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shadowkat(I'm exaggerating. This is my sense of humor, which apparently runs in my family.)
Me: Checking in - I'm safe. Subway shooting was nowhere near me.
Bro: Yea, I checked you're proximity and figured you'd have a hard time getting a gun. Too soon? Sorry.. Glad you're okay.
Mother: LOL!
Me: Every time I take the subway with the "children" on it, I have two thoughts, 1) I'm glad I never had kids, and 2) the sudden desire to go back in time and neuter my entire generation.
Mother: LOL!
So see? We have a dark sense of humor in my family. [I find the MASH theme song amusing.]
***
Luckily for me - I left for work at 6:30 am, and got there at 7:54 am. I was seated at my desk, working away, when some nitwit decided to board a subway with a gas mask, and open fire on the poor passengers. It was on a "moving" train and during rush hour (8:30 or thereabouts). 16-19 people were injured, at least 10 fatally shot. Scary and tragic.
The subway line was the R line. I take the G train, or the Q, if it's not working. Sometimes the F to the R if hard pressed, but that's further north. And not today.
It was, according to Wales, the station she used to get out of - to take her print screening class. (She dropped out of the course two months ago.) She used to lunch next to the station. It's located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, northwest of me, on the other side of Greenwood Cemetery. I have a cemetery between us, plus several blocks. I'd say about thirty minutes or so away by car? I can't get to the station by walking or subway - since I'm on another line.
The result of this tragedy, besides the poor people who were severely traumatized, injured and shot, is that trains were screwed up all day long. They suspended the R, D, and N trains indefinitely, delayed the F, B, Q lines, which interconnect with those lines. And well, everything else along the board, except the number trains. My G was a good twenty-minutes late today.
They also preempted the soap opera, and showed a rerun. Why? Because there was a robbery and shooting on the show today - and ABC was sensitive to the viewers traumatized by the shooting on the subway. (It was a controversial decision on Soap Twitter & Soap FB. I personally didn't care.)
I notified people on FB, Twitter, Bro, Wales, and Mother - after 2pm, because I didn't know what happened until then. I was busy working - and had no clue what was happening in the news. Mother told me that the Mayor got COVID.
They can't find the guy. There's a person of interest - but no proof it is actually him. The guy apparently came in from out of state. Same as the guy who was killing homeless people - he'd also come from out of state. [So, we have nutjobs journeying to NYC to kill people? Can they just stay in their own state and kill people? Why do they need to come here? Go home, you crazy nutjobs. Kill your own friends and neighbors. There's plenty of people in your own state to murder - no need to journey here - we have our murderers to deal with thank you very much.]
I wish I could say I was upset about all of this or terrified. But I'm just tired and depressed. It feels like more of the same. It's sad, isn't it? I've reached the point of complacence.
Mother wasn't worried, because since I moved - she's been tracking where I live or figured it out. So she knew it was no where near me. Gabe cried most of the day - I wasn't oblivious to it until around 2pm, and by that time, it was over - and I didn't really know the details, so that helped.
***
COVID
Less and less masks on subways and stations. It's annoying. Also hardly anyone wears them at work - outside of a few colleagues in my area of cubicle land. I told folks going on the site tour - that since it is being held outdoors - we weren't enforcing masks.
According to Mother, the Mayor has COVID now.
And my Doctor wants me to get the fourth shot or second booster. (I would rather rate until it is easy to come by. Since she's not giving it to me, and neither is crazy company...I see no rush. Doc is recommending it to all patients over 50.) Doc also wants to increase Metroformin to 1000 at night, and 500 in the morning, with statins for Cholesterol.
Mother is throwing caution to the winds and going to see Hamilton in Charleston with her retirement center in July. She figures her knee will be healed by then. If not, she'll find someone who can buy her ticket.
***
I may not get to see my niece in April after all. Apparently her boyfriend is coming up for her birthday, and then she's expected to go back with him to Virginia. Apparently, he's been traveling to see her - so now it's her turn? Oh poor baby - he had to go all the way to London and Scotland to see his girlfriend. Must be tough. The travails of the rich.
I foresee issues in my niece's future regarding social work. From her perspective there's the extremely wealthy and there's my niece's family.
Mother: well she is studying poverty.
Me: Not the same thing.
***
Determined that the woozy/dizziness of yesterday, which I felt again today - was most likely not do to the CBD as previously thought, but due to the combination of allergies and shifts in barometric pressure playing havoc with my ves·tib·u·lar system. (When you look up a word on Google - it has an audio of the word, and phonetic spelling. I looked it up because while I have a great vocabulary, I can't spell. ) Anyhow, I figured this out when it happened again at work this morning - and was quickly remedied with a tynenol sinus allergy pill.
**
Anyhow, hoping everyone has a safe night and a safe rest of the week. No crazy gunmen disrupting it. Workplace sent out an email telling us to be safe. (It did not say avoid the trains - since obviously we couldn't.) Also I happen to work for a transportation agency. On the way home, there were police all over the place. Atlantic Avenue Terminal had cops with dogs. Why they needed dogs, I don't know. Can the German Shepards sniff out guns? (They always use German Shepards, and Doberman's for some reason.)
Me: Checking in - I'm safe. Subway shooting was nowhere near me.
Bro: Yea, I checked you're proximity and figured you'd have a hard time getting a gun. Too soon? Sorry.. Glad you're okay.
Mother: LOL!
Me: Every time I take the subway with the "children" on it, I have two thoughts, 1) I'm glad I never had kids, and 2) the sudden desire to go back in time and neuter my entire generation.
Mother: LOL!
So see? We have a dark sense of humor in my family. [I find the MASH theme song amusing.]
***
Luckily for me - I left for work at 6:30 am, and got there at 7:54 am. I was seated at my desk, working away, when some nitwit decided to board a subway with a gas mask, and open fire on the poor passengers. It was on a "moving" train and during rush hour (8:30 or thereabouts). 16-19 people were injured, at least 10 fatally shot. Scary and tragic.
The subway line was the R line. I take the G train, or the Q, if it's not working. Sometimes the F to the R if hard pressed, but that's further north. And not today.
It was, according to Wales, the station she used to get out of - to take her print screening class. (She dropped out of the course two months ago.) She used to lunch next to the station. It's located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, northwest of me, on the other side of Greenwood Cemetery. I have a cemetery between us, plus several blocks. I'd say about thirty minutes or so away by car? I can't get to the station by walking or subway - since I'm on another line.
The result of this tragedy, besides the poor people who were severely traumatized, injured and shot, is that trains were screwed up all day long. They suspended the R, D, and N trains indefinitely, delayed the F, B, Q lines, which interconnect with those lines. And well, everything else along the board, except the number trains. My G was a good twenty-minutes late today.
They also preempted the soap opera, and showed a rerun. Why? Because there was a robbery and shooting on the show today - and ABC was sensitive to the viewers traumatized by the shooting on the subway. (It was a controversial decision on Soap Twitter & Soap FB. I personally didn't care.)
I notified people on FB, Twitter, Bro, Wales, and Mother - after 2pm, because I didn't know what happened until then. I was busy working - and had no clue what was happening in the news. Mother told me that the Mayor got COVID.
They can't find the guy. There's a person of interest - but no proof it is actually him. The guy apparently came in from out of state. Same as the guy who was killing homeless people - he'd also come from out of state. [So, we have nutjobs journeying to NYC to kill people? Can they just stay in their own state and kill people? Why do they need to come here? Go home, you crazy nutjobs. Kill your own friends and neighbors. There's plenty of people in your own state to murder - no need to journey here - we have our murderers to deal with thank you very much.]
I wish I could say I was upset about all of this or terrified. But I'm just tired and depressed. It feels like more of the same. It's sad, isn't it? I've reached the point of complacence.
Mother wasn't worried, because since I moved - she's been tracking where I live or figured it out. So she knew it was no where near me. Gabe cried most of the day - I wasn't oblivious to it until around 2pm, and by that time, it was over - and I didn't really know the details, so that helped.
***
COVID
Less and less masks on subways and stations. It's annoying. Also hardly anyone wears them at work - outside of a few colleagues in my area of cubicle land. I told folks going on the site tour - that since it is being held outdoors - we weren't enforcing masks.
According to Mother, the Mayor has COVID now.
And my Doctor wants me to get the fourth shot or second booster. (I would rather rate until it is easy to come by. Since she's not giving it to me, and neither is crazy company...I see no rush. Doc is recommending it to all patients over 50.) Doc also wants to increase Metroformin to 1000 at night, and 500 in the morning, with statins for Cholesterol.
Mother is throwing caution to the winds and going to see Hamilton in Charleston with her retirement center in July. She figures her knee will be healed by then. If not, she'll find someone who can buy her ticket.
***
I may not get to see my niece in April after all. Apparently her boyfriend is coming up for her birthday, and then she's expected to go back with him to Virginia. Apparently, he's been traveling to see her - so now it's her turn? Oh poor baby - he had to go all the way to London and Scotland to see his girlfriend. Must be tough. The travails of the rich.
I foresee issues in my niece's future regarding social work. From her perspective there's the extremely wealthy and there's my niece's family.
Mother: well she is studying poverty.
Me: Not the same thing.
***
Determined that the woozy/dizziness of yesterday, which I felt again today - was most likely not do to the CBD as previously thought, but due to the combination of allergies and shifts in barometric pressure playing havoc with my ves·tib·u·lar system. (When you look up a word on Google - it has an audio of the word, and phonetic spelling. I looked it up because while I have a great vocabulary, I can't spell. ) Anyhow, I figured this out when it happened again at work this morning - and was quickly remedied with a tynenol sinus allergy pill.
**
Anyhow, hoping everyone has a safe night and a safe rest of the week. No crazy gunmen disrupting it. Workplace sent out an email telling us to be safe. (It did not say avoid the trains - since obviously we couldn't.) Also I happen to work for a transportation agency. On the way home, there were police all over the place. Atlantic Avenue Terminal had cops with dogs. Why they needed dogs, I don't know. Can the German Shepards sniff out guns? (They always use German Shepards, and Doberman's for some reason.)
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Date: 2022-04-13 01:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-04-13 02:05 am (UTC)Dizziness is such a weird thing - for a while, many years ago, I would occasionally have a "woops!" moment sometimes when standing up from sitting or laying down. It didn't happen all the time, and was over and done with - but I remember going home for Christmas one year, and standing up from the couch and going "woop" and stumbling a bit. Apparently it was SUPER noticeable because my brother J, immediately goes "WHAT was that?" and christened it "the tilts", LOL. He asked me how long it had been going on - I had to say probably months? Not sure... and it continued for a few months after that and then...resolved itself magically, whatever it was, and hasn't happened again in over 10 years!
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Date: 2022-04-13 07:47 am (UTC)~sighs~
Can the German Shepards sniff out guns? (They always use German Shepards, and Doberman's for some reason.)
Not guns, but pretty sure they can sniff out gunpowder and other chemicals used to make bombs and firearms. German Shepherds and Dobermans are large, intimidating dogs. If you're a perp, you definitely don't want one chasing/catching you, and I'm guessing that's one reason they're used for police or the military.
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Date: 2022-04-13 03:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-04-13 10:46 pm (UTC)The MASH theme song was supposed to be amusing. We're just too humorless.
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Date: 2022-04-15 03:51 pm (UTC)I've reached the point of complacence.
I know what you mean. There is this point of shock and sadness when the tragedy happens and you feel for the victims, but at the same time, you know nothing will change and another one like this is almost inevitable.
I hope your mom is able to go see Hamilton! That sounds like fun. My best friend took her mom and sister to go see Hasan Minhaj and she was nervous at first but they all had a good time.