Dare to be different and learn to be lonely

Okay, I'm using too many things as an excuse for not having time to keep up with fandom. Today I finally checked out this week's spn_reversebang artwork and I was appalled at the lack of comments all over. As a participant I always hope this long running fandom challenge pulls together at least all artists to rejoice in the celebration of fanART, but with one or two exceptions (ONE or TWO, as in that's the amount of comments on each piece of artwork!!!), it seems like everyone is too busy to compliment fellow artists. Or maybe everybody is simply ~hearting~ things on Tumblr? That's good, because I ain't doing that, so I hope art that's only posted there gets some attention too.
I'm going to focus on all the RB artwork on LiveJournal every day for the next few weeks. If you are still involved in the SPN fandom, I recommend you do the same. Support content creators, people!

This means I'm gonna cut down my Age of Pandora posts to simple check offs as soon as I've done a Chapter. I'll also keep updating my videolist for each next work-out, just no more long reviews for a while.

( Chapter 11 favorite (spoiler for exercise) )

My cold is nearly gone, hopefully I can try to do more than Level 1 soon...

PINGING sleepypercy, somersault_j, whiskygalore, sinfulslasher, tabaqui, shouwa and lotrspnfangirl:) SCRAPS: 200

HANDY LINKS:
My personal Age of Pandora video playlist / Age of Pandora at Darebee website / Modification examples
Work-Out Sets (go to bottom of page to filter preferences / Video Exercises!) / WARM UP!!

J.

Yay, made it again before midnight \o/ Got home late, because I had dinner with a friend. Correction: I had a massive and scrumptious dinner with a friend. He got us both an extra large Kapsalon and I had one without the salad but with extra garlic sauce \o/ I had brought a rich and luxurious chocolate creme dessert.
We spent the rest of the evening catching up and talking about movies, exercising and life;) Even hours later it was still difficult to move around *rubs belly* RECOMMENDED!

I'm amazed myself that I was able to do today's work-out and you know what? It was fun!

( Review Chapter 9, Preview Chapter 10 (Spoilers for exercises) )

SCRAPS: 200

This story is getting intense, isn't it, somersault_j, whiskygalore, sinfulslasher, tabaqui, sleepypercy, shouwa and lotrspnfangirl?

HANDY LINKS:
My personal Age of Pandora video playlist / Age of Pandora at Darebee website / Modification examples
Work-Out Sets (go to bottom of page to filter preferences / Video Exercises!) / WARM UP!!

J.

Called in sick today and saw doctor about wheezing chest and barking cough. I have an appointment for lung function test in two weeks because I have to get rid of cold first. Until then nothing to do but suffer through (my doctor is not very helpful, hrmpf).

( Review Chapter 7, Preview Chapter 8 (Spoilers for exercises) )

SCRAPS: 200

For those of you playing along at home: have you checked out the web-version of Age of Pandora yet? Hit the Launch button at the Darebee site and as you progress you'll be able to click destinations on the map for more ways to earn scraps and to find out more about the history of Pandora. SO COOL!

Are we still moving, somersault_j, whiskygalore, sinfulslasher, tabaqui, sleepypercy, shouwa and lotrspnfangirl?

HANDY LINKS:
My personal Age of Pandora video playlist / Age of Pandora at Darebee website / Modification examples
Work-Out Sets (go to bottom of page to filter preferences / Video Exercises!) / WARM UP!!

J.

P.S. Speaking of a Lighthouse, did you ever see my 2013 BB-artwork Storm's Eye? / shameless self promotion;)

Hrmpf, I hope the barking cough reached its peak today because I don't think I can take any more of these coughing fits that make me choke. I'm exhausted and really had no choice but to again take it easy. Very happy to find out I could actually do today's Work-Out and with an extra bonus of not needing my bra, because there was no bouncing, woohoo!

( Review Day 5, Preview Day 6 (Spoilers) )

Examples of the exercises for Day 6 can be found in my Age of Pandora video playlist (#4 or #18 or #23).

How did you travel to basecamp, somersault_j, whiskygalore, sinfulslasher, tabaqui, sleepypercy, shouwa and lotrspnfangirl?

HANDY LINKS:
My personal Age of Pandora video playlist / Age of Pandora pdfs at Darebee website / Modification examples
Work-Out Sets (go to bottom of page to filter preferences / Video Exercises!) / WARM UP!!

J.

Exercise wise it was a GREAT chapter, but story wise? NOPE. What the hell!


( Review Day 3 (Spoilers for exercises AND STORY!) )

I added the new exercises for Day 4 to my Age of Pandora video playlist (#15-17 and for in between golden oldie #7). There are example modifications for #17 and #7 (see links below!)

Looks like the first part will be a work-out for our eyeballs, because there's a lot of the story to read!
Let's be careful out there, somersault_j, whiskygalore, sinfulslasher, tabaqui, sleepypercy, shouwa and lotrspnfangirl!

HANDY LINKS:
My personal Age of Pandora video playlist / Age of Pandora pdfs at Darebee website / Modification examples
Work-Out Sets (go to bottom of page to filter preferences / Video Exercises!) / WARM UP!!

P.S. I sneak peeked at Chapter 5 and we're gonna need the map for that, just so you know. Here's the large version if you want to print it.

J.

Wednesday is usually my relax-evening, because I have my weekly dinner at mom's and that's a long bicycle ride across a bridge to the other side of town, which is a work-out all by itself. But I was determined to start the Age of Pandora challenge today, so that's what I did as soon as I got home.

( Review Day 1 (Spoilers for exercises!) )

How did y'all do, somersault_j, whiskygalore, sinfulslasher, tabaqui, sleepypercy, shouwa and lotrspnfangirl?

HANDY LINKS:
My personal Age of Pandora video playlist / Age of Pandora at Darebee website / Modification examples
Work-Out Sets (go to bottom of page to filter preferences / Video Exercises!) / WARM UP!!

J.

Pfff, finished my 10 day Yoga Challenge, which was bit of a dissapointment to be honest. Most of the sets were much too complicated and had moves that no normal person can do without 10 years of training. Oh well, at least I tried to keep up and do the thing for 10-15 minutes every day. HA!

This was all preparation to get back in the rhythm of a daily work-out. Now it's time for fitness exercises. Tomorrow I'll start with a couple of days of Standing ABS (or Upside Down ABS;) If you want to join me,( check the instruction video of Jillian Michaels )

( After that I will move on to Jillian Michaels Shred Level 1 for ten days: )

All of these are part of my countdown to a 60 days Role Playing Game Work-Out from Darebee that I will start on Februay 1...
It's called... Age of Pandora
Age of Pandora is the world's first, fully immersive fitness quest. You get to be the hero in a post-apocalyptic, fully realized world that really needs heroes. Your workouts reflect the activities of the central character. You are given the opportunity to fight monsters, forge alliances and save the world. You get to do it at your level of fitness and progress at a pace you find works for you. Are you ready to enter, Pandora and mark the beginning of a new age?

It's sort of like the Hero's Journey I did last year with whiskygalore, enablelove, sinfulslasher, sleepypercy, amypond45, somersault_j.
No pressure, just fun and encouragement through Twitter and Livejournal. You can do the exercises in the privacy of your own home and on a time that's convenient for you. There will be no guilttrips for missing a day, but it will be a serious effort to get of our butts every day;)

Does anyone want to join me? It's suitable for beginners and there are different levels to choose from every day. You can download pdfs of the whole Pandora Program (and peek at the first chapter;) here:)

I'm excited about this!