Laghail

Grimalkin's Cruel Tutelage

16 hours ago, Mike Wazowski said:

Ahhhhh right, forgot that winter is a real thing for some places (as opposed to the joke that it is down here in Texas - I literally wore shorts and took my shirt off mid-run this morning).

 

It's honestly been shockingly good - I'm getting social stimulation from lots of different angles: the dance crew (smaller, but still present at our little studio), the college kids I teach (again, fewer of them, but they're still fun), a weekly game night with a mix of in-town friends and new friends via them, the occasional movie night, lots of digital ways to keep in touch, good rapport with coworkers even virtually, and a new BF. Good stuff all around!

Texas winter man, they sound good for the soul. 

Kuddos on the social support you've built around yourself, that sounds like sanity!

1 minute ago, Mike Wazowski said:

But tbh, if it doesn't suit your goals, don't bother! I picked it up because I wanted to get a bit more of an aerobic base for long dance days of practice and as an excuse to get outside more.

Nah, just Wisconsin winter running isn't my jam. Spring through summer, I'm your guy for a few plodding 5k's a week. How's quarentine life treating you with social support?

13 minutes ago, Mike Wazowski said:

Can I interest you in a running program to go with the sets of 20?

Which one are you doing? But nah, I have an elliptical and I have cardio lifting for this winter. I'm debating grabbing snow shoes or a set of nordic skis for funsies this winter, but I'm not sure I trust myself to use the things enough to justify yet another hobby investment.

57 minutes ago, Mike Wazowski said:

I know that the fitness bit wasn't the most important part of that update, but did I hear you'll be starting PHAT if the lockdowns happen?

Nah, probs just go to 50% of 1rm, and grind 20 rep sets with 10lb increases every week. Come out of the home gym hiatus with a better base to return to low rep work in a few month.

57 minutes ago, Mike Wazowski said:

Good on the Mr. for pushing you to do the things that help you feel better!

He's literally the best. 

Grimalkin's Cruel Tutelage

Like the [Muscle Magus] of Pallas, I'm a bit confused as gyms potential shut down and covid risk is spiking. The home gym is coming along, even while I'm not ponying up the cash to equip more than 300ish lbs of weights. The plan is to outfit the gym slowly until we get a firm shutdown order, and keep using lysol on everything we touch at the gym until then. So I'm switching to a high volume plan in order to make 300lbs meaningful for my lifts. Still disoriented by the pending loss of my third space, and kissing end of year 1rm's goodbye again. It's okay to observe small losses, and those don't invalidate the massive losses experienced by my friends and neighbors and family.

Octavia's Workbench

I managed to salvage a dead necklace of my roommates and use the spare parts with some rose quartz to put together the piece below. It's for a cabaret singer friend, and I wanted her to have a little bling with her zen. I had trouble getting a decent photo, and the smarter thing woulda been to wait for better sun, but meh.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHY230ADu9s/?igshid=n7uyq2tzh1qf

Garden of Sanctuary

Lovely time last night. Mr lagail has been helping bully me into consistent self-care and last night he banished me to go drum and chant and sundry hippy nonsense. I also brought a yorkie, bc mood. Speaking of hippy shit, anyone use entheogens in their meditation practice? I have my eye on a garden of morning glories for next year, for reasons. 

21 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

That they have not demanded any energy investment. (I don't ration spoons... I have bars for health, stamina, and mana, that slowly replenish when I'm not taking damage.  )

 

I come here, post my challenge, post updates or not, depending on how full the bars are. There is no expectations or demand to spend energy I can't afford to spend, and as a result, I can come here, read posts and make comments, and feel the health bars refill just a little bit faster than they normally do.

17 hours ago, KB Girl said:

Taking stock of everything every 5-6 weeks is really valueable to me. I could theoretically do that on my own, but.... well, I coach people for a living right, so I help them set goals and sub goals and I evaluate their progress with them and re-set the goals etc. They don’t actually need me for this, but because of me they sit down to do it and get regular reminders and things like that. The NF forums do that for me. 

And I try to set it up in such a way that updating also brings me something.. talking out loud, journaling.. it helps me take note of the positives.. and sometimes it makes me do something I’d rather not because then I can post about it x) 

 

And I get something out of reading other peoples threads. Like your question. Unlike Scaly I do feel a bit of obligation to post/comment simply because I know how much I appreciate it so I want to spread the joy. But it’s very worth it because I try to only follow threads that I find entertaining or educational or interesting or thought provoking or inspiring or wholesome or...  

You both are gorgeous souls. 

Hey thanks for the kind words folks. Honestly struggling to make this challenge meaningful. I’ve been writing about my fitness on these forums since 2016, and I’m not sure if the spoons investment still makes sense. 
What’s kept the forum challenges relevant to your needs lately?

19 hours ago, Big_Show said:

Apart from tomorrow night of course - the regular weekly grocery shop for us and my parents, and tomorrow is also the last evening before full lockdown so it should be interesting!  Luckily we're not low on toilet roll and we have a stock of bread rolls in the freezer, but no doubt this week's meals may have to get improvised according to what's actually available...

I'm so here for covid cuisine pictures

rosary, blankets, and netflix?

Grimalkin's Cruel Tutelage

Ended up doing 90-95% singles for heavy work this week. A bit at a loss as Wisconsin goes into a 3rd wave of the pandemic, and gyms may be closed if sensible leadership is installed tomorrow. I currently go to a YMCA that serves low income communities, and they're unable to enforce their mask rules on the affluent white lifters, whose fees and donations are required to feed low income children. So, I go, I mask, and I spray everything before using it. Meanwhile Mr. Laghail is slowly acquiring pieces of a home gym to get us through, should another lockdown be enforced. 

Octavia's Workbench

So here's the replacement piece! 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHGoXIMD6JS/?igshid=f5uhi69y3xdu

Garden of Sanctuary

Mala was the order of the day yesterday, and I also got a printers drawer hung to hold different meditation aids. Imagine the picture below but stuffed with a rock collection, chunks of wood, and a few small bowls.

Olesm's Chess Journal

Any dresden fans here? I'm crafting a dresden's milwaukee for my setting and I'd be curious to hear what power groups you find interesting to play with.

20 hours ago, Heidi said:

My friend Mike Allen almost gave up on his patreon, and we got to talking. Writers gonna write, and so I launched mine too -- weekly posts of whatever happens to be on the drafting table.

https://www.patreon.com/HeidiSchmidt?fan_landing=true

I'm not at all familiar with your work! Is there a place I can experience your writing so I can decide if your patreon is a good choice for me?

7 hours ago, Reluctant Amazon said:

Okay finally got through my intended squat work set!  No to slink home and recover.

Wait, by slink home, do you mean walk upstairs from your basement? Lol

6 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

We do not work for the same company then. Not even close.  

Eh, as long as you post pictures of your pets here on NF, I’m happy!

1 hour ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

That is entirely possible. Like The Borg, my company is everywhere and assimilates greedily. Alternatively, every tech company in the world has realized that pictures of cute and happy animals are an easy way to increase morale in an unexpectedly drawn-out WFH situation  

 

And that is good news about the full consent. I will put the sharp weapons away, for now.

Hrm, mine too. I work for FIS for the last year. Love the company culture so far, and they do pretty good on work life balance. 

3 minutes ago, Scaly Freak said:

My employer uses SharePoint online for company wide communications, because that's the easiest way to do it when you're a large global company. They have create a social feed (works like Facebook, more or less) they have named WFH with Pets! where everyone they encourage us to post pictures of our pet office mate. There is a sub-channel dedicated to collectively trying to figure out how to reduce the separation anxiety and possible trauma that will be inflicted on these pour creatures as the workforce starts leaving our home offices to go back to the corporate ones full time. I have genuine concerns for my Happy Sidekick.

 

 

With her full knowledge and consent, I hope! If not, formal complaints need to be made with every possible authority and oversight committee.

Do we work for the same company? Mine has the same thread!

with her full consent. She fires doctors fast, and has assembled a world class team of women. When she trusts the ladies take care of her, she’s very on board with letting students learn from her unique case. 

Also, miss Laghail says she’s getting a guestbook for her vagina; every visit to the ER or doctor or clinic has a medical professional bringing a bevy of medical students to learn from her unique case and deliver a classroom experience while she’s in the stirrups. 

people with vaginas are bad-ass.

Just now, RhiaWolfe said:

 

Nope. This is the first year in a very long time that I haven't done anything for Halloween. I'll probably just play some spooky video games and watch spooky movies. 

 

We should do a spooky movie night!!

also, work from home life 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CG7-g8cAg3f/?igshid=16faqt3da0dc3

Hey welcome to NF my friend!

Covid life is tough my friend. Do you have anything to look forward to for halloween?

On 10/28/2020 at 10:28 AM, Mr_Willes said:

Warning: not my usual happy go mad type of posting

 

But still something i want to write off of me a little. The Corona Shit Show in Belgium.

 

Just found out the first hospitals are getting "Bergamo types of shit" by this evening: 

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• First hospital is reporting running out of rooms people needing to wait in the hallways.
• First confirmed dead COVID patient, cause IC was full, and the hospital they wanted to transfer the patient to was also full.
• 11-6 all the hospitals in Belgium will be at max capacity.
• Confirmed cases still increasing exponentially
• At this moment cancer patients aren't getting the treatment they need because of COVID patients (trading in one death for the other)
• Planning stages to get extra hospital room with help from the military. Using their dedicated hospitals and temporary military hospitals.

Be safe everybody!

Sorry brother. It's getting bad in wisconsin as well, the ER visit last week was a nightmare, due to covid filling every bed in the building. 

38 minutes ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

Good point.

 

Optional parts of the Warrior Uniform include chalk, belt, sweatpants and pony tail, but the chucks are more or less a must. Or some other kind of shoes with hard and flat soles. 

I've actually been lifting in these for a minute now, and it's not the worst for non-cardio. Kinda like deadlift slippers. 

Streaking with Saliss

23 hours ago, Big_Show said:

I have absolutely zero ideas as yet - it gets particularly stressful, because as soonas I come up with something and buy it, I then only have a month to think of Christmas presents as well!  It's very inconveniently timed, I should get him to change it...

Covid makes it harder, right? Most "experience" based gifts are off the table in the lockdown, bringing us back to the sacred trifecta of hobbies, books, or a new dog.