Year 2 -Day 62...
May. 17th, 2021 06:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatDidn't sleep well last night, and it took forever to get into my remote computer this morning. Citrix was not cooperating with me.
Per mother, who enjoys regaling me with the adventures of my brother and his family - whether I want to know about them or not, seventeen year old niece took off to Cape Cod today with her friends. Apparently one of them has a beach house. So all tan long limbs, and giggles took off for a day in the sun and surf, after taking a French test. Bro told mother he expects to get a call tonight that they are staying over night at said beach house and can't make it back in time for curfew. Ah, the hazards of having a seventeen year old daughter going to a nice boarding school in Great Barrington, Mass.
My brother apparently is against the legalization of marijuana, which amuses me greatly. Mainly because I know the boy did drugs in high school, as did his wife, along with college, and his wife's mother dealt them.
I'm for the legalization - but because for years white folks have been able to do whatever they want, while black folks are thrown in prison. So until that can be balanced out? Legalize.
Meanwhile, college buddy sent me an email..
ME: I've not driven in over twenty years..
College Buddy: Evidence that you actually owned and drove a car.
I think I was 22 at the time. And it was winter, and I had cropped my hair very short.
I miss that car. I could carry an insane amount of stuff. College buddy took it upon herself to teach me how to get gas - with mixed results. I ended up paying for her jacket to be dry-cleaned.
Took a long walk after work, and after talking to mother. Who tried to make me feel envious of niece - I'm not really. When I was sixteen - I spent the summer in France. Also, our lives are too different to compare. It is odd though - because I feel like I'm on the opposite side of my own argument with my aunts. They were envious of my college experiences - touring Wales, collecting stories, seeing theater in England, etc when I was in my early twenties. Which I remember thinking odd - since our lives weren't comparable, and they'd done things I hadn't. Everyone's life is different - envy is completely useless emotion - I could do without it.
I saw this sign on my walk. It's been up since May 2020. I feel as if I've come full circle now. Last year at this time, my parents were fine, I was just hoping for an end to COVID and for Trump to exit stage right. Now, my parents are barely hanging on it seems - mother is still disabled, and father is languishing in the long-term nursing care facility. And I worry about them both - and when I'll see them next. I thought as I wandered around the cemetery - how I was still holding onto hope. For a better tomorrow for all of us. I don't know about anyone else? But I feel like I'm on this seemingly endless marathon.
Today the Governor was talking about lifting the mask mandate for the vaccinated this Wed. The NY Times even broke down what the vaccinated could do safely. But the Governor stated that people were going to resist letting go of the masks. He was already being asked by folks if they had stop wearing masks? And could they just continue to wear them? What would happen if they refused to give them up?
He bet the reporters that 40% of the people would still wear them after Wed. Also we may have to start using our vaccination card as proof we can go maskless.
The problem is no one trusts the CDC. Gee, I wonder why?
My difficulty with the government pushing us to go back to pre-pandemic life, is I don't want to. I feel safe in my home.
What if you don't want to go back? I'd rather stay home and work remotely. That works for me, thank you very much. (Also I don't want to party - I don't like parties or big gatherings.) The only things I want to do is see my parents, friends, and go to movies and plays. I've small demands. Plus travel.
Poor Governor is trying to convince a traumatized population to go back to the way things were, and they don't want to. Plus side? We have 52% fully vaccinated now. (And no, they didn't count the out-of-staters in that number apparently.)
In other news, they are re-opening Radio City Music Hall in June to host Tribeca Film Festivals Closing Night, and both the Knicks and the Nets will hold playoff games at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center. NYC Marathon will return in November.
61% of New Yorkers have received one dose, and 52% two doses. There were 11 deaths, 1278 new cases out of 101,173 tests, 387 patients in ICU, 228 intubated, and 1.26% infection rate.
I don't know, I'd feel better if we had a 0% infection rate, no hospitalizations, and no deaths - but that's just me.
Per mother, who enjoys regaling me with the adventures of my brother and his family - whether I want to know about them or not, seventeen year old niece took off to Cape Cod today with her friends. Apparently one of them has a beach house. So all tan long limbs, and giggles took off for a day in the sun and surf, after taking a French test. Bro told mother he expects to get a call tonight that they are staying over night at said beach house and can't make it back in time for curfew. Ah, the hazards of having a seventeen year old daughter going to a nice boarding school in Great Barrington, Mass.
My brother apparently is against the legalization of marijuana, which amuses me greatly. Mainly because I know the boy did drugs in high school, as did his wife, along with college, and his wife's mother dealt them.
I'm for the legalization - but because for years white folks have been able to do whatever they want, while black folks are thrown in prison. So until that can be balanced out? Legalize.
Meanwhile, college buddy sent me an email..
ME: I've not driven in over twenty years..
College Buddy: Evidence that you actually owned and drove a car.
I think I was 22 at the time. And it was winter, and I had cropped my hair very short.
I miss that car. I could carry an insane amount of stuff. College buddy took it upon herself to teach me how to get gas - with mixed results. I ended up paying for her jacket to be dry-cleaned.
Took a long walk after work, and after talking to mother. Who tried to make me feel envious of niece - I'm not really. When I was sixteen - I spent the summer in France. Also, our lives are too different to compare. It is odd though - because I feel like I'm on the opposite side of my own argument with my aunts. They were envious of my college experiences - touring Wales, collecting stories, seeing theater in England, etc when I was in my early twenties. Which I remember thinking odd - since our lives weren't comparable, and they'd done things I hadn't. Everyone's life is different - envy is completely useless emotion - I could do without it.
I saw this sign on my walk. It's been up since May 2020. I feel as if I've come full circle now. Last year at this time, my parents were fine, I was just hoping for an end to COVID and for Trump to exit stage right. Now, my parents are barely hanging on it seems - mother is still disabled, and father is languishing in the long-term nursing care facility. And I worry about them both - and when I'll see them next. I thought as I wandered around the cemetery - how I was still holding onto hope. For a better tomorrow for all of us. I don't know about anyone else? But I feel like I'm on this seemingly endless marathon.
Today the Governor was talking about lifting the mask mandate for the vaccinated this Wed. The NY Times even broke down what the vaccinated could do safely. But the Governor stated that people were going to resist letting go of the masks. He was already being asked by folks if they had stop wearing masks? And could they just continue to wear them? What would happen if they refused to give them up?
He bet the reporters that 40% of the people would still wear them after Wed. Also we may have to start using our vaccination card as proof we can go maskless.
The problem is no one trusts the CDC. Gee, I wonder why?
My difficulty with the government pushing us to go back to pre-pandemic life, is I don't want to. I feel safe in my home.
What if you don't want to go back? I'd rather stay home and work remotely. That works for me, thank you very much. (Also I don't want to party - I don't like parties or big gatherings.) The only things I want to do is see my parents, friends, and go to movies and plays. I've small demands. Plus travel.
Poor Governor is trying to convince a traumatized population to go back to the way things were, and they don't want to. Plus side? We have 52% fully vaccinated now. (And no, they didn't count the out-of-staters in that number apparently.)
In other news, they are re-opening Radio City Music Hall in June to host Tribeca Film Festivals Closing Night, and both the Knicks and the Nets will hold playoff games at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center. NYC Marathon will return in November.
61% of New Yorkers have received one dose, and 52% two doses. There were 11 deaths, 1278 new cases out of 101,173 tests, 387 patients in ICU, 228 intubated, and 1.26% infection rate.
I don't know, I'd feel better if we had a 0% infection rate, no hospitalizations, and no deaths - but that's just me.
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Date: 2021-05-18 08:01 pm (UTC)Only half vaccinated yet reopening events does seem too soon. This fall, sure. But next month?
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Date: 2021-05-20 08:58 am (UTC)I'm for the legalization - but because for years white folks have been able to do whatever they want, while black folks are thrown in prison. So until that can be balanced out? Legalize.
I think your reasoning makes a lot of sense. My problems with weed is that-- it's still smoking, and if you start to do it regularly, it's even more toxic to your respiratory system than plain old cigs. Some manner of pills that produced the same relative euphoric effect would be better at least in that regard.
One recent addictive item that's just dropped in heavily to society that drives me into a near rage at its naked greed and disregard for particularly low income people, is this flood of (largely smartphone based) on-line casino gambling. I can't go for more than an hour or two of TV most nights without seeing multiple ads for now multiple casinos.
I'm not a huge fan of the PA Lottery, but at least the proceeds go to a worthwhile social cause. These casinos? Nearly all that money goes right into the bank accounts of a wealthy few.
Desperate people-- many with poor educations who do not understand that the odds of them winning big are minuscule, and so regularly throw away money better spent on almost any normal life-bettering need. You know, like-- food? Rent? Child care?
I particularly can't help but sneer at that teeny tiny little message that appears briefly on the screen during the ad about "Gambling addiction? Call 800 ..."
Yeah, right. Dear customers... please get help so that you no longer send us money.