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It's been so long! And yet it feels like yesterday
Time is still a fuzzy thing, and it's amazing how weird it feels.
I was just remembering that we had "recently" seen Chick Corea, which was relevant since he died last week (on my birthday no less), but recent was November of 2019. Oddly it does feel like it was just about 3-5ish months ago. But that's because 2020 was March. It is a little disturbing how disjointed the time-sense has gotten with regards to the year that wasn't.
So maybe it hasn't been all that long since I posted. It was yesterday, right? :-)
The holidays were good as things go. We planned exceptionally well with timing for dinner and had a much better time of it than previous years. In general the holidays were mellow and nice. Some things were notably absent. Christmas light walks. The Argosy boat rides. Hanging out with people outside the bubble. I tried to get out a few holiday cards, but I discovered quickly that it is hard when it isn't something you usually do, and also when you want to say, "hey! I want to reach out to you and tell you I care about you, and I'm sorry this year has been so bad. I hope you are surviving.". It feels weird and is a little soul crushing.
the year continues apace. I didn't manage to get the garden bulbs in over the Fall, so it means they'll all be late. Not the best, but kinda is what it is. Once we defrost a little more, I'll see about getting them in the ground and starting. We have various "early" bulbs like tulips and daffodils as well as a few different varieties of garlic to get going this year. I'm looking forward to all of it!
Work is work. I've watched the COVID count ebb and flow with the holidays and events. It's amazing how realistic a predictor the usual gathering dates are for outbreaks. Amazing and disheartening. I'm over stupid people.
If you are going to argue with me about wearing a mask or getting the vaccine, then you would do well to go away. I have no more patience and what I have instead are generally violent thoughts. I know that isn't good either, but I'm kinda done with the stupid.
I'm happy that I get to work from home often and that I'm able to keep myself mostly safe and isolated when I have to go in to do work. Happy that I can work at all. It's hard with folks being out of work and the government being so divided from reality. I'm not arguing the outcome of the elections. I'm happy sanity prevailed, but I also know that it is going to take more than 4 years.. and probably more than 8 to put us on a good path. Honestly, it feels like we are really due for a civil war, and I kinda wish there was a way to subdivide us so that those of us wanting good things for all of us could do that job instead of also being saddled with the stupids.
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Anyways...
I picked up Snowpiercer the series. I'm kinda sad I missed it when it first came out. It is very much my kind of story and I love what they are doing with it. I'm watching Season 2 as it comes out, and enjoying it a lot. I also sprung for the first season on Bluray and also the English translation of the graphic novel from which it is based. Great stuff!
Otherwise, a lot of Minecraft. I recently built out a circular tiered farm with an entire base beneath it underground. Been fun getting the basics sorted out, and now to enlist the group to help decorate. There are days when moving the pixels is so much more satisfying than moving things in real life. I know it's escapism, and I do what I can to keep up enough on the curvy-world things, but I like that there is a place I can go that brings me joy when the curvy-world is bringing so much ugh.
Maybe more soon. And by soon I mean before 3 months have past. ;-)
I was just remembering that we had "recently" seen Chick Corea, which was relevant since he died last week (on my birthday no less), but recent was November of 2019. Oddly it does feel like it was just about 3-5ish months ago. But that's because 2020 was March. It is a little disturbing how disjointed the time-sense has gotten with regards to the year that wasn't.
So maybe it hasn't been all that long since I posted. It was yesterday, right? :-)
The holidays were good as things go. We planned exceptionally well with timing for dinner and had a much better time of it than previous years. In general the holidays were mellow and nice. Some things were notably absent. Christmas light walks. The Argosy boat rides. Hanging out with people outside the bubble. I tried to get out a few holiday cards, but I discovered quickly that it is hard when it isn't something you usually do, and also when you want to say, "hey! I want to reach out to you and tell you I care about you, and I'm sorry this year has been so bad. I hope you are surviving.". It feels weird and is a little soul crushing.
the year continues apace. I didn't manage to get the garden bulbs in over the Fall, so it means they'll all be late. Not the best, but kinda is what it is. Once we defrost a little more, I'll see about getting them in the ground and starting. We have various "early" bulbs like tulips and daffodils as well as a few different varieties of garlic to get going this year. I'm looking forward to all of it!
Work is work. I've watched the COVID count ebb and flow with the holidays and events. It's amazing how realistic a predictor the usual gathering dates are for outbreaks. Amazing and disheartening. I'm over stupid people.
If you are going to argue with me about wearing a mask or getting the vaccine, then you would do well to go away. I have no more patience and what I have instead are generally violent thoughts. I know that isn't good either, but I'm kinda done with the stupid.
I'm happy that I get to work from home often and that I'm able to keep myself mostly safe and isolated when I have to go in to do work. Happy that I can work at all. It's hard with folks being out of work and the government being so divided from reality. I'm not arguing the outcome of the elections. I'm happy sanity prevailed, but I also know that it is going to take more than 4 years.. and probably more than 8 to put us on a good path. Honestly, it feels like we are really due for a civil war, and I kinda wish there was a way to subdivide us so that those of us wanting good things for all of us could do that job instead of also being saddled with the stupids.
.
Anyways...
I picked up Snowpiercer the series. I'm kinda sad I missed it when it first came out. It is very much my kind of story and I love what they are doing with it. I'm watching Season 2 as it comes out, and enjoying it a lot. I also sprung for the first season on Bluray and also the English translation of the graphic novel from which it is based. Great stuff!
Otherwise, a lot of Minecraft. I recently built out a circular tiered farm with an entire base beneath it underground. Been fun getting the basics sorted out, and now to enlist the group to help decorate. There are days when moving the pixels is so much more satisfying than moving things in real life. I know it's escapism, and I do what I can to keep up enough on the curvy-world things, but I like that there is a place I can go that brings me joy when the curvy-world is bringing so much ugh.
Maybe more soon. And by soon I mean before 3 months have past. ;-)
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Yeah, 'tis indeed weird days. It's nearly a year since lockdown began, by which I mean the closing of restaurants for indoor dining in PDX, as that strikes me as a good starting point of when sh!t got real. Since then it's reopened at times (w/lowered seating capacity) - heck, it may be open for sit-down now for all I know - and outdoors seating's been available a chunk of the time as well as take-out. I have no interest in sitting down inside w/folks I don't know for quite some time, although I've eaten outside on non-busy days during off-hours.
Glad you've found media to consume and enjoy and help you cope. It's important to get through the days/nights without stapling the stupids to the wall as much as desired.
Nice to see you, and I look forward to your next catch-up post, whenever that happens to happen!
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And I know that you do not turn your back on the good things of the „curvy“ world, so pixels are not your only joy.
Whatever gets you through the day and makes you happy is a good thing.
Sending lots of hugs!