101/1001 Update
Jan. 19th, 2026 11:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grim23“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: No progress. I'm still not feeling well.
January's GoRuck 'Origin' Challenges are ongoing, but no progress. The 'Origin Strike' workout is a Buy In of a 1-mile ruck (walk or shuffle), then a 20-minute AMRAP of 5 Ruck Hand Release Push Ups, 10 Ruck Squats, and 15 Sandbag Bent Over Rows, and a Cash Out of a 400m Sandbag Suitcase Carry (switch hands as needed), wearing your ruck for the entire workout using your baseline weight. The Rucking and Additional Challenge requirement is, "Choose your weight, set your goal, and earn your Ruck Fit patch by completing 10 total rucks between January 1 – 31." I note that, at the Advanced level, a ruck should be 20-45 lbs. for 5-7 miles. The book of the month is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. The retest F*CK is, "50 Ruck Squats for time, [h]ip crease should go below the kneecap (just past parallel) to count."
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: My next book in my martial arts library is Warriors of the Heart by Danaan Parry. I'm still slowly working my way through A New Mourning: Discovering the Gifts in Grief by Georgena Eggleston. I've signed up for my third online college course, from Kings College London, SSPP_TPx2:Major Dilemmas in Counterterrorism, where I will, "[e]xplore the global challenges of counterterrorism in the 21st century. Analyse definitions, causes, law, ethics, and strategy, and assess what effective, legitimate responses look like for democratic societies." I've already completed Unit 1. I have also attended another kink class, You Are Not Lazy: Executive Dysfunction with Nyx Lunaea [hosted by Portland Leather Alliance]. Again, another good review/overview, but no new information.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: The Daily Driver had some serious electrical issues, but she's fixed. Expensively. *sigh*
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, but it's now more on my radar. I'm in good shape for Week 45, Barter Items.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: We went out to Base Station on a recon mission and collected the mail. I've apparently lost internet, the heat pump is out, and a work weekend is desperately needed. The Daily Driver repair has again meant no progress with getting The Whorse to Base Station.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: The class I'll be teaching at the RCDM meeting, 'Medical situations for DM's', has been postponed until February. I'm also still spending time organizing and checking credentials for the Kinkfest Medical Team, now with 29 volunteers approved on the roster, and more coming slowly as they are processed through Volunteer Registration. I DM'd Deviance this week, then spent the weekend resting and recovering - and saw the Sunday afternoon Seattle Opera Daphne.
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: No progress. I'm still not feeling well.
January's GoRuck 'Origin' Challenges are ongoing, but no progress. The 'Origin Strike' workout is a Buy In of a 1-mile ruck (walk or shuffle), then a 20-minute AMRAP of 5 Ruck Hand Release Push Ups, 10 Ruck Squats, and 15 Sandbag Bent Over Rows, and a Cash Out of a 400m Sandbag Suitcase Carry (switch hands as needed), wearing your ruck for the entire workout using your baseline weight. The Rucking and Additional Challenge requirement is, "Choose your weight, set your goal, and earn your Ruck Fit patch by completing 10 total rucks between January 1 – 31." I note that, at the Advanced level, a ruck should be 20-45 lbs. for 5-7 miles. The book of the month is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. The retest F*CK is, "50 Ruck Squats for time, [h]ip crease should go below the kneecap (just past parallel) to count."
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: My next book in my martial arts library is Warriors of the Heart by Danaan Parry. I'm still slowly working my way through A New Mourning: Discovering the Gifts in Grief by Georgena Eggleston. I've signed up for my third online college course, from Kings College London, SSPP_TPx2:Major Dilemmas in Counterterrorism, where I will, "[e]xplore the global challenges of counterterrorism in the 21st century. Analyse definitions, causes, law, ethics, and strategy, and assess what effective, legitimate responses look like for democratic societies." I've already completed Unit 1. I have also attended another kink class, You Are Not Lazy: Executive Dysfunction with Nyx Lunaea [hosted by Portland Leather Alliance]. Again, another good review/overview, but no new information.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: The Daily Driver had some serious electrical issues, but she's fixed. Expensively. *sigh*
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, but it's now more on my radar. I'm in good shape for Week 45, Barter Items.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: We went out to Base Station on a recon mission and collected the mail. I've apparently lost internet, the heat pump is out, and a work weekend is desperately needed. The Daily Driver repair has again meant no progress with getting The Whorse to Base Station.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: The class I'll be teaching at the RCDM meeting, 'Medical situations for DM's', has been postponed until February. I'm also still spending time organizing and checking credentials for the Kinkfest Medical Team, now with 29 volunteers approved on the roster, and more coming slowly as they are processed through Volunteer Registration. I DM'd Deviance this week, then spent the weekend resting and recovering - and saw the Sunday afternoon Seattle Opera Daphne.
