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It was one of those days. As days generally go, it hasn't been a bad one, and workwise, it's actually been pretty good.

I managed to snag some more work, but I'm going to have to do better to get out of the hole I'm in. Moreover, I'm finding that I'm having to take a completely different approach to quality control ("despeckling") for this new stuff, one that requires me to invest scads more time to make sure I'm delivering a quality product.

Tai chi went well. Sifu provided some invaluable tips on doing the "roll ball" drill (if you saw two people doing it, you would probably not associate it with rolling any ball, but still...).

I came home to try and fulfill the requirements for the latest Udemy challenge, which is due this evening, but between the lateness of the hour and my computer hanging upon loading my video editor, I'm afraid I'm just going to have to pass on this one. If absolutely nothing else, I've determined that attempting to provide a "player's eye" view of a real chessboard is not something I am capable of providing with the equipment I have on hand.

Tomorrow is another day. I'm going to spend some quality time at the mine face, I gah-rohn-tee!

Cheers...

Date: 2015-10-22 12:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kehlen-crow.livejournal.com
I notice you constantly remark that tai chi went well. So what, to you, constitutes a practice bout that is not successful? :)

Date: 2015-10-22 06:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexpgp.livejournal.com
Interesting question.

A tai chi session consists principally of three phases: a short warm-up, which may consist either of the form, some qigong, or a combination, some "pushing hands" (tuishou) for the purpose of developing skills, and discussion of some topic or technique.

I consider a session to have "gone well" if I hear, see, or experience something that results in any kind of epiphany—large or small—about what I am doing.

That said, I'd probably never say anything about a session that did not go well (though frankly, as time goes on, it becomes increasingly difficult for me to imagine such a thing could happen).

Cheers...

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