Accomplishment chart, 9/28 - 10/4

I did a lot of productive things this week! My to do list is still miles long, but looking at everything I did do feels good. I think the idea of getting to write something down in the accomplishment chart helps incentivize getting things done, so I think this idea is working.

For the week of 9/28 to 10/4:

Writing
- finished Wildflowers ten-minute play
- made a ten-minute play out of 31 Plays 31 Days pieces Don’t Tell Anyone and Last Shot
- 8 blog entries
- 7 daily Hipster Feminist tweets

Theater
- finalized Chadwick props
- finalized Chadwick costumes
- finalized Chadwick makeup
- had last Mrs. Chadwick rehearsal
- had first Mrs. Chadwick performance
- applied to a directing job for Shakespeare play in Newton
- applied to a directing job for A Streetcar Named Desire
- submitted One Drop for consideration for performances
- submitted The Triumph of Law for consideration for performances
- submitted Just So for consideration for performance
- submitted Work-Life Balance for consideration for performance
- submitted The Late Mrs. Chadwick for consideration for performance
- submitted Last Shot for consideration for performance

Larp
- cast Break a Leg
- wrote and sent out Break a Leg hints

Physical
- 2 hour-long circuit workouts
- 2 ballet classes
- walked 1.5 hours to library and back
- tracked my diet for 7 days

Sewing/Costuming
- bought dance costumes for Lame Swans graphic novel project
- bought white leggings for my Link costume for Halloween

Cooking
- made turkey eggplant mush for Chadwick rehearsal lunch
- made chicken noodle soup for dinner
- made tuna croquettes for work-from-home lunch
- made baked scrod in onions and tomatoes with steamed broccoli for dinner

Patch job

So due to my being a bit heavier than I had been, I've been relying on a few pairs of jeans again and again. I don't wear jeans as often as I used to because of the need for professional dress, and if things go my way my new exercise schedule will have me slim down a bit, so I am really loath to just replace them, but it means those three or so pairs are getting a lot of wear. And the reason they fit now is because they're already a little stretched out from years of use. So recently one of my currently fitting pairs got a rather embarrassing hole in the seat that rendered them unwearable.

I wanted not to lose a pair that fits until I lose a bit of weight, so I decided I would attempt to salvage them. That meant they'd need a patch. I've never mended anything beyond a raveling seam or lost button before, but I didn't think it would be hard. I just had to figure out what to go for with them. In my sewing box I had a couple of denim patches, so I could just attempt to make the hole as invisible as possible, but as if often the case, none of the denim quite matches the color of the pants. The other way I could go is totally the opposite and make the patches very obvious; as is often my way when trying to make my low-budget theater look good, by making the choice seem deliberate, they seem like a design element. I figure I only need to wear them in casual situations anyway, so I wouldn't need to worry about making them déclassé. Hell, they're already years-old ripped jeans. So I decided to give the deliberately-contrasting-patch a try.

In my fabric basket I had some scraps left over from my plaid preppy skirt project. I really like this beige and burdungy color scheme, the linen-like woven cotton seemed appropriately sturdy. So I doubled over the material to give it strength and made a couple of patches. The rip in the butt was of course the important one to fix, and I was able to sufficiently scrunch up the material to sew it on with my machine. Here's how it looks on me, in an oh-so-classy shot of my ass.

What do we think? Does it look okay, or does it look like I put a big stupid thing on my butt? I'm not sure if I like it or think it looks silly-- or possibly both, I might like it but ALSO think it looks too silly to wear. Opinions?

There was also a rip in the knee, so in order to up the "deliberateness" factor I put another patch over it. That one had to go on by hand, as I couldn't get the pant leg to fit over the arm of my sewing machine. What do you think-- does it help, or does it just look like another dumb applique? I'm also considering putting on one more patch even though there are no more rips, like on the opposite thigh or something, to make it look more like they're supposed to be there. Is that a dumb idea?

So I'm not sure these jeans are still wearable anywhere besides around the house. But I guess it was a low-risk proposition, as it's not like they could have been ruined much more than they already were. Also, here's a random picture taken by accident when I was trying to adjust the automatic camera on my phone that turned out kind of cool.