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My sister gave birth to her first child at 640AM today. A girl. I paid a visit later on this evening to see that the child has a healthy appetite and a scalp of dark hair.

I just finished a trial on the elliptical and I believe that it shall be an excellent venue for exercising. Using a controller on it like I did with the treadmill proves to be just as easy to do and effective, with the exception that there is less handlebar for my hands to rest upon on the outer extremities; this requires me to reposition my hands more often. I think I'll need to apply a pair of socks to the bar as well so that the sweat is absorbed, and done so with a fabric that won't remain on the machine. I quickly came to discover that using shoes was pretty much required on there as well, and it took a while for me to adjust with them on so that I could actually keep my feet in the pads while trying to concentrate on walking and playing a game. The machine allows me to put leg weights back into use, and having ten pounds on each leg is what I think helps keep the exercise on this machine comparable to what I did on the treadmill.

Running up to the hour here yet again, so I'll try to put a few lines down before then.

Quick Draft.

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His body gave the highest resistance when he first pulled the tethered bar down to his chest, and once he had finally pulled it close enough to make it physically touch his body, he held it there for several seconds, feeling the breath flush out of his nostrils as if he was trying to dislodge something inside. Ridgeland did in fact have the sensation that he wanted to cough or spit something up, but nothing came of it. If this was suffering from the amount of drinking that he did last night, he though the excuse to be surprising, as he was sure that he had taken more in on other nights without this kind of sensation, and he felt that he had balanced his alcohol with water. Both of these stipulations were in fact true, but he still felt groggy regardless. Finally, he summoned the will to relax his arm muscles to let the handlebar hover over his head, then pull it back down towards him in repeated strokes.
"You sure you don't want to just get some steam off first?" Roger sat still with the free weights resting on his sides upon the bench where he sat.
"No, Roger, I'm fine, I need to get myself going first before then."
"Yeah yeah OK, OK. Uhrm, what all did you do last night?"
"Nothin special." Ridgeland kept rhythm in pulling the handlebar down.
"Yeah? Who with? Was that one choir boy with you?"
Upon hearing the question, Ridgeland accidentally let the handlebar slip from his fingers, causing the counterweight to fall down in a harsh strike to the ground. He felt his teeth grind and roll around his lips before he answered.
"No. He got to go on vacation."
"Oh, hah, really? Wow. Gone gone on vacation? That never happens. I mean, I've never heard you bein able to take a break and get away somewhere."
"Right." Ridgeland's response here came as a grunt, as he did so while sitting up to reach for the handlebar and take it back down to him again.
"Heh. Wonder what makes him so special."
At this point, the two men resumed their exercises and said nothing more to each other for the next half hour until they agreed to retire to the steam room.

Shopping list.

There's a lot of name brands here today. Maybe that's why the generic "powder" was not scratched off like most of the rest of the items here. I wonder why most, but not all, of the items have quantities, and why it was only the remaining three which did not have a set amount written down.

Songs turned out to be pretty good today, despite the interruptions of having the parents call concerning my sister's birth and the game crashing one time. Like A Wind is a rather bland song and I'm glad to have gotten it out of the way. Despite that, I think I'm due for a new record on ミッドナイト堕天使 B14 and I guess I'll have to wait for that chance later on to see if it happens. Likewise, flunking Alfashear means that the previous clear stays on the sheets.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.

Code:

			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
like a wind @		24.54 E		1231.F	384.463.873.349.952	0026	2508			2013-08-10T00:00:04:470Z
			06.45-		0324-

the safari 134 @	63.88 B		1150.P	436.278.143.10.49	0084	0900			2013-08-10T00:03:47:589Z
			01.88-		0034-

ミッドナイト堕天使 B14 @	51.57 C		1837.F	664.509.411.69.281	0133	1781			2013-08-10T00:06:56:461Z
			00.56-		0020-

m31 @			43.56 D		2125.F	767.591.637.150.549	0087	2439	2058	018.51	2013-08-10T00:10:53:293Z
			04.80+		0234+	130+26-84-37+18-	0003-				2012-08-11T01:41:00:717Z

deadly drive @		36.15 D		1442.F	487.468.589.186.608	0064	1994	1147	073.84	2013-08-10T00:16:04:900Z
			01.18+		0047+	31+15-19+3+1-		0073-				2012-05-31T01:26:19:556Z

colors yco mix @	71.81 A		1580.P	616.348.119.3.27	0257	1100			2013-08-10T00:19:31:061Z
			00.00·		0000·

state of the art A14 @	48.05 C		1955.F	695.565.457.148.449	0077	2034	1053	093.16	2013-08-10T00:22:35:349Z
			04.25+		0173+	73+27+38-26-83-		0008+				2013-07-25T22:02:36:908Z

x rated @		43.69 D		1663.F	588.487.506.146.462	0121	1903			2013-08-10T00:29:12:789Z
			02.41-		0092-

sayonara superstar @	45.92 C		1388.F	505.378.312.136.451	0081	1511			2013-08-10T00:32:13:821Z
			02.28-		0069-

no 13 @			53.57 C		1815.F	638.539.343.60.243	0083	1694			2013-08-10T00:35:46:869Z
			05.37-		0182-

alfashear @		72.17 A		1595.F	646.303.105.11.84	0209	1105			2013-08-10T00:39:20:700Z
			01.31+		0002+

spooky @		61.83 B		1719.F	651.417.194.33.181	0079	1390	0909	052.91	2013-08-10T00:46:07:350Z
			05.76+		0160+	93+26-47-12-53-		0002+				2013-05-24T04:13:13:077Z

bad boy @		75.96 A		0512.P	200.112.19.1.6		0231	0337			2013-08-10T00:51:00:788Z
			00.29-		0002-

do back burn @		66.66 A		1812.F	689.434.157.37.102	0103	1359			2013-08-10T00:55:08:886Z
			03.82-		0104-

believe in me @		47.13 C		1646.F	585.476.372.130.453	0250	1746			2013-08-10T01:00:22:460Z
			03.26-		0114-