In a room, E is making fun of Lou Reed. He comes over, grand her and throws her on the bed. I pull him off her and beat him up, saying, “If you have a problem with her, you go through me first.”
February 5th, 2020
Walk up the street with parents and family. Go into a store to get something, I know the person, walk past and into the back room.
Running along a park trail, it’s narrow and difficult. Go up and down, skip a section. Come to the end and my partner got there ahead of me.
February 4th, 2020
Walking around the lobby of Quest? See S Ten coming down a single person elevator. Bypass the regular ones and get in line for the single one-try to cut in.
February 3rd, 2020
In a spa, going to give head massages. Walk around, back to another room. It’s starting to get foggy, go into our room. Open one of the doors a little and the fog dissipates.
January 31st, 2020
At a school think, talking to Pete V about going to school. I’m in the classroom, first day, and I’m at the wrong school! Leave and try to find out where to go.
January 28th, 2020
Taking the bus to Milwaukie. Get off at Mike’s, trying to tell somebody about this rare false bottom thing I have. I figure it’s a shaving kit or some such. He goes to talk to some mob boss about it. I walk down past the tracks and go into an apartment by the pond. I look for my stash of coins as someone comes and wants them too. I put the coins I have in there-it’s a binder with pages of taped coins. I hide it and go outside. Walk down to the park and someone is trying to get me. I lift up into the air and start to slowly fly away, looking for more speed. They chase me. I’m trying to find a superhero.
week after week, on and on and on
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It’s another week and another week after that, and on and on. Nothing has really changed. Though if you subscribe to certain cosmologies, the entire universe is destroyed and created every instant. I need to get on some of my new practice/study/etc. stuff-not easy when you do a lot of housework. Politics continues its mess, Kobe Bryant and Neil Peart died (that was tough), coronavirus is causing stress. Maybe I should make this section a quick news summary too…
I’ve been slacking on this, but it’s not like anything new is going on. I am, however, getting my contract extended, which is nice-I was ramping up the search, and worrying.
Anyways, I’ve been skiving on keeping the house clean, so this weekend is busy picking up the piles of stuff that have accumulated, and keeping the kitchen clean. I’ve fully moved to my little black book for keeping track of things.
Monday, noon. Busy doing stuff. Got the house cleaned up, except for Xmas stuff back to the closet, and a pile in our room. Need to do more laundry, and E needs to put them away. She did get rid of a bunch of stuff. I need to rip a bunch of cds. I also bought a Pod HD400 for cheap-it’s cherry and sounds great. C got my Pod XT-he wants a guitar.
Weds. morning. Trying to finish up this requirements heavy program. Pretty mellow other than that-good w/o, though I sped up T’ai Chi so I could pick up M. He has new boots and they’re stiff. S is busy on a project about Sweden. Not much else-trying to stay on top of things.
Friday morning, trying to get things done for sprint end. M’s birthday was yesterday-we’re going to Gaffers tonight to celebrate-just us over 21 year olds. Not much else-keeping the house reasonably clean-E still hasn’t put away her clothes… Finished up “Fall”-long, but a fast read. Compelling, if you like your SF mixed up with your fantasy…
Monday morning-in sprint meetings. Fun. Pretty quiet weekend-Gaffers with M Friday night, the usual clean-no vacuum though, shop, no church. Went to Ikea with M and S, drove around looking at pet snails. M wants to make Moscow Mules with lingonberry syrup for Super Bowl party at friends’.
Links/viddys-brighter side:
Not so bright: don’t even want to go there.
Page 23, sentence 5: “After that, young Richard had overcompensated for his earlier naïveté by becoming hypervigilant to its onset in family members of even modest decrepitude.” Fall, or Dodge in Hell.
January 24th, 2020
At a party, after running through a field trying to get there first. My pair is last. We go in, and talk to David Spade. He says he used to not like me but does now. Walk around, they start a dance contest. I dance, then go closer to the judges. Walk outside, look in at a picture of Olivia when she was young, say how cute she was.
By the Ledding library, waiting for the kegs to be delivered. They come, and we tell the delivery guy to put the small one away.
January 23rd, 2020
In a room, hanging out with the Veruca Salt girls. We start singing Earthcrosser.
January 21st, 2020
On a street in Italy, walk across the street to get to a coffee shop. Look at the money to see how much we have. It’s pesetas-we go into a grocery store and look around.
January 19th, 2020
In a field with Kris & others. It starts raining hard, and we shelter next to the building. K is trying to put up a tarp but it’s blowing around. The rain is like darts. I walk over to help her out.
January 17, 2020
At a kite festival, it’s crowded. Walk around trying to find a spot to fly. Find a small one, rush back and set up the vented. Scramble to pick up something rolling away. Forget lines, go back and get them. Get to the spot and it’s blowing hard.
January 15th, 2020
In a textile factory, look over the tables of finished cloth. There’s one swatch that’s got LSD in it. I start getting ready to cut it up, but am worried about too much contact.
January 13th, 2020
At a hotel, looking at big pictures in the courtyard . Go to the entrance, a guy has a Jaguar rental. He says it’s too much for me to handle. Get in and drive down a curvy hill, going faster and faster. Get to the bottom, turn and go to another hotel.
Onwards, always onwards
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so it’s been about a month. 2020 is here. The Christmas season is always busy, with not a lot of time for posts, and it’s not like I have a big following. it’s really the usual-work, home, etc. politics is still just a disastrous shitshow. The House impeached the orange menace, but that’s all. He’s flailing like a drowning man in the middle of the ocean, doing anything to distract. I have no idea how it will all end, but you can bet it won’t end well. Anyways, onwards.
Monday afternoon-had a yummy leftover lunch-no sugarrrr. E made a yummy peach cobbler from oatmeal leftovers yesterday-I’ve been doing the usual Japanese rice and oatmeal for weekend breakfasts, so… We did have Biscuits yesterday, and more biscuits when we got the brakes done last week, plus also yummy cider.
Weds. noon. Working through QA stuff-not my specialty… Got a lot done at home last night-kitchen, laundry, tidy. S had a hard time getting to sleep.
Friday, mid-morning. Getting QA done. E did a bunch of purging and the house is messy. I did get laundry and kitchen done. She also picked me up a work, even though I told her not to-it took us a loooong time to get home. Friday on the way home. Got stuff done, but it was a struggle. Glad for the weekend. Not sure I can work out…
Noon on Monday. Getting stuff done. A pretty normal weekend-no w/o because my adductor is still sore. Went to the hot tub with E-she messed up her leg. Went to Cha-cha-cha for dinner, shop. The usual, delivered wreaths to old church, church Sun., Menchies, home, laundry, kitchen, a little tidy and prep for Christmas-not really motivated to do much more. Thought about getting a massage, but the place where I’m sore is mighty intimate… E got us new silicone rings.
Weds. night-chilling on the bed. Worked out last night, pretty mellow. Still having twinges in my leg. Didn’t sleep well last night. Getting work done, though. Not much else-doing laundry…
And it’s Monday, at work. Got one thing solved Fri. Busy weekend-w/o Fri. & Sun.-still sore, so walking and super basic routine, there are a few t’ai chi moves that aren’t fun, and some stretches too. Class meeting Sat., church Sun., and cleaning-the house is back to decent. The car…not so much. The usual shop, S went to Tiffany with E & classmates for a gift, then to Peacock Lane. S’s Christmas present, not a thing, but not for lack of desire. Need to get a flu shot. Watched Dr. Strange Sat. night.
And after a week, it’s Christmas Day. Didn’t get anything of interest. We did go to the binz and filled our stockings with fun stuff. Recap: work week was busy trying to get soap going-finally reverted to soap via web. Moved other stuff forward. W/o, shop, tidy, cleaned the car, pretty usual stuff. Working from home this week.
Haven’t picked this up since, well, Christmas. And now it’s the week after New Year’s. And not much happened-quiet at work, M got a job, C quit his. M & S are back in school, a tree fell outside our building. Not much else out of the ordinary. At least in our small lives. The new library opens today. I’m going to call this-I started a new book and got my small journal begun. I abandoned the Coptic bound one as too bulky-going with a small Moleskine type instead.
Links/viddys-brighter side:. Not so bright: don’t even want to go there.
Page 23, sentence 5: “A few had grown up in their suburbs as children, left for college and careers, and decided to come back.”, Radical Suburbs.
January 6th, 2020
Hanging out with Leslie B. I have some rose water on me and she loves the smell, holding on to me as she enjoys it.