101/1001 Update
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grim23"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." — T. S. Eliot
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: I trained in a Shaolin Kung Fu class this last week, completing the testing process for a belt promotion. I taught Kick Blocks and Dodges, sparred with the other testing candidate, lost at Dragon Tail, and then we celebrated with a burrito at La Sirenita.
All that's left for August's GoRuck 'Evolve' Challenges is the book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Noah Harari. All that's left of September's GoRuck 'Reinvent' Challenges is the book-of-the-month, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer. October's GoRuck 'Adventure' Challenges dropped slightly late. The “Broken Mogadishu Mile” workout is 4 Rounds for Time of 19 Kettlebell Ground-to-Overheads (35 lbs.),19 Kettlebell Front Squats (35 lbs.), 19 Kettlebell Uneven Push-Ups (each hand = 38 total), and 400-meter Kettlebell Runs, wearing your ruck for entire workout, and holding the Kettlebell for the entire round - if you drop it, you must restart the round. The Rucking and Additional Challenge is to ruck, "5 miles per week Elevation/Stairs Ruck with baseline weight - ruck uphill or up stairs (~2000 stairs = 1 mile) for a total of 5 miles per week. You can complete all 5 miles at once or break it up a mile a day for 5 days out of the week. Aim for a 20 mile total by the end of the month." The double F*CK is max reps of pushups in 2 minutes and max forearm plank for time. The book-of-the-month is James by Percival Everett. We've knocked out the first week's requirement with a 4-mile all-the-hills ruck around Olympia, and a 1-mile ruck total in Tacoma (nothing but hills), and I've received the book.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I'm still rereading The Teachings of Don Juan: Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda from my permanent martial arts library, and A New Mourning: Discovering the Gifts in Grief by Georgena Eggleston.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I'm continuing Jim Cobb's Countdown to Preparedness book/assignments. Week 22 is firearms, and I still need to check, clean, and practice more with my existing gear. Week 22 is still on hold. I'm in OK shape for Week 32, Firewood. I have more than a cord cut, split, and stacked, and a few cords cut and ready for the log splitter. I've signed up for an Immediate Post-Disaster Emotional Assistance (IDEA) training, which is a Psychological First Aid (PFA) and disaster behavioral health field response training plus a train-the-trainer option, at the end of October.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: I'm still working through the life insurance policies and the legal issues; the pile has expanded, unfortunately. There has been no update with The Whorse.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: No progress.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: I'm officially registered as a volunteer for Orycon, probably as a Medical/Security minion as part of The Watch. I haven't heard back about Norwescon yet. For my birthday weekend, we went to the Temple Theater in Tacoma, where Negative Approach (a Midwest hardcore punk band I'd never heard of) opened for The Adolescents (unbilled!) and The Circle Jerks. The next day, we returned to Tacoma for the McMenamins Spanish Ballroom for the Grotesque Burlesque, put on by the Gritty City Sirens. *smile*
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: I trained in a Shaolin Kung Fu class this last week, completing the testing process for a belt promotion. I taught Kick Blocks and Dodges, sparred with the other testing candidate, lost at Dragon Tail, and then we celebrated with a burrito at La Sirenita.
All that's left for August's GoRuck 'Evolve' Challenges is the book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Noah Harari. All that's left of September's GoRuck 'Reinvent' Challenges is the book-of-the-month, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer. October's GoRuck 'Adventure' Challenges dropped slightly late. The “Broken Mogadishu Mile” workout is 4 Rounds for Time of 19 Kettlebell Ground-to-Overheads (35 lbs.),19 Kettlebell Front Squats (35 lbs.), 19 Kettlebell Uneven Push-Ups (each hand = 38 total), and 400-meter Kettlebell Runs, wearing your ruck for entire workout, and holding the Kettlebell for the entire round - if you drop it, you must restart the round. The Rucking and Additional Challenge is to ruck, "5 miles per week Elevation/Stairs Ruck with baseline weight - ruck uphill or up stairs (~2000 stairs = 1 mile) for a total of 5 miles per week. You can complete all 5 miles at once or break it up a mile a day for 5 days out of the week. Aim for a 20 mile total by the end of the month." The double F*CK is max reps of pushups in 2 minutes and max forearm plank for time. The book-of-the-month is James by Percival Everett. We've knocked out the first week's requirement with a 4-mile all-the-hills ruck around Olympia, and a 1-mile ruck total in Tacoma (nothing but hills), and I've received the book.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I'm still rereading The Teachings of Don Juan: Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castaneda from my permanent martial arts library, and A New Mourning: Discovering the Gifts in Grief by Georgena Eggleston.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I'm continuing Jim Cobb's Countdown to Preparedness book/assignments. Week 22 is firearms, and I still need to check, clean, and practice more with my existing gear. Week 22 is still on hold. I'm in OK shape for Week 32, Firewood. I have more than a cord cut, split, and stacked, and a few cords cut and ready for the log splitter. I've signed up for an Immediate Post-Disaster Emotional Assistance (IDEA) training, which is a Psychological First Aid (PFA) and disaster behavioral health field response training plus a train-the-trainer option, at the end of October.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: I'm still working through the life insurance policies and the legal issues; the pile has expanded, unfortunately. There has been no update with The Whorse.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: No progress.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: I'm officially registered as a volunteer for Orycon, probably as a Medical/Security minion as part of The Watch. I haven't heard back about Norwescon yet. For my birthday weekend, we went to the Temple Theater in Tacoma, where Negative Approach (a Midwest hardcore punk band I'd never heard of) opened for The Adolescents (unbilled!) and The Circle Jerks. The next day, we returned to Tacoma for the McMenamins Spanish Ballroom for the Grotesque Burlesque, put on by the Gritty City Sirens. *smile*
