[Whisper]

10 hours ago, Ranger Hal said:

Sometimes you have to take risks

Exactly!

I'll probably keep that canvas to do more rain drop experiments on (after seeing if I can find some video instructions).  We're just at a point where starting over is going to be better than trying to fix, and I can make some adjustments to the composition on the next round. I'm actually a bit excited for it. 

[Whisper]

Page 2! I always feel so successful when the challenge rolls over to another page. It's a warm, fuzzy feeling.

 

Earned 407 Argold in week zero. Areas with room for improvement, walking, playing with cats, eating without distraction, working on my online schooling, and doing more than the minimum for flexibility. 

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	Week 0
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Fight the Chaos +50 Argold/day possible		50	50	10	50	50	50
Push it back! +5
Defeat the encroachment! +10				+
Expand the islands! +50		+	+		+	+	+
Wordchians (all actions can be done twice per day) +10 Argold/day possible		10	10	10	10	10	6
Say a chain +1		++	++	++	++	++	++
Light a candle +1		++	++	++	++	++	+
Be still and know +1		++	++	++	++	++	+
Time for study +2		++	++	++	++	++	+
Survey the lands +6 Argold/day possible		1	0	2	2	0	0
A brief foray +1		+		++	++
Walk the perimeter +5
Exercise the Grivecks +2 Argold/day possible		0	2	4	0	0	0
			+	++
The Care and Feeding of the Quaternary +14 Argold/day possible		10	5	5	11	11	9
Home made +5		+			+	+	+
Eat at table +1						+	+
Without distractions +1
Have a salad +1		+			+	+
Protien shake with fish oil +1		+	+	+	+	+
Tangy Tangerine +1		+	+	+	+
AM oral health +1		+	+	+		+	+
PM oral health +1			+	+	+	+
Make Bed +1					+		+
Clean Mask +1		+	+	+	+	+	+
Deep Clean CPAP +5 (once a week)
Laungage Study +5 Argold/day possible		5	2	2	2	5	2
Morning +1		+	+	+	+	+	+
Evening +1		+	+	+	+	+	+
10+ lessons in a day +3		+				+
Sharpening skills Unlimited, ideally at least +6 Argold/day possible					7
Engagement +1					++
Completion +5					+
Auriad practice +5 Argold/day possible		1	1	1	1	1	1
A little (wrist / ankles) +1		+	+	+	+	+	+
A bit (back) +3
A lot (follow a routine)+5
Total Argold Earned		77	70	34	83	77	68	409

 

 

Monday and Tuesday went fairly well.  Unfortunately, I blocked off my reading / word chain area with part of my sorting, so that practice is suffering this week. Reclaiming that is my main goal for today. BUT, I put out the trash and recycling, filled to the brim! Feels good to be purging things of no value, even as I'm sorting things worth donating and keeping.

Going to painting yesterday took a lot of time, so dropped a lot of other tasks. Still, worthwhile.

67 Argold Monday, 56 yesterday.

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	Week 1
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Fight the Chaos +50 Argold/day possible	50	50
Push it back! +5
Defeat the encroachment! +10
Expand the islands! +50	+	+
Wordchians (all actions can be done twice per day) +10 Argold/day possible	1	1
Say a chain +1	+	+
Light a candle +1
Be still and know +1
Time for study +2
Survey the lands +6 Argold/day possible	0	0
A brief foray +1
Walk the perimeter +5
Exercise the Grivecks +2 Argold/day possible	0	0
The Care and Feeding of the Quaternary +14 Argold/day possible	11	3
Home made +5	+
Eat at table +1	+
Without distractions +1
Have a salad +1	+
Protien shake with fish oil +1	+
Tangy Tangerine +1	+	+
AM oral health +1
PM oral health +1
Make Bed +1	+	+
Clean Mask +1	+	+
Deep Clean CPAP +5 (once a week)
Laungage Study +5 Argold/day possible	4	1
Morning +1
Evening +1	+	+
10+ lessons in a day +3	+
Sharpening skills Unlimited, ideally at least +6 Argold/day possible
Engagement +1
Completion +5
Auriad practice +5 Argold/day possible	1	1
A little (wrist / ankles) +1	+	+
A bit (back) +3
A lot (follow a routine)+5
Total Argold Earned	67	56	0	0	0	0	0

 

[Whisper]

75 Argold earned yesterday, total now at 607. I've spent some, so I'll need to do math.

 

	Week 1
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Fight the Chaos +50 Argold/day possible	50	50	50
Push it back! +5
Defeat the encroachment! +10
Expand the islands! +50	+	+	+
Wordchians (all actions can be done twice per day) +10 Argold/day possible	1	1	2
Say a chain +1	+	+	++	+
Light a candle +1
Be still and know +1
Time for study +2
Survey the lands +6 Argold/day possible	0	0
A brief foray +1
Walk the perimeter +5
Exercise the Grivecks +2 Argold/day possible	0	0	0
The Care and Feeding of the Quaternary +14 Argold/day possible	11	3	4
Home made +5	+
Eat at table +1	+
Without distractions +1
Have a salad +1	+		+
Protien shake with fish oil +1	+		+
Tangy Tangerine +1	+	+	+
AM oral health +1			+	+
PM oral health +1
Make Bed +1	+	+
Clean Mask +1	+	+
Deep Clean CPAP +5 (once a week)
Laungage Study +5 Argold/day possible	4	1
Morning +1
Evening +1	+	+
10+ lessons in a day +3	+
Sharpening skills Unlimited, ideally at least +6 Argold/day possible			18
Engagement +1			+++
Completion +5			+++
Auriad practice +5 Argold/day possible	1	1	1
A little (wrist / ankles) +1	+	+	+
A bit (back) +3
A lot (follow a routine)+5

[Whisper]

Victory! I'm really starting to think that walks before work aren't going to happen until we get close to the next equinox. The morning darkness is making it too hard to get up, even with the lights on timers. I still WANT to do it, but I just don't think it's going to happen. After work, almost always tired, anxiety about the traffic near the park, and extra people in the park. But when I got off the freeway on my way home, the left turn (to the park) was lighter than the right turn to home. So I went left, and went to the park, and felt so so stupid about walking in my work shirt, but walk I did, and it was good. More people, but not too many. Temperature was nice, got a little sun, which I'm sure is good for me. Lower back was getting really stiff, so stopped and did some stretches, which helped. 

 

I've got a back-up "normal" shirt in my car incase I want to do something after work. I think I'll put an exercise shirt in too. Or actually start brining my walking clothes with me to work to change before heading home. Kind of the reverse of what I was doing in the summer. 

 

Anyway, proud of myself for facing some of the anxiety and getting a good walk in. 

[Sepherina]

16 minutes ago, Whisper said:

Anyway, proud of myself for facing some of the anxiety and getting a good walk in. 

Fighting that enemy (anxiety) is always the worst but once you beat it, it makes life feel lighter. Great job on getting in the walk!  Following 

[Ranger Hal]

47 minutes ago, Whisper said:

Anyway, proud of myself for facing some of the anxiety and getting a good walk in. 

Nice work!

[Laghail]

On 10/18/2024 at 11:47 AM, TimovieMan said:

Unless you're often dealing with customers / outside people, where I get that an air of professionality is required, I don't see the point of a dress code at all. Even worse if others wouldn't get such a reminder for wearing the exact same thing.

 

+1. Work recently did away with dress codes entirely, in a bid to get more employees coming into the campus. It's not quite everyone wearing sweats with the word "juicy" on the ass, but it's not not that. And it's affected production 0%.

 

On 10/19/2024 at 12:26 PM, Whisper said:

 

Huuuuge congrats cousin!! Remind me, what are you studying?

 

On 10/19/2024 at 3:42 PM, Whisper said:

I think I should bring snacks to painting. Class runs right over my normal lunch window. Threw a couple frozen burritos on the microwave, but now the Grivecks have me pinned down and I lack the courage to displace them.

 

I vote you hit costco and grab a box of their hardboiled eggs. Made my short-notice snacks/meals a lot easier.

 

On 10/19/2024 at 3:42 PM, Whisper said:

Painting was good. Did a trail run with paint markers. Turns out I can write beautifully, but spelling remains beyond me. After marking corrections, added words and part of window frame to rainy painting. Then added red grapes and pomegranate to still life.

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I am ridiculously happy with the pomegranate kernels, less happy with the fruit itself. Think I made it too upright, feels unsupported. But look at those spilled kernels! 

 

Maybe you're right on the fruit's physics but those seeds and the light on them is wonderful. 

 

On 10/22/2024 at 9:02 PM, Whisper said:

Attempted to add raindrops. Attempt failed, painting ruined.

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It's ok, I wasn't all that happy with the mountain anyway. 

 

.... I mean I was enjoying the rain effect until I read your comment, now all I see is semen. Gorgeous work all-in-all, and the O'Donohue quote is so well set in the piece.

 

Looooooove this challenge so hard!!!

[Whisper]

10 hours ago, Laghail said:

Huuuuge congrats cousin!! Remind me, what are you studying?

Spanish. Several years ago, I came to the realization that my life would be much easier if I could actually talk to a lot of the people I work with.  A lot of my fellow maintenance guys seem to take an attitude of "they're in the US, they should learn English", but where do I have control? A lot of low wage manufacturing workers, or myself? It's been a long process, and I still have a LONG way to go 19.5 on Duolingo's proficiency score right now, but I can manage some basic conversation and am starting to catch more things when proficient speakers are talking to each other. 

 

10 hours ago, Laghail said:

I vote you hit costco and grab a box of their hardboiled eggs. Made my short-notice snacks/meals a lot easier.

Hardboiled eggs are good. Also have some prepacked nuts and trail mix. Timely reminder, good chance I would have forgotten them tomorrow.

 

11 hours ago, Laghail said:

Maybe you're right on the fruit's physics but those seeds and the light on them is wonderful. 

What if I told you that every loose kernel was made with a single press of the brush?  Did all of the fruit in the pith color, then added the red to them, when the mix was right on the brush, a dap off the fruit made such awesome kernels. I almost shrieked with excitement when I saw how well it worked. Did do some shadow work under them. 

 

As far as fruit physics, even when it's wrong, it's fun to be playing with and practicing. Most of the work I've done has been abstract or distant enough for close in depth not to be an issue.  It's been fun learning this stuff, putting in on the canvas, seeing how it fits and what I want to adjust next time.

 

 

11 hours ago, Laghail said:

.... I mean I was enjoying the rain effect until I read your comment, now all I see is semen.

My painting group meets at a church, and mostly consists of older women. They were so careful to say "tadpoles"; it was cute.  

 

 

11 hours ago, Laghail said:

Gorgeous work all-in-all, and the O'Donohue quote is so well set in the piece.

My aunt sent me that poem a few years ago, and it took me a bit to remember the line well enough to find it again for your last challenge, but once I did, I knew I wanted to work it into a painting. 

 

 

11 hours ago, Laghail said:

Looooooove this challenge so hard!!!

I really feel like this is my best one yet!

[Whisper]

Only 23 Argold yesterday.  Pushed back some chaos, but didn't really concur it.  It was still a good day, and I am happy with the level of progress I've made. 

 

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	Week 1
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Fight the Chaos +50 Argold/day possible	50	50	50	5
Push it back! +5				+
Defeat the encroachment! +10
Expand the islands! +50	+	+	+
Wordchians (all actions can be done twice per day) +10 Argold/day possible	1	1	2	2
Say a chain +1	+	+	++	+
Light a candle +1
Be still and know +1
Time for study +2
Survey the lands +6 Argold/day possible	0	0	0	5
A brief foray +1
Walk the perimeter +5				+
Exercise the Grivecks +2 Argold/day possible	0	0	0
The Care and Feeding of the Quaternary +14 Argold/day possible	11	3	4	8
Home made +5	+			+
Eat at table +1	+
Without distractions +1
Have a salad +1	+		+
Protien shake with fish oil +1	+		+
Tangy Tangerine +1	+	+	+	+
AM oral health +1			+	+
PM oral health +1
Make Bed +1	+	+
Clean Mask +1	+	+		+
Deep Clean CPAP +5 (once a week)
Laungage Study +5 Argold/day possible	4	1
Morning +1
Evening +1	+	+
10+ lessons in a day +3	+
Sharpening skills Unlimited, ideally at least +6 Argold/day possible			18	0
Engagement +1			+++
Completion +5			+++
Auriad practice +5 Argold/day possible	1	1	1	3
A little (wrist / ankles) +1	+	+	+
A bit (back) +3				+
A lot (follow a routine)+5
Total Argold Earned	67	56	75	23	0	0	0

 

[Snarkyfishguts]

53 minutes ago, Whisper said:

My painting group meets at a church, and mostly consists of older women. They were so careful to say "tadpoles"; it was cute.  

 

OH GEEZ now I see it!! I love the euphemisms people settle on. This use of tadpoles was thoughtful!

[Whisper]

3 minutes ago, Snarkyfishguts said:

OH GEEZ now I see it!!

I mean, even if you don't see the bukkake show, it wasn't the quality of rain I was trying for.  I've got some things to test out on that poor abused canvas before finally putting it out of its misery. 

[Laghail]

1 hour ago, Whisper said:

I mean, even if you don't see the bukkake show, it wasn't the quality of rain I was trying for.  I've got some things to test out on that poor abused canvas before finally putting it out of its misery. 

 

May we all go out in a similar blaze of color, experimentation, and tadpoles.

[Whisper]

Attempting to gather pictures of my paintings. I've forgotten where a lot of them ended up, and my phone has lost a bunch of pictures. Thinking I might try out Instagram and make a gallery. 

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[Snarkyfishguts]

57 minutes ago, Whisper said:

Attempting to gather pictures of my paintings. I've forgotten where a lot of them ended up, and my phone has lost a bunch of pictures. Thinking I might try out Instagram and make a gallery. 

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Instagram has good networking and it does display your art in a nice gallery format, but it also skims art for training its AI since its under meta. Are you thinking of using it for keeping copies of your paintings like storage or for networking?