Regency

[marcmagus]

Elegant Arts Society Regency Assembly is this Saturday night, games on Sunday. So I'm in a bit of a frantic preparation mode.

I think, thanks to a combination of a comment dropped at Newport this summer and a bit of experimenting in front of the mirror, that I may have figured out a bit more about how cravats are supposed to work. Now I just need to come up with a nice, long, broad strip of very white fabric (linen would be ideal, but I should be able to starch cotton into submission) ASAP.

Construction on the waistcoat progresses slowly. By which I mean I'm going to have to do almost all of the work tomorrow. It should be an adventure. Probably the buttons won't get done, but I have hope I'll still be able to get the basic shape in place. Then start shopping around in the next month to get started on the next one, I think, if it goes well. I'm not sure how this got procrastinated so long, but I hope not to repeat that particular mistake in the coming year.

Unrelated, last weekend I finally dragged myself out to get weights and running shoes. Combined with getting a note from the doctor that I shouldn't go back to work, so I'm trying to think of my full-time job as repairing my health (in general, but particularly with respect to my hands), it's been a good kick toward improvement. I hope I can keep it up, but so far this week I've run at least a bit every day and done between half and all of my strengthening exercises each day. So far, so good; let's see if I can make it a pattern which really sinks in.

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running

[shogunsquirrel.livejournal.com]

There's a neat program I've been using and recommending to my clients: Cool Runnings. Their "Couch To 5K" interval training program is an almost maddeningly slow progression, but because of that, it's manageable, and helps keep the running regimented to avoid over-enthusiastically over-doing it and getting injured.

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml