It was a difficult day. Many books arrived at the non-profit, but the majority of them were encyclopedias and school books. I don't take those in for two reasons: they take way too much space, and no one ever reads them. The ones before me had a vision of this giant library where people would come to research and stuff, but the reality is that we don't have the public for it, plus there are a couple of libraries in town already to do those things, not to mention all schools have their own library. Making our own library for it is moot, especially when those books take a lot of space. Therefore, the collection is more specialized. It took me a while to convince them that's the case, and yet they still forget that we do not take those two especific type of books. Out of the four boxes, I had to package three to redistribute someplace else.
Funny thing happened to. Let's see. About ten years ago, or possibly more, one of my classmates at university proved himself to be untrustworthy when he asked about someone with a Poe book. It could be anything; he just wanted to read something from Poe. I had one, so I borrowed it to him. It never returned. I knew he read it because I saw him reading it for a few days, and even after a couple of weeks, he was completely terrified when I asked him about if he liked it or not, but he reads it slow, and tries to take it in deep... Again, like I said, it never returned. The excuse was that book was lost because he got robbed, and they stole his backpack. Since then, I never borrowed someone a book. There's only one person I know of that he returns his books, and is not me. He actually trusted me enough to give me a book to read; a funny book, a political satire that mocked the Venezuelan guerillas from the past century. It was a fun read, and once I was done, I returned him the book. It just goes to say... return your books!
Anyway, I was pretty surprised to see the book that I lost among the ones that came recently donated. It wasn't my copy, but it was the same copy: same demy hardcover edition, same translation, same printing, same foreword, same back cover text, same everything. Condition was different: the spine was a bit beaten, and there was some strange sticker residue all over the front and the back cover, but that's nothing that can't be cleaned. I kept it for my personal collection because I see this as a way of getting that book finally back. Besides, I'm in charge of the library, and I'm actually allowed to keep any book that comes there before I process it into the inventory. I don't abuse from that privilege, and sometimes I keep the books to myself for a while before adding it to the collection. That's how I read Amadis of Gaul.
I also got Don Quixote, but I didn't keep it. As soon as I saw the table of contents I realized that particular edition was incomplete, so I just processed it immediately. I'd rather have an edition with all chapters, but well... We do have Amadis of Gaul; which is the book that started chivalric romances as a whole. Don Quixote ended them with a blast, but in this case it'd be a partial blast. Not surprising that it is incomplete though; the edition itself was comissioned by Chávez, and judging by the foreword, it was meant as a tool for... of course, propaganda.
I should be laughing. The irony itself should make me laugh. Thing is that I'm just disappointed. Whenever someone uses art, regardless as to whether this individual or group is an artist or not, when they use it to push a message in support for the powers, whether these are a despot on the throne, or a revolutionary seeking to overthrow the regime, the artwork itself is completely bastardized, and it loses its value. My art teacher is a political cartoonist, and he taught me well: art's sole purpose is to go against the powers, not with the powers. I've seen him cringe quite a lot when he sees political cartoons intended as propaganda to support the government, or to bully the repressed. Somehow, he echoes Terry Pratchett words on Satire being a tool to ridicule the powers.
Thankfully, that was the only disappointment of the day. Even though I did one thing of my to-do list (because my time was cut short), I actually had a very successful day. I had an idea this morning, and I wrote it down. I managed to get not one, not two, not three, but five projects on the queue, and I found a way to develop them all: my main projects will be on the computer, which is the book and the short story. I'll also be writing a third book on a notebook, and I'm only doing it because I want to see how or when that story will end, because it was the idea that I got this morning. As for the other two, I'll be working on those during the weekend for two reasons: to unclog the creativity pipes when they get clogged, and to unwind a lot of the energy that can get accumulated as I write, so I get to do something different. So yeah, I guess this is me giving my plot bunnies an outlet so that they don't consume me. Also, 57 Burpees + 50 Burpees + 3 Burpees were enough for today. It was a bit late when I started working out, so at least I got 110 Burpees total for today.
Now I'll be going to bed. It was a very fun day, filled with one of the things that I love the most in life: books.
Also, my mom found 3D6 lying around somewhere, and gave them to me. I think one of them is loaded, because it has rolled on me sixes and ones the majority of times. But hey, now I have 10D6; which is a 5th-level
FIREBALL!
You're still reading this?
Roll me a DEX Save (Burpees; my Spell Save DC is 15 reps). If you skipped through, or didn't do 15 Burpees, then
you take... 33 fire damage. If you did 15 Burpees, then you take half of that damage, rounded down, which is 16 points of fire damage.
July 1st, 2024
Kickboxing: Day 182
Morning Routine:
The Right Side + 10 Decline Push-ups
Sól Salutation - LVL I +EC
20-Seconds Legs
Before Breakfast Burpees +EC
Daily Dare: 60 Seconds Raised Arms Hold +EC
Count: 1523 - 1519 +EC
Night Routine:
Mani Salutation - 1 Set
Five Rites
Virasana + 60 Seconds Meditation
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
Daily Gratitude
Counting Victories
Training Plan:
Altered Valkyrie + Fighter
Programs:
Rebadging:
Back & Core
Bucket List:
Shadebound
Cardio & Abs
Workouts:
150 Burpees +EC
57 Full Burpees
Monday +EC
Epic Glutes +EC
Glutes, Quads, Hamstrings & Calves
100/50 Strength
Pole Dance Stretches
DAREdice: 12 Push-ups
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1 minute
Uttanasana w/Toe Reach
2-Minute Elbow Plank
Daily Walk
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Shuffle Dance! (
#1,
#2,
#3,
H.A.T.E.R.)
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Belly Dance
Dancing Days: 33
Challenges:
Posture: Day 1
Drawing Pin-up Girls Every Day for a Year: Day 60/365
Get to Bed on Time: Day 1 - I've got this.
Bucket List:
Lower Body Blast
Writing progress:
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There was a plan
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1500 Get!
Writing Tiers:
500 Words
1000 Words
1500 Words
Reading progress:
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself - 89%
Mozart - 5/20 Chapters
Other Victories: