Tuesday, May 31, 2011

6 Goals | Episode 06

In this sixth episode of 6 Goals we talk a lot more about writing and a bit about water consumption with some tips on the subject.

Blog for this podcast
http://6goals.blogspot.com/

Blog post with short story mentioned:
http://writingsofdan.blogspot.com/2011/05/call-for-beta-readers.html

Additional related websites

View some of my art
http://danabsoart.blogspot.com/

My writing blog
http://writingsofdan.blogspot.com/

Download the .mp3

Monday, May 23, 2011

6 Goals | Episode 05

This episode marks the first week I have achieved more than one of my goals! I ran 7 miles this week, and read 9 chapters in the bible. Other than that I was close on some of my other goals, and not on others. Listen in for my update to get inspired to get out there yourself. Get more done, get in shape, live a better life.

A Picture of My Dog:
http://6goals.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-dog-brooklyn.html


Websites mentioned in this podcast:

Bible.is - Online Full-cast Audio Bible
http://www.bible.is/

Blog for this podcast
http://6goals.blogspot.com/


Additional related websites
View some of my art
http://danabsoart.blogspot.com/

My writing blog
http://writingsofdan.blogspot.com/

Download the .mp3

My Dog Brooklyn


A Picture of My Running Partner


Thursday, May 19, 2011

A Run with Many Dogs

I went for a run last night at my favorite park again with my dog. This time, however, there were two other dogs following us during the run. No one at the park owned the dogs or knew them. People kept calling them away from me, but whenever they ran with us I slowed down. I tried stopping to shew them away, but they just kept following us around the park. Cute dogs, and nice, but very annoying. Other than that is was a good, if not slow run. I felt great so I'd still call it a good run.

Here's the stats:
2.4 miles in 24:30 minutes


Wednesday, May 18, 2011

A New Sketch

Last night I drew this sketch while trying out a new show called Flashpoint with my wife. It's just a random face from my imagination. Although, now that I think of it, I think the protagonist of the show was bald, so that's probably why I drew a bald character. I started drawing it before the show started, but there you go.

Bald Man From Imagination

Monday, May 16, 2011

6 Goals | Episode 04

In this fourth episode of 6 Goals I talk about one of the workouts I did with my family as we went for a walk and were hit by rain. I also talk about why I haven't been hitting my goals - sleep deprivation. We have a one month old, and a 3 year old who gets up to go potty every night between 1 and 4 AM. This episode marks the second time I have hit a goal, last week I did 6 sketches and this week I completed six workouts for the week, so there's something. Thanks for listening!

Blog for this podcast
http://6goals.blogspot.com/

Additional related websites
View some of my art
http://danabsoart.blogspot.com/

My writing blog
http://writingsofdan.blogspot.com/

Download the .mp3

Monday, May 9, 2011

6 Goals | Episode 03

In this episode I go through the 6 goals and share how I've been doing. I finally uploaded more sketches which you can view on the blog. This episode was recorded with a nicer set up so the sound quality is much better. Thanks for listening.

Websites mentioned in this podcast:

Bible.is - Online Full-cast Audio Bible
http://www.bible.is/

Blog for this podcast
http://6goals.blogspot.com/

Additional related websites
View some of my art
http://danabsoart.blogspot.com/

My writing blog
http://writingsofdan.blogspot.com/

Download the .mp3

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Sketches

My Baby in his swing.
Here are some sketches from my sketchbook. I should have uploaded some of these a while ago, but most of them are from this week. There are some other sketches but they're pretty bad - they were ones I was doing while trying to learn how to draw a turtle.
A turtle I'm going to use in a web comic
Some sketches learning how to draw a turtle
Trying to remember how to connect the muscles of the shoulder to the arm (deltoid to tricept and bicept)
Some more turtle sketches and a face from a magazine.

A Run Indoors

I went for a run last night on a treadmill in a hotel workout room. My goal was to run 3 miles. It took me forever though, because I set the pace below 5 miles an hour for most of the run. I noticed most of the way through that I wasn't breathing nearly as hard as I do when I run outside. Also when I looked down at my feet I could tell that I wasn't running as fast as my normal pace. I punched it up to 6 miles per hour near the end of the run and that got my blood pumping. I hate running on treadmills - it's not natural. Staying in the same spot for that long is weird while running, and when I get off I have a strange sensation like I'm moving forward really fast while walking slow. I don't like it. I realized another thing that can be good or bad about running on treadmills - it sets the speed for you instead of you listening to your body. This can be good to push you, but I notice in parts of my run that I go slower and faster through the run. I'm not sure which is better.

Here's the stats:
3.0 miles in 36:00 minutes

Monday, May 2, 2011

6 Goals | Episode 02

In this episode I explain what this podcast is about and talk about some of the goals in more detail. I go into a bit of my history as a runner, writer, and artist.

Websites mentioned in this podcast:

Running with the Pack Podcast
http://www.parkedthoughts.com/blog/

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
http://www.nanowrimo.org/

Blog for this podcast
http://6goals.blogspot.com/

View some of my art
http://danabsoart.blogspot.com/

My writing blog
http://writingsofdan.blogspot.com/

Download the .mp3