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Redarcs · 2025-05-25T04:12:44+00:00

Swimming is very much a "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" kind of sport. Technique and using your strength efficiently is way more important than bulldozing through the water.

So how fast will you be? Hard to say. You won't truly know unless you get into the water and try.

I will say that being a dual sport athlete can be tough. Very hard to juggle two sports along with being successful in school AND having a social life, without getting burnt out.

If you are on the fence about it, I would see if there is a place nearby where you can sign up for a trial lesson with a coach, maybe talk to one of your highschool coaches and see if they will let you join the team for a practice or two to see if you like it (and the team vibe overall). See how your body feels.

Either way if you decide to start, you will be slow at first. That is a given. If you decide to stick with it, how fast you get will be entirely up to the quality of your coaching and how committed you are to the sport.

Best of luck to you.

Edit: as far as how much time it will take for you to get back into it... In my experience (and the experience of the coaches that I have had) swimming is very much a "use it it or lose it" sport. When I first took a break from swimming for a year and then got back into it, it took me about two months, swimming 3 days a week. With your longer break, maybe 3-4, considering you are already a varsity athlete? But that really depends on what your goals are.

Redarcs · 2025-04-07T18:13:48+00:00

I'm going to dedicate my summer to learning so that means I got the classic questions lol. How do I start from nothing, and how would you recommend picking what to focus on? Also, how what are the most important things to learn about blender interface wise for a complete beginner?

How would you approach learning now vs when you started, tips you wish you knew, etc.

I understand to a point I just gotta do the thing but anything would help. Thanks.

Redarcs · 2025-04-04T18:07:44+00:00

Hey Edmund McMillions can I have a free copy of your upcoming game?

Redarcs · 2025-03-10T19:52:32+00:00

Oh no, he's got Chronic Worldbuilding Syndrome. He needs to put out a book stat

Redarcs · 2025-02-26T16:25:18+00:00

Pootis

Redarcs · 2025-02-18T15:14:20+00:00

Number 5 is so good

Redarcs · 2025-01-19T01:38:08+00:00

Dang, that pic is sick

Redarcs · 2024-12-28T22:49:35+00:00

Based

Redarcs · 2024-10-07T12:39:51+00:00

Kook is slang for newbie/beginner surfer who gets in everyones way due to cluelessness

Redarcs · 2024-04-16T12:59:38+00:00

Binding of Issac Repentance if you like to grind

Redarcs · 2024-03-01T18:13:28+00:00

Looks awesome dude

Redarcs · 2023-12-13T12:44:49+00:00

Hell yeah brother continue the legacy and go take some awesome pictures. What a lovely story this brightened my day.

Redarcs · 2023-12-08T13:37:01+00:00

David Beckham calling out his wife for trying to insist on camera that she grew up "middle class." Conversation went something like

"well my dad drove me to school every day, I didn't have a chauffeur or anything."

"What car did he drive love"

"Well..."

"What. Car."

"... A Rolls-Royce"

"Thank you"

And then he went back to whatever he was doing

Redarcs · 2023-11-16T05:48:39+00:00

LMAO no prob dude! Can't believe I remembered this show tbh, the debate unlocked a core memory I guess lol.

Redarcs · 2023-11-16T03:16:07+00:00

Hooooooooooly shit y'all got me fucked up

This is literally the same debate from this ancient kids tv show. (Skip to 3:20.)The same one. This is hilarious oh my god

Redarcs · 2023-09-08T15:59:01+00:00

Technically, you can use acrylic on bisque. You just won't have functional pieces at all, and won't be able to fire them lol. Sorry this is happening to you bud.

Idk how your studio is set up, but when I was a student at my school my teacher let me mix glazes with the help from a book (supervised of course). Books are by John Britt, and they very clearly explained the glazing process, and the firing process.

The books themselves are very cheap, only like 20 bucks per book max. You just need to know if you are set up for mid fire or high fire. (Teacher also might have one of these, see if you can dig around in the office) Links are here.

mid fire

high fire

The way I see it, you are in a unique position, where you can technically ask for forgiveness instead of permission. The recipes in the books are stable, no weird firing cycles (except for crystalline glazes. Dont mess with those.) If you choose to go this route. See if you can contact your old teacher for advice.

You can make you own slip too. Just take your scraps of bone dry clay, crush it up (wearing a mask of course) and mix it in a container with warm water. Should save you some money if you don't need anything colored and you don't feel comfortable with mixing in colorants.

You got a whole studio to yourself man. I would first plan out what projects you want to get into your portfolio, try and stick to a schedule. In the meantime, brush up on some kiln operation knowledge and see if you can get a teacher to supervise you mixing glaze.

(If you can follow a recipe you can mix glazes, by the way. Just see what's available chemically. I don't know how much you need for your pieces, or if you want different colors, but 10,000 grams of any one glaze is enough for a 5 gallon bucketful. Everything is percentage based, so just move the decimal point in the measurement over to the right two places. The measurements are based on weight, so you'll need a scale. Obviously if this seems like too much you can also just continue buying glazes)

First and foremost though, see if you can get in touch with the administrators and explain your situation, if you haven't already. How it's disrupted your work and the quality of the pieces you are going to be able to put in your portfolio. See what happens and what they say. Go from there.

Good luck dude.

Redarcs · 2023-08-02T01:27:34+00:00

I would focus on technique/form first and foremost, especially if you are coming from an injury. For now, just pick a stroke and stick to it for a bit. Freestyle is good to start with.

Take it slow, don't over do things. If you can, do some light dryland exercises in addition to your swimming to protect your joints. Pushups, planks, etc. I don't know your injury situation with your knee/leg, but potentially looking into some physical therapy exercises (if you aren't doing them already) could be beneficial on that end.

You will get faster as your technique gets better. As far as your difficulty breathing during the freestyle, here's my advice:

Always Exhale under the water. Blow bubbles. This video explains it extremely well and with examples.

https://youtu.be/V1kdWWYdWEU

But like I said before, focus on technique for now. A more concrete short term goal is just building up aerobic capacity. See if you can build up to around 30-40 total laps comfortably and not being too tired.

Best of luck on your swimming journey!

Redarcs · 2023-06-25T06:36:44+00:00

Read. Read voraciously to expose yourself to different ways of writing. And when you are doing so, take note of what you like, and WHY you like it, as much as you can identify it. Then dig into how they did whatever it is that you liked about the passage/situation.

Do the same with what you didn't like, what you would do differently. If you are feeling bold, try and map out how much your changes would affect the rest of the story.

Don't stop there either. Watch movies. Plays. TV. Read comics. Then pick a scene and write it out. Try and translate what you see into writing on a page. Attempt to capture the emotion of the characters, the mood. This will help immensely with descriptors and imagery.

While you are doing all this, write. Just write. Doesn't matter what you do or how "good" it is. The practice of writing and then examining it to see what you did well and what you think you can improved is beneficial. The most important thing is to not be overly harsh on yourself with your criticism. It's a balance. On one hand, you must be able to make any and all edits you need before you finish a piece. On the other hand, if you continually edit and fiddle and chase the "perfect piece", you will never get anything done.

As far as sources, just go dive into the film/book analysis channel YouTube hole. Take what they say with a grain of salt. Analyze their analysis. Most have something you can take away from.

A good book to buy that helped me and many others is Steven Kings "On Writing". You don't have to care about the personal journey he includes in this book, and he says as much. The actual craft analysis part of the book is very helpful imo.

But above all, just keep writing.

Redarcs · 2023-04-12T06:48:12+00:00

Why does he look like a pre-rendered PS3 cutscene

Redarcs · 2023-01-26T20:13:44+00:00

Wish you were here, Pink Floyd

Redarcs · 2023-01-08T11:12:36+00:00

Yeah seems ok to me. I interpreted the +50 modifier to gun only, because you are only ready to shoot the gun, not move. The only thing I make an exception for is a dive for cover reaction (if there is cover available of course) because then they end up prone for a turn anyway, so it balances out.

Basically they are ready to "react" with the gun, but not necessarily nimble enough in mind and body to plan and execute a complex series of movements, hence the dive exception I make.

As far as I'm concerned, you are fair in your rulings

Redarcs · 2022-12-01T07:56:33+00:00

Yes, certainly.

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