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shadowkatWell, everyone I work with lost power but me. Apparently half of New Jersey, Queens, Long Island and Brooklyn are without power, along with a portion of upstate.
Feeling thankful I have power and that I can breath. And that I still have a good job. And that all my family members are alive and well. And that my city has a 1% infection rate. And that our governor and mayor aren't idiots, although there are days that I wonder about the Mayor. It's the little things.
Crazy Workplace
Boss notified us that he had to reschedule the two meetings I was dreading because he did not have power.
Also...Assistant Project Manager called to explain yet another change order to me out at the Rail Yard. Apparently the Crazy Workplace's Communications Department somehow managed to damage a fiber optic cable that they were supposed to complete the installation of - basically pulling and inserting it into another opening. (Readers? I burst out laughing when he told me about this.) They are refusing to accept responsibility and claiming the cable was defective or improperly installed. The Project Management Team and Communications fought over it. Finally someone above them asked Project Management to just fix it already, hence the change order.
Me: So let me get this straight - Communications damaged the cable -
PM: Exactly and they won't take any responsibility for it -
Me: So you fought over it for two weeks. And management finally got fed up and told you-
PM: To fix it, exactly.
ME: And instead of going through the proper procedures and getting an estimate for how much it would cost and an authorization - you just did it, because you'd already wasted two weeks arguing about it.
PM: Yep.
ME: And people wonder why we have 156,000 people dead in our country from COVID. Geeze.
Crazy Family
Neice: I've decided take up hobbies.
Me: Oh, what hobbies?
Niece: Skateboarding and Aerial Yoga, which I'm not that good at it - it's a lot harder than I thought it would be.
Me: Well, you might want to start with something a little easier - such as, maybe downward dog? Also I'm having troubles figuring out how you are doing this? Is it from between two trees? The loft in the house? A beam in the barn?
Neice: Haha, very funny and possibly true. It's from a beam in the barn.
I shared this with mother - who asked niece about it, and niece texted mother pictures. (No, you won't get to see them since I can't figure out how to get them from my phone to DW, without going through FB first.)
Meanwhile, cousin is worried about schools opening up in the Chicago area (she needn't have - apparently they aren't). And has stepped back from doing the lunch program this year - she has a heart condition, and already got the damn virus once this year - no interest in a return engagement.
It would help greatly if I could remember what photos I've posted and which I haven't. So if this is a repeat? My utmost apologies.
New York vs. the Coronavirus
New York keeps changing it's travel advisories. I wonder if other countries have this problem? Probably - Europe had to reshuffle recently with Spain, and Asia with Japan.
It's removed Delaware and DC again. I swear Delaware keeps jumping on and off the list - this must be giving people who have to go to and from Delaware and NY whiplash. And added Rhode Island. Also, it's stepped up its game - now it is enforcing checkpoints at all the bridges and tunnels and entries into the State by car or truck. Also by train and other modes. Before it was just air travel. And it's putting people up in quarantine, providing meals, and supplies. (I don't know this sounds expensive.)
Why all of these massive precautions? Ah, they've figured out that at least 5% of the cases are coming from other states. NY is religious about keeping its infection rate at 1% or below. It's kind of proud of being at 1% and would like to get below that - but it can't if all these pesky states keep invading it and giving it the virus.
New York to the rest of the US (or at least 95% of it): Keep your frigging cuties to yourselves! (But hey, we're going to be really nice about it).
It is getting frustrated. To date NY has flooded Twitter with about five different ads aimed at young people to wear masks. ("Be New York Tough - Mask Up America!") Which I wonder how well that plays in places like say Peoria? And The Governor has jumped over to other states to help them devise testing plans, and he's even done an Op-Ed in the NY Times. Nothing seems to work. People can be incredibly dense.
On the school front - god, who knows.
From the NY Times Briefing:
Chicago’s shift leaves New York City as the only major school system in the country that is still planning to offer in-person classes this fall. But New York — which has some of the lowest viral transmission rates in the country — is confronting a torrent of logistical issues and political problems.
There are not yet enough nurses to staff schools, and ventilation systems in aging buildings are in urgent need of upgrades. There may not even be enough teachers available to offer in-person instruction. Some teachers are threatening to stage a sickout — teacher strikes are illegal in New York — and their union has indicated it might sue over reopening.
“The entire country is watching how New York City handles this,” Eliza Shapiro, who covers education for The New York Times, told us. “If the city can pull off a safe reopening, it could provide a blueprint for scores of other districts trying to figure this out. But if the city halts or delays its plan, or has to close schools quickly after they open in September, it could be a warning shot to other districts.”
I've been listening to the Mayor, and I honestly don't see how they are going to manage it. It's a logistical nightmare. Many countries have given up, and the ones that did manage it - have had "issues". As have the states that have done it. My brother chose to have his kid take online courses with just one - in person lab. He was not going to let her board.
And they live in the country, with a school that isn't THAT populated.
NYC schools on the other hand...
In fact the conversation today between the Mayor and a reporter for Channel 7 News regarding the opening of gyms was rather instructive.
Reporter: So, when can you open the gyms and fitness centers?
Mayor: Not any time soon.
Reporter: What about places that have the air filter device that you and the Governor discussed that filters out the virus?
Mayor: That just filters it out of the air, it doesn't prevent people from giving it to each other in close proximity. If you are talking to someone who has the virus, or sweating profusely near them - you can still get it, even with those technologies in place.
Reporter: When do you foresee opening gyms, malls, and indoor dining? Have you been in contact with the Governor about this?
Mayor: I assure you we're all on the same page about it. The Governor agrees, no opening of malls, gyms, theaters, or indoor dining yet. (They haven't opened museums, I mean come on.)
[What was interesting - was old college pal in Arizona was touting our esteemed Mayor as the epitome of leadership. Which I guess from her perspective - he is? New Yorker's do not agree. NY does not like its Mayor. Governor yes, Mayor, no.]
I was talking to my mother about it. When you think about NYC and how much revenue is made from certain "indoor" establishments that happen to have huge amounts of people - or attract large groups, it's staggering. We are trying to get Major League Baseball off the ground - but its not working.
Only the hockey and basketball are - and that's because they are being played in "bubbles".
Mother: Guess where they are playing hockey?
ME: Canada? (Not hard to guess, where else?)
Mother: Yep. In Toronto and (I can't remember the name of the other city, I think it's either Winnipeg or Vancouver).
They are doing it in bubbles. NBA is doing fine in its Disney Bubble.
Poor Disney, they lost 5 Billion this summer. (Keep in mind they made 10 Billion last summer...but...they are getting desperate. They are releasing Mulan on the Disney Channel and charging a $30 subscription to watch.)
Mother: I'm surprised they didn't do that with Hamilton.
Me: Probably didn't think of it, also Lin Miranda may have been against it.
Mother: Well, it was used to bring subscribers.
Me: And it worked.
I hope Disney + survives - one of my cousin's is working on it.
Soap opera is interesting. I can't really tell that they are doing anything that different, except in some scenes, where the actors occasionally look like they are second-guessing themselves. They want to move forward and embrace the other actor but realize, no, wait, we can't do that, and back up a step. It's subtle but there. Also if they shake hands, the actor has this look on his/her face that they want to wash their hand immediately. Also if one actor gets up in their face in a shouting scene, the other one kind of flinches back.
I didn't get an email update from the Governor's office tonight. I wonder if they got overwhelmed or just tired of doing it finally?
I'm tired of it. I desperately want a vacation.
Everyone is going camping. Or visiting relatives they aren't scared of infecting. I've been invited camping - in my brother's barn. Someday I'll provide pics of the inside of the barn.
I get it - it's very hard to know how to deal with this thing. You can't see it. Everything looks fine. No one looks sick. It's not like The Stand or Contagion. It's like this really surreal psychological horror movie, where you feel like you are being gaslit.
Work was slow this morning and I kept drifting to sleep - so I listened to the Essential Beastie Boys, then Cher. The Beastie Boys were better, sorry to say. Cher gets better with age, but there are some songs that she recorded in the 1960s that just do not work well for her. She can't sing Bob Dylan well, for example.
Oh well, have some flowers...
Feeling thankful I have power and that I can breath. And that I still have a good job. And that all my family members are alive and well. And that my city has a 1% infection rate. And that our governor and mayor aren't idiots, although there are days that I wonder about the Mayor. It's the little things.
Crazy Workplace
Boss notified us that he had to reschedule the two meetings I was dreading because he did not have power.
Also...Assistant Project Manager called to explain yet another change order to me out at the Rail Yard. Apparently the Crazy Workplace's Communications Department somehow managed to damage a fiber optic cable that they were supposed to complete the installation of - basically pulling and inserting it into another opening. (Readers? I burst out laughing when he told me about this.) They are refusing to accept responsibility and claiming the cable was defective or improperly installed. The Project Management Team and Communications fought over it. Finally someone above them asked Project Management to just fix it already, hence the change order.
Me: So let me get this straight - Communications damaged the cable -
PM: Exactly and they won't take any responsibility for it -
Me: So you fought over it for two weeks. And management finally got fed up and told you-
PM: To fix it, exactly.
ME: And instead of going through the proper procedures and getting an estimate for how much it would cost and an authorization - you just did it, because you'd already wasted two weeks arguing about it.
PM: Yep.
ME: And people wonder why we have 156,000 people dead in our country from COVID. Geeze.
Crazy Family
Neice: I've decided take up hobbies.
Me: Oh, what hobbies?
Niece: Skateboarding and Aerial Yoga, which I'm not that good at it - it's a lot harder than I thought it would be.
Me: Well, you might want to start with something a little easier - such as, maybe downward dog? Also I'm having troubles figuring out how you are doing this? Is it from between two trees? The loft in the house? A beam in the barn?
Neice: Haha, very funny and possibly true. It's from a beam in the barn.
I shared this with mother - who asked niece about it, and niece texted mother pictures. (No, you won't get to see them since I can't figure out how to get them from my phone to DW, without going through FB first.)
Meanwhile, cousin is worried about schools opening up in the Chicago area (she needn't have - apparently they aren't). And has stepped back from doing the lunch program this year - she has a heart condition, and already got the damn virus once this year - no interest in a return engagement.
It would help greatly if I could remember what photos I've posted and which I haven't. So if this is a repeat? My utmost apologies.
New York vs. the Coronavirus
New York keeps changing it's travel advisories. I wonder if other countries have this problem? Probably - Europe had to reshuffle recently with Spain, and Asia with Japan.
It's removed Delaware and DC again. I swear Delaware keeps jumping on and off the list - this must be giving people who have to go to and from Delaware and NY whiplash. And added Rhode Island. Also, it's stepped up its game - now it is enforcing checkpoints at all the bridges and tunnels and entries into the State by car or truck. Also by train and other modes. Before it was just air travel. And it's putting people up in quarantine, providing meals, and supplies. (I don't know this sounds expensive.)
Why all of these massive precautions? Ah, they've figured out that at least 5% of the cases are coming from other states. NY is religious about keeping its infection rate at 1% or below. It's kind of proud of being at 1% and would like to get below that - but it can't if all these pesky states keep invading it and giving it the virus.
New York to the rest of the US (or at least 95% of it): Keep your frigging cuties to yourselves! (But hey, we're going to be really nice about it).
It is getting frustrated. To date NY has flooded Twitter with about five different ads aimed at young people to wear masks. ("Be New York Tough - Mask Up America!") Which I wonder how well that plays in places like say Peoria? And The Governor has jumped over to other states to help them devise testing plans, and he's even done an Op-Ed in the NY Times. Nothing seems to work. People can be incredibly dense.
On the school front - god, who knows.
From the NY Times Briefing:
Chicago’s shift leaves New York City as the only major school system in the country that is still planning to offer in-person classes this fall. But New York — which has some of the lowest viral transmission rates in the country — is confronting a torrent of logistical issues and political problems.
There are not yet enough nurses to staff schools, and ventilation systems in aging buildings are in urgent need of upgrades. There may not even be enough teachers available to offer in-person instruction. Some teachers are threatening to stage a sickout — teacher strikes are illegal in New York — and their union has indicated it might sue over reopening.
“The entire country is watching how New York City handles this,” Eliza Shapiro, who covers education for The New York Times, told us. “If the city can pull off a safe reopening, it could provide a blueprint for scores of other districts trying to figure this out. But if the city halts or delays its plan, or has to close schools quickly after they open in September, it could be a warning shot to other districts.”
I've been listening to the Mayor, and I honestly don't see how they are going to manage it. It's a logistical nightmare. Many countries have given up, and the ones that did manage it - have had "issues". As have the states that have done it. My brother chose to have his kid take online courses with just one - in person lab. He was not going to let her board.
And they live in the country, with a school that isn't THAT populated.
NYC schools on the other hand...
In fact the conversation today between the Mayor and a reporter for Channel 7 News regarding the opening of gyms was rather instructive.
Reporter: So, when can you open the gyms and fitness centers?
Mayor: Not any time soon.
Reporter: What about places that have the air filter device that you and the Governor discussed that filters out the virus?
Mayor: That just filters it out of the air, it doesn't prevent people from giving it to each other in close proximity. If you are talking to someone who has the virus, or sweating profusely near them - you can still get it, even with those technologies in place.
Reporter: When do you foresee opening gyms, malls, and indoor dining? Have you been in contact with the Governor about this?
Mayor: I assure you we're all on the same page about it. The Governor agrees, no opening of malls, gyms, theaters, or indoor dining yet. (They haven't opened museums, I mean come on.)
[What was interesting - was old college pal in Arizona was touting our esteemed Mayor as the epitome of leadership. Which I guess from her perspective - he is? New Yorker's do not agree. NY does not like its Mayor. Governor yes, Mayor, no.]
I was talking to my mother about it. When you think about NYC and how much revenue is made from certain "indoor" establishments that happen to have huge amounts of people - or attract large groups, it's staggering. We are trying to get Major League Baseball off the ground - but its not working.
Only the hockey and basketball are - and that's because they are being played in "bubbles".
Mother: Guess where they are playing hockey?
ME: Canada? (Not hard to guess, where else?)
Mother: Yep. In Toronto and (I can't remember the name of the other city, I think it's either Winnipeg or Vancouver).
They are doing it in bubbles. NBA is doing fine in its Disney Bubble.
Poor Disney, they lost 5 Billion this summer. (Keep in mind they made 10 Billion last summer...but...they are getting desperate. They are releasing Mulan on the Disney Channel and charging a $30 subscription to watch.)
Mother: I'm surprised they didn't do that with Hamilton.
Me: Probably didn't think of it, also Lin Miranda may have been against it.
Mother: Well, it was used to bring subscribers.
Me: And it worked.
I hope Disney + survives - one of my cousin's is working on it.
Soap opera is interesting. I can't really tell that they are doing anything that different, except in some scenes, where the actors occasionally look like they are second-guessing themselves. They want to move forward and embrace the other actor but realize, no, wait, we can't do that, and back up a step. It's subtle but there. Also if they shake hands, the actor has this look on his/her face that they want to wash their hand immediately. Also if one actor gets up in their face in a shouting scene, the other one kind of flinches back.
I didn't get an email update from the Governor's office tonight. I wonder if they got overwhelmed or just tired of doing it finally?
I'm tired of it. I desperately want a vacation.
Everyone is going camping. Or visiting relatives they aren't scared of infecting. I've been invited camping - in my brother's barn. Someday I'll provide pics of the inside of the barn.
I get it - it's very hard to know how to deal with this thing. You can't see it. Everything looks fine. No one looks sick. It's not like The Stand or Contagion. It's like this really surreal psychological horror movie, where you feel like you are being gaslit.
Work was slow this morning and I kept drifting to sleep - so I listened to the Essential Beastie Boys, then Cher. The Beastie Boys were better, sorry to say. Cher gets better with age, but there are some songs that she recorded in the 1960s that just do not work well for her. She can't sing Bob Dylan well, for example.
Oh well, have some flowers...
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Date: 2020-08-06 08:04 am (UTC)I am hardly an industry expert but, for what it's worth, I do think that Disney+ will do just fine overall.
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Date: 2020-08-06 12:22 pm (UTC)And thanks!
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