2014-05-02

breakinglight11: (CT photoshoot 1)
2014-05-02 08:54 am

Accomplishment chart, 4/25 - 5/1

For the week of 4/25 - 5/1:

Writing
- wrote reactions, item cards, abilities, locations, and puzzles for Brockhurst
- finished the first version of Brockhurst
- wrote 1 blog entry for Mrshawking.com
- plotting for Adonis
- wrote the first five pages for the first draft of Adonis
- wrote 6 Livejournal entries
- wrote 5 daily Hipster Feminist tweets

Theater
- saw Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” in Brandeis Festival of the Arts
- read for the test of Alex Davis’s cut of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Gaming/Larp
- packed Brockhurst for Festival of the Larps
- played Constance Keeble in Midsummer Madness at Festival of the Larps
- ran Brockhurst at Festival of the Larps
- ran Resonance at Festival of the Larps
- ran Break a Leg at Festival of the Larps
- agreed to help GM Her Eternal Majesty’s Privy Council at Intercon O

Website
- posted 1 blog entry

Media
- finished “Leave It To Jeeves” by P.G. Wodehouse

Physical
- 2 one-hour circuit workouts
- 1 ballet class

Cooking
- made beef kielbasa with peppers and onions
- made chicken fried rice with peppers and onions
- made roast sweet potatoes and green beans
breakinglight11: (CT photoshoot 1)
2014-05-02 04:01 pm

New post on Mrshawking.com -- "The ballet metaphor"

New post on www.mrshawking.com!

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"The ballet metaphor"

I’ve always been fascinated by the art of ballet. It is viewed as a very delicate, refined art, coded feminine in most modern people’s eyes. But those who practice it at the highest levels is run like an army with just as much discipline. The image of the broken down ballerina— whose tragedy is that she can no longer practice what she has sacrificed everything to be able to do —is one I return to again and again in my writing. I find this could make for a perfect parallel to Mrs. Hawking.

Read the rest of the entry on Mrshawking.com!