Back to the Gym & Jehnt is Awesome

[hsapiens]

As a belated birthday gift, my membership to the local gym has been renewed!! I'm both excited and a little fearful. Excited because I need it and it will be good for me. Fearful because I need it and it will be good for me.

As a bonus, I had pre-paid for a bunch of personal trainer sessions before I had to let my membership lapse and they're going to honor those. So not only do I have the gym access again but I also have a trainer! I am going to be soooooo sore.

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I love, love, love competing in LIMS with jehnt because we invariably end up talking process, even though I suspect everyone else is kind of "eh, what is up with those two?!?" because we sort of highjack the post. We have this crazy sympatico thing where we approach graphics in very much the same way. Every week, there's an alternates post where participants can post their rejected efforts and get feedback/suggestions/comments.

It is seriously the best part of the competition. It's a chance to learn a lot and jehnt is fearless in giving honest, useful feedback and suggestions. If you're a graphics maker, you know how crucial that is in getting better.

Aaaand, on that note, I really should see where we are on getting the next round of sg1_lims ready to go since we're a few weeks away from when I was hoping to start the next round and I've only just now noticed that fact; I've been having too much fun having time to compete in other challenges. Eeep!

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[casett.livejournal.com]

Yay - sg1_lims!!!!!!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

*g* I make no promises but it was my fondest wish that we'd post sign-ups at the beginning of June so we could start mid-June. I have not been paying any attention at all to where we are on gathering caps, though, so I don't know if we'll make that.

We're planning to have the whole round settled before opening it this time. Hopefully, this will make it less stressful to run AND leave me time to play in other challenges. I missed that during the last round. :(

[casett.livejournal.com]

It shouldn't be stressful for you! If it is just delay or don't run it. Nothing is urgent at all. I'll miss it but better you feel good about it **hugs**

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

We had several scares where we just didn't ken to the fact that we were down to the wire for getting caps assembled to give everyone 2 weeks minimum with the caps; that causes me a LOT of stress because I'm a control freak. We had these really cool themes planned but they weren't the sort that could be assembled at the last minute so we were really scrambling.

With 60 participants at first, it was very hard for me to track properly. I think we'll have fewer folks this time and we'll do the caps up before starting so it's really just a commitment to be home and working on it 3 nights a week, every week for quite a few months. *g*

But I love our little comm. It's worth every bit of work!

[beeej.livejournal.com]

EEK! Is it time? RL has been freakishly busy and I have only just gotten back on track after having an unexpectedly extended vacation across the pond, and signed up for a couple graphics things, and...I should maybe look into having myself cloned. Or even better, I'll just stop doing housework. :D

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

What is this /hows-werk/ of which you speak? Don't you know that the is America and we speak English in this country? Quit that foreign tongue of yours.

It is, indeed, that time again. Seems like just yesterday we were concluding R3, doesn't it? I'll check out the caps situation tomorrow. I'm averaging 3-4 hours of sleep a night (that gym membership will solve that problem!) so I'm not particularly coherent tonight. I've really been having fun in other people's playgrounds where all I have to do is show up with a handful of baubles each week. :\

[anastdean.livejournal.com]

Working out is always great to blow off steam you know?
I love to run and walk and left weights, so any workout is a must.
Lots of hugs bb.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Long ago, I enjoyed running but then I hit puberty. Working out IS a great way to blow off steam. I don't know that I'll ever truly enjoy aerobic workouts (I hate hate hate the stair machine) but I do enjoy working out with weights. And most of all, I enjoy how much more energetic and strong I feel when I'm working out regularly. :)

[xafirah.livejournal.com]

I really regret I didn't sign up for starwars_lims. I noticed how much fun you guys have there :P
Good luck! :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I regret that you didn't, too! I love this model of LIMS and obaona runs a tight ship. Just to remind you, we'll have this much fun at sg1_lims, too! ;-) And to pimp oba's other LIMS, she runs likethegun_lims and I'm planning to join the next round and try to get jehnt to join me there, too. :) :)

[ohfreckle.livejournal.com]

Yay for you joining likethegun_lims <3

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

*g* I don't think I'll last long because the caliber of the competitors is so freakin' high but I think I'll learn a lot so it'll be great! ♥

[ohfreckle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pffft, as if :D

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

You are very kind to me but I can look at what I do with the same SPN caps vs. what the competitors are doing. You guys are fiercely talented; I figure it will force me to work that much harder. Fear will do that to a person. ;)

[jehnt.livejournal.com]

SPN caps are HARD to work with. I am clueless with them. The colors, they are so boring.

This is the only non-boring SPN icon I've ever made.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

OMG yes! I used to see posts of SPN icons and think, "what is with this fandom? why does everyone make an entire page of brown icons?!?" And you know, now I'm making a page of brown icons and I totally see why. (hey, sometimes I spice it up and make them black and white!) r0ute666 had an entire challenge to make colorful SPN icons, even.

After playing with the caps a lot more (an, you know, seeing the show so I know who Anna is and what her story is) I completely get your colorful icon now and appreciate a bunch more than when we last discussed the subject. :)

[princessofg.livejournal.com]

oh hai!

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

hai, sweetie!

[slavelabour.livejournal.com]

THAT is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. The comm, I mean, because I love to read when others talk process. Invariably I learn a LOT. Thx for pointing the way. :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

:) :) Yay! I love to talk process and I think most people don't believe me when I say that.

[colls]

SG1_LIMS!!!! YAY!

I was just poking around caps this weekend - but I'm not much further than I was a few weeks ago. Maybe I'll get through the MGM site today so I can start getting to actual screencaps next.

Anyway, I really just wandered over her to friend you - hope that's ok? :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Do you need me to help? If so, just let me know. You can assign me a challenge to assemble or let me know some gaps you want filled. I'm happy to help. :)

And we're not already friended? You're the second person recently that I would have sworn I had friended but apparently had not. Of course it's okay to friend me! :) I'll go and friend you right now.

[txduck.livejournal.com]

I am going to add my 'Yay sg1_lims' as well *G*

"I suspect everyone else is kind of "eh, what is up with those two?!?"

I liked it :) It was interesting to see how you both approach the graphics process. Actually, I may go back and re-read it. I seem to have lost my iconing mojo... maybe I could find a bit of inspiration. ;)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

:) :) I love that others love the comm as much as I do.

:( For the lost mojo. That's is sooooo frustrating. I'm glad it isn't entirely off-putting to others. It seems like it might be since nobody else plays along. The alternates posts are ALWAYS my faves.

[jehnt.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU TOO!!!!

AND SG1_LIMS, I LOVE THAT AS WELL.

♥ ♥ ♥

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥