This just might be the most beautiful and haunting musical performance I've ever seen... keep watching.

Pretty cool innit? The level of commitment not just to the doodle but to the shots though... supposedly Mr. Doodle had a breakdown whilst filming. Understandable. End result though: pretty cool.

Better to be a Warrior in the garden, than a gardener in the war.

Now this looks... interesting!

...is not great man. (props @S3C)

Woke up again today in pain, though I was at the chiropractor just yesterday, and thought surely all issues were going away.

I start to wonder again if it just is my back after all. Maybe it's my gut. The pain goes to the ride side of my rib cage as I lie in bed, not wanting to get up quite yet. But when I do get up it clearly is back pain after all. The pain retreats back to the source. I hobble around, and sit down by the computer again, lean back, and know it'll subside again soon now that I'm sitting.

Sort of. Almost. At least become bearable. At the minimum. Usually it does go away during the day; usually pretty quickly in the morning no less.

I've been to a chiropractor three times at this point. This year.

Started dealing with these back issues before summer, but we drove up North anyway. I didn't sleep great. It felt better if I could remain on my back throughout the night, and I think sometimes I did, and sometimes I turned in my sleep, and felt all the worse for it in the morning.

In August I was back in Stockholm for a few days, and booked myself a last-minute chiropractor time with one of my sister's connects. They found a slight misalignment somewhere in the upper middle of my back, and at that essential vertebrae that connects the neck, and set those straight.

I also lean a liiittle towards one side, so I probably have a little imbalance in my hips/pelvis/something, which no doubt impacts everything else. Sometimes when I'm tense enough there definitely seems to be more resistance in one leg than the other one when I'm walking. Right leg cramps up easier. If I stand still my shoulders and feet don't align. The feet naturally turn a bit to the right, or the shoulders to the left.

The first chiropractor visit went great, anyway. He set things straight, and for at least a few weeks after I was pain-free... but it came back. It started getting worse even. Come September I started looking around for another chiropractor. Not because I didn't think the first one did good, but because the first one's services aren't covered by healthcare subsidization, and so if I started going there continually I'd have to pay everything out of pocket.

Subsidized treatment however, for rehab, is much cheaper. You pay a reduced amount per visit (275 SEK), and if you happen to need multiple treatments there's a ceiling you can hit per year (1400 SEK) after which you won't need to pay more at all. I don't know if I'll hit that ceiling or no, but I found me a new chiropractor with such pricing, I've been there twice now, and so far... results are uncertain.

I felt great after the first visit, but I didn't dare actually not lie on my back when I slept regardless, so I'm not sure I slept better thanks to the treatment per se or thanks to just not turning as much in my sleep after it. Maybe it relieved other tensions enough that I didn't need to. My neck mobility improved. It was definitely easier to stand up straighter. My hip rotation seemed better too. I had sporadic pains during the day afterwards, but more like trigger points, like discs were settling, like something good was happening, I hoped.

And so a few days later I went in for a second round. All adjustments seemed less severe this time. Nothing cracked as much. A couple didn't crack at all. I got myself a simple exercise I'm doing five times a day during work, and it feels great too. Simple stretch. Raise your arms above your head as if your arms were wings, both from the side, and connect them above your head. 20 times x 5 reps, and mobility ought keep improving.

Yet I woke up this morning with those same pains that have been tormenting me all summer, and they don't leave easy today...

Back to acupuncture mats tonight I think. Back to a little foamrollin' before I go to bed too. Back to long walks that definitely do have a positive impact on things like this. And I've been a little wary with lifting weights, but it seems that does me good too. Any form of exercise that doesn't have you actually jumping around or activating your spine too much, seems useful.

Not that I haven't been trying to keep up with such things throughout these chiropractor visits too, but I didn't last night. Overconfidence and comfort is your enemy. Stay on track; keep improving yourself, even when your back is whack. Do hit the mats.

I've had issues in the past too btw. I've been to a chiropractor at least a couple of times before. An osteopath too - which was great. I believe he would've cured all, long-term, but was so much more expensive. I can't afford that now. Cheaper, subventionized curation it shall have to be.

Speaking of which: I'm back. Albeit catching up slowly, due to ongoing Inktober, and concurrent lack of sleep.

Also have you ever heard of Chindogu? Here's a list of rocks. @Father-of-Death made this cool thing for me recently, I'm doing Inktober on 100 Words too this month (though it's a simple and sub-par variant of the real thing), I finally revised all old movie reviews this summer/autumn, and Bridge of Terabithia really is a haunting read. Was reminded of it recently, not sure why now.

Stay crackin' y'all.

Peace.

Ok now this is just genius. How does this look so good, and work so well...

It's a like a miniature delivery service somehow embodies the chaotic nature of our world even better than our actual full-scale world does. Or not world, society. This is... somehow surprisingly representative.

And hella fun to watch.

UPD: He's on NG too! @WheelieYellow