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Hey Nerdlings. I'm currently trying to teach myself to draw with the aim of producing a readable web comic. I love comics and this is a definite "do that which you love," thing. I'd like to think I'm a decent writer but I am abysmal at drawing (having developmental fine motor control problems doesn't help). So I'm slowly teaching myself to draw, starting with human figures as well as find a relatively clean if not super realistic style. I'm also quite indecisive and cannot decide what to draw so I'm letting the internet decide for me. I'm asking for suggestions of things to draw. Preferably people. These can be pre existing characters or ideas for them ( "Draw me a ninja Pirate" "Draw my NF persona," etc.) I'm allowed to say no if I'm not familiar with them or they're just too damn hard but I'll endeavour to post them here and at kingclumsy.tumblr.com. They will (at first) suck lots, but I'll do my best. I've got one request from a rollergirl friend of mine to draw Buffy so far Get requesting. Thanks in advance

Yay, new DBL for Evicious! So the Army is now sending me back to Korea for a year. I had been notified that I would be deploying to AFG to take the place of a piece of shit warrant officer who should never have deployed in the first place another member of my unit who was returned for no fucking reason other than the fact that he's a piece of shit minor medical reasons. I was all spun up, packed up, and ready to go, only to end up waiting on orders for the next few weeks that never came. I learned later that was because orders had already been cut to send me back to Korea before the unit tried pulling me to AFG. I'd honestly rather have gone to AFG, too. My first duty station was in Korea, and while I adored the food (KIMCHI!!!!!!!!) and my unit there was... alright... I was really hoping to spend any other time overseas in different locations, rather than revisiting places I'd already been. Also, I can't take my fiance' with me and the timing is seriously screwing up my wedding plans. Obviously I'll make the most of it though. I'm definitely looking forward to the food (KIMCHI!!!!!!!) and I'm making it a goal to spend at least one day every weekend hiking one (of Korea's numerous) mountain trails that will be available to me. Depending on what position I end up filling in the unit, I may also attempt to complete some basic college courses while I'm there (much like I had anticipated doing when I found out I wasn't on the initial deployment roster here in LA). Who knows? I anticipate many open evenings and weekends, since I won't have my man there to keep me busy, and I want/need to stay busy and productive. A lot of what I am and am not able to do will depend on where on the peninsula I end up being stationed. Hopefully, I won't have to fight for every little thing and I can just roll through the year until it's time for me to come home. So that being said, here is what I will be using this DBL for: Tracking my weight Tracking my workouts Tracking my progress in other goals Random babblings

The next few weeks are going to be crazy with work and travel and who knows what. So this challenge I'm going to focus solely on creating daily habits that make me feel good and that I can take with me through my next upcoming life transition. Side quest 1 - Splits and backbends (+4 DEX) My body tends to "curl up" when stressed and tired. Daily stretching restores it to normality. And who am I kidding, I want to become super bendy. Side quest 2 - Happy meals (+4 CON) Simple, the rule is to eat food that makes me happy. Tasty food = good, binge eating = bad. Side quest 3 - Dance! (+4 CHA) Get my boogie on for ONE song a day. Bonus for shimmying, bumping and grinding. Haven't completely forgotten about my Epic Quest Life side quest - Learn to draw! (+3 WIS) I've always wanted to learn but I suffer from a severe case of blank page syndrome. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, I'm going to make one drawing every day this challenge. Quantity over quality! Handstand PvP (+5 AWESOME) 5 min of handstands every day

Whoa! Well well well, Rebels, I have been looking forward to this challenge for a LONG time. This marks the challenge where I start my life, yet again, in a new spot! (Well, we’re always in new spots). But seriously now, I’ve just graduated college, just been discharged from ED treatment, just started a new job and this week I’m moving to a new city. Whew! This is going to be a fun challenge with a LOT of discovering involved, so let’s get crackin’! Main Quest: Reconnect with my Authentic Self Yes, I was going to put ‘Recover from my Eating Disorder’ as my main quest, but that struck a bad chord with me. It just seems too… negatively focused. It’s just not a positive-sounding goal; to me it’s like saying ‘To Lose all this Fat’ versus ‘To get Leaner and Stronger’. The second one sound so much more self-affirming, you know? That’s not to say that recovering from anorexia would be a bad thing, not at all! But will I ever 100% recover from my ED? Who knows. What I CAN do is make a quest to recover my true, authentic self who I’ve been stifling for years… That’s a positive change I can really commit to. So without further ado, the goals! Goal 1: Endeavor to Continue Support Since being discharged from the large hospital/treatment center, I’ve started a five-month-long intensive outpatient program at a local treatment center. It’s three hours a night, three nights a week, plus my additional primary and doctor’s appointments. They still control my meal plan and fitness, so of course, I comply with their rules. I go there straight after work, and my brain is basically porridge afterwards… but I am committed to myself, so slog on I shall! The goal is to attend all IOP sessions. Scale: A= 0 missed, B= 1-3, C= 4-6, D= 7-9 Goal 2: Endeavor to Train my Body Okay maybe not Waterbending, but close. While I was on exercise restriction for a very long time, recently I’ve finally made it to a healthy BMI! This means I have a little more flexibility with fitness. I was medically cleared for restorative yoga, and recently I’ve been cleared for Tai Chi as well! I want to start practicing that. It may take a bit (I haven’t found a place yet), but that’s part of the challenge. Scoring will be up when I figure out the schedule! Since my ultimate goal is to explore Kung Fu, I think Tai Chi would be a wonderful place to start. So my goal is to sign up for and attend Tai Chi classes (at LEAST 1 per week). Scale: A = 6 weeks, B= 5 weeks, C= 4 weeks, etc. Goal 3: Endeavor to Train my Mind Mindfulness is a huge part of recovery… and one that I could really use some practice with. I try to be mindful at random parts of the day, but formally, I have no routine, and sometimes it falls by the wayside. I can meditate for five minutes, I know I can, but doing it regularly will be the hard part! So my goal is to practice meditation, morning and night, for 5 min. Scale: Percentage out of a 100% scale Life Side Quest: I want to continue with my sketches, but not as intense as before. I know I’m insanely busy with work and my other mandatory activities, but let’s be real here; I spend nine hours a day hunched over a Cintiq tablet, I should be able to squeeze in a tiny sketch here and there during a lunch break, or something! I mean, honestly. It’ll probably help me not burn out at work, either. Goal: Two sketches per week Diet goal: Endeavor to Eat More Compassionately Ha, okay, guilty. So for years I based my diet on a steady stream of cheap meat to keep my high protein levels and low-carb lifestyle. Something I always wrestled with was a large amount of guilt, because I’m not passionate about a lot of causes, but I hate factory farming. I feel like the fact that I relied on such suffering to sustain myself was selfish, and I want to change! I did try doing a completely vegetarian diet for about a week, and… ah, well, I’ve never felt worse. I seem to run well on meat, what can I say? I’m extremely fortunate to live in a place where I have a LOT of access to farmers who I personally know. I don’t think I’ll need much more than having meat a few times per week; but I do plan on buying small amounts of quality meat, which on my budget, means I’ll have to slash my intake by a lot. So in order to do that, I need to experiment munching on some plants! Yes… even the grains. Goal: Explore/cook and eat two new vegetarian dishes per week So that's the game plan for this challenge, folks. I'm extremely happy to be joining the Druids during this transformative time, and I look forward to keeping up with everyone's (and I mean all the Guilds!) progress! Keep on keeping on, everyone!

EDIT : I effed up my back somehow last week, so I put off my challenge until this week. I don't care about winning - I'm in to feel good again and build a routine set of habits. Since my back is still weird, I'm simplifying my routine just to make sure I do something, but to also try not to hurt myself (no health insurance). Also, since I've been unemployed for a month and my tax return is taking its sweet time finding its way to my bank account, I'm ditching the Paleo too. I need to eat what I have around the house and that's going to involve stuff outside of that framework. *shrug* Hey-o! Winter is killing me. In an effort to shake this hibernation situation, here's my challenge goals: 1) Couch to 5K Walking on treadmill 30 minutes M/W/F A - all 3 days B - 2 of 3 days C - 1 of 3 days F - no days 2) Nerd Fitness Rookie Yoga Workout (weeks 1-3) T/R/S & Recruit Nerd Fitness Rookie Workout (weeks 4-5) T/R/S A - all 3 days B - 2 of 3 days C - 1 of 3 days F - no days 3) Pull Up Workout Solitary Racquetball (fluid, not jerky) M/W/F http://greatist.com/fitness/i-want-to-do-a-pullup-022012/# A - all 3 days B - 2 of 3 days C - 1 of 3 days F - no days 4) No soda or fast food beginning week 1 / eat Paleo weeks 2-6 / 1 gallon of water per day A - all 7 days B - 5 of 7 days C - 3 of 7 days D - 1 of 7 days F - no days (soda / fast food) A - all 7 days B - 5 of 7 days C - 3 of 7 days D - 1 of 7 days F - no days (Paleo) A - all 7 days B - 5 of 7 days C - 3 of 7 days D - 1 of 7 days F - no days (gallon of water) 5) 30 minutes each day of calligraphy / drawing A - all 7 days B - 5 of 7 days C - 3 of 7 days D - 1 of 7 days F - no days I don't have a specific weight goal or progress goal. My umbrella goal is to create a sense of consistency and routine. My scale at home is not working, so I'll have to get a starting weight tomorrow at the gym. Let's do this thing.