In a hostel in some Nordic country? Going to get breakfast, go into the dining room and they’re not ready yet. Walk around looking at the food that’s out. Go into another room and wait.
August 15th, 2020
Driving to US, pick me up, then someone else. We go through a parking lot and there’s a bunch of cars behind us. Get there, we’re late. Get a look from Gina L, I wink at her. She motions me to follow her, can’t find a quiet place. She starts messing with her phone. I ask what’s wrong, then walk down to my classroom and back. She closes it up and I say we should get together so I can look at it. We walk over to lunch, everyone is coming. I wash my hands and they’re singing. She has some batteries, but they’re quarters. I tell her to get steel wool to clean the contacts, and do a backup. Two kids have a list of codes and I ask why she didn’t have codes before.
In an art studio, going over some mystery. The perps are there, and we review the crime. The main guy gets suspicious, and I start trying to get him immobilized. I’m close, but I leave instead. It resets, and there’s a group doing it. He gets suspicious again, and I motion to one of the girls to cut it out. She says he killed the girl, and I said he’ll kill you too. She’s like-well I hope you get him. I tell her this is the second time. I walk back and start going through papers.
August 14th, 2020
Cleaning out a deep sink. Scrub hard, it’s badly stained. Pick out little bits of stuff from the bottom-have to stretch.
At someone’s’ huge living room. They have a pair of Bose 901’s. I tell them they should hang them. Climb up to look for a spot. The kids follow me.
August 12th, 2020
Driving along a freeway, stop, dad gets out. He starts running and I drive to catch up.
Go into a lobby, go through my backpack, trying to find stuff. Look for my mask. Find one, put everything back.
In an old arena, playing in a golf tournament. Run back and forth getting clubs. Everyone goes, go to the next round. Have to get clubs, they’re in a very tight tunnel, get trapped, but free quick. Get the shoes and a bottle and put them on the roof.The girl comes for her shoes. Grab the bottle and walk through the crowd and entracne.
August 10th, 2020
In a clinic, doing something. Notice that our pants are loose. Go to pull the booties and stuff over pants. Tell everyone to do it. Go over it, but mess up and everything gets exposed. Someone comes over and starts disinfecting my legs. I say this is totally plague precautions.
August 9th, 2020
Sitting in a big room. I’m with some blind people who are going to get some award. We go over the rules. They call each of us and we walk to the front so everyone can see us. I get called, go up and walk around, then sit down. Everyone votes.
August 8th, 2020
Walk into our complex, looking for something. Go into the house, have to get rid of all the perfume and cologne. Get the case out, go through it.
August 7th, 2020
In an office building, going upstairs. Some guy is escorting me, and we stop so I can have sex. I put it in, but some people come over and I stop. We go up the elevator, and stop on the 20th. Some woman is there with documents. Go out and push the button for the 21st floor-need a key card. The door opens and the elevator is very crowded. I let it close.
August 6th, 2020
On a rooftop, trying to dismantle chimneys. We’re taking all the scrubbing units off without damaging them. I get into one very wide chimney, and the support I’m on slides all the way to one side. I’m leaning far in the chair.
Fake curses, quiet life.
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So the old, fake Chinese curse-“hope you live in interesting times” is certainly applicable. And I’m pushing 60. Wonder how interesting my kids’ lives are going to be. Anyways, “it is what it is.” Such a lame phrase for the President to say. Just goes to show you. Read a Foreign Affairs article today about how we’re experiencing all 4 risks to democracy-gotta fix that, stat. So, like last time, my life is fairly quiet but the world isn’t. There was a huge explosion in Beirut, cv19 is flying along, there’s an election looming. Definitely interesting times. The thing is, all times are interesting times, so the fake curse has no teeth.
Saturday noon. Sitting on the back porch with coffee. Quiet week-work, tidy. E & S went downtown last night, came home early. Ran and worked out last night. Going to be hot next week, so maybe not then. Or maybe just indoors. Planning dinners. Oregon took my tax refund, but I don’t owe them anything! The feds, still have lots to go.
Sunday early evening. Quite hot, but a/c is keeping us cool-we have 2 units and fans distributing the cool air everywhere. Ran at 11 and it was too hot even then-maybe at 8 on Tuesday? Ugh. House is tidy. Blazed through the Earthseed books. Chilling, that dystopia, and closer than you think. Onto the next book. One left after that. Protests continue, with support from everywhere.
Wednesday noon. Busy working. Going to be hot today-glad I’m inside and we have a/c. Not much else going on-ran early yesterday and it worked out fine. Think I’ll do it Friday too. M is working for a few hours on Wednesdays.
Late Friday afternoon. End of sprint-trying to finish up the last bits. Everyone else is too, so I’m getting tugged around. I skipped a whole week, but not much is different. 59th birthday last Thursday-got some sleep shorts, and an Artiphon Orba for myself-I really want a Gecho, but the guy is on hiatus. Busy doing production support this week, but got my stuff done. E is still going to protests, but doesn’t have a lot of stamina. Been running early, but not today. It rained yesterday. Think I’m going to call it.
Links/viddys-brighter side:
Not so bright: don’t even want to go there (especially now).
Page 23, sentence 5: “She and Mrs. Sims were sugary sweet to each other.” Parable of the Sower, “But for nearly five months now, we’ve had no trouble while salvaging.” Parable of the Talents.
August 5th, 2020
Folding up sheets with tons of paint on them.
In a bus, driving by the river. Have to turn around.
August 3rd, 2020
Climb up a scaffold to eat lunch. It goes to just below the ceiling. Talk about the safety of it. Walk around-it’s a dating venue-look for a date.
Have a lot of speed-girl is showing us how to break it up and the terms. Go back to the limo. The others come back and they’re wired. Talk about where to go.
July 28th, 2020
At a party in a firehouse. Walking around outside-they’re trying to get a volleyball game going. Get a few, odd ball, and the net is super low. Go to another area, reset the net, ask some more people to join. Suddenly the court is full of people. Later, it’s dressy-walk around the party. See some people I know-chat about other guys at the station.
July 23rd, 2020
Walk across a racetrack, just before the cars start. Go over to a building-there’s a deer stuck in the rafters. Try to pile up boxes to get to the opening, but they fall apart. Finally get it right.
Sitting on some steps on a street with some girls. One offers the other to me for the night. I signal to a passing cop. I’m surprised, but say yes. Walk up to a supply room and the girl is flailing around and rolling up under some boxes. The cop comes and asks about her. I say this happens from time to time and there’s no danger to her or others. She starts coming out from under the boxes.
July 22nd, 2020
Watching some guys climb a tall pillar. Get to the top, and I’m terrified-grabbing onto the sides and unable to do anything. They put me in a harness to go down, and I realize it’s only 10 feet off the ground with easy footholds. Climb down and walk around.
Walk into a party at Mindy’s, everyone is sitting at a massive table. Some old man with an odd head is in a wheelchair, and I walk around the long way. Sit down, they’re doing a toast with Guinness and milk. It foams when you mix them and everyone says not to do that first.
Summer is here, and a comet!
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My birthday’s coming up-inching closer to 60. Odd, just odd. Def. don’t feel 60 most of the time. Much of everything else is the same-people are still in the streets-will this effect lasting change? Not certain yet. Didn’t the last time. It may cause the Orange Menace to be a one-term president, though, if the polling holds. It doesn’t look narrow this time, but it’s still just July-nothing matters except what happens in Nov… Seeing as we’re facing an ongoing pandemic, an economy reflecting that, and an administration with massive voids all the way through, prospects aren’t rosy, but it wouldn’t matter which party was in the White House. Anyways, my little life is OK-got work extended until after Thanksgiving… We’re in a safe place, and it’s OK!
Monday afternoon-time to stop work. Got a little done, but more to come. Pretty quiet weekend, no meal planning/shop, but vacuum/tidy and laundry, so not a waste. Good w/o’s, but no t’ai chi Fri. M worked Sat., he’s still sore. C is totally on a reverse schedule.
Tuesday afternoon, lunchtime! Got stuff done. Car is getting regular maintenance, they gave us a loaner. Trying to stay on top of keeping the house clean. S is eating our pie at random and all the ice cream as well. rrrrr. Not sure if I’ll get a run in today-been rainy. I’m definitely progressing-need to chart it.
Wednesday noon. Now 2. Now 5. Need to get this stuff finished by 5:30. Didn’t. Took ’til 7:30. Had to call the shop about the car too. I did get the run in-I’ve been using Strava to track them-pretty cool.
Friday afternoon. Hot. Time to be done with work. Ran, got almost done and strained my right adductor. Rrrrr. We get Friday dinner from a local place, and we were going to go to Mike’s, but it was slammed, so went to Roake’s. Just as yummy. The whole fam went. Having a delicious peanut butter cookie from Bob’s Red Mill.
Thursday night, bedtime. Quiet week, no meal planning. Still sore adductor. Have to redo something at work. Got ripped off for a Switch. Have a sleepy time tincture, so done.
Totally been slacking on this…and now July 13th. Maybe I’ll call this. Been same old. Couldn’t finish my run on Fri., slacked this weekend. Hopefully getting contract renewed for 4 more months. Been easing up on workouts. Still running decent pace-between 5 & 5 1/2 mph for a half hour. E’s back to going out every day. M is driving more, C is using our car from time to time. S has gone to 2 protests downtown. I’ve at least been keeping things tidy, doing laundry and dishes. Need to do taxes… There’s a comet out there. Played my guitar a few times.
Weds evening. Short of ca$h. Taxes are done-getting a refund! Woo-hoo! And M needs his wisdom teeth out. There goes the refund…plus I think they’ll probably take it for back taxes… Hot today-have the a/c on. Went up Mt. Scott with S to see the comet-no go. Have to go to the office tomorrow to return my old laptop-thing? (nothing)
Now next Tuesday. Been hot. Delivered the laptop, visited S’s teacher. Was sick Thurs-Sat. No workouts because of the heat and being sick. Went out to Beaverton to see the comet with M & S on Sat. night-it was pretty cool. Made horchata. E went to the protests-I took her and picked her up-thing! She went last night too. Had a hard time falling asleep too. I’m going to call this-a month tempo…
Links/viddys-brighter side:
Not so bright: don’t even want to go there (especially now).
Page 23, sentence 5: “He was bracingly clear-eyed about the New World project, and he seemed to understand better than any of his proto-American contemporaries the distorting power of wishful belief, how fantasy can trump fact.” Fantasyland.
July 20th, 2020
At work, walking and talking with some guy about how UI design can be done by anyone. Give home the example of Leon C and Jeri E were going over a form and Jeri grabbed the mouse and started moving things around. We stop and Leon is there and I ask him if he remembers that time with Jeri. He says yes and describes it. Some other people arrive, and I note that Leon is super frail and has a gravelly voice-he says he had cancer. I walk away, and some friends are going to dress in drag for Halloween. The girls are getting sausages for them, and I tell the guys they need bras and stuff to pad their butts. They start dressing, and I bail. Walk back to my area, and some men come up to me, worried about their sons because they’re dressing like women. They leave, and I tell the guy next to me “It’s Halloween” and he agrees. Walk over to another area, and hurry to set up my guitar. Get it partway, then someone helps to plug in the Pod. I start playing rock, and they mock me. I start playing an original, and a girl sings the words.
July 18th, 2020
Go skiing, late, last run. Drive back down and have to stop as a family of ducks is crossing the road.
July 15th, 2020
Hanging out with Judy B? We’re all over each other. Her parents don’t like it, so I leave. Go down a hill, forget something, have to climb back up. Get it, going to miss the train so run across the tracks. The trolley is leaving, and I run to catch it. Easily get on, it’s crowded, slide through to an empty spot.
July 14th, 2020
In the bathroom, cleaning a huge sink. There’s a ton of dirt around the outside and inside too. Scrub and it slowly comes off.
