a competitive soul

I know this will come as a surprise to many of you, but I am somewhat competitive by nature. To wit: I’ve been moaning for years about needing to get back to swimming. Parenting made it hard, and as that’s eased up some, I suffered a shoulder injury which has now been largely dealt with, but have still been faced with the fundamental difficulty of getting to the pool. We don’t own a car, which means walking or biking to the gym and it’s an hour+ walk from home which…

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Call of Cthulhu: Motes in the Eye of a God

WELL. In my absence 2 weeks ago, the crew went out to the Evil Overlord’s plantation, where things were going well until they very suddenly weren’t (apparently there was a massive Disguise failure, among other things), and they ended the session with the Evil Overlord ritually killing himself so he could rise again at a time of his own convienence, while also cursing Caliope (whose name, it turns out, is spelled that way, and not how I’ve been spelling it all along) to die within a month if we leave…

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Murphy Lawless Shifter Universe – reading order

I was basically just doing this for somebody and decided that it would be fun to actually do it. :D As those of you who are reading them have presumably figured out by now, all of my shifter romances are in the same universe, so if for some reason you were moved to read the entire universe in order, this is how it currently stands (all links are Amazon affiliate!). :) RAVEN HEART (Alaska Totem Shifters) POLAR HEART (Alaska Totem Shifters) GLADIATOR BEAR (Gladiator Shifters) GLADIATOR CHEETAH (Gladiator Shifters) GLADIATOR…

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Call of Cthulhu: Below & Above (the sand)

We are in the Ceremony Room of Doom. Calliope and Evelyn, being unavailable this week, have mysteriously disappeared (although they’re technically there). Summerset, being available this week, has appeared in their places (and technically always was). :) Alice: Is there anything in this room that draws me to it? Any images of my queen? Summerset: WHEN DID ALICE BEGIN TO REFER TO HER AS ‘MY’ QUEEN? Me: In the past session or so? Summerset: THIS SEEMS VERY BAD. DM: There is something that draws you, Alice, but it’s an image…

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art project: hours 1-7

I’ve finished the first 7 lessons in this YOU CAN DRAW IN 30 DAYS book, which has taken me through basic shapes and basic shading, and I’ve done some of the line work exercises from my Udemy drawing course. The next section in the “Learn to Draw in 100 Hours” project is basically… “practice that,” followed by some basic perspective stuff. According to my very rough breakdown of the project, hours 10-20 on this thing are shading & basic perspective, so I’m going to kind of aim for a combination…

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