, but feels a bit intimidated?? Feel like she plays at being sophisticated or something. Comes across very weird and fake. And she has no clue what I do I think. Ultimately my job has been fine so whatever.

Bit stressy because I have some deadlines falling behind on. But they are the stuff I do only when everything else is finished. They aren't hard deadlines and I have a ton of other things. But if next week is very busy I may have to work on a lit review and abstract, etc at home I guess.

Three published papers so far and I guess there's the possibility of two more. For someone who only has a two year degree in the profession I work in and gets absolutely nothing out of publishing papers it's a bit strange.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774727/
Etc. 30 seconds and 4 minutes. I've been doing 40 seconds (taking into account the treadmill slowly speeding up) and 2:40. To do intervals more than twice a week, I think 4 minutes is too hard. The intensity I'm using is also I think a little too hard. Feel very tired at times. Thinking to reduce to 3 times a week....

Read Dr. Susan Brown's The Acid Alkaline Food Guide. Going to try to eat more alkaline. Claims it gives more energy among too many others things. Must note that it's pointed out that at high altitudes the lack of oxygen has an alkalizing effect. Found this interesting as people at high altitudes do actually live longer. Doesn't seem that it's understood why: http://www.wisegeek.com/does-altitude-affect-life-expectancy.htm The concept of Chromic Low-Grade Metabolic Acidosis could explain it. Maybe it will catch on.

Read The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier. Meh. Kind of boring and just fades off. Much more realistic people. A lot of time spent in people's head as they remember mostly random bits of their lives. It was kind of boring. Idea is after death everyone goes to a kind of purgatory? until there is no one alive who directly remembers them anymore. And on earth a plague is in the process of completely wiping out mankind.

Also I bought a viola. Really like the sound. I guess it will bite into my cello playing but I'm not racing against the clock to become awesome.