Acupuncture and the cure for lethargy

I haven't been at my best these past few weeks. Between not sleeping well, feeling knackered all day and having constant mental blanks I retained enough sense to wonder what the hell was going on. More importantly, I began to consider possible measures I could take to shake the cobwebs out of my head (and off my body, it seems). Seeing as to how i've been considering giving acupuncture a try, this seemed like the perfect excuse to give it a shot. I made an appointment with a local Chinese medicine practitioner and proceeded to get myself checked out. In keeping with the whole 'I keep forgetting stuff' theme that i've got going on, I forgot to bring my wallet along with me. Fortunately my sister Sabrina was on hand to bring it over.

The checkup itself was fairly brief. The guy just checked my pulse from my left hand, then my right and took a look at my tongue. The diagnosis - I apparently have something that's screwing around with my liver. There was also something about some Yin energy blockage (or was it leakage?). Acupuncture was discussed as a possible solution but considering my strapping young age, the guy recommended that I try some herbal remedies first before going for the needles. Curses. Foiled by my youth! So I walked away from the encounter sporting some Ginseng pills for energy and a bottle of pills that will help detoxify my liver. I'm supposed to gulp down 10 of those buggers 3 times a day. Fortunately, they're tiny and spherical in shape so that hasn't been an issue so far. I strongly suspect that they're roach dung despite the ingredient label claiming that it contains powdered root of some such miracle plant.

After the whole affair I decided to get some new duds and shoes seeing as to how the pair I was wearing are pretty much destroyed. Gotta love that comfort though. Nothing beats an old worn in shoe for that. I'm also currently on the lookout for a good pen. I'll probably hit the city soon and pick myself up a nice Parker or something we'll see.

I am also currently obsessing about this:
http://www.celestron.com/skyscout/index.php

I wants it. I wants it bad.