Strumming my Brain with MLS 3.0 Journal

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Post-Part 1 of MLS
Stop Masturbating, Day 7 of 7 complete, beginning MLS 3.0 again

Day 0,

I wasn't exactly tired, but I felt so incredibly worn down, struggling to get through my work day. It felt like my body could have fallen asleep, but it wasn't a feeling of exhaustion. My thoughts were cloudy, and my brain felt loaded down.

What I suspect it was; the detox supplements have been doing their work, but I didn't bring them with me for my two-day trip. I think that I was drawing out some toxic shit from various tissues, and that they've entered circulation, but weren't followed up with chelation and other supplements to extract them from my body.

I drive home and use my supplements, and I very quickly has to use the bathroom. (MORE GRAPHIC DETAILS). I pushed out the most fantastic turds. I soon after did a xeolite suppository and had a few turds within a couple of hours. I feel much better, but not fully back.

I've noticed more hours falling out in the shower, starting the last couple of days. I also think that this is due to the detoxing. I've been feeling terrible, and I think that my body is reflecting that. My body feels like the most dumpy it's been in a while; I felt weak and a little faint at some points today. I'm looking forward for the main effects of the detox to kick in, if at all. Once the microsilica comes in, we'll be in full operation. The stuff I now have will work great, but the microsilica is the overdrive.

I just hope that the hair loss is a temporary, transitory thing.

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MLS Part 2,
Day 1,

Today was much more productive than my other work days, but not near 100% of what I could do on a good day. I get home, and I'm going overdrive on my guitar practicing; some theory, plenty of breaking down my

I'm developing that feeling of 'locking in' even more; similar to how I got a great feeling of finger unison from playing fingerstyle. It's a snappy feeling between the two hands that's growing as I practice.

This part of a Dream Theater song - the hardest part, in fact - which I felt was unattainable one month ago, is quickly becoming an attainable reality. I've got it down at 75% speed.

I've also been playing this track a whole lot more than 4 loops; unofficially, I think I'll run it longer than that.

I suspect that sandwiching 'Stop Masturbating' between two runs of MLS has had an effect, since my urges to jerk off have been neutralized for now. It's probably been 5 days? I don't know. Usually, by this time, I mess up my streak.

[Zane]

MLS Part 2,
Day 1,

Today was much more productive than my other work days, but not near 100% of what I could do on a good day. I get home, and I'm going overdrive on my guitar practicing; some theory, plenty of breaking down my

I'm developing that feeling of 'locking in' even more; similar to how I got a great feeling of finger unison from playing fingerstyle. It's a snappy feeling between the two hands that's growing as I practice.

This part of a Dream Theater song - the hardest part, in fact - which I felt was unattainable one month ago, is quickly becoming an attainable reality. I've got it down at 75% speed.

I've also been playing this track a whole lot more than 4 loops; unofficially, I think I'll run it longer than that.

I suspect that sandwiching 'Stop Masturbating' between two runs of MLS has had an effect, since my urges to jerk off have been neutralized for now. It's probably been 5 days? I don't know. Usually, by this time, I mess up my streak.

That sandwiching thing even happened to me.

[hsindermann]

MLS Part 2,
Day 1,

Today was much more productive than my other work days, but not near 100% of what I could do on a good day. I get home, and I'm going overdrive on my guitar practicing; some theory, plenty of breaking down my

I'm developing that feeling of 'locking in' even more; similar to how I got a great feeling of finger unison from playing fingerstyle. It's a snappy feeling between the two hands that's growing as I practice.

This part of a Dream Theater song - the hardest part, in fact - which I felt was unattainable one month ago, is quickly becoming an attainable reality. I've got it down at 75% speed.

I've also been playing this track a whole lot more than 4 loops; unofficially, I think I'll run it longer than that.

I suspect that sandwiching 'Stop Masturbating' between two runs of MLS has had an effect, since my urges to jerk off have been neutralized for now. It's probably been 5 days? I don't know. Usually, by this time, I mess up my streak.

Which DT song is it? Been a long time fan

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That sandwiching thing even happened to me.

The term might pick up! It's kind of funny because it's 'sandwiching' with 'subs'.

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Which DT song is it? Been a long time fan

I've been working on 'In the Presence of Enemies - Part 1', and I'm referring to the ending part. I'm also working on 'Metropolis - Part 1', and the hardest part is the shredding part during the instrumental.

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Day 2,

Yesterday, there was a investigation launched at my workplace; someone choked and died, possibly randomly. But front-line staff might have followed directives incorrectly, and I had a hand in updating the directives list. And so, I've been asked some questions over the phone today. There were certain details where I was not sure. However, I assumed equilibrium; the directives have been in place for years, and nothing wrong ever happened. I heard no complaints when asking about this person; I basically signed off the directives as they'd always been. In any case...

My microsilica came in today! It's 2am, and I've just used my first 100 MG dose (which can bind up to 20 MG of mercury).

SANDWICH UPDATE: Lost most of my desire to jerk off. I think that there's actually something to following up MLS with a 4G sub. I only call it a sandwich because I immediately followed up with MLS.

[hsindermann]

Oh yes, tons of finger and mind benders in the Metropolis instrumental section. I've never managed to get that even close to proper speed. Good luck!

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Damn, I couldn't fall asleep for 1.5 hours; I was completely wired from 2:20 am to 4:00 am. I woke up at noon. This hasn't happened in a long while. This is after my first dose of microsilica. Coincidence?

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Day 3,

I've had a shitty amount of motivation/energy today. It's just some dumb shit today. I don't even feel like going to my acting class tomorrow, given that I didn't rehearse for it.

Guitar is the only thing that I'm working on. I always want to keep working at it.

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Day 4,

Woke up feeling a bit better.
Spent the start of my day at my acting class; did okay. The rest of the day was spent practicing guitar.
I also practiced voice, but I'm not feeling any progress. I didn't practice anything else; I wasn't even distracted enough to watch a movie, but I've been watching YouTube clips in the meantime.

I think that I should start running the 4 loops at night so that I get the correct dosage uninterrupted. I just run it throughout the day, getting up to do different things, interrupting my listening.

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Day 6,

I'm on my mini-work trip. My workday today was one of my best, even though I intervened the least. I did a lot of descriptive stuff. I think that I made a mini-breakthrough in singing today, but it still needs a ton of work. Made some progress on my book list.

I know for an absolute fact that I'll be using BAMM at some point. I suspect that this will happen in the following 18 months. I would like to make another quantum leap (or two) with my copy of BASE before I'd feel comfortable with dropping 3000 USD. To be clear, I've made two quantum leaps in the previous 13 months, so it's not out of the question.

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Day 7,

Making minor improvements at guitar and singing. I'm no longer becoming overwhelmingly tired at my job, and I'm able to do it decently well. I think that I'm doing the right thing by listening for the appropriate number of loops without interruption (which I was bad at doing last run).

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I can happily say that after 12 years of guitar playing, I finally understand how to consistently pull pinch/artificial harmonics on the guitar. I've defied the conventional wisdom from YouTube clips by doing my own technique that I can use while playing fast.