I should have been in bed an hour and a half ago, but cupidsbow's link to rageprufrock's Merlin story intervened.

I haven't laughed that hard in a long time, and imagining Anthony Stewart Head's face in part 8 just made it all the better.

Other news, before I pass out for an all-too-brief night before I try my hand at yoga:

RE: Surfing - After much internal debate, and a revelation from a fellow SHAG member, I'm going to Tofino in mid/late March for a weekend of learning to surf. Go Me!! These things are always so much better when you know someone on the trip.

RE: V-Ball - the little finger on my left hand looks like someone attacked it with a number of highlighters in various shades of blue - it's kind of cool.

RE: Swimming - got back into the pool today, Go Me!!

RE: Watchmen - must have the book done by tomorrow for class. Off to read another chapter before bed. Rorschach? Really is just that batshit.

Oh, um, and if I don't catch an important post on someone's LJ in the next few months, I apologize in advance. I'm going to be drastically cutting down my LJ time in general, because trying to just read an F-List on the weekends (or at least *my* F-List) is an exercise in futility. I'll still be posting, more often about school/sports than not, but outside of my own journal I'm probably going to be rather silent.

Wishing everyone all the best until I manage to crawl back onto the fannish map in May!!

I'm now officially a week into term, which means a return to the dreaded academic schedule-of-doom.

I realized (at the last minute) the last week was IM & Outdoor Rec registration week, so I went in and signed in blood for a number of activities (and I'm still debating whether or not I should go back and sign up for the weekend of surfing in Tofino if it's not filled yet).

What's On the Agenda:
( Academics )

( Athletics )

General Notes:
While work on my Valentines lagging, I'm officially segregating my schedule for the term as of tonight (I know! I'm pre-judging my various appointments/obligations! I'm such a horrible person!!).

Sunday 6PM-Friday 5PM is Academics & Athletics.
Friday 5PM-Sunday 6PM is Fandom.

There will, of course, be some blurring of the lines.

From the fandom end of things, I'll be (hopefully) posting my Valentines daily during the first two weeks of February. If completed works aren't finished, I'll be doing 2-4,000 word teasers for longer pieces. If I get all of my academic/athletic To-Do's done early during the course of a week, I might also try to squeak in some V-Day work, but I'm not committing, both b/c there very well may not be any spare time in there, and b/c if I get things done early, there's so much else that needs to be done that I really should be moving onto the next academic obligation on the list.

From the Athletics/Academics end of things, there are a few events which cross the hypothetical date-line, most specifically the snowshoeing trip I've got slated for January 31. Nothing major, but still worth noting.

As always, I welcome any/all advice, most especially when it comes to the Athletic portion of my life.

I'm going to be shooting for a daily caloric intake of somewhere between 1400-1600, which is higher than I really want to go since I'm technically stepping down my activity from my fall routine, but this is a much more long-term lifestyle level as opposed to a shorter-term high-intensity training level. Not that I've thrown out my original swimming time/distance goals, but I'm trying to balance things a bit more and do a wider range of activities. If it takes me an extra 6 months to get to NCAA times, then it does. I'll have fun doing it ^_~

Day went fabulously. Had an 8AM meeting with the nutrition counselor at school, did my 4K in the pool, got my Ren Lit. paper done and submitted, went to the production of MacBeth with the rest of my Shakespeare class (and ate my dinner during intermission - Caesar Salad FTW!), even got into the gym and did some biking and weights before V-Ball.

Second game of V-Ball, 3 of us all dove for the ball. My thumb apparently lost. I didn't see what happened, but there was a sudden sharp pain, and I was officially off the court for the evening. Best case? It's just jammed (I'm really leaning toward this). Worst case, it's broken and/or sprained, which means longer recovery time.

Short-duration would be great for a number of reasons, starting with having V-Ball on Wednesday, and ending with the 14 hour drive to BASCon. Have been icing since it happened, and also taken Advil to keep potential inflammation down.

Oh, also, Obi-FList!! I need your help!! I leave for BASCon in 3 days, what am I supposed to be bringing with me? I don't want to forget anything.

ETA: There are 2 direct fall-outs from tonight's injury. One, my olympic_slash ficathon entry will be late, b/c typing is painful at best, and two, my NaNo count is going to be severely depressed for a few days.

ETA2: According to my online fitness tracker, I've burned 3100 calories more than I've eaten today. And that includes a handful of candy corn.

Just staggered in the door from volleyball a few minutes ago. Dude, long day. Also? So totally worth doing the intramural. I'm currently on the "Midnight Meat Pack", but I may get transferred when we meet again in two weeks (next week is canceled due to the Women's Volleyball Team (the varsity one) playing China's national team - it promises to be completely awesome, and I'm definitely shelling out $5 to watch it - two of the Chinese players were on the Olympic team, and apparently all of them are 6'4"+)

Things tonight's games (I played 2) have taught me:

• 12 years is a long time (last time I played volleyball = grade 8)


• That muscle in my back that was sore while I was swimming this morning? Yup, still sore.


• Volleyball is fun. It is also much more difficult than it looks.


• I really need shorts. Capris just don't cut it.


• It's amazing what being more fit can do - I was so much more comfortable out there than I would have been 3 months ago, and it's not just that I've dropped 30 pounds. I ran the whole way from the library to the gym b/c I was running late, and wasn't even out of breath!


• I'm not completely hopeless - by the end of the night, I was controlling my bumps and actually scored two points with my over-hand serve.


• Apparently my arms bruise easily. I had a problem with it in wrestling, but hadn't thought about it in *years* - my inner forearms? Just a tad on the red side, tonight.

As to it being a Monday? In addition to forgetting the belt for my workout pants (which is a big deal, since they will now fall off of their own volition), I got home, nuked a plate of nachos (I know, I know - not healthy, but they're quick, and while I'm not terribly hungry, I know I need the calories, and nachos are surprisingly well balanced), sat down on the couch, and proceeded to dump the entire plate all over my feet.

Oh, and did I mention that my period started this weekend?

*Slinks off to bed to sulk, cursing Mondays under her breath*