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shadowkat1. Getting ready to re-watch Tangled, which I last watched about three or four years ago. It's actually a comforting flick for this time of self-isolation. I know, I know, I should be watching "Together - At Home" on all the networks, but I'm taping it - so I can fast-forward over the annoying bits. (There's always annoying bits in those things, plus commercials - which have been grating on my nerves lately.)
I'm irritable as all get-out. And my moods are all over the place. Lovely thing perimenopause - it's its own special brand of torture. And like my sister-in-law, I appear to have been in it forever! One moment, I'm furious, the next I'm laughing, the next, I'm crying, the next I'm nothing at. And my skin feels on fire, like heated from within. Occasionally, I itch, and it's oily and dry. It breaks out. It doesn't break out. I feel bloated. I crave weird things. And I'm horny. Then I'm not. Oh well, could be worse, could still be having night sweats, just having hot flashes - was so hot in my apartment today (partly due to the heat being on) that I opened the windows. The I was cold, put on a sweater and had to shut them. Also tomato sauce makes me flush, and my skin heat up apparently, so too does wine and alcohol, so it's probably good I don't have any. Oh, well, I can feel the irritablity fading as we speak, along with the hot flash. It happened after I treated myself to almond flour spinach and cheese ravioli with tomato marinara sauce, topped with parmesene and ground pepper. My comfort food. My body was like - yeah, that's your mind's version of comfort food - we wanted broccoli, summer squash and a salad, you dope. PAY! PAY! My mind and my body aren't often in sync.
Trying to stay away from the internet today. Particularly conversations on it. Irritability and the internet are unmixy things. Someone will invariably make some innocent remark that will piss me off - and I'll feel the need to set them straight. Only to regret it later. Best not to read it to begin with.
2. Anyhow, my food delivery arrived. It was in reality only two-three days late. Was supposed to arrive on Thursday between 12 noon and 8pm and arrived on Saturday at 11 AM. It could be worse. I was somewhat relieved. Also, I may have gotten another batch of chocolate today - but I'll check tomorrow. Two trips to check for packages was enough. Every time I leave my apartment (not the building, my apartment), I have to put on a mask. And it's kind of hard to go down the steps with a mask on, the mask drifts up and I can't see past it to see the steps. Also can't use the railings, because, hello, virus. I suppose I could use the elevator - but I hate elevators - particularly this one - it's kind of scary. Plus exercise. Just trying to avoid tripping down the steps and breaking my neck - because that would be bad.
The steps and hallways are stone, hard, and I'd seriously injure myself if I feel down those steps. They aren't typically unsafe - actually much safer than the steps in the last apartment. They just are hard with a mask.
I was somewhat annoyed with said food delivery. Ordering food in this day and age is kind of like playing grocery roulette. I ordered salmon and got orange roughy - and I do not like orange roughy. (I am not a fan of white fish in general. Although I have not had orange roughy in ages, and the last time I did have it was when my mother fixed it two years ago - she was always fixing it. She likes it. She didn't realize I didn't. It may have to do with how she fixed it? She told me I could fix it the same way I do the salmon, in aluminum foil, with vegetables and seasoning, and olive oil and lemon juice. She uses butter - I don't use butter for things. I don't like it. I rarely use it for anything but making omeletes and scrambling eggs.) Anyhow, I got a lot of orange roughy - enough to feed a family of six. So much for the whole avoiding food waste issue. Honestly they should have single servings of some of this stuff. I complained. They probably hand-waved it as silly. I felt guilty for not being flexible. But I wanted the salmon, damn it. It's better for me than orange roughy. But apparently the Universe thinks I've had enough salmon and it is time to be a tad more adventurous with my palate.
3. Meanwhile the sane people of the US (government and otherwise, basically everyone I know and 98% of the one's I'm related to) are still busy fighting the greedy, self-centered, bigoted whiny idiots to save our country, economy, and lives from the Coronavirus and well, mainly the idiots. Want to know why the US has more cases than anyone else? Or more deaths for that matter? This is why. Political ideological protesting is all well and good, as is religious gatherings for that matter, except during a pandemic, people.
Someone asked which zombie movie the snap shot of "stupid protesters protesting the Stay at Home Orders en mass" reminded them of? They wisely answered: "Shaun of the Dead". Yep, we are trapped in the Twilight Zone version of Shaun of the Dead. You'd think there'd be more jokes. I have a feeling zombie movies and pandemic movies will hit a lull for a bit after this is over.
Honestly, you'd think the virus was bad enough. But no, we have these idiots and Trump egging them on making it worse. Actually that's probably why we have the virus. My father is convinced Nature is punishing us. I told him this isn't on Nature, this all our fault. Nature didn't vote for Trump, if anything it tried to warn us not to with lots and lots of natural disasters. Did people listen, no, because Americans are stupid. Humans stupidly elect bad leaders for selfish reasons, and end up with a plague. My mother kind of agreed.
Me: I keep reminding myself that I have no idea if we'd end up with pandemic if Hillary got elected instead (or anyone for that matter) of the Doofus.
Mother: I don't know. I don't remember the Ebola Virus, which I'd read about, or the H1N1 taking off like this.
Me: True. Also SARS was tamped down fast. H1N1 - they vaccinated fast and really caught it in time. We also had a strong CDC, with strong funding, FEMA had funding.
Mother: And Trump and Republicans defunded it.
Michigan is having troubles with idiotic protestors who want the golf courses and cottages opened up for them. My Aunt (mother's younger and remaining sister) who lives up in Kalamzoo or Chelsea County, is furious at them. They are out protesting, so they can play golf and will most likely get it and infect others. She wishes that they would be forced to sign a waiver prior to protesting in public - stating that they would forgo any and all hospital treatment, and will only get treatment after others who didn't do it are treated first. Selfish assholes. Honestly, it's enough to make one wish that Nature would send tornados to take out every golf course in the country and make it impossible for anyone to ever play golf again. The Reporter were asking the Governor and Mayor why the golf courses were closed - because golfers can't play by themselves. The Governor joked - "you are permitted to hike the golf course by yourself, just not play golf with your buddies on it." My Aunt informed my mother that they are struggling with internet service - it's never been great, now it's horrible - because everyone is hanging out on it. So horrible that my Uncle is getting up at five am in the morning to do stuff on it. She also has limited cell phone service.
Apparently one of her son's was laid off due to this and seeking unemployment, and her son-in-law was laid off prior to it, and on unemployment. His wife is now working remotely from home. Their son who just turned 17 - and was being recruited for baseball scholarships, and playing baseball in college and had just gotten back from a tour of various spring training programs in Florida - is now stuck. He can't play it at all, no sports, no gym.
My cousins in Illinois on my father's side are living pay-check to pay-check, and are working part time as essential workers. One delivers food to school children and families who don't have anything, she's a part-time substitute teacher in math and science, and also does lunch room monitoring at her son's school. Now it's just the food deliveries.
Meanwhile, the relatives in Florida, are hunkering down. My Aunt in Pallita (sp?) - it's near the Clearwater Beaches, outside of Tampa, informed me that while the Governor opened the beaches, the Sheriff of her county refused to open them and kept them shut down, because he didn't have enough people to police them. But stated, yes of course the idiot Governor managed to open the other ones, because hello, Florida. Midnight Jane (not a relative, a social media/fandom friend) commented that Florida was crazy. I know. It's why I don't like Florida. Actually one of the many reasons - too hot, not enough greenery, not seasonal enough, crazy former co-workers and relatives who have moved down there. And I prefer the beaches up north, in South Carolina or in Central America and the Pacific.
Oh, that's not all - former Minister of Church, who I've friended on FB and stay in touch with via FB, told the following story: A man who had the virus, survived it, and tested negative, went to test for antibodies and donate them. He was nervous about it, because he had never given blood before. When they asked him why, he said it was because he hadn't been permitted to, because he is a gay man. They stopped and said, and you will not be permitted to do it today. This happened in New York.
Okay. I really hope after this went viral, someone found the two nitwits who said that and fined them. If you don't know about HIV testing and how it works, you have no business working in the medical field in any capacity. And I for one, do not want you sticking a needle into my arm and taking blood.
Some good news, Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham for the first time in their lives are in danger of losing their seats next year. I still think 2020 may do in the Republican Party as we know it, along with a lot of other things.
Watershed years are painful. Just saying.
4. Overall, I'm fine. I may try to take a walk again tomorrow. It was raining off and on today, and chilly and overcast - so I didn't mind staying in. I'd say there'd be less people out - but there are a lot of dog owners in my building and neighborhood. They are out regardless of what is happening. Often without masks - because they figure they are just walking the dog. My father wondered if the dogs were wearing masks. No, the dogs to my knowledge haven't caught it from people yet. And they can't give it to us. Personally, I'm more of a cat person than a dog person. You don't have to do all that much with a cat. But as luck would have it - I'm more allergic to cats than dogs, allergic to both - just more to cats. I do like watching the cats wander about in the backyards outside my window - three floors down.
Entertainment wise? Outside of watching the cats and birds out my window, I'm watching cartoons on Hulu and Disney +
To date?
* Runaways - not a cartoon. Finished S3. It's okay. Had maybe three good episodes in there, rest of the season was rather slow and kind of weak. Not surprised it wasn't renewed by Disney. They also did a cross-over with Cloak and Dagger - without really explaining to anyone who Cloak and Dagger actually were.
I knew - because well, I'm a Marvel fan and just happen to know this stuff.
James Marsters didn't have all that much to do in it - none of the parents really did, outside of maybe Nico's Mom, Tina and Gerdt's Mom. The female characters had stronger roles than the male characters in Runaways, which in a way was a plus and kind of subversive. Also the best romance in Runaways was the lesbian romance.
* Frozen II - weak in the song department, also the first half was a bit slow and not the best, the second half makes up for it big time. Actually the second half was kind of brilliant in the animation department - and had one decent song in it, the one the Lapland people sing. And it ended in a better place than the first. So the first one had better songs, the second one had a better plot/animation/ and story.
* Steven Universe - I'm still enjoying with caveats. Steven's voice is grating on my nerves. So I need to watch this in small doses. Also, I keep wanting to kick Amber - but apparently so do Garnett and Pearl. I'm not a fan of wrestling and have never understood the point of it or why people like it - it should be mentioned that I don't like boxing either. I don't enjoy watching people fight, I admit it. It's a thing. It makes me edgy. Unless - it's ninjas or martial arts - which isn't really people hitting one another, so much as kicking and hitting one another with cool dance moves. So apparently it's not the violence in of itself that I take exception to - but how it's done. If you can do it with grace, skill, gymnastics, cool stunt work, and beauty - I'm all for it. If it's just two people wrestling or punching and grappling, ugh, no interest. In other words, more Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Less Rocky and WWF. (As an aside I used to work with a guy who was an Extreme Wrestler - so extreme that he'd lost part of an ear as a result of the sport.) I explain this - to indicate why I found Tiger Millionaire kind of hard to watch or relate to. Again if it had been more Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and less people throwing folks out of a ring or punching them or grappling, I'd have enjoyed it and understood the point. I got the metaphor - but since I know way too many people who are into it, and identified mostly with Garnett during it, I'm not sure it worked for me.
Right now, my favorite episode is the Bubble Episode, or Episode 6 and the one that followed it, 7.
I'm irritable as all get-out. And my moods are all over the place. Lovely thing perimenopause - it's its own special brand of torture. And like my sister-in-law, I appear to have been in it forever! One moment, I'm furious, the next I'm laughing, the next, I'm crying, the next I'm nothing at. And my skin feels on fire, like heated from within. Occasionally, I itch, and it's oily and dry. It breaks out. It doesn't break out. I feel bloated. I crave weird things. And I'm horny. Then I'm not. Oh well, could be worse, could still be having night sweats, just having hot flashes - was so hot in my apartment today (partly due to the heat being on) that I opened the windows. The I was cold, put on a sweater and had to shut them. Also tomato sauce makes me flush, and my skin heat up apparently, so too does wine and alcohol, so it's probably good I don't have any. Oh, well, I can feel the irritablity fading as we speak, along with the hot flash. It happened after I treated myself to almond flour spinach and cheese ravioli with tomato marinara sauce, topped with parmesene and ground pepper. My comfort food. My body was like - yeah, that's your mind's version of comfort food - we wanted broccoli, summer squash and a salad, you dope. PAY! PAY! My mind and my body aren't often in sync.
Trying to stay away from the internet today. Particularly conversations on it. Irritability and the internet are unmixy things. Someone will invariably make some innocent remark that will piss me off - and I'll feel the need to set them straight. Only to regret it later. Best not to read it to begin with.
2. Anyhow, my food delivery arrived. It was in reality only two-three days late. Was supposed to arrive on Thursday between 12 noon and 8pm and arrived on Saturday at 11 AM. It could be worse. I was somewhat relieved. Also, I may have gotten another batch of chocolate today - but I'll check tomorrow. Two trips to check for packages was enough. Every time I leave my apartment (not the building, my apartment), I have to put on a mask. And it's kind of hard to go down the steps with a mask on, the mask drifts up and I can't see past it to see the steps. Also can't use the railings, because, hello, virus. I suppose I could use the elevator - but I hate elevators - particularly this one - it's kind of scary. Plus exercise. Just trying to avoid tripping down the steps and breaking my neck - because that would be bad.
The steps and hallways are stone, hard, and I'd seriously injure myself if I feel down those steps. They aren't typically unsafe - actually much safer than the steps in the last apartment. They just are hard with a mask.
I was somewhat annoyed with said food delivery. Ordering food in this day and age is kind of like playing grocery roulette. I ordered salmon and got orange roughy - and I do not like orange roughy. (I am not a fan of white fish in general. Although I have not had orange roughy in ages, and the last time I did have it was when my mother fixed it two years ago - she was always fixing it. She likes it. She didn't realize I didn't. It may have to do with how she fixed it? She told me I could fix it the same way I do the salmon, in aluminum foil, with vegetables and seasoning, and olive oil and lemon juice. She uses butter - I don't use butter for things. I don't like it. I rarely use it for anything but making omeletes and scrambling eggs.) Anyhow, I got a lot of orange roughy - enough to feed a family of six. So much for the whole avoiding food waste issue. Honestly they should have single servings of some of this stuff. I complained. They probably hand-waved it as silly. I felt guilty for not being flexible. But I wanted the salmon, damn it. It's better for me than orange roughy. But apparently the Universe thinks I've had enough salmon and it is time to be a tad more adventurous with my palate.
3. Meanwhile the sane people of the US (government and otherwise, basically everyone I know and 98% of the one's I'm related to) are still busy fighting the greedy, self-centered, bigoted whiny idiots to save our country, economy, and lives from the Coronavirus and well, mainly the idiots. Want to know why the US has more cases than anyone else? Or more deaths for that matter? This is why. Political ideological protesting is all well and good, as is religious gatherings for that matter, except during a pandemic, people.
Someone asked which zombie movie the snap shot of "stupid protesters protesting the Stay at Home Orders en mass" reminded them of? They wisely answered: "Shaun of the Dead". Yep, we are trapped in the Twilight Zone version of Shaun of the Dead. You'd think there'd be more jokes. I have a feeling zombie movies and pandemic movies will hit a lull for a bit after this is over.
Honestly, you'd think the virus was bad enough. But no, we have these idiots and Trump egging them on making it worse. Actually that's probably why we have the virus. My father is convinced Nature is punishing us. I told him this isn't on Nature, this all our fault. Nature didn't vote for Trump, if anything it tried to warn us not to with lots and lots of natural disasters. Did people listen, no, because Americans are stupid. Humans stupidly elect bad leaders for selfish reasons, and end up with a plague. My mother kind of agreed.
Me: I keep reminding myself that I have no idea if we'd end up with pandemic if Hillary got elected instead (or anyone for that matter) of the Doofus.
Mother: I don't know. I don't remember the Ebola Virus, which I'd read about, or the H1N1 taking off like this.
Me: True. Also SARS was tamped down fast. H1N1 - they vaccinated fast and really caught it in time. We also had a strong CDC, with strong funding, FEMA had funding.
Mother: And Trump and Republicans defunded it.
Michigan is having troubles with idiotic protestors who want the golf courses and cottages opened up for them. My Aunt (mother's younger and remaining sister) who lives up in Kalamzoo or Chelsea County, is furious at them. They are out protesting, so they can play golf and will most likely get it and infect others. She wishes that they would be forced to sign a waiver prior to protesting in public - stating that they would forgo any and all hospital treatment, and will only get treatment after others who didn't do it are treated first. Selfish assholes. Honestly, it's enough to make one wish that Nature would send tornados to take out every golf course in the country and make it impossible for anyone to ever play golf again. The Reporter were asking the Governor and Mayor why the golf courses were closed - because golfers can't play by themselves. The Governor joked - "you are permitted to hike the golf course by yourself, just not play golf with your buddies on it." My Aunt informed my mother that they are struggling with internet service - it's never been great, now it's horrible - because everyone is hanging out on it. So horrible that my Uncle is getting up at five am in the morning to do stuff on it. She also has limited cell phone service.
Apparently one of her son's was laid off due to this and seeking unemployment, and her son-in-law was laid off prior to it, and on unemployment. His wife is now working remotely from home. Their son who just turned 17 - and was being recruited for baseball scholarships, and playing baseball in college and had just gotten back from a tour of various spring training programs in Florida - is now stuck. He can't play it at all, no sports, no gym.
My cousins in Illinois on my father's side are living pay-check to pay-check, and are working part time as essential workers. One delivers food to school children and families who don't have anything, she's a part-time substitute teacher in math and science, and also does lunch room monitoring at her son's school. Now it's just the food deliveries.
Meanwhile, the relatives in Florida, are hunkering down. My Aunt in Pallita (sp?) - it's near the Clearwater Beaches, outside of Tampa, informed me that while the Governor opened the beaches, the Sheriff of her county refused to open them and kept them shut down, because he didn't have enough people to police them. But stated, yes of course the idiot Governor managed to open the other ones, because hello, Florida. Midnight Jane (not a relative, a social media/fandom friend) commented that Florida was crazy. I know. It's why I don't like Florida. Actually one of the many reasons - too hot, not enough greenery, not seasonal enough, crazy former co-workers and relatives who have moved down there. And I prefer the beaches up north, in South Carolina or in Central America and the Pacific.
Oh, that's not all - former Minister of Church, who I've friended on FB and stay in touch with via FB, told the following story: A man who had the virus, survived it, and tested negative, went to test for antibodies and donate them. He was nervous about it, because he had never given blood before. When they asked him why, he said it was because he hadn't been permitted to, because he is a gay man. They stopped and said, and you will not be permitted to do it today. This happened in New York.
Okay. I really hope after this went viral, someone found the two nitwits who said that and fined them. If you don't know about HIV testing and how it works, you have no business working in the medical field in any capacity. And I for one, do not want you sticking a needle into my arm and taking blood.
Some good news, Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham for the first time in their lives are in danger of losing their seats next year. I still think 2020 may do in the Republican Party as we know it, along with a lot of other things.
Watershed years are painful. Just saying.
4. Overall, I'm fine. I may try to take a walk again tomorrow. It was raining off and on today, and chilly and overcast - so I didn't mind staying in. I'd say there'd be less people out - but there are a lot of dog owners in my building and neighborhood. They are out regardless of what is happening. Often without masks - because they figure they are just walking the dog. My father wondered if the dogs were wearing masks. No, the dogs to my knowledge haven't caught it from people yet. And they can't give it to us. Personally, I'm more of a cat person than a dog person. You don't have to do all that much with a cat. But as luck would have it - I'm more allergic to cats than dogs, allergic to both - just more to cats. I do like watching the cats wander about in the backyards outside my window - three floors down.
Entertainment wise? Outside of watching the cats and birds out my window, I'm watching cartoons on Hulu and Disney +
To date?
* Runaways - not a cartoon. Finished S3. It's okay. Had maybe three good episodes in there, rest of the season was rather slow and kind of weak. Not surprised it wasn't renewed by Disney. They also did a cross-over with Cloak and Dagger - without really explaining to anyone who Cloak and Dagger actually were.
I knew - because well, I'm a Marvel fan and just happen to know this stuff.
James Marsters didn't have all that much to do in it - none of the parents really did, outside of maybe Nico's Mom, Tina and Gerdt's Mom. The female characters had stronger roles than the male characters in Runaways, which in a way was a plus and kind of subversive. Also the best romance in Runaways was the lesbian romance.
* Frozen II - weak in the song department, also the first half was a bit slow and not the best, the second half makes up for it big time. Actually the second half was kind of brilliant in the animation department - and had one decent song in it, the one the Lapland people sing. And it ended in a better place than the first. So the first one had better songs, the second one had a better plot/animation/ and story.
* Steven Universe - I'm still enjoying with caveats. Steven's voice is grating on my nerves. So I need to watch this in small doses. Also, I keep wanting to kick Amber - but apparently so do Garnett and Pearl. I'm not a fan of wrestling and have never understood the point of it or why people like it - it should be mentioned that I don't like boxing either. I don't enjoy watching people fight, I admit it. It's a thing. It makes me edgy. Unless - it's ninjas or martial arts - which isn't really people hitting one another, so much as kicking and hitting one another with cool dance moves. So apparently it's not the violence in of itself that I take exception to - but how it's done. If you can do it with grace, skill, gymnastics, cool stunt work, and beauty - I'm all for it. If it's just two people wrestling or punching and grappling, ugh, no interest. In other words, more Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Less Rocky and WWF. (As an aside I used to work with a guy who was an Extreme Wrestler - so extreme that he'd lost part of an ear as a result of the sport.) I explain this - to indicate why I found Tiger Millionaire kind of hard to watch or relate to. Again if it had been more Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and less people throwing folks out of a ring or punching them or grappling, I'd have enjoyed it and understood the point. I got the metaphor - but since I know way too many people who are into it, and identified mostly with Garnett during it, I'm not sure it worked for me.
Right now, my favorite episode is the Bubble Episode, or Episode 6 and the one that followed it, 7.
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Date: 2020-04-19 09:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-19 01:30 pm (UTC)The media is admittedly making this worse. They don't mean to, but they do love stuff like this. It makes them feel important. And the United States major product is its media - it's also among the many reasons we have the most deaths, the most cases, and the most information on the virus. I have no idea what is going on with India - and I'm not sure India does either.