CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Badges? I hear you ask. You keep banging on about badges. What’s so important about them? Well, up until Level 8, you advance on the AP (or experience) you earn, and that’s all you need to move from one level to another, BUT once you hit Level 9, you’re going to have to have badges to show that you’ve earned the right to advance to the next level. Think of it as having proof that you know what you’re doing. Wait! What? Where do I find out about this? Well, you can look at your scanner. When you hit Level 8, you will notice a line just above your medals. It will have something like: LVL 9 Req: (picture of a blank silver badge) 0/4 (picture of a blank gold badge) 0/1. Take a look at the screen shot below; I used it to show a Spec Ops badge last week, but you can see the requirements listed just below the agent insignia, and above the badges. From the looks of it, Agent LittleBlackDuck has all the badges needed to get to Level 12, but needs almost 400,000 AP.

So, life changes; it’s the only constant you can count on. This week, I kicked my exercise program into gear, aiming for 10k/day. My ankle blew on the second or fourth day… and I was doing around 17.5k. So, my body says it’s not ready for that distance yet, at least not on a daily basis. I’ll start again, when the ankle’s better. Right now, it’s had a week’s rest, but it got knocked last night, and, after a short walk today, the tendons running up the front of the shin are creaking – that’s the closest I can get to the sensation – every time I move. Even with strapping. Even after icing. So, doctor’s is next. The next major change comes to my study, with future plans requiring a refinement to the Step Up Challenge. More of those below. Surprisingly, enough, writing got done, and, while it’s not as much as I wanted, I’m still fairly happy with that. Overview New words produced: 7,714 Old words revised: 0 Outlines and Notes: 1,855 Works completed: 2 (for inclusion in two se

Yes, this is the week-before-last’s report. Yes, it’s late. Yes, a lot has happened. And, yes, <sigh> my routine and priorities have changed, again. This week was the week where the change began. The week just gone – see tomorrow’s report – is the week where things changed… again. And, well, we’ll see… Overview New words produced: 1,862 Old words revised: 0 Outlines and Notes: 0 Works completed: 10 (10 short works for incorporation into two collections) Works revised: 0 Covers created: 0 Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 3,948 University Prep and Assignments: 0 Story-A-Week Catch-Up Challenge Update Nil. Poetry catch-up was the focus. Stepping Up Challenge Update Languages: DuoLingo commitment made up to Friday, when things changed. Non-Fiction Reading: Nil Ingress Challenge Updates Via Lux Medal Progress: 325/300 new, unique portals visited for September. Publishing Tasks Created 6 b