Birthday thoughts

Not actually birthday related, it just happens to be my birthday today. (Maybe I should put a T.M.I. warning on this post like Fodder does on hers.)

1. I was chatting to someone online who wrote "I heart dogs". I think this is sorta funny/odd, although i've seen "i heart x" often enough, its just it reminded me of the xkcd commic, reverse euphemisms. Its like, reverse emoticons. But emoticons shorten words -> to type out a emoticon makes it longer ?wtf mate?. But I suppose it still counts as diminuative (which in language terms is almost synonomous with cutsie), which might be the major factor in them using it, not the shortening words thing.

2. On my ride to work this morning i was feeling very frisky, see comment 3+4+5 below, and was trying to describe the feeling to myself. Its like a tingle/pressure that travels in very specific places. It seems to tingle at the base of my palms, run up between the bones of my forearms, to the inner fleshy bit of my elbow. Jumps to by armpits/chest and becomes a pressure running from my heart to my throat, and a strong awareness/pressure running down from my chest. Finishing in a feeling that is not exactly the same, but not hugely different from the need to pee. Made me wonder if its related to chemicals in the lymph node system. Anyone know?

3. The on-ramp to the tollway heading north at flemington bridge is awesome fun on a motorbike when you time it right. 0-100(ish), very fast, up an inclined, slightly curved ramp. My riding for the last couple of days has been very "more assertive" than usual. More lane splitting, faster cornering (which is still too slow in my opinion of my technical capabilities), more acceleration, and more *ahem* theoretical speeding. It has been more fun. But i think it is related to 4.

4. How much do guys usually think about sex? how could anyone cope with feeling the way i have for the last three or four days, for long periods? I mean, normally i think about it a little bit, but for the last three or four days, i cant seem to get it out of my head for even 2 minutes. Too frisky for comfortable, responsible (see 3) thought processes to work. I blame M-stak, although im on my last couple of days. It seems to have upset my normal libido levels. (Although so did stak, but i liked that one better because it also gave me a general "up" feeling. M-stak doesn't, it isnt a downer, just not an upper.)

5. Anyone know how much masturbation for a single mid twenty year old is usual? I'm at around 3-4 times a day for the last few days. Its way up on the last few months for me, as I've been too tired to bother except on the weekends, and now wham (as in alot). I feel like I should ask some of my (guy) friends, but they all married/partners, and it's a weird topic to broatch... Instead, I'll just ask the internet in general. Normally (when I'm not tired), i think it's maybe once every day or so. Currently, as it is, it eats into my time too much. Not to mention, there's the whole catholic stance on the immorality of it... although I'm neither catholic nor in the habbit of caring about moral right and wrong except in the sence of positive and negative consequences for your actions (which isnt really a moral question, but a question of balancing pro's and con's. for example, stealing someones money: is the money worth?: a) risk of penalties for being caught and b) how you feel about cheating someone (I always think of this as guilt-cost. Although if you feel guilty, is that your conscience telling you, "You did the wrong thing."? Maybe you can't disasscosiate the feeling of fear of reprisal from empathy/sympathy for your victim.) c) how it effects your own self image). I still blame the M-stak.