Metal Reviews

Yesterday: went to my teacher's talk about epistemic logic, had tea with a friend, played chess against the computer.

Today: Read the newspaper (maybe a bad habit because I have a hard time dismissing an article as uninteresting so I plow through the thing cover to cover), do the crossword, read Crime and Punishment, stretch/work out, see girlfriend at some point maybe, go dancing. I was going to go to a reading/talk by a local author who used to be a professor at my uni but then I realized she was only part of a panel and it was focused on the environment, so I kinda lost interest.

Tomorrow: Hang out with girlfriend in the morning, see a matinee of Verdi's Macbeth, do chill/fun things like reading and playing piano at night. My sister and her boyfriend are hosting a potluck so I might go to that.

i started crime and punishment and never finished it.

Going to vote for the local elections tomorrow. No idea who I'm going to vote for though, the one party I might vote for isn't represented here.
After that I'm going to celebrate my birthday with my girlfriend and my parents. I'm turning 21 tomorrow, shit is getting serious! No idea what I'm getting besides a good steak for dinner which is all I need to be happy!

happy birthday!!!

lol

Apparently, mixing the 24 new tracks that were recorded today.

Shit's getting too easy.

I recommend everyone go out and buy some copper supplements!

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That's our Addy!

lol.

Copper is a stimulant and improves the brain's dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake. In other words it's a mild form of speed and it's electrical properties are well documented, which is handy since we are a bioelectrical organism.

Drugs literally "dope" the human mind into having a different electro-chemical reaction and thusly because we are partially made of semiconductive material, ingesting more conductive material that the body can manufacture into the cells would lower the resistance of the electrical current flow of the body.

Where do I get copper? At the vitamin store? Do you actually feel a difference taking it? I've always kinda thought vitamins were bullshit but I'm willing to give it a shot for a couple months and see if vitamins in general can make a difference in the way I feel. What do you take?

The brain DOES NOT reuptake dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine. Whoever told you that is wrong. Those are neuro-transmitter substances that can be released from neuronal synapses, and well, copper is not a potent stimulant. Your nervous system is.

Thanks for that

Meh Professor the Gilligan's here won't understand half of what you said

I'm pretty stoked about the date I just had. She seems chill and sweet and I think I hooked her. I don't know. The conversation got better as it got to deeper stuff, which makes sense but is that how conversation is supposed to work?

Now, I seriously need to bust my ass tomorrow and come up with a paper idea and write it on top of finishing a book and some essays.

Thanks man!

Spent last night catching up with a friend, drinking and cinema-ing, then sat shivering waiting for a tram home because I'd dressed for warmer weather and it was fucking freezing. Mostly recovered today but going to have a lazy day at home in which many reviews will be written, fingers crossed!

Habermas. Just really, really basic stuff.

what vitamins can i take to increase my metabolism? if there are any. and what vitamins or supplements are good to take?

So it is a misnomer that dopamine/serotonin reuptake inhibitor/agonists work by this action? I don't see what you mean thomas, unless the way it is explained is typical oversimplification based on a vague naming scheme and you are saying it's a far more complex situation that a layman is not going to get easily, so this whole thing was made up to explain it. I'd like to hear more, if you don't mind.

Snake:

Here's what I take or have taken and their effects. I'm taking a multivitamin for the copper. I think it goes without saying that I am attributing the vitamin's positive effects to the copper, when it could be anything in there such as Niacin or Taurine causing this effect. And yeah, this stuff is subtle, but there is a difference in how I feel, though there's no scientific basis for that. It's not like I conducted a study and gave myself water pills sometimes and was able to tell placebo. At the very least you may be stopping a vitamin deficiency and will more than likely be healthier.

Here's a link to the multivitamin. It supports metabolism and definitely is acting like an appetite suppressant for me.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/OneSource-Ult ... t/16935942

Taurine, such as found in Red Bull has a sedative effect. It is in the multivitamin. Taurine does not IMO exhibit the same characteristics as stimulants, even though the popular belief is that it is like caffeine.

5-HTP, which is labelled and sold as such is an appetite suppressant and is the direct precursor to serotonin. The body directly converts this substance into serotonin. 5-HTP will disappoint you as you feel absolutely incredibly happy and extremely euphoric after the first dose. The problem is this effect is short lived. I would take this if I were depressed or wanted to have deep lucid dreams. Makes you fairly drowsy after long periods of use. Seems to get stronger and more unpleasant the longer you take it. Short term use is best.

St. John's Wort. It's very difficult to tell if it does anything, but I thought it worked. Increases Dopamine & Serotonin levels. Takes about a month, takes six pills a day and you are probably going to wonder a couple months after starting it why ypu even bothering. I consider the benefits to be too minor to be worth the hassle of taking these three times a day.

Magnesium has a calming anti-anxiety effect and relaxes muscles. It is cheap and it works. A multi will not have enough, so a couple of additional tabs does wonders.

I take the multivitamin and magnesium right now. I don't need the 5HTP any more because my body produces too much serotonin. I drink a gallon of black tea a day which contains massive amounts of levadopa, which is the direct precursor to dopamine as well.