sarakingdom Posted Tuesday at 10:08 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:08 PM 38 minutes ago, Mistr said: Somehow, I just can't imagine Nightingale doing the jitterbug. Waltz, certainly. Tango, quite possibly. Jitterbug? Black Bottom! He was very specifically taught the Black Bottom by a young woman named Cocoa. (I'm mourning that I had to return my audiobook. And now I have to wait for seven people to check out out before I can get it again.) 1 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted Tuesday at 10:54 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:54 PM 44 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: (I'm mourning that I had to return my audiobook. And now I have to wait for seven people to check out out before I can get it again.) Does your library have reciprocal lending agreements with any other libraries? I currently have cards from four different library systems (and know I could get at least one more if I wanted to) and sometimes one of them will have what I want when all copies are checked out in the other systems. Quote Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Adventures: Adventurers Wanted: A West-Marches Campaign Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted Wednesday at 12:54 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 12:54 AM 1 hour ago, Ranger Hal said: Does your library have reciprocal lending agreements with any other libraries? I currently have cards from four different library systems (and know I could get at least one more if I wanted to) and sometimes one of them will have what I want when all copies are checked out in the other systems. I have two cards, but the other doesn't get the audiobooks and only some of the book books in this series. (They don't have this one, alas.) 2 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted Wednesday at 05:12 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:12 AM I want to see trends, so I'm gonna test a weekly view. This might be too much effort, we'll see. Challenge week 1 M T W T F S S 30-60 min exercise ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ 30 Min walking ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Hindu pushups ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Hindu squats ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Bridge ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Jacket & tie ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Smooth shave ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Start timer ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Magical workings ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ 30 Min vampire training ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Co-working ⬤ ⬤ Reflective practice ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Midnight bedtime ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ 6-8 hours sleep ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ 20 min meditation ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Interroception meditation ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Therapy writing ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Roygbiv Key ⬤ none ⬤ did something ⬤ did half ⬤ basic pass ⬤ strong pass ⬤ did extra Weekly targets: Co-working - 1 session Bodyweight - let's call 3 sessions a week a win this week. We'll work up to daily. Sure, let's do a running challenge average, too. That's relatively easy. Spoiler Challenge totals Week: 1 2 3 4 5 Tk End 30-60 min exercise ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ 30 Min walking ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Hindu pushups ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Hindu squats ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Bridge ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Jacket & tie ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Smooth shave ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Start timer ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Magical workings ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ 30 Min vampire training ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Co-working ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Reflective practice ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Midnight bedtime ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ 6-8 hours sleep ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ 20 min meditation ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Interroception meditation ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Therapy writing ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ ⬤ Roygbiv Key ⬤ 0 - none ⬤ 1 - did something ⬤ 2 - did half ⬤ 3 - basic pass ⬤ 4 - strong pass ⬤ 5 - did extra 5 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted Wednesday at 09:32 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 09:32 AM I'm curious now, does the video really show black bottom? I don't know much about it (and most of it is lost anyway) but I associate it with a looser, more grounded dance. Lots more hips and shoulders and bent knees. And booty/knee slapping, which definitely doesn't seem Nightingale approved. 😄 But maybe this is what it looked like when white people danced it in couples... Quote Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted Wednesday at 12:01 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 12:01 PM On 10/18/2024 at 11:10 PM, sarakingdom said: No parsley? 😇 1 Quote TimovieMan: funnier than you think he is; not as funny as he thinks he is... Active challenges: Don't log, remain sensible | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) Old threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV | XV | XVI | XVII | XVIII | XIX | XX | XXI | XXII | XXIII Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted Wednesday at 04:30 PM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:30 PM 6 hours ago, Mad Hatter said: I'm curious now, does the video really show black bottom? I don't know much about it (and most of it is lost anyway) but I associate it with a looser, more grounded dance. Lots more hips and shoulders and bent knees. And booty/knee slapping, which definitely doesn't seem Nightingale approved. 😄 But maybe this is what it looked like when white people danced it in couples... An interesting question, because the documentation is sparse. If what you're thinking of is this with all the high knees and butt slapping, it appears to be not a 1920s dance, but a 1950s pastiche choreography to old-timey music: If you're thinking this, this appears to be the actual thing: It is showier, but the basic moves seem pretty similar, so I think the difference is a professional dancer doing a stylized solo performance for an audience, versus the casual amateur partnered version that people would do on the local dancefloor on Friday night after work. They're also both labeled "black bottom" in contemporary 1926/7 title cards, so I think that's pretty reasonable documentary evidence for it. Title cards can be wrong, but it's two very similar dances both labeled the same, so I think there's a strong probability. 2 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted Wednesday at 05:38 PM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:38 PM today is the 23rd of October day of the bridge of moons Solvitur ambulando ⬤ 30-60 Min exercise ⬤ 30 Min walking Malleum non temnit Hindu pushups ⬤ Hindu squats ⬤ Bridge ⬤ Vestis viram facit ⬤ Jacket & tie ⬤ A smooth shave Aurora musis amica Start timer on alarm ⬤ One magical working per hour ⬤ 30 min vampire training ⬤ One co-working session ⬤ Reflective practice TBD ⬤ Optimum quies est ⬤ In bed by midnight ⬤ 6-8 hours sleep ⬤ 20 min meditation ⬤ Interroception meditation ⬤ One therapy writing session 3 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 4 hours ago today is the 24th of October day of the last train home Solvitur ambulando ⬤ 30-60 Min exercise ⬤ 30 Min walking Malleum non temnit Hindu pushups ⬤ Hindu squats ⬤ Bridge ⬤ Vestis viram facit ⬤ Jacket & tie ⬤ A smooth shave Aurora musis amica Start timer on alarm ⬤ One magical working per hour ⬤ 30 min vampire training ⬤ One co-working session ⬤ Reflective practice TBD ⬤ Optimum quies est ⬤ In bed by midnight ⬤ 6-8 hours sleep ⬤ 20 min meditation ⬤ Interroception meditation ⬤ One therapy writing session 1 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 4 hours ago Am I allowed to kill anyone? I've been very good about that lately, and Nightingale is surprisingly okay with that sometimes. ("Not anyone," he says. "Which you'll note is distinct from 'not anyone'." Sigh. Fine. No killing for the moment.) ((Crap, this is a problem I need to solve by walking, isn't it?)) 2 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Everstorm Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 59 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: (Crap, this is a problem I need to solve by walking, isn't it? Emphatically. I had to take several laps on Tuesday to avoid homicide, and I can recommend the treatment as effective. 1 Quote Life before Death Strength before Weakness Journey before Destination Link to comment
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