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Monthly Archives: January 2020
Referee card designs
The idea is to make a number to choose from! And all of them can be front or back or both
- Word cloud – keywords
- Word cloud – fouls
- Cheat sheet – fouls
- Penalty terms
- Decorative logo
- Card names
- Victoria Quidditch logo
Also inspired for some summary text here
Run test
I ran a lap of the apartment complex this morning. It wasn’t too bad, but there were some concerns:
- I can definitely run a mile but I didn’t want to push myself because I work late tonight and my legs hurt by the end of the evening lab as it is. Running multiple miles might be harder but also that’s why it’s so important to try
- I forgot to bring the gate clicker, which would have helped since I can’t squeeze through the east gate like I can the west gate
- If I continue to forget to bring it, I can skip the east gate, which results in an altered route (linked below). Opening the door isn’t too much of a burden but it can take me out of the running zone, which is a hard enough place to get into
- PodRunner actually worked, which was exciting! Will probably not need something more talky since it’s a shorter run.
This is the route I can run that does not incorporate going through the east gate. It’s not ideal because it involves pushing open a door while running and then cutting across some (potentially soggy) grass but it’s surprisingly still over half a mile (0.56 on the charted path, almost the same as the other one which is 0.57). It does involve extra turns going through and around buildings so it’s less fun but still workable
Run path without key fob to go through east gate: https://bit.ly/2RkXvdt
More inspiration
For the distant future. Less practical than my typical craft but potentially fun. Be careful not to commit until the budget of both money and energy line up!
https://www.youtube.com/odinmakes
This motherfucker right here gonna change up my whole life haha
The one that caught my eye the most perhaps was this one (and it doesn’t look expensive!)
More repair ideas
Buttons to sew, shoes to glue, added some more repair ideas for Q1!
I’m a little worried about the quidditch equipment plan. That might not be ready. But on the plus side my ideas for the custom quidditch referee cards is going well!
I wonder if I can sew a little wallet for them with a hook that lets you clip them to your shorts or something. Just a thought! The custom cards come first.
How much is “at cost” for these cards? Each sheet of card stock worked out to about 7 cents each, and can make 8 cards (according to the latest version of the plan where the cards are an 8.5″x11″ folded in half the long way then cut into four parts) but the laminator was also $20ish and the laminator pockets are $3 for 20. Plus the printer ink, though that doesn’t look like it will be much. So I guess selling 10 packs of cards for $5 will already break even? Wow.
Gotta work on those word clouds for the red and yellow, several different versions potentially though the ones I made at wordart.com are the best so just keep using that website!
Also one other thing, have to get new badges ready for karate! Wonder if I can make them myself. Probably just easier to order them.
Updates for Q1
Going to test out the route this weekend, making sure I can run a mile without dying. Still think Feb 1 is probably the best target date for the first quarter marathon.
Will need to find the fanny pack that makes listening to podcasts or music easier.
Should probably pick out music for running also.
Added repairs (sewing) to the plan. They’re easy jobs, I have all the stuff, I just don’t set aside the time to try.
Added podcast editing to the computer work. In case I haven’t gotten to it prior to then…
Route
So it looks like if I run outside of the gates of my apartment complex and complete the loop that way it’s a half mile. So two of those is a mile (approx.) which means I have my marathon track! Sort of. Not really ideal to squeeze through the gates but at least the one on the west side I know I can fit through. If it’s not an easy squeeze through the east side then I’ll either need to bring my clicker with me or figure out another route.
First marathon plans
I wrote down a bunch of plans while I was on the airplane over the break. Some of them are even good!
Here is a tentative spread of plans for the first quarter marathon:
- Sewing: Test a sockless snitch tail
- Sewing: Sew the small weights I have acquired from my parents’ house into custom ankle weights
- Video: Fix the 3rd bludger videos that have some errors in them
- Web Design: Work on this website
- Quidditch equipment: Test the properties of resin and how it works with wood, potentially to make resin-covered wooden quidditch bases ($$$)
And a couple other things that could be done (important to have more than the minimum!):
- Video: Cover an entire course in a 1-hour video (couldn’t shoot it in one take though sadly, plus I might be a wreck for the camera with all the running)
- Cooking: Pick a set of cookies and try making them (if the oven isn’t clean, try making a quarter batch in the toaster oven lol). Ideally pick one out ahead of time but that’s potentially $$ (if I don’t pick one ahead of time, have to make them with what we have at home which could be interesting)
- Sewing: try making a towel belt for quidditch (and hopefully make it look cool!)
There’s so much more! Writing them down helps keep them from being forgotten.
Also as far as dates, I planned the first one for Feb 1, on the following logic:
- Not happening next weekend (1/18) since we’re going to Austin on Saturday
- Not happening the following weekend (1/25) since Leslie’s visiting
- Maybe happening that following weekend (2/1)???
- Since that’s the first weekend it’s possible, it may not be ready yet, pushing back to 2/8 might be good, assuming there’s anything left of me after the STEM Expo the day before…)
- BUT! Since I just remembered that MLKJ Holiday is 1/20, maybe I can pull it off next weekend after all?? I’m skeptical since tomorrow is the first week of classes (1/13-17) and I will probably be really tired afterwards. But it’s possible!
- That only works if I have time this upcoming week to put plans together for the activities. I’m notorious for thinking I’ll have time for things during the week and then not having that time, so I’m skeptical, like I said. But it’s worth a try!
Wish me luck!