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

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!

Been busy and also needed to rest the hip some, so this week is my last chance to do a good marathon. Here is an outline of the plan:

• Pick a lunch experiment FIRST THING in the marathon and make it for lunch
• Plaster the mask (so paper mache’ing needs to be done)
• Finalize and mail the H2PQ package!!
• Sewing (include follow up on any orders made)
• Painting?

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Going to drop off my wife at 9AM, so probably will hold the marathon between 9:30 and 3:30. I’m going to start with a rowing and see how it goes from there. The doctor did recommend the stationary bike but the one we have at the gym is too low tech for me, I want to have a distance to work towards each leg. If my hip gets problematic I’ll swap the rowing or cardio for the full set of hip stretches and exercises.

The Officially Approved Marathon Activity List™ is as follows:

• Clean & organize art room
• Make the cardboard base of a new ANBU mask
• Select a novel lunch (and buy whatever’s needed at Kroger if necessary)
• Hit the local print shop(s) and investigate options for printing
• Make demo websites for QTO project
  • spartans.victoriaquidditch.org already installed but make it good
  • vcqc.victoriaquidditch.org install and setup
  • team.victoriaquidditch.org install and setup
• Work on Escobas Arriba
• Record a podcast (prep for publication also!)
• Sew some more snitch shorts
• Sew a cover for that last pillow
• Use up the rest of the PEX to make more quidditch hoops

I will be stunned if I actually get through all of these, but making a huge dent in them will be great regardless! Also you’ll note no Sorcery Clans included, because that could easily eat up the whole day, and a big part of the appeal of the Creative Marathon is the VARIETY!

I would very much like to do another marathon next week and do pickups on things that are two-parters (especially the mask but also website stuff, etc) so we’ll see how it goes

Good luck tomorrow!!

It was DEFINITELY too hot to do another one during the summer. But now it’s Texas Fall (AKA Summer 2: Electric Boogaloo) so I might be able to do a marathon soon!

I bought a sewing book and a lot of the stuff is outdated, random, and useless. BUT THEN I SAW A CHAPTER ON PILLOWS. And I knew I would sew some pillows.

I’ve sank a lot of time into adding new magics to Sorcery Clans and I want to playtest it a while, but maybe I can also think about what new directions to go in with magic. I feel like Red and Black magic are a little bit neglected? Maybe some way to add healing or defense or something else unique, like the Angel Statues. So what I’m getting at is maybe I can brainstorm some stuff as part of the marathon? Wait what? Ooh maybe I can make a painting or a drawing appropriate to the ideas

I also want to make my honey’s mask, and also maybe get work done on Izzy’s Meowscles (?) mask. Painting the ANBU mask was the funnest part of that whole thing so maybe I can cut it and paper mache it in advance, or else do two and one is the cut/paper mache and the next is the plaster and paint

I should probably buy the ANBU mask plan digitally to support the artist, it’s only like $3….

The scoreboard has lost some interest due to COVID but I do have to make some new snitch shorts, especially for Trey, the last online order!

And lastly, the How To Play Quidditch package (Starter Kit? Some kind of branding needed) needs some work still!

So maybe the list looks something like:

HIGH PRIORITY

• New masks
• Pillows
• Snitch shorts
• Sorcery Clans art
• H2PQ Kit Ref Cards
• Resew duvet button

LOW PRIORITY

• That weird Akatsuki surcoat idea
• Couples shirts
• Exalted websites (T_T….)
• Experimental food still?
• H2PQ videos (design & shoot)

As for WHEN, that’s not easy….. certainly has to be a weekend, where we’re not going out of town and Michael isn’t off work. So maybe Sep 26 or 27? We’ll see!