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Types of activities

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My wonderful wife reminded me a bit back that I have a diversity of hobbies and it’s good for me to stay diverse with my activities. One of her oracle decks has a card labeled the “Seven Sisters” and she alluded to the different hobbies I have as these muses. So here are the seven sisters as they currently stand:

  • Writing
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Woodworking
  • Sewing
  • Video production
  • Printing

There is a significant amount of overlap, of course. This really feels like a rough draft of an idea.

As a bonus, here are the three brothers of working out:

  • Karate
  • Quadball
  • DDR

Sadly, running is some kind of unwanted step cousin but he’s the one who’s here.

Labor Day marathon!!

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I’m committed! A three day weekend helps a lot. Here’s a rough outline of a plan:

  • Prep Saturday
  • Wake up early/ontime Sunday and go for it (6AM-noon)
  • Go swimming at the end of it because it will be HAWT

Some things I want to do:

  • Make an interesting breakfast
  • Make wooden pair swords (prep for fusion sword?)
  • Measure and draft for closet project
  • Fix towel hanger
  • Make infinite card from pics (pose each one at separate time)?
  • Something sewing related (don’t know what yet)

Also considering options for lunch…

And some exercises:

  • 1st: run
  • Hip stretches
  • Other runs
  • Practice sword kata (use escrima?)
    • This means the swords have to come relatively early
  • End with swim

Woodworking ideas

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Some random pictures of things that could be turned into buildable ideas…

Coasters (with little box to fit!). Much easier with squares though
Sofa armrest table (probably wouldn’t make it in this many pieces)
Decorative wall hooks (would probably develop for a specific purpose, not mugs but something else)
Floating shelf (Have a couple candidate spots in the house already. DIY instruction: https://www.loveandrenovations.com/diy-floating-shelves/)
Keepsake box (not sure what route to go with decorating)
Raised beds (for spring!) https://www.amodernhomestead.com/simple-diy-raised-garden-beds/

Also, all the indoor versions of these require finishing: https://www.homedepot.com/c/ah/how-to-finish-wood/9ba683603be9fa5395fab901c8a881df

Start with a box:

New home!

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Time to start planning marathons around the new home!

Half mile loop around the block.
Full mile run by running through Angelina St
An alternate mile route going outside the Holly Springs loop.

Also the fact that this is a HOUSE is exciting because it’s time to start expanding the possibilities!

Man work is intense

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My new job really takes a lot out of me, and right now I’m in 50-hr-week crunch time, but I still dream of crafting!!!

I’m also legendarily out of shape right now so even basic walking/running would be helpful for the body.

Plus there’s some cool Kimetsu no Yaiba ideas I want to investigate. I will try to do something in March when things hopefully (?) settle down at work and I can catch up on me time.

Some cool ideas:

  • Fusion Sword
  • Demon Slayer crafting
  • Endless transformation card
  • Quadball updates
  • Also cooking a new experimental lunch was one of my favorite things about Q4, bring it back!

Wish me luck!

Further planning

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I didn’t post the mile loop! I have it here:

Google won’t let me plan to make an illegal crossing across Studemont but if I do so it will be a mile.

I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before but the direction I go might actually matter. I assumed I would start by going north and hitting the trail, but maybe I should start out by crossing Studemont while I have more energy. We’ll see!

Of course I can also do exercises in the apartment complex gym (even though I generally hate it) and I need to do at least one set of PT exercise hip stretches.

So the new plan is to collect ideas, inspo, projects and materials, and then break in the NEW APARTMENT with them with a marathon at end of October or early November (moving day into 2-bed apartment: October 21) (also moving killed FFF).

If I can develop the courage (and if it’s not too hot or cold outside since it has to have an outdoor component) I will try making a simple resin art project. I don’t think I’ll ever get up to the magnificent dioramas but I lust enough to try!

Back from the dead

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So I didn’t get to do a quarter marathon on spring break, because my mom’s health got worse so I went up to visit. Then I moved to Houston and got a new job, and it’s way too hot to run outside right now anyway. So right now I have to deal with this:

I’m not really sure I believe this graph, it’s definitely breaking 95° every day right now.

So if I want to do this I either need to go late (like 4pm-10pm or something) or wait until like October.

In the meantime I can plan my route though!

It’s a nice neighborhood!

A half mile is pretty easy to achieve just by running around two blocks in the neighborhood. If I want the full mile I can do a loop through the Buffalo Greenway park.

As for what needs doing, I will start laying the groundwork for a few projects:

  • Something sewing related
  • The infinite cards idea is still on the table
  • New ref cards! For quadball!
  • No computer stuff, my new day job is 100% computer stuff

And more things to come soon! Let’s aim for late September for a new marathon?? October might get busy with FFF.

Spring break

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The semester is in full swing, but I will have spring break to myself and I would like to do a Quarter Marathon then! This is my last semester at VC, so this summer will be a time of radical transformation no matter what happens, so it would be nice to do something fun and familiar!

If I haven’t finalized publication of Sorcery Clans 1.4.0 by then, I need to do that. I’m playtesting and having fun with it for now. Finding little things that need updating in the Angel stuff, and should probably play through a Black game before the spring break.

The main thing I want to do is the Endless Transformation Card, and I also want to sew snitch stuff and maybe some headbands. I also need to start trimming down stuff in case we move.

Let’s make it happen!

COVID

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Literally the day after I made the last post Karen came down with COVID, and then I got symptoms as well. So missed my chance! This week is convocation week and this weekend is Slamta Claus, so this week is just exercising to try and be ready for that.

Gotta collect new projects also. Probably not too many computer/mathy ones since I am probably going to aim for having a computer/mathy job (OR MAYBE THAT’S WHY I SHOULD HAVE MORE??).

Probably adding new features in Sorcery Clans is still good though,

Ideas for Q5

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Hey!! I’m feeling a lot better from surgery and also, I don’t know why I didn’t check before, but it turns out the apartment building is exactly a half mile around!! Wow!!

I have this week coming up off and then next week also but Karen is back to work next week so maybe I can get Q5 in on that week. Aiming maybe for like 1/5/22.

What are some things I want to do?

  • GOALS
    • Test out the ol’ fitbit
    • Get ready for SLAMTA CLAUS
    • Go into the new year with no regrets
  • IDEAS
    • Code stuff
      • Python
      • Sorcery Clans (publish 1.4.0!!!!!!1)
      • R/SQL
      • Kaggle
    • Crafts
      • Looking for good ideas here
    • Writing!

More to come soon!