Diary for Tuesday, July 21st

Getting good, restful sleep. Nevertheless, I am quite sleepy throughout the day, still waiting for my body to adjust to the new sleep schedule, I suppose. I notice that taking melatonin makes me sweat a lot; I think it’s my body temperature lowering for the night, which is a good thing, as I’m often too warm. I will try taking the melatonin a little earlier and going for an evening walk before bed.

I’m also lowering my before-bed kratom dose, as it negatively affects my sleep architecture somewhat, the flip side being that kratom completely cures my restless legs, which few other interventions even touch, so it’s still worth taking it; but going down to 2g (from 3) would probably be an improvement.

I finished watching Mahoromatic last night, exempt some of the specials. What a great show! And a certified Gainax Ending if I’ve ever seen one. Mahoro is incredibly precious. It strikes me that Mahoro would be great on a dakimakura, but I imagine in 2026 such a thing would have to be custom printed at significant cost.

Although I find the ecchi aspects of the show very tasteful and pleasant overall, I really tire of the whole breast envy bit. I’m glad we don’t see that so much anymore anno 2026. On the other hand, we also hardly get this kind of mild, pure-hearted ecchi anymore in general… there’s truly few girls as attractive as Mahoro, so it’s a show I’m wistful to finish.

A solid 30 minutes of meditation today. Very nice.

I started an Active Project Index.

I started reading A Wizard of Earthsea¹. A good portrayal of magic, or so I have heard on good authority.