[Everstorm]

I love the idea of a villain era: the swagger, the dedication, the authentic self.  But I've always been the good one, the quiet one, the people-pleaser.  I need a complete education in villainy.  To that end, I have enrolled in Villain Academy.  My classes for this term:

 

Reclaiming Your Wings with Maleficent

Maleficent know like no one else what it is to lose your wings.  In this course, I will be working on strengthening my shoulder wing after injury so I can get back in the air.  The class will also include a small amount of stability training for the hips and ankles to support hard landings after flight.

 

Goal: Daily mobility and stabilization training for shoulders, hips, and ankles

 

The Price of Magic with Rumplestiltskin

But Once Upon A Time's Rumplestiltskin knows that no price is too high to pay for one's son.  My son leaves for the army in a few months, and we need a couple major workings around this event: 1) he needs to continue to lose weight and 2) we need to save money to travel to his graduation.  Big magic means a big price, and I am preparing to pay it.

 

Goal:  

1)  Support my son by doing the most evil thing I can think of: counting calories.

2) Reduce spending to save up for the trip.  Yes.  Reduce spending during holiday season.  

 

 

Fashion for Nevers with Sophie of Gavaldon

 

The School for Good and Evil's Sophie is the authority on evil swagger.  She turned the School for Evil upside-down with her reimagining what it means to be a villain.  In this course, I will be learning to be authentically me.

 

Goal: Every day, I will do one thing to express my authentic self and build my self-confidence.  This could be trying a new hairstyle, adding accessories to my outfits, painting my nails, trying a new makeup look, etc.  There are some budget constraints because of my other coursework, but I can be creative with what I have.

 

Portraiture with Dorian Gray

 

Professor Gray believes one's power can be developed through portraits.  Lots and lots of portraits.*

 

Goal:  Daily art practice.  I don't have to finish a work in a day, but some arting needs to happen.  10 minute minimum

 

* A story from the book Art and Fear illustrates the point that quantity leads to quality.  Students in a ceramics class were divided into 2 sections and told that one section would be graded on pure volume of work --weighed on a bathroom scale --while the other group would be graded solely on the quality of a single ceramic piece.   Guess who produced the highest quality pieces?  The quantity group.

 

Let's find out

[Sovalis]

So very here for this!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

 

[sarakingdom]

5 hours ago, Everstorm said:

Students in a ceramics class were divided into 2 sections and told that one section would be graded on pure volume of work --weighed on a bathroom scale --while the other group would be graded solely on the quality of a single ceramic piece.   Guess who produced the highest quality pieces?  The quantity group.

 

[Sea-to-sky]

I love this challenge, such a nice idea and great format. Following 

 

loving the villain theme in the forums at the moment. Here for that 🤘😈

 

10 hours ago, Everstorm said:

doing the most evil thing I can think of: counting calories

This made me laugh so much. Hope it goes well for you both

[TimovieMan]

[Everstorm]

9 hours ago, Sovalis said:

So very here for this!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

 

 

 

5 hours ago, sarakingdom said:

 

 

 

47 minutes ago, Sea-to-sky said:

I love this challenge, such a nice idea and great format. Following 

 

loving the villain theme in the forums at the moment. Here for that 🤘😈

 

This made me laugh so much. Hope it goes well for you both

 

 

40 minutes ago, TimovieMan said:

 

[Artemis Prime]

I love it! I'm also feeling the urge to rewatch Once Upon a Time. Some great villain inspiration there.

[Everstorm]

31 minutes ago, Artemis Prime said:

I love it! I'm also feeling the urge to rewatch Once Upon a Time. Some great villain inspiration there.

 

I wish I could, but I don't have Disney+ or Hulu 😔

 

[Sea-to-sky]

13 minutes ago, Everstorm said:

wish I could, but I don't have Disney+ or Hulu 😔

With you there. Pain in the neck

[athousandwords]

16 hours ago, Everstorm said:

But Once Upon A Time's Rumplestiltskin knows that no price is too high to pay for one's son.  My son leaves for the army in a few months, and we need a couple major workings around this event: 1) he needs to continue to lose weight and 2) we need to save money to travel to his graduation.  Big magic means a big price, and I am preparing to pay it.

 

Goal:  

1)  Support my son by doing the most evil thing I can think of: counting calories.

2) Reduce spending to save up for the trip.  Yes.  Reduce spending during holiday season.  

 

Not me tearing up over here 🥹

 

Following along!!

[Everstorm]

2 hours ago, Sea-to-sky said:

With you there. Pain in the neck

 

Maybe I can get a free trial and binge watch at some point.

 

Updates:

 

Wings class will be particularly intense today as I will have an hour session with the physio, not just my at-home exercises.  She takes it as a personal challenge if I say the exercises are easy and finds me increasingly challenging things to attempt 😈

 

Price of Magic:  Calories eaten tracked and dinner calories projected.  Mr. Storm wanted me to make a cake, but I did cupcakes for better potion control.  I easily eat 3 times as much if I slice my own cake.  Not sure how to measure spending, as it's mostly me thinking of things I want to buy and then not buying them.  We are trying to budget our groceries better by planning the month's meals in advance and then actually eating those meals instead of eating out or buying the same stuff from the store again because we didn't thaw the ingredients in time.  Should help with the other aspect of this goal as well.

 

Fashion for Nevers:  Perforce I had to dress fairly casual today, since therapy is essentially a gym workout.  I am basically wearing my residual self image to cite the Matrix: stretchy olive drab pants, tank top, pony tail.  Basically I am Lara Croft.

To add a bit of flair, I put in an assortment of earring studs in my triple piercings and wore a brighter shad of lip gloss than I normally wear.  Baby steps.

 

Portraiture: Not yet.  This class is generally scheduled for evenings, so I should get it done tonight.

[Everstorm]

1 minute ago, athousandwords said:

 

Not me tearing up over here 🥹

 

Following along!!

 

[Harriet]

17 hours ago, Everstorm said:

The School for Good and Evil's Sophie is the authority on evil swagger.  She turned the School for Evil upside-down with her reimagining what it means to be a villain.  In this course, I will be learning to be authentically me.

 

Goal: Every day, I will do one thing to express my authentic self and build my self-confidence.  This could be trying a new hairstyle, adding accessories to my outfits, painting my nails, trying a new makeup look, etc.  There are some budget constraints because of my other coursework, but I can be creative with what I have.

 

I absolutely love that your villainy course has a glamour component. I need this right now. 

Hmm. I don't recognise most of the villains in these gifs. Except Salem the cat/wizard. And Dr Evil. And of course I know Dorian Grey, but only from the book. Am I old now. Or have I just been slacking on watching television? 

 

Also, does anyone remember madame mim? 

 

 

17 hours ago, Everstorm said:

 

* A story from the book Art and Fear illustrates the point that quantity leads to quality.  Students in a ceramics class were divided into 2 sections and told that one section would be graded on pure volume of work --weighed on a bathroom scale --while the other group would be graded solely on the quality of a single ceramic piece.   Guess who produced the highest quality pieces?  The quantity group.

 

Yessssss let's have the courage to make bad art! 

[Artemis Prime]

7 minutes ago, Harriet said:

Also, does anyone remember madame mim? 

The magnificent, marvelous, mad Madam Mim?

[Harriet]

3 minutes ago, Artemis Prime said:

The magnificent, marvelous, mad Madam Mim?

 

YES!

[MaeradCase]

Duuuuude, I am blown away by your list of instructors! High quality villain authorities here!!!

[Everstorm]

9 minutes ago, Harriet said:

I don't recognise most of the villains in these gifs. Except Salem the cat/wizard. And Dr Evil. And of course I know Dorian Grey, but only from the book. Am I old now. Or have I just been slacking on watching television? 

 

Most of mine are 10+ years old...maybe we don't watch the same shows?  Maleficent (movie) was 2014, Rumplestiltskin and the Evil Queen/Regina Mills are from Once Upon A Time, a serial which first aired in 2011.  The School for Good and Evil is based on a children's book series.  I watched it with my kids 😄 (and maybe read most of the books after watching the movie.  Don't judge lol).

 

1 hour ago, Harriet said:

does anyone remember madame mim? 

 

1 hour ago, Artemis Prime said:

The magnificent, marvelous, mad Madam Mim?

 

Of course!  The Sword in the Stone!

 

1 hour ago, Harriet said:

Yessssss let's have the courage to make bad art! 

 

🦾

[Everstorm]

30 minutes ago, MaeradCase said:

Duuuuude, I am blown away by your list of instructors! High quality villain authorities here!!!

 

It was a fun schedule to put together 😁

[Laghail]

Following!!

[Everstorm]

1 hour ago, Laghail said:

Following!!

[sarakingdom]

3 hours ago, Everstorm said:

Basically I am Lara Croft.

 

Not the villain, but I'd accept an argument that she and Indiana Jones are villain-adjacent. I mean, her franchise is literally called "Tomb Raider". That's not even attempting to mask that she's literally one thesaurus perusal away from having "Grave Robber" on her business card.

[MaeradCase]

5 hours ago, Everstorm said:

To add a bit of flair, I put in an assortment of earring studs in my triple piercings and wore a brighter shad of lip gloss than I normally wear.  Baby steps.

I have six piercings, too! And I almost never wear earrings anymore. 😅 Way to go, adding accessories.

[Everstorm]

1 hour ago, sarakingdom said:

 

Not the villain, but I'd accept an argument that she and Indiana Jones are villain-adjacent. I mean, her franchise is literally called "Tomb Raider". That's not even attempting to mask that she's literally one thesaurus perusal away from having "Grave Robber" on her business card.

 

😂  I was describing my default look, not my villain aspirations, but that works, too.

 

15 minutes ago, MaeradCase said:

I have six piercings, too! And I almost never wear earrings anymore. 😅 Way to go, adding accessories.

 

I like to wear them, but they kind of irritate my ears so I have to use them sparingly.

[MaeradCase]

4 hours ago, Everstorm said:

5 hours ago, MaeradCase said:

I almost never wear earrings anymore. 😅 Way to go, adding accessories.

 

I like to wear them, but they kind of irritate my ears so I have to use them sparingly.

That's pretty much why I stopped, too. And because I stopped having the energy to pick out ones to match my outfits. 😔 I would like to get a set of silver studs so that they won't turn green, but haven't made that investment yet. 😅

[Everstorm]

7 hours ago, MaeradCase said:

That's pretty much why I stopped, too. And because I stopped having the energy to pick out ones to match my outfits. 😔 I would like to get a set of silver studs so that they won't turn green, but haven't made that investment yet. 😅

 

Honestly, even the sterling ones irritate my ears sometimes, although that may be more due to the fact that I wear any earrings so irregularly that I have to reopen the piercings half the time when I finally want them in.