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Whoops, this thread probably goes in Parkour/Gymnastics, doesn't it. Ugh...

Short follow-up: when I tried to do it again the following day, I couldn't. This was pretty frustrating, until I worked on it for a bit and realized that I'd gotten too cocky, basically falling backwards and expecting to be able to catch myself. This was silly. I'm happy to say that I'm enroute for more consistency.

I have a very strong immune system, actually. Mostly this "being sick" is stomach discomfort combined with being really sleepy, except it just doesn't go away. I'd honestly probably not give even half a **** if I was nice and comfy at home, or could at least look forward to being so. Most times where I'm "sick", it lasts quite literally less than an entire day and is so mild I honestly don't even notice it until the last couple hours. I'm just in a stressful living situation right now, and that makes every problem worse.

Honestly, your Phase 1 looks like Phases 1 and 2. Might want to split it up into those.

I LOVE BEING SICK SOOOOO MUCH, YOU GUYS. The past couple weeks have seen me doing only two parkour workouts a week instead of 3. I'm already a full day behind on my NaNo goal. A lot of things are just not going well for me. I feel like I really need to get back home, but that's almost 3 weeks away. It would be really nice to have a place with indoor heating to exercise. Really, really nice. Maybe I wouldn't be sucked dry of all my motivation by just trying to struggle through every day.

So, I'm trying to learn to do kip-ups. I've gone ahead and found tutorials, and I can tell my technique is awful. That sort of thing goes away with practice. That brings me to the actual issue. Is there any way to practice kip-ups without landing on your spine every single time? It's pretty uncomfortable.

60s of planking is enough to get you a max score? That seems low. I could do that very near the beginning of my fitness journey (okay, I'd say 3 and a half months is still the 'beginning', but I mean even in comparison to that). Like the idea, but I'm not sure the scoring is accurate. Also I can't jump rope. Dunno why. It's one of those things that I have a complete block on, like juggling.

Just wanted to pop in and say I did it! Honestly, the biggest part of it was no fear. You have to accept the fact that you might screw up and hit your head. But I didn't hit my head, so I'm awesome!

Eh. I like dwelling on my flaws. Drives me to attempt to fix them. If I didn't constantly berate myself for sucking, I think I'd practice even less often. But I'm guessing that's not a good strategy for most people.

Fun fact: to find your friends on NaNo, do not use the website's search function. Instead, put "nanowrimo" and their username into Google. MUCH BETTER.

Yes. It most certainly is. The lure of Scrivener is its mass of features that are basically seamlessly integrated yet still fully customizable, and that's what they want you to feel. Also, my novel chapters will be posted to my tumblr, which I've linked in my signature. I'll probably have Chapter 1 up in another day or two (the chapters aren't going to be much shorter than 5,000 words apiece). Honestly, at this rate, while I might win NaNo, my novel might not get finished for quite a bit after that...

It is incredibly weird, because I just ran across them today as well while looking up dragon flags. I haven't checked their lessons yet, but I will.

AAAAA NANOWRIMO AAAAA I've already written 1000 words. This is...this is gonna be hard. But I'm gonna try. Kishi, what's your username on NaNo? I know you haven't been able to find me, but I might be able to find you.

P.S. I got Scrivener and I love it to little bitty pieces. Worth every penny. Of course, if you're cheap, or just unsure (like me), it has a free trial period of...exactly 30 days. How 'bout that?

NaNo is tomorrow, guys! Are you ready? My NaNo user name is Brickwall. Come find me!

Well, you can stop the self-censoring, if that bothers you, but if you don't want to actively engage her about it, then don't. It might be a pain in the ass. Or, hey, maybe she's changed over the years. People do that.

OH YEAH! Five pull-ups, you guys! That was my 6-week goal! But I'mma keep trying to do more anyway, because life is longer than 6 weeks.

This is...really hard. I haven't written in days. I've not been entirely unproductive, but I haven't written. I just can't sit down to write knowing that I might be called away from my work at any second. I don't know why, but I can't. And that's the state I'm stuck in the majority of the day. AGH! That same issue is interfering with the frequency with which I am getting to do my parkour workouts. I'm down to about two a week now. Which is better than zero, but not my goal. The sessions are also less productive as the tiny injuries I need to avoid aggravating pile on (I've had at least some part of my hands torn up for the past...two weeks now?). But I'm doing them. And, you know what? I'm having fun. Forcing myself to find new things to work on actually lets me identify all kinds of tiny skills to practice. My balance hasn't gotten measurably better yet, but I think it will with practice. I'm also learning to DO things while balanced. I believe that, given a lot of time, I will come to know the secrets of my body and its interaction with the world. I'm willing to practice for years to be able to do great things. For now, I'm stuck trying to do all the parts of the Gangnam Style dance on a 3-inch wide line. Oh, well. In better news, I decided to do a pull-up exhaustion test. FIVE PULL-UPS! GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAL! So, while my 'constant maintenance' goals are at sub-optimal (but not disastrous) levels, my more goal-like goals have both been rocked out. I am happy about that. Unrelated to my challenge, it looks like there may be some chaos in my living situation when I come back. Also I'm super stressed because I feel like I have no future. It's not that I'm not willing to work towards anything, it's just that I don't know what I really want to do, and working towards five hundred things gets you nowhere in the end. Blech.

Lie on your back (bench or ground) and push the dumbbells directly upward from your chest. Dumbbell bench press, basically.

Get your Aspects out first. Trust me. High Concept, Trouble, and Phases 1-3 should head your character creation, not end it. You'll be happy you did.

Our GM for it is MIA. We are trying to gear up for a Dresden Files game right now, though. I'm GMing for it. Currently we have two character ideas submitted, and no full sheets (no rush, though; it's PbP). You can feel free to post stuff in the thread rather than PMing me, since players should know each others' sheets.

I was unsure whether this thread was about fracking and its effect on wells. I guess not. I don't have any advice on your issues other than what's been given above. I just hope that, whatever reconciliation you come to, you don't live on with regret or resentment.

Pews are uncomfortable, and confession booths even more so. Check to see if the priest/pastor/chaplain/reverend/whatever has a couch in his office, at least.

Good question. If anyone can agree on an answer, I'll go grab us some sno-cones from Hell to celebrate. I'm capable of doing one-arm push-ups. To many people, that is "fit". To many people on these forums, that is a long way away. To me, that is just getting started. I could easily say that a "passing grade" is below what I can do because I know so few people who can do one-arm push-ups (seriously, outside these forums, my social circle is not very fit; many can't do standard push-ups). But I don't see how that would help me. I don't think you can really draw a line that's "good enough". I can find tons of people who I could beat in any area of physical fitness, and I can find tons of people who can beat me in any area of physical fitness. I'll never be at the top (I'm past my physical peak and I've only recently re-started physical training), and may never be close, but I'll always keep pushing my upper bounds. So, feel free to set yourself some goals, long-term even. But it doesn't matter if they're reasonable to anyone else. Focus on what you want to do for yourself. Become the person you want to be, not the person everyone else says you should be.

I've never really understood the whole "there's something wrong with masturbation" standpoint. It's always seemed like an entirely neutral act to me. Heck, I don't get the shame about sexual activity in general. Sure, maybe other people don't want to see it, but that doesn't make it wrong.