alexr_rwx | "I'm not an addict, it's cool..."

So this morning, I woke up, and Tim

neuroticmonk and I were about to head off to Physics, and he'd made coffee (he's picked up the habit of making a pot in the morning, because otherwise, he has this habit of passing out during Physics, which probably counts more as "amusing" than "good for Tim's GPA")... and he asks me if I want some...

And I think to myself, "Do I? What if I didn't want any?" And I declined... and I went through most of the day, into the evening, caffeine-free. And I felt like my head was full of pillows... which probably wasn't the safest thing, because I was skating down Luckie Street (towards downtown) to visit the bank, earlier... oh yeah, and now I've just put down a pot. So I feel more alert...

But what had brought this whole thing up was Health class, actually... (and I guess it's ironic that I'd been super-reluctant to take it) -- and talking about how when you're in really good shape, your bloodpressure drops because your blood-vessels get so used to holding large amounts of blood that they stretch out. And your resting heart-rate drops, because your blood needs to do fewer bpm to push the same amount of blood. And I was sitting there, listening to my own heart thumping away while I'm sitting still... and that's a really disconcerting feeling.

Heh... yes, so if you know me as a high-energy, springy sort of person... well, that's just because I'm always jacked up on caffeine. I really should cut back. I want to get to where I don't need it to have my head on straight... that, and I should drink more water and do long runs more often. Flush everything out. Chemical dependence is not what I need...

But probably what Tim needs, so he can pass Physics :)