Retrofecta?
Writing/Range War Novel
+500 words on the novel. Brought some threads together. It's starting to make sense to me, by god.
I'm excited about this. I can feel how far I've come since the first two novels and since I got back into writing. Now if only my short stories would sell!!
Kung Fu
Did Wu Style 108 and Sun Style 71. Also practiced Yang Style 10 and 16-posture forms. I'm starting to learn 10 and 16 at last, and I'm slowly remembering all the other forms. Man, 3 months off will kill you.
Also did 30 Kettlebell armswings with a 32 pounder on each arm. It does miracles (that go away fast) fro my posture.
Guitar
Actually got a few barre chords off on everything but the first (F) frett. I got one very rattly-buzzy F barre off. Barring the first finger is starting to not be the problem. The problem is becoming when I curl my other three fingers to hit the strings, my palm cramps.
Still, I'm getting closer. One of these days I'll be there.
Other Stuff
Haven't had time to study my Cherokee (aka "Tsalagi"), but I started doing Pimsleur Mandarin all over again on my commute (thus the "retro" in retrofecta).
I can actually hear most of the tones now. Only the falling pitch eludes my ear (sometimes I think it's rising). It's amazing how much I'd forgotten. But it's coming back fast.
+500 words on the novel. Brought some threads together. It's starting to make sense to me, by god.
I'm excited about this. I can feel how far I've come since the first two novels and since I got back into writing. Now if only my short stories would sell!!
Kung Fu
Did Wu Style 108 and Sun Style 71. Also practiced Yang Style 10 and 16-posture forms. I'm starting to learn 10 and 16 at last, and I'm slowly remembering all the other forms. Man, 3 months off will kill you.
Also did 30 Kettlebell armswings with a 32 pounder on each arm. It does miracles (that go away fast) fro my posture.
Guitar
Actually got a few barre chords off on everything but the first (F) frett. I got one very rattly-buzzy F barre off. Barring the first finger is starting to not be the problem. The problem is becoming when I curl my other three fingers to hit the strings, my palm cramps.
Still, I'm getting closer. One of these days I'll be there.
Other Stuff
Haven't had time to study my Cherokee (aka "Tsalagi"), but I started doing Pimsleur Mandarin all over again on my commute (thus the "retro" in retrofecta).
I can actually hear most of the tones now. Only the falling pitch eludes my ear (sometimes I think it's rising). It's amazing how much I'd forgotten. But it's coming back fast.