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 6 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. 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 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 Thursday at 09:25 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:25 PM 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 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 Thursday at 10:09 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 10:09 PM 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 Thursday at 11:08 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 11:08 PM 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. 2 Quote Life before Death Strength before Weakness Journey before Destination Link to comment
Laghail Posted yesterday at 02:34 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:34 AM Following along again!! 1 Quote Level 38 [Raveling Bard] Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted 22 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 22 hours ago Looking at my weekly chart, I have three goals I have not met once: my bedtime, Hindu squats, and my stupid therapy writing for my stupid mental health. So I must design partial steps. Spoiler Squats: a non-zero non-pass score for reviewing the progressions to identify which one I want to try. I think I'm not doing it because I'm undecided on what to try first. Bedtime: I have water by my bed, so hydration should not stop me. I think tonight is a possibility. Unless I try to do too much. Anyway, the rule is just in bed on time, not asleep on time, so I can have a book or something. Bribery. I'm so into bribery this challenge. (I'm working on a winter hibernation bedtime ritual. Magical and everything.) Stupid therapy writing for my stupid mental health: okay, the issue here is that this takes a chunk of time and is Not Fun. It's the opposite of fun. (Okay it's mostly not too bad, but it's not on the good side of things yet.) So it also takes some privacy and uninterruptibility and whatever. Getting the block of time and the privacy at the same time is kind of the problem, although also I don't wanna. No good solutions for this yet. It'd be annoying to have to take a special trip to another location every day so I can get the uninterrupted time to do this. And again, I don't wanna. I should do more things I don't wanna for the extra practice, but still. I could try to make it magical. Perhaps it is a binding ritual. Or something. I need to think. ETA: And I am in fact in bed on time tonight. Hooray, my first pass of the week! (On the plus side, I haven't been failing badly enough to make my sleep deficit explode. I'm muddling through on not totally terrible sleep. But it's enough to be real scheduling fails.) What I need is to find someone who wants to do a short end of day body doubling on reviewing the day and planning the next day. I suspect that is a big help in making Good Bedtime Choices happen. 2 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 22 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 22 hours ago 5 hours ago, Everstorm said: Emphatically. I had to take several laps on Tuesday to avoid homicide, and I can recommend the treatment as effective. I am, seven weeks after the concept was introduced in a challenge, beginning to get the hang of asking myself that question occasionally when I'm dissatisfied. (I am apparently a slow learner, and this is why Nightingale and various rivers make me repeat challenges.) 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 22 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 22 hours ago I'm not prepared to add anything to my goals yet, but, like, my shoulders have been killing me lately, and maybe this is on point, I dunno. 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
Jean Posted 19 hours ago Report Share Posted 19 hours ago On 10/19/2024 at 12:46 AM, sarakingdom said: Mostly it is bribery. Pure seasonal bribery. Well, bribery and tricks of the mind are very vampirish things to do. Vampires and Wizards may have a few things in common, I guess. Here late but following nonetheless. 1 Quote Legally bound to hug people in need. Living life as a Druid is about walking with the beasts. It's about being scared, looking your fears in the eyes and going on anyway. Dread doesn't go away, you just learn to know it. It's still a beast, it still has fangs, but you walk among it. Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted 13 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 13 hours ago 5 hours ago, Jean said: Well, bribery and tricks of the mind are very vampirish things to do. Vampires and Wizards may have a few things in common, I guess. This wizard has a very low tolerance for vampires. (Although, to be fair, in his world they're not charming or cultured, or even particularly sentient that we can tell, just giant black holes of life-force-sucking death that kill everything they touch, even the grass.) And you may have explained why, at least in the Doylist sense. Otherwise, they'd have far too much in common. There's only room for one functionally immortal, charming, highly cultured posh dude with a closet full of well-tailored evening wear in this series. Cut for unnecessary book discussion: Spoiler You've made me realize that he seems to take a very hard line against anything even in the vague general vicinity of vampirism, including some relatively harmless creatures and other wizards killing people to take their magical power. Murder's not a capitol crime for him, but vampirism of any sort isn't just execution, but immediate and total execution with prejudice. He treats it more like eradicating a contagion outbreak that you can't let establish itself. I think he's okay with giving me fun vampire movies every year because they're just blood and fangs. He's cool with blood and fangs. His best friend is all blood and fangs. But absorbing the life force of another creature, he has no chill at all. He will scorch the earth where it used to stand. 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 11 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 11 hours ago today is the 25th of October day of the sheltering city 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 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 8 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 8 hours ago Crap, I'm going to have to do the stupid therapy writing, because it's the only red dot left today. Anyway, I've decided that the squat plan is alternating days of Matt Furey's frog-ups with GMB's first ankle/hip mobility stretch. I'm too tight to squat well. 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 6 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 6 hours ago Ugh, I need a social coffee break. Get in, losers, we're going to the autumn jazz coffee shop for a latte. So how's your day been, and what's cozy today, and which monster are we not fucking this Halloween? Spill the goss. 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
Everstorm Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago I had a pretty good day: slept in, worked in the garden, and painted my nails black in celebration of the season. 1 Quote Life before Death Strength before Weakness Journey before Destination Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted 5 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 5 hours ago 28 minutes ago, Everstorm said: painted my nails black in celebration of the season Oh. Oh. I could do this. I have black. (I'm giving up on my spring/summer green. It's a nice shade in the bottle, but it makes me look glowing pink. Like I've been boiled in radioactive water. I need to find someone with a different skin tone to give it to, and stick to the browns and blacks and navies that make me look nice and healthy.) Today's vampire training was Discovery of Witches, following your recommendation. That is an amazing color palette, I agree, I'm super into it. (Also, I did not get the appeal of the male lead until he went deer-hunting. Then I got it. I should maybe be worried by that.) (I keep wondering how A Certain Wizard is going to handle all the sexy vampire shows, but he just keeps sighing in a put-upon way and going, "That is clearly meant to be one of the high fae. I don't know why this got so muddled up. I blame an excess of laudanum.") ((Crikey. I just looked it up, and he's right. Bram Stoker was a laudanum addict. Ugh, it's so concerning when he is actually good at non-fictional things.)) 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 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 59 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: Oh. Oh. I could do this. I have black. 🖤 1 hour ago, sarakingdom said: Also, I did not get the appeal of the male lead until he went deer-hunting. Then I got it. I should maybe be worried by that Yeah, he's just okay Quote Life before Death Strength before Weakness Journey before Destination Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted 3 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 47 minutes ago, Everstorm said: Yeah, he's just okay He's got a certain something when hunting deer, but it's definitely a weird unhealthy vampire something. Like a sexy Victorian consumptive. (Actually, vampires probably are related to consumptive chic.) 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
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