#weekly recaps

[ammg-old2]

Weekly Recap (19th – 25th June 2023)

Study

Read 43 articles

Reread 1 article

Reached 6 MGL articles

Rewatched 2 MGL videos

Languages

Revised Japanese vocab/kana (x2)

Reading (non-fiction)

Read Venice: A New History (intro)

Read The Second World War by Antony Beevor (intro, ch1-3)

Read Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (intro, ch1-12)

Read A People's History of the United States (ch7)

Reading (fiction)

Read A Tale of Two Cities (book 2)

Exercise

Monday 4.4km exercycle

Tuesday 2.4km exercycle

Wednesday 3.1km exercycle

Thursday 3.1km exercycle

Friday 5.8km exercycle

Saturday 3.3km exercycle

Other

Knitted 13 scarf rows

Library

Shopping list (Monday)

Watched Agents of Shield 1.04

3 shorter readings

Café & drive with sister

Puzzles

Special Daily Loop (Wednesday)

Special Daily Hashi (Monday)

Special Weekly Loop

7 Killer Sudoku

1 Killer Uncaged

7 Kakuro

17 Suguru

[a-modern-major-general]

Weekly Recaps (16th – 22nd April 2024)

Study

Reread wh.org articles – Battle of Gaixia

Ancient China (wh.org notes) – finished

The Seven Wonders (wh.org notes) – finished

Read sciencelearn.org.nz articles – Carbon cycle

Reread sciencelearn.org.nz articles – Nitrogen cycle

Read 2 articles

Watched 2 MGL videos

Rewatched 1 MGL video

Went over pictures from Saving the Ghost of the Mountain with Mum (Friday)

Reading (non-fiction)

Read Deserts: A Very Short Introduction (ch 2) – Changing climates || Desert landscapes || Dunes || Yardangs || Desert pavements

Read Vaccine Nation (intro)

Read Mongolian Journey (preface, ch 1-4)

Read The Shortest History of the Soviet Union – intro

Read The Poisoner's Handbook (prologue, ch 1)

Read When Plague Strikes (prologue, ch 1-5)

Read Saving the Ghost of the Mountain (ch 1-6)

Music

Listened to Haydn string trios (all)

Listened to Spanish Zarzuelas CD

Listened to 11 Bing Crosby songs

Exercise

Monday – 2.8km exercycle

Flat/Etc

Cooking & dishes (Monday)

Sorted out new whiteboard lists (Monday)

Gathered up kitchen rubbish (Wednesday)

Some cooking (Thursday)

Put washing on (Friday)

Tidied kitchen bench (Saturday)

Other

Errands (Tuesday)

Electrician (Friday)

Puzzles

14 Killer Sudoku

3 Wheelwords (online)

[middleagerunblog]

XLV.

Week 6 recap

Exercise:

Sun Jan 14 - travel day, a lot of time in car, just made sure I got to 10k steps, managed 10,081

Mon Jan 15 - 9:34a, outdoors near home, 4 mi, 40:29, 10:06 pace

Tue Jan 16 - 6a, outdoors near home, 40 min tempo, 12 easy, 21 min acceleration, 7 min easy, 4.34 mi, 9:13 avg pace

Wed Jan 17 - 6:09a, outdoors near home, 3 mi, 31:08, 10:22 pace

Thu Jan 18 - rest

Fri Jan 19 - rest

Sat Jan 20 - 8:37a, Viking 10k in DeBary FL, 53:08, 8:37 pace

Diet:

Easy EGPA to calculate, 4 Bs and 3 Ds, 2.14. Sun and Mon were Ds, then I was motivated on Tue with a B, fell off on Wed with a D (snacks during soccer practice carpool), remotivated Thu/Fri/Say with Bs.

Weighed myself on Friday, 194.9, motivated to lose what weight I can over the back half off this training program. Already thinking of the weight loss program that comes after that, need to think of what to read, maybe philosophy...blog about losing weight and reading philosophy?

Alcohol - only 2 drinks in the past 7 days, a glass of red wine on Sun, another on Sat, only 5 drinks in the past 14 days.

Music:

Newer song I heard this week and liked - "The Heist" (2023) by Arcis

Old song new to me I heard this week and liked - "Watermelon Man" (1973) by Herbie Hancock

Old song I listened to the first time in a while and got a lot of mileage this week - "Just for the Record" (2018) by Ruston Kelly

And say it was all a cloud of smoke And say it was nothing but a joke Everything that you said about me is true Just for the record I really loved you

Rereading:

Chapters 18-20 of Kafka on the Shore...

Nakata tries to turn himself in after killing Johnnie Walker but the police think he's a crazy old man. He starts to navigate his way out of Tokyo, helped by various random people, along the way making crazy predictions about animals falling from the sky that all come true, eventually meeting the truck driver, Hoshino, who will end up being a big help to him.

Kafka starts his work at the library. Miss Saeki doesn't interact with him much. He learns that Oshima is really a women living as a man.

[godefylife]

Three takeaways from each NFL week one game (of 2022):

Three takeaways from each #NFLWeekOne game #NFL #Footballtalk #2022NFLseason #NFLRecaps #BUFvsLAR #NOvsATL #CLEvsCAR #SFvsCHI #PITvsCIN #PHIvsDET #INDvsHOU #NEvsMIA #BALvsNYJ #JAXvsWAS #NYGvsTEN #KCvsARZ #LVvsLAC #GBvsMIN #DALvsTB #DENvsSEA #NFLTwitter

Week one of the 2022 season is in the books and there’s a lot to talk about. Once again, I wanted to come up with three statements/discussion points for all 16 games. However, I didn’t just write about the stuff I picked up whilst seeing some plays pop up, but rather due my excitement for the NFL being back, I committed myself to really digging into the tape and statistics of every contests.…

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[horseimagebarn]

hello and welcome to the horseimagebarn weekly recap where every friday i discuss all the reblogs tags asks etc i received over the course of the week and respond to them in one awesome post

while i treat all horses with equal joy and love here are some of my favorites or most used horse images

i thank you all for your praise i humbly present myself to you not as a lyrical genius or powerful horse connoisseur but instead a simple man driven by pure devotion to a topic that a few months ago i would have paid no notice to i have endured a personal bout of transformation that led me to this point but that does not change my nature and origins i am simply happy to provide sources of joy to others i find solace in it like no other

if there is one thing my followers are adept at it is calling me horse slurs

i feel this often friend sometimes you just feel a little horse and that is more than okay

no horse image shall hide from my omniscient gaze

i beg your pardon car tumblr for i know nothing about cars i am a mere horser please forgive my slight i have corrected my post

youre welcome friend

i have not in fact read homestuck i gave it a try a few times but i must admit i got a bit overwhelmed by the sheer volume of the piece i commend any who have read the work in its entirety

shoutout vex

[mrsriddles-blog]

Reads of the Week: Jan 14-Jan 20

* indicates smut

Morning Sunshine by @anawritez-posts

she’s thunderstorms by @lovelyela

she looks like fun by @lovelyela

Dancing in the rain by @slytherins-journalist (mxm)

For You by @mrsbarnesblog

Spellbound by @anawritez-posts

You can do better by @sapphicwhxre

Secret Kisses* by @winterssecrett

Green and Blue* by @slytherins-journalist

[epicstuckyficrecs]

Epic Stucky Fic Rec | February, March & April 2023

I'm alive! ��� I started making a fic rec for February and March in the beginning of April and then I completely forgot about it... and then by the time I remembered, April was almost done so I figured I'd wait 😆

Should I make a new banner? yes. Will I? Maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Complete

💙 Additional Information series by notlucy/ @notlucy (Modern AU, Coworkers, Sugard Daddy/Daddy Kink, BDSM | Explicit)

Proprietary Information (85K): Okay, so Bucky Barnes has a crush on Steve Rogers. The guy's gorgeous, talented and, oh yeah, the Chief Design Officer of the biggest tech company in the world. In other words: he's so far out of Bucky's league that he might as well be in a different stratosphere.

Preoccupations (6K): Steve doesn't usually pay much attention to the new hires. But there's something about this kid.

Brooklyn's on Fire (4K): Steve's turning thirty-seven and he really only wants one thing for his birthday.

Gimme Danger (6K): Bucky doesn't have time to explore his exhibitionist kink. He's very busy. He asks Steve about it anyway.

Remember You Well (in the Chelsea Hotel) (5K): Steve can't quite believe he has Bucky back. It seems too good to be true after the hell he endured while missing him. The universe, however, is full of surprises.

Close Call (6K): Bucky and Steve make it through two weeks of living together before the inevitable "first fight" of cohabitation. They (mostly) handle it like adults. And the makeup sex is killer, in Bucky's not-so-humble opinion.

To Sir, With Love (10K): Steve recognizes that his jealousy over Bucky's infatuation with one of his professors isn't rational, but that doesn't make it any less real. And, hey, if you can't beat them, join them, right? Besides, he's always wanted a tweed jacket.

Mergers and Acquisitions (41K): Steve and Bucky are going to the chapel, and they’re going to get married. Meanwhile, Peggy and Natasha…

💙 a day in the life by powerfulowl (StuckyFlangst) / @stuckyflangst (Post-Endgame Fix-It, Time Travel, Groundhog Day | 20K | Explicit): Steve Rogers wakes up on Tuesday October 30 1956, and doesn't seem to remember his life that well. Why does every day feel so familiar? And why does he keep getting visited by tall, dark, handsome men who remind him of Bucky?

The Day After, the Aftermath, or Whatever It Is That Feels Like a Hangover, Christmas, and His Birthday All at the Same Time by buckybarnesdeservestobehappy (hutchabelle)/ @buckybarnesdeservestobehappy (Modern AU | 1K | Mature): Bucky wakes the day after his thirtieth birthday with a hangover, a hardon, and a beautiful man sharing his bed.

Tell Me I Can Have It All by HaniTrash/ @hanitrash (Stucky in Wakanda | 1K | Explicit): Steve is tired of Bucky trying to push him away after he comes out of cryo in Wakanda. Rehashing the same argument brings up some new information that Bucky can't ignore, and makes him second-guess his decision to keep Steve at arm's length.

I'd Fuck Me by fandomfluffandfuck/ @fandomfluffandfuck (Evanstan, PWP | 6K | Explicit): When unexpectedly given a unique hotel room while on a Marvel press tour, Chris Evans ends up spending his evening alone, yet still making the most of his room... (Part 1 of Fuck This)

I'd Fuck You by fandomfluffandfuck/ @fandomfluffandfuck (Evanstan RPF | 8K | Explicit): Armed with nudes that contain enough raw sexual energy to cause nuclear explosions, Chris decides it's time to fucking blow Sebastian's mind... (Part 2 of Fuck This)

Captain Orgy 69 @ gmail.com by Gfawkes/ @gfawkesphoenixchokingonashes (Evanstan RPF, Friends to Lovers | 12K | Explicit): Or, Chris and Sebastian finally star in that rom-com they've been talking about.

My Heart Belongs to Captain Rogers by lavenderbucky (Canon | 3K | General): Steve wakes up late for his run, wears one of Bucky's shirts in public and goes slightly viral on Twitter. You know. Just an average day in his life.

5 Times Bucky Styled His Hair + 1 Time Steve Did It For Him by lavenderbucky (Post-WS | 8K | Teen): Steve is so happy to have Bucky back. His best friend is a little different to how he was in the 40s, but in some ways he's the exact same. But even if Bucky is his favourite person in the world, and even if Steve thinks his hair is really, really pretty, Steve's feelings for him are completely platonic. Right? Or: a love story, told through Bucky's hair.

WIP

💙 This is (not) a Ghost Story [COMIC] by PottersPink/ @potterspink​ (Post-WS | 11/31 | General): Steve moves into a haunted house. Well — everyone else is convinced it’s haunted, anyways.

Countermoves by cable-knit-sweater (cable_knit_sweater) (Evanstan RPF, CATFA | 11K | Explicit): Sebastian knows about Chris Evans, has to take his shot when he sees him. Chris doesn’t have a clue who Sebastian is, aside from being a pretty guy he meets in a club. The attraction is instant, and Sebastian takes Chris home, with a little detour or two. Chris thinks it’s just a one-night stand he’ll be thinking about for a long time, cursing himself for not getting the guy’s number. Until a couple of months later, he has the first table read for Captain America: The First Avenger, and he meets him again.

💙 Whip Crack by Quarra/ @quarra (Canon Divergent, Tentacle Monster Steve | 15/? | 119K | Explicit): Tentacle Monster Steve is captured by Hydra. They send in the Winter Soldier with a bull whip to break him, but as far as Steve’s concerned the most beautiful creature he’s ever seen walked in to his cell and started waving a sexy black tentacle at him. It’s love at first sight.

💙 hey now, you’re an all star (get your game on, go play) by buckyismybicycle/ @buckyismybicycle (NHL Hockey AU | 20/? | 63K | Explicit): Boston Bruins trade notorious party animal/human disaster Bucky Barnes to the Dallas Stars, and captain Steve Rogers is not impressed when Fury puts him on babysitting duties. But, as he gets to know Bucky - really gets to know Bucky - he wonders if maybe the media has got it all wrong - very, very wrong.

Re-Read

💙 Latte Art and Slow Dancing in the Dark by deadonarrival (Modern AU with powers, Daddy kink | 89K | Explicit): Bucky is a somewhat well-adjusted former army sniper that got his shoulder blown out. He took his discharge and went home to finish school. His best friends and roommates (Nat & Clint) are CIA agents and tip him off that their local Sbux is hiring. He gets a job there and meets none other than the hottest guy on earth. So how does one get a date in the most top secret government location in the US? What happens when that guy is more than just a hot dorito and wants to give Bucky everything he wants? 

Now! That’s What I Call 90’s Slow Jams by deadonarrival (Modern AU | 11K | Mature): Steve goes home for the wedding of Becca Barnes and while he’s there he runs into his old crush. Her brother. Except now they are both hot as shit. Oh no whatever will happen.

Brooklyn by togina/ @toli-a​ (Post-WS | 8,7K | Teen): "Captain America, what’s your stance on gay marriage?“ Everyone knows that, by now. Everyone but Bucky.

[joelsgreys]

🍂 joelsgreys weekly recap 🍂

hello friends! this week was a doozy, but i’m glad that i still got to sit down and read a bit. not much to say other than: THANK YOU to all the writers in the community for treating us to such amazing works.

fic recs

here’s some of what i read this week, in no particular order! not all fics i read are halloween themed so here’s the key below.

🎃 indicates halloween themed fic.

🔥 indicates smut, please be sure to heed all tags/warnings by the author, all blogs and works are 18+ only, MINORS DNI.

to freeze or to thaw by @joelscruff 🔥

Dark Joel Miller x Female Reader

Summary: Joel stole you away to be his special girl.

tender is the night [for a broken heart] by @hier--soir

Ex Boyfriend Joel Miller x Female Reader

Summary: a birthday dinner gets interrupted by a drunk ex, who still can't say the words you need to hear.

looking back by @eupheme 🔥

Joel Miller x Female Reader

Summary (kinda): “Fuck. I need you.” He rasps - an edge to his voice, “Would you let me look at you, honey? Just let me look.”

trick or treat by @tieronecrush 🔥🎃

Joel Miller x Wife Reader

Summary: it's halloween and Joel’s taking your girls trick-or-treating with you in a family costume. feeling uncomfortable in his clothes and his skin, he's on edge most of the evening but does his best to disguise it in order to not spoil the fun. back at home, when his girls lightheartedly tease him about everything he already thought about himself, you're sure to end the night showing joel exactly how you feel about him and his body.

creep it real! by @swiftispunk 🔥🎃

DBF Joel Miller x Female Reader

Summary: a masked angel. a rugged cowboy. you're the answer to Joel's prayers...until he realizes who you are.

birds of a feather by @softlyspector

Joel Miller & Sarah Miller

Summary: Sarah is going to kindergarten. Joel is forced to reckon with his differences with the other parents.

Divine Dynasty THE PREQUEL by @cavillscurls

AU Mafia Joel Miller x Female Reader

Summary: Joel graciously hosts your twenty-first birthday party at his estate. You are both finally forced to acknowledge the feelings you have been harboring for one another.

Chapter Five of Deliver Me From Nowhere by @atinylittlepain

Joel Miller x OFC Reader

Again, no summary but this series is insanely amazing.

Hallow’seams by @fuckyeahdindjarin 🎃

Joel Miller x Female Reader

Summary: Joel proves to you that he can be adventurous if he wants to be.

A HEART FOR EATING by @narxisus

Joel Miller x Female Reader

vol. 2

Series Summary: a vicious raider attack robs you of human connection and lights a fire of destruction in your life in jackson. Joel's fixated on you, and your lives tangle. revenge becomes a needful thing.

Red Light by @kiwisbell 🔥

Dark Landlord Joel Miller x Female Reader

Summary: The men you keep bringing home are no good for you. It's up to your landlord Joel to protect you from heartbreak.

chapter two of a lover’s pinch by @hier--soir 🔥

Professor Joel Miller x Female Reader

Summary: will a complicated realisation drive you and Joel apart, or drag you closer together?

Juniper by @softlyspector 🔥

Joel Miller x Female Reader

Summary: You're sleepy. Joel knows a good way to put you to sleep.

beautiful halloween divider by @saradika 🤍

[illmamnim-art]

The watchers recapping the week

Pixlriffs for every day of September - 19/30

[ilovepriestgerard]

okay we get it you like mcr 😔

[ammg-old2]

Weekly Recap (12th – 18th June 2023)

Study

Read 1 MGL article

Reread 2 MGL articles

Read 3 Sámi articles

Read 1 horse article

Read 1 Cambodia article

Reread 1 Sumer article

Watched 3 MGL videos

Read 7 articles

Reading (non-fiction)

Finished reading A Short History of Russia (ch4-8)

Read The Secret Life of Bletchley Park (ch7-8)

Read A People's History of the United States (ch3-6)

Reread A Short History of Cambodia (preface, ch1-2)

Reread Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond (intro)

Reading (fiction)

Read A Tale of Two Cities (book 1)

Music

Listened to Beethoven Symphony No.5 (Bernstein)

Listened to James Galway (Reicha Sinfonico for 4 flutes || Undine Sonata || Enesco Cantabile y Presto || Nielsen Concerto mvt1)

Exercise

Monday 3km exercycle

Thursday 3.2km exercycle

Saturday 2.8km exercycle

Sunday 2.8km exercycle

Other

Knitted 5 scarf rows

Shopping list (Monday, Friday)

Sorted out libray books/holds/etc (Monday, Wednesday)

Library & clothes shops

Showed L. parts of Agents of Shield & Black Widow movie

Showed Mum ½ of Agents of Shield 1.1

Dentist appointment – rescheduled

Picked up new glasses

Began note cards

Video chat with Matthew

Finished watching Agents of Shield 1.3

Read 2 photo essays/collections/etc

Puzzles

14 Suguru

Special Daily Loop (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

Special Daily Hashi (Saturday)

1 Wheel Words

[a-modern-major-general]

Weekly Recaps (4th – 10th March 2024)

Study

Science (Unit 8) questions 1-2

Read nrdc.org articles – Global Warming 101

Watched 2 MGL videos

7 shorter readings

Reading (fiction)

Read Our Mutual Friend (part 1)

Reading (non-fiction)

Read Deserts: A Short Introduction (ch 1) – The desert mirage and other tricks of the light || The rhythm of climates

Music

Rubbed out choir markings

Choir rehearsal (Tuesday)

Exercise

Monday – 1.6km exercycle

Wednesday – gardens walk with Sue

Flat/etc

Rubbish & cooking (Monday)

Other

Knitted 4 scarf rows

Sorted out phone charger (Monday)

Various errants (Saturday)

Watched more of Ms. Marvel with Mum

Puzzles

11 Killer Sudoku

1 Code Cracker

1 Code Cracker (Clueless)

[middleagerunblog]

XXXVIII.

Week 5 recap

Exercise:

Sun Jan 7 - 11:03a, hike on Little Big Econ Trail with my youngest son, 2 mi, 50 min

Mon Jan 8 - 6:01a, outdoors near home, 4 mi, 40:55, 10:12 pace

Tue Jan 9 - 6:02a, outdoors near home, intervals

Wed Jan 10 - 6:01a, outdoors near home, 3 mi, 30:33, 10:09 pace

Thu Jan 11 - rest

Fri Jan 12 - 6:04a, outdoors near home, 1 mi easy pace, 3 mi race pace with splits of 8:39/9:00/8:45, then half mile at easy pace

Sat Jan 13 - 8:25a, outdoors near home, 8 mi, 1:20:22, 10:02 pace

Diet:

I figured some things out this week but also failed in spots.

EGPA - 2.43, down from last week's 2.86, sight above Q1's 2.40 ... daily splits ... Sun C-, Mon A-, Tue B-, Wed B, Thu B, Fri C, Sat D

Alcohol wasn't the problem this week as I've stuck to red wine only for Jan before abstaining completely in Feb. Only 3 drinks all week, 1 on Sun, 2 on Fri.

I didn't weigh myself again this week. I want to lose weight, maybe I still can lose a few lb. before the race in March, but I'm 5 weeks in, 7 weeks to go, let's see this half marathon thing through and decide if I need to pivot to something more weight loss friendly in March.

The 38W jeans came in the mail and were absurdly big. I didn't take the tags off and will stick with 36W. Counting this a minor win.

Music:

Newer song I heard this week and liked - "Plastic" by Cheekface (2023)

Everything's in place now Do you like it? No matter what you don't like We can move it

Old song new to me I heard this week and liked - "Damaged Goods" by Gang of Four (1978)

The change will do you good I always knew it would

Old song I listened to the first time in a while this week - "Preaching The End Of The World" by Chris Cornell (1999)

Hello, I know there's someone out there who can understand And who's feeling the same way as me

Rereading:

Only reread two more chapter in Kafka on the Shore, 16 and 17. Johnnie Walker tell Nakata his crazy cat-killing/soul-taking/flute-building story and asks Nakata to kill him or else he'll keep murdering cats. Nakata doesn't quite understand what's going on but obliges and saves a couple cats.

Oshima picks up Kafka at the mountain cabin after a couple of days. On the drive back, Oshima invites Kafka to live and work at the library ands says all sorts of interesting things. One I've already blogged about, but in the spirit of continuing to progress on this reread, I'll just list the other two interesting quotes I highlighted without further commentary here:

"Reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life."

"In everybody's life there's a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can't go forward any more. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept that fact. That's how we survive."

[veeveetheheretic]

another rousing weekly recap of my work.

[horseimagebarn]

hello friends welcome to the horseimagebarn weekly recap where i gather up all the asks reblogs tags comments et cetera that catch my interest each week and i respond to them all every friday

ive no announcements for you all this week so lets get to it

i am overjoyed to hear that your view of horses has changed even slightly due to this blog i am not here to force anyone to love horses or even enjoy them but i am a firm believer in the idea that all creatures that are on this earth carry within them beauty and joy so pure and full and natural it is unknown to us and that our own personal experiences and preferences relating to animals though they are often valid should never earn animals our true and real hate as that is such a horrible and unnatural emotion to be directed at creatures that cannot understand the complexities of our kind yet continue to be subjected to our destruction and hatred

one can only hope my friend

the curse and or blessing depending on how you view it of consciousness upon the human species is something i think about without hyperbole nearly every day and it is one of the main themes i keep in mind when writing my posts for this account as i am fascinated by what our species has wrought compared to the other inhabitants of this planet there is so much emotion and good and evil and love and catharsis it fuels me to create in such a way as to capture even the smallest piece of it

i am okay with photoshopped images if they tickle my fancy dont mess with the actual horse too much and are generally appealing like a horse smoking a cigarette

thank you for sharing this fun fact with me my friend that is absolutely delightful in every way and also very fitting at least to me

it is just as intoxicating for me to write in this manner i love it and i love bringing joy to so many people through my work it is amazing

what if we dont say that

no but i have a rule where i start every post with the word horse to keep it consistent foals are no exception

this is a good one

shoutout lexi