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Welcome back! I have been watching this show Penny Dreadful and it has inspired me to do a horror themed challenge. I am going to theme each week after a different classic monster. I think it will be fun to read into and play with each classic creature (not to mention keep the ADHD happy with changing every week). So here are the bare bones of what I plan on doing: 2X a week Current workout weights: DB deadlift 3x10. 150#(75# DB each hand) Alt DB curl 3x10 40# DB Skull crusher 3x12 75# DB 1 arm rows 3x10 55# DB DB bench 3x10 50#DB each hand I plan on increasing these weights by the end of the month (safely) 1X a week Again I am going to stick with the Turbulence 500 routine because it is a good supplement for the muscles I miss during my lifting sessions. I am going to allow for 1 gym day to be replaced with one 500 day a week. 50 Prisoner Squats 50 Pushups 25 Jumps 25 Stability Ball Leg Curls 50 Stability Ball Jackknifes 50 Step-ups (25 reps per side) 25 Pull-ups 50 Forward Lunges (25 reps per side) 50 Close-grip Pushups 50 Inverted Rows 50 Squats 25 Chin-ups Language: Well my Spanish and Sign Language(ASL) learning has been half-ass'd at best so I am going to go for 5X a week with at least 20 mins of practice a day. I am going to alternate weeks between Spanish and Sign Language to keep it fresh. Ways that I will be practicing: Spanish telenovella method and movies Sign Language cards and videos Practice with family Spanish and Sign Language Read one classic horror book a week: I have been a little slacking lately and I would like to read one classic book a week that coincides with the theme of the week. Minis: I am also apart of Wolf's and Rurik's minis so that will add a lil extra fun each week Wolf : El Tiburon One of the bosses of the Cartel Rurik: Character Name: Volki Rurik's Roughnecks or Big Bad: Roughnecks! Class Role: Engineer\Demolitions expert Appearance: 6ft 200lb Mohawk covered in tattoos Weapons & Inventory: Explosives of every shape and size. Proficient with a shotgun and loves knives Background: Missing more than a few screws in his sanity (most likely knocked loose from failed explosives experiments) He has what some would say a "twisted" sense of humor but he is well meaning and loyal. His low brow sense of humor and questionable moral compass are balanced by the fact that he has a PhD in Explosive Engineering. He is an ex-bad guy and came over to the Roughnecks after he was betrayed. He is along for the ride and will do what it takes to see the OpFor turned to ash.

To go along with my main quest theme, the Fool's Journey is the journey depicted in the Major Arcana of the Tarot. The Fool, Card 0 (or 1), has to grapple with various archetypes on his journey through life (such as learning about the feminine and masculine self, balancing strength with mercy, suffering greatly for great knowledge, etc.) death and the Underworld, and finally, his ascension to a higher place (nirvana might be the best comparable idea). So, anyway, it's a pretty epic quest, full of Archetypes much like the Hero Cycle. Anyway, I will be logging my progress with minis in this thread. Week 1: SMART goals, check! It's in my main quest thread. +1 Cha

House Baratheon "Ours is the fury!" Fellow family members of the noble house Baratheon, we face dire contest from house Stark, Lannister and Targaryen, but what else is new? We will prevail, we will show them who is fit to rule and who should learn their place below us. And thus, I call ye to this table so we can plan their demise and our victory. Let's use this forum to support each other and mop the ground with the opposition on the mini challenges! Members of the house Baratheon cmwanderin Ocelot (summoned) Plitog TheWanderingGhost erosan Tundralily Waanie Talvi gillynomad BellaDonna Solstice Tiger SpiralGalaxy Terah JMitch Seth.E.Shaw Firedance Rowan Caldecot House influence on the realm Targaryen: 675 pts Lannister : 575 pts Baratheon: 550 pts Stark: 500 pts Challenge 6: The final push Time to go to war. The die has been cast. Attack (pushups) and defend (planks) to your heart's content. Keep track of progress here! Points to earn: Most pushups: 100 pts Most time planking: 100 pts And apparently several bonus rounds: ??? pts Challenge 5: Sitting on swords The throne is almost ours... can you feel it? We need to be ready to sit in it with style. So, let's do some wall sit ups. Final tally here! Points to earn: Most time "sitting": 3rd place: 50 pts Challenge 4: How low will you go? Time to get down and dirty. Army crawl time! Final tally here! Points earned: Most army crawls: 1st place:100 pts Challenge 3: Time to stretch After the hunt went a little overboard, the other houses are calling for some rest. Like a truce between houses has ever stuck around for long. Claim the feats in the list by posting a pic of you doing the pose, in this amicable game of one-upsmanship that is not prone to become a bloody battlefield of betrayal and conspiracy. Seriously, that never happens around here. Final tally here! Oh, and you can only claim 5 poses per day. Points earned: Most poses claimed: 3rd place: 50 pts Challenge 2: The Hunt Your king commands a feast to celebrate the jousting victory! That means we are going hunting. Go for Bunnies, Boars and Bears (situps, squats, stupid burpees). Keep an eye out for any epic game or legendary kill. Final tally here! Points earned: SIT UPS: 4th place: 25 pts SQUATS: 4th place: 25 pts BURPEES: 3nd place: 50 pts JUMPING JACKS: Gryffon slain: 50 pts ALSO! TheWanderingGhost is settling the humilliation we suffered at the hands of Lannister last mini, when they decided to rob us from our victory on distance. Go support your house, and your sister in arms. There is a PVP thread and a bet too. (The Stark house won this PVP) Challenge 1: Joust! Fools! they think they can beat us in a simple jousting competition! Let them taste our lances, and the might of our horses! (walking/running for horse power, lunges for lance power) Final tally here! Points earned: TOTAL DISTANCE: 2nd place: 75 pts TOTAL LUNGES: 1st place: 100 pts

Ok, so here is my thread for the minis. I have a hard time doing these because I have a plan, and I like my plan, and then these things come and surprise me every week, lol. That's what it is to be a Taurus sometimes, I guess.

Here is where I will be posting my adventures for the minis!