December 24th, 2019

Walk into Quest offices through the main entrance. Look at the displays, get a name tag from the guard. Walk into the dining area, go into a dead end. Walk back and see Erika from gamelan. We talk and Vera joins us. Suddenly outside driving and avoid a car and park. Erika aye I’ve been driving around to 3 known safe places to get home, over and over, and I have a bunch of tickets.

With Samuel L. Jackson on a helicopter. Trying to get somewhere. Fly above and through power lines. Land in a field and a cartoon deer comes up-he’s trying to coax it into the chopper. A bunch of others come up and it disappears and reappears in our gas tank as a baby. We panic and try to figure out how to get it out. He starts a thing with a light pen and the rotors to make a circle-we’re trying to go back in time. It doesn’t work, so he does it by hand and it’s not perfect, so he’s adjusting it. It start trying with a rope, but the rope gets tighter as someone is trying to buy the company. I struggle to get my knife out to cut the rope.

At work, writing a document about the programs I’m testing. My boss says I’m not doing anything. Another person asks a question, and the boss asks him if he ants to stay on. I ask if I can stay on.

December 15th, 2019

In a building, it’s abandoned and derelict. Mom is showing us how to get into their apartment. You have to open a trap door, then another. The apt is pretty nice, but small. Walk out to the main floor.

December 14th, 2019

Getting on a train for work. In a wheelchair, go up a steep ramp and turn around. Try to get the chair out of the way as people get on. We’re going to the power company. Start up and pass through several industrial parks-look at the companies there. Get to the stop, and get down the steep ramp. Go into the building and talk to the receptionist-tell her I’m starting work today. I go and sit at a small table in the lobby and wait.

December 13th, 2019

Walk to the kite field, a bunch of people are here already. Lay down my stuff and talk to Scott Ritter about traveling. Tell him where the good flying spots are. Don Brown comes over and I talk about how I’m the ‘99 national champ. Look over and someone is flying indoors.

December 9th, 2019

Walking along a stream, there are fish and such that we’re trying to move along. Come to a spot there the water stops, help the fish go across. One small one is having trouble so I go back, get it in my hands. It sucks up a bunch of water and I get it to the next pool. Walk further through a bunch of low water plants.

December 6th, 2019

Driving w/Dad around somewhere in the suburbs. He goes into a schoolyard-I tell him to turn around and get out. He doesn’t, and drives towards a gate. I tell him it’s closed. He turns around and stops.

December 5th, 2019

Walking through an overgrown field behind a warehouse. We go through a garden and I recognize plants I put there years ago, including a big asparagus and beets. We come to an abandoned house and go in. I start cleaning up and making it livable.

Dad is driving us to get my kites. We have to turn around and he drives up a hill. We tell him to stop-he backs up and goes through a field. We get back on the road and some lady in a Jeep cuts us off. We yell and she drives off giving us the finger.

December 2nd, 2019

At a concert, sitting on the side, playing grandpa’s harmonica. They’re looking at me, and I’m not playing well. Start again.

Walking down a dark street with my skate bag on my shoulder. Some guy passes me, I nod and he goes for the bag. I pull back and he let’s go. Another guy starts towards me and I say, “ok, bring it on.”

Thanks, for giving. Okaaaay.

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It’s after Thanksgiving, and I’m dreading the holidays. M is the same way. Other than that, pretty smooth sailing-need to find out whether I need to start looking for a new job. Left our church, busy at work, etc. And politics is the usual horrendous mess. Reading Burroughs.

Thursday, afternoon. Getting stuff done. Out of $$$, glad it’s Thursday.

Saturday afternoon. Not wanting to do stuff that needs to be done.

Thursday, trying to get stuff done-slow going. Thursday, bedtime. Not enough got done. I did get my book binding done-not a bad job… Recap-quiet week-skipped Tuesday w/o-school meeting-bad stuff. C locked his keys in the car. The usual otherwise.

Weds. of the next week! noon. Getting stuff done. Pretty much the usual otherwise-S had 2 really loose teeth pulled, got the house cleaned over the weekend, chat with Mom, a thing. Not much else-impeachment hearings, global protests. I’m reading the Foreign Affairs emails. I decided to do most stuff on my phone now-I have to get the big book started-planning that. I want to get my storage unit available online so I can push/pull it.

Sunday, in church. Now Monday. Now Wednesday. Now Thanksgiving. Maybe I’ll write something later. “the story of life” is really weird, but the last page is glorious.

Monday, back at work. Pretty busy last few days, but got nothing much done around the house, so it’s a mess. I think I’ll call this after a recap.

So, recap. It’s been a while, but here goes… Got stuff done at work, but not everything. Thanksgiving at school friends’, ate so much. Lazy Friday-w/o…skated with S Sat., pulled my left adductors-ouch. New church Sun., no w/o because of pain. Shopping, that’s about it. C is working at Walmart. Our new library is done-opening in Jan. Need to switch to long sleeve work shirts.

Links/viddys-brighter side:

Playing fetch with a beluga
https://twitter.com/slendersherbet/status/1193114570707128321?s=21
Sliding otters.
Flocks of AI robots.

Not so bright: don’t even want to go there.

Page 23, sentence 5: “However, this does not mean you should only exercise every 3 days.”, A Man’s Guide to Healthy Aging, “a new life has begun “, the story of life.

November 27th, 2019

On the porch, some odd bird comes hovering up, not looking at me. Walk into the bedroom and there’s a furry mouse like creature coming up from the corner of the bed. It looks emaciated but as is crawls closer I see it’s all just fur. I pick it up with a towel and the fur falls away leaving a tiny bird. It starts talking and i lean in to hear. I ask it if it needs food and it says strawberries and something else. I set it down to go get it and the cat lies down and the bird vanishes. Go back out to the porch by the table and there’s another big land bird, and Salem is nuzzling it. I warn her the it might bite, and a kangaroo comes over and looks. I’m worried now that the kangaroo will attack.

November 24th, 2019

Going downstairs with some other people. Have to go through a bathroom, lock it, then continue. Go down and sit on the lawn. Talk to some people about music and how important the music you listen to when you are a teen is. Someone says we can go and meet Billie Eilish and I say my daughter would squee.

Playing basketball in a dimly lit gym-turn on some lights and a guy comes down and complains about it. He turns them off. I walk around to another gym and turn off the lights too.

November 23rd, 2019

Follow 2 spies as they run and escape. They go down into hill and woods and a swamp. Several people follow them, but they get away. Walk back into a clearing, look up and there’s a metallic orb. I think it’s aliens, and it changed and sends out lights, changing into a logo.

November 22nd, 2019

At Walmart, get a sandwich plate and take a bite of one. The wrapping comes apart and I set it down to put it together. A guard comes and I struggle to put the eaten one at the bottom and close up the wrapper. I go to get in line and it’s very long. I abandon the sandwiches and leave.

Drive up to a bridge. It’s super icy and I park the car and climb over the blocks of ice. Lots of people are doing the same. Get to the other side. The Kuceras are there and I fight with Jim.

November 20th, 2019

At G Lightbody’s place for his wake. Wander around talking to guys from U.S. They all wander off and I go sit in a lounge chair by the pool and try to contact him. Nothing.

November 19th, 2019

On a plane, lands, but crashes. We get into the airport, looking for my connecting flight, walk over to a table with a bunch of my stuff on it. I realize that I don’t need to fly out, as I’m just going to come right back. Walk around trying to find Mom.