Y2/D269 - Cleaning Day
Dec. 11th, 2021 09:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatSpent about two hours cleaning the caulking out around the tub. I was trying to get rid of the mold and mildew. I did everything I could think of - applied bleach, used a sharp edged object, scraped, and used more bleach.
Wore a mask - so I didn't breath in fumes or mold spores. And clean it thoroughly.
Now, I'm letting it dry - and I'll apply the caulking tomorrow.
Me: I did everything I could think of - and it's still there, the mold.
Mother: well, let it dry, apply the caulking. And if it will either die and go away, or it won't.
Also made the bed up clean.
I may try to clean my comforter on Monday or wait until I get back from Hilton Head to do it.
Need to go grocery shopping tomorrow. The quiche was okay, but too eggy, I think.
***
According to Twitter, Kentucky got hit with a 227 mile Tornado today, it took out the entire town of Mayfield, Kentucky. Apparently there's a snowstorm in a Hawaii. And it's in the 50s and 60s, with rain in NY.
Also according to Twitter (William Gibson retweeted, he's the cyber sci-fi writer of the 1990s and early 00s that I adored) - and I found this even more alarming (natural disasters, I'm getting weirdly used to), was this:
Under the proposals, any foreign-born British citizen can be deprived of their citizenship, without notice or notification. Dual citizenship is not a precondition; they can be made stateless so long as the British government believes they are eligible for citizenship of another country. Analysis from the 2011 census, by the New Statesman, finds an astronomical number of people – 5.5 million in England and Wales – who fall into this category, including about 408,000 people born in the UK. It is hard to imagine a more flagrantly racist idea emanating from anywhere but a National Front manifesto: it affects half of British Asians and 39% of Black Britons.
Cruel Ministers Have Made Citizenship A Tool of Dirty Politics
Meanwhile Governor Newsom of California states: SCOTUS is letting private citizens in Texas sue to stop abortion?!
If that's the precedent then we'll let Californians sue those who put ghost guns and assault weapons on our streets.
If TX can ban abortion and endanger lives, CA can ban deadly weapons of war and save lives. twitter.com/cagovernor/sta…
Holy shit. I read stuff like this and I feel overwhelmed by rage and impotence.
***
With all the negative crap happening at the moment...some bits of good news in the mix? I went from an almost all White Workplace, with a handful of POC, to a very diverse workplace, with 80% POC.
It's also made me more self-aware of microaggressions. Talking about race or human rights with those who aren't in a place of privilege can be perceived as a microaggression.
***
I got into this odd mini-debate with a soap television media writer on Twitter. He was going on about how an adoptive mother could sue the biological father for full custody, and take away his son in a divorce or custody fight. And I'm like no, that won't happen in New York. Particularly when the father in question has power and money, and she doesn't. The court tends to go in the direction of the biological or birth parent with few exceptions.
It was silly, it's a soap opera. And the writers aren't going there anyhow. But he clearly doesn't understand the law in NY, and comes off as a know it all - so I felt the need, to gently correct.
I get into trouble for doing this stuff. Social media is a dangerous place for folks like myself. He'll probably ignore me - because I'm no one important, and media writers tend to ignore folks like me on twitter - so it was a safe interaction for the most part. Twitter is dangerous but manageable - the famous and/or popular folks ignore you for the most part and don't engage.
**
Mother told me today that her choir director approached her at her choir's holiday party - to ask if I'd written and published another book. He loves my book. He's read it five times. And wants to talk to me - so he can persuade me to write and publish another. And soon. So he can read it. He loves the characters, the writing style, the story, and the fact that it is so unpredictable, and not paint by numbers. (Hence the reason I self-published it - the publishing industry likes formulaic writing and plots. I hate formulaic writing and we clashed. It's also been my difficulty with reading of late - most published books have plots and stories that do not interest me. So I've been listening to audio books, reading e-books that are independently published, and comics. Still frustrated, just less so.)
Mother: I'm not telling you this to guilt trip you into finishing one of your novels and publishing it.
[Because I was getting defensive about having not done so. And how I'm kind of stuck at the moment.]
But to tell you that you're writing touches people. And it wasn't a waste of time or money to publish it. You are accomplishing something. And you don't know who you have touched and changed, and can't always see it. You matter, and what you do matters.
Mother told me this because I've been struggling this year as you already know, since I've hardly been quiet about it. Living alone can make one crazy at times.
So, I should get back to my writing, I guess. That fantasy novel I'm flirting with won't write itself. The characters are kind of hanging in limbo as we speak. Instead of doing that? I'm writing this missive to you, wrote an email to college buddy, and played on Twitter.
***
Soap Twitter is upset that one character is on all the time. They're right, she is on all the time. And she's not pushing the plot forward, just moping. There's two characters that are doing this. If you are going to focus that much on a character - at least give them something productive to do. Otherwise we do not need to see it.
That's a lesson to all writers out there. Wolverine is another example of that - in the X-men fandom. Overused, and serves little purpose and doesn't push plot forward.
OTOH, fans do have a tendency to whine about their characters not getting enough screen time in favor of other characters. I get it, I do. I feel the same way. I want more of my favs and less of others.
***
Oh they keep having to cancel performances of Broadway shows due to random breakouts of COVID cases. Wicked, Aladdin, Freestyle Love Supreme have all cancelled shows multiple times. Diana: The Musical closed after scant performances. (Considering I've yet to make it through the Netflix screening of it...also have yet to make it through Tick Tock Boom. Maybe I've burned out on musicals?)
***
I had another thought, but lucky you? I forgot it.
Random Photo of the evening...
Wore a mask - so I didn't breath in fumes or mold spores. And clean it thoroughly.
Now, I'm letting it dry - and I'll apply the caulking tomorrow.
Me: I did everything I could think of - and it's still there, the mold.
Mother: well, let it dry, apply the caulking. And if it will either die and go away, or it won't.
Also made the bed up clean.
I may try to clean my comforter on Monday or wait until I get back from Hilton Head to do it.
Need to go grocery shopping tomorrow. The quiche was okay, but too eggy, I think.
***
According to Twitter, Kentucky got hit with a 227 mile Tornado today, it took out the entire town of Mayfield, Kentucky. Apparently there's a snowstorm in a Hawaii. And it's in the 50s and 60s, with rain in NY.
Also according to Twitter (William Gibson retweeted, he's the cyber sci-fi writer of the 1990s and early 00s that I adored) - and I found this even more alarming (natural disasters, I'm getting weirdly used to), was this:
Under the proposals, any foreign-born British citizen can be deprived of their citizenship, without notice or notification. Dual citizenship is not a precondition; they can be made stateless so long as the British government believes they are eligible for citizenship of another country. Analysis from the 2011 census, by the New Statesman, finds an astronomical number of people – 5.5 million in England and Wales – who fall into this category, including about 408,000 people born in the UK. It is hard to imagine a more flagrantly racist idea emanating from anywhere but a National Front manifesto: it affects half of British Asians and 39% of Black Britons.
Cruel Ministers Have Made Citizenship A Tool of Dirty Politics
Meanwhile Governor Newsom of California states: SCOTUS is letting private citizens in Texas sue to stop abortion?!
If that's the precedent then we'll let Californians sue those who put ghost guns and assault weapons on our streets.
If TX can ban abortion and endanger lives, CA can ban deadly weapons of war and save lives. twitter.com/cagovernor/sta…
Holy shit. I read stuff like this and I feel overwhelmed by rage and impotence.
***
With all the negative crap happening at the moment...some bits of good news in the mix? I went from an almost all White Workplace, with a handful of POC, to a very diverse workplace, with 80% POC.
It's also made me more self-aware of microaggressions. Talking about race or human rights with those who aren't in a place of privilege can be perceived as a microaggression.
***
I got into this odd mini-debate with a soap television media writer on Twitter. He was going on about how an adoptive mother could sue the biological father for full custody, and take away his son in a divorce or custody fight. And I'm like no, that won't happen in New York. Particularly when the father in question has power and money, and she doesn't. The court tends to go in the direction of the biological or birth parent with few exceptions.
It was silly, it's a soap opera. And the writers aren't going there anyhow. But he clearly doesn't understand the law in NY, and comes off as a know it all - so I felt the need, to gently correct.
I get into trouble for doing this stuff. Social media is a dangerous place for folks like myself. He'll probably ignore me - because I'm no one important, and media writers tend to ignore folks like me on twitter - so it was a safe interaction for the most part. Twitter is dangerous but manageable - the famous and/or popular folks ignore you for the most part and don't engage.
**
Mother told me today that her choir director approached her at her choir's holiday party - to ask if I'd written and published another book. He loves my book. He's read it five times. And wants to talk to me - so he can persuade me to write and publish another. And soon. So he can read it. He loves the characters, the writing style, the story, and the fact that it is so unpredictable, and not paint by numbers. (Hence the reason I self-published it - the publishing industry likes formulaic writing and plots. I hate formulaic writing and we clashed. It's also been my difficulty with reading of late - most published books have plots and stories that do not interest me. So I've been listening to audio books, reading e-books that are independently published, and comics. Still frustrated, just less so.)
Mother: I'm not telling you this to guilt trip you into finishing one of your novels and publishing it.
[Because I was getting defensive about having not done so. And how I'm kind of stuck at the moment.]
But to tell you that you're writing touches people. And it wasn't a waste of time or money to publish it. You are accomplishing something. And you don't know who you have touched and changed, and can't always see it. You matter, and what you do matters.
Mother told me this because I've been struggling this year as you already know, since I've hardly been quiet about it. Living alone can make one crazy at times.
So, I should get back to my writing, I guess. That fantasy novel I'm flirting with won't write itself. The characters are kind of hanging in limbo as we speak. Instead of doing that? I'm writing this missive to you, wrote an email to college buddy, and played on Twitter.
***
Soap Twitter is upset that one character is on all the time. They're right, she is on all the time. And she's not pushing the plot forward, just moping. There's two characters that are doing this. If you are going to focus that much on a character - at least give them something productive to do. Otherwise we do not need to see it.
That's a lesson to all writers out there. Wolverine is another example of that - in the X-men fandom. Overused, and serves little purpose and doesn't push plot forward.
OTOH, fans do have a tendency to whine about their characters not getting enough screen time in favor of other characters. I get it, I do. I feel the same way. I want more of my favs and less of others.
***
Oh they keep having to cancel performances of Broadway shows due to random breakouts of COVID cases. Wicked, Aladdin, Freestyle Love Supreme have all cancelled shows multiple times. Diana: The Musical closed after scant performances. (Considering I've yet to make it through the Netflix screening of it...also have yet to make it through Tick Tock Boom. Maybe I've burned out on musicals?)
***
I had another thought, but lucky you? I forgot it.
Random Photo of the evening...
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Date: 2021-12-12 12:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-12 12:34 pm (UTC)In terms of writing or not: whichever way you go, I hope that you do what makes you happy.
I'm sure there must be plenty of legal stuff in popular media that seems painfully wrong to those who know. I appreciate that people bother at least putting corrections on the record, if nothing else as a slight retardation of all the bullshitting. Too many people believe things simply because some distant non-expert uttered them online. It always makes me laugh to see how American popular media tends to portray the US immigration process in shows/movies for which it's incidental to the plot involving white middle-class characters.
We got some decent rain yesterday morning so I guess you have at least a bit in your near future.
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Date: 2021-12-12 11:58 pm (UTC)Perfectly encapsulates the state of the planet.