She was desperate to not reach base, so that doesn't seem like a good idea.

I'm really trying to picture M being able to hit a ball - even that slow pitch **** she's playing. Now I'm trying to picture her intentionally trying to hit it out of play. No dice. She strikes out every time.

At the very least it's a hilarious image and was probably nothing like M's reality of casually pulling a couple pitches foul to left field.

Mod Note

MLYLT,

The magic show is coming to an end, at least as far as H&F goes. It has drifted too far away from helping you, which is what this forum is about. Here is my last attempt to help:

We are going to tackle the biggest rock (imo) first. You have two weeks to send me evidence that you have engaged with a mental health professional, with two weeks* after that date to send me evidence that you attended. Each of these will buy you two weeks* of thread open time. Each time you attend a new appointment, it will buy you an additional increment of thread open time (TBD once I figure out what an appropriate frequency is). Failure will see your thread locked and your H&F posting privileges revoked permanently (unless prior arrangement is made).

*unless there are extenuating circumstances, discuss with me privately.

Appropriate topics for your posting in this thread while you have thread open status:
- Mental health updates (but beware that describing things that are affecting your mental health (eg poker, relationship with code, work) in great detail may fall into “topics off menu” category below. If in doubt, be general in your descriptions)
- Food logs
- Smoking cessation
- Exercise logs + form check videos (you may also avail yourself of the BQ and Form Check Threads)

Topics off the menu for this log:
- literally everything else. Find somewhere else for it.

To other posters: This is a sort of new start. While the past is going to be a big context for the thread's future, I hope you are able to get into the spirit of what I am trying to do here. Tough love is appropriate. Hate is not. If she engages with you elsewhere, go to town. Calling her out for calorie miscalculation, inaccurate logging etc is fair game. If you have specific advice regarding her mental health or exercise, even critical, by all means - if it is coming from a place of trying to help (my interpretation). I am not going to give all the do’s and don’ts, suffice it to say that posters who have established H&F logs will be given more leeway than those that don’t. Basically, if you tread too far towards just being an outright dick, then you'll have some time off.

Thread will remain locked until OP contacts me to accept these conditions. Should she refuse, her privileges will remain revoked EXCEPT for ON TOPIC posting in the Beginner’s question thread and the Form Check thread.

Update: On her agreement, M's log will remain locked for now. She will continue to post in house of blogs. She is welcome to post elsewhere in H&F, but has agreed that her participation will be "minimal".