What are you working on?

[shiney]

Working on new jobsville. Getting pretty close.

[Nique]

Aero - Congrats on the weight loss goal! That's something I need to work on myself, I need to drop about 40-50lbs. I'm glad you are going to get another Fox, I know how down you were about the last one.

Mauve - Your characters sound fun! How do the play-by-posts work? NPF RP threads always read as just storytelling and no mechanics, so I'm kind of baffled by the process?

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Originally Posted by shiney

Working on new jobsville. Getting pretty close.

Good luck! I've been doing a lot of job searches in the last few months since we moved - It's rough!

[Terex4]

Where do I begin?

We have a statewide trans* organization that is about a year old and is finally starting to form a proper structure. I just finished a proposal to restructure what they just built and I'm delivering it next week.

I'm working with our local police department to schedule transgender sensitivity training which I will be conducting probably some time in the next couple of weeks.

We have two major statewide projects that we're building: a mobile "clinic" to help with name changes and other legal services, and a support line for people to call and get information on services or just to have someone to talk to.

My organization has a massive event at the end of this month where we are trying to get a bunch of doctors and social workers in a room with a bunch of trans people to help improve the availability of health care in our area. I finished scouring the internet for names and addresses and built a list of around 130 providers to invite. I'm working on a series of speeches and introductions since I'll be the MC for the event and I need to put together a new brochure for it as well.

I keep writing a new article on the back burner but I really need to do that too.

Somewhere in there I'm supposed to find actual, paying employment that will still allow me to do all these things.

There's plenty more but those are the actual projects, not the day to day stuff.

[mauve]

Originally Posted by Aeroz

a what?

Nia is an exercise that combines different kinds of dance, aerobics, and martial arts like tai chi and qigong. It's non-impact and focuses on individual ability, so you don't have to do the exact same motion as the instructor if you're not able to (ex: if you have bad knees, you don't jump. You bend your knees instead.) I thought it would be fun and something I'd be capable of doing with my physical limitation (I have serious health issues).But it turns out that when a community center says they have a Nia class, what they MEAN is that they have a Nia class for people over the age of 50.

Originally Posted by aeroz

Skype voice chat game

I'd love to play in real-time via skype or text chat, but I'm on the west coast so timezones are always an issue.

Originally Posted by Nique

How do the play-by-posts work?

It's basically like the RPs we have here, only with die rolls interspersed when necessary. It's usually written in 3rd person rather than 1st, just like ours, except players write in dice code when they want to attack or make a check. (i.e. "He swung his sword at the goblin, trying to strike it down before it could reach the caravan. [dice=attack]d20+3[/dice] [dice=damage]d8[/dice]" or "She searched the room, looking for any hidden doors or unusual stonework. [dice=perception]d20+5[/dice]) The GM either posts prerequisites beforehand ("Everyone roll a Fortitude check in your next post to resist the poison gas. Failure if below 12.") or handles the results of the die rolls in his/her post ("The Fighter's sword slices through the goblin's armor like it was made of paper. It staggers and falls over.") RPs move much slower in PbP than in-person, but they accommodate most any schedule and better allow you to express your character's thoughts, backstory, etc.

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by Nique

Aero - Congrats on the weight loss goal! That's something I need to work on myself, I need to drop about 40-50lbs. I'm glad you are going to get another Fox, I know how down you were about the last one.

the trick is small changes over a long period and accepting that most of those dietary changes are forever. So make sure its a diet you can live with.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I just got turned down for the job I really wanted, so I guess its time to look at alternatives.

If those don't work I'll take out my pent up frustration towards the world via vandalism like a low-level Banksy or something so we'll see.

[Flarecobra]

I recently had surgery on my bad ankle to immobilize it. On crutches for another week and a half, then I go in to have it looked over again.

[Nique]

Are you going to need a significant amount of PT?

[shiney]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

the trick is small changes over a long period and accepting that most of those dietary changes are forever. So make sure its a diet you can live with.

This is what RaiRai finally discovered. She lost 50 pounds over the course of a year, and has kept them off for another two years. She had to change her diet and her physical activity patterns permanently. I'm next, but I lack the will right now. I acknowledge that I lack the will and I know I will find my motivation soon enough. I'm not actively looking for it right now, but I feel like that's okay.

[BB]

I succeeded in my writing challenge last year so I'm doing the same this year- so most of my projects are of the writerly persuasion.

I want to finish this painstaking fanfic asap so I can begin work on my own series. That's going to be a webcomic series that I've had rattling around for a few years now- time to make it happen for real, although I'm constantly too afraid to begin work and there's always something else I can do "just for now until the time is right", you know?

Also, anniversary is coming up, so I'll be doing A Thing for that too.

I got fired from one game project last year but my friendship circle wants to try making a game this year and I'll be acting as writer for that once things start rolling, which will be fun.

I'm working on about 4 years of steam sales' worth of backlog. No new games until I've whittled it down!

And... super long-term, I'm working on getting married and moving to the US. Gonna be a WIP for a long time though, that one.