So… What’s new. My housemate Joe moved out, in order to have a place of his own. Not a bad thing, as it gives us some space to start remodelling upstairs. Gonna shuffle some rooms around, and throw down some new sheetrock, to replace the cracked lath and plaster that’s probably been there since 1926. Not something that’ll happen for a little bit yet, though, because my knee’s still pretty hosed. I’m at about 100 degrees of motion, or thereabouts, but still 2-3 degrees off from straight, and I should have about 2 degrees of hyperextension. That part of rehab is definitely coming slowly, and it’s somewhat problematic to do, because I sit in a goddamn chair all day long at work, so it gets really stiff, even though I try to move it around a bit.

Looking forward to Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO for the xbox, which drops in on Wednesday – it’s the first online-enabled fighting game in the US, and I’m pretty psyched to see if some of the people I know around the country are up for a beat-down with Crazy Ken, or the too-slow-to-use Haohmaru. Got a Nordic Track Health Rider 830 elliptical trainer, which has been really nice, ’cause it let’s me strengthen my quite atrophied quads without too much knee stress. I tried to use my bike on a wind trainer, but the range of motion was too great. Stationary bikes are apparently ok, ’cause their shorter standard crank size is good. But my bike’s got some relatively long cranks, and I just don’t have the flexibility yet to use ’em. Maybe a rowing machine to get a little more upper-body work, and we’re set, in terms of exercise equipment. We’ll see. Depends on whether the elliptical starts gathering dust or not…