Day #103 of Self-Isolation

I realized today that I'm not liking people very much at the moment.

So I watched several episodes of What We Do in the Shadows about a bunch of inept vampires in Staten Island eating people.

Also watched a rather bad movie on Netflix entitled Eurovision which is a Will Farrell comedy - and that probably should have been my first clue. I'm not a fan of parody. The only parody I've ever enjoyed, oddly enough, is British parody - such as Spamalot, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and even Austin Powers. I don't know why British parody, generally speaking, works for me and American parody doesn't. I loved Staged which is also parody. And Good Omens which sparks of parody and satire. This is true of satire as well, apparently. British satire works for me, American generally speaking does not.

Eurovision is an American parody of the European Song Contest - Eurovision, and involves two Icelanders, Will Farrell and an actress that looks a lot like Jennifer Garner, competing in the Eurovision contest, against the guy from Legion/Downton Abbey, who is attractive in the film, but also another caricature. Weirdly the only actor who doesn't come across this way is Pierce Bronsan who plays Farrell's father.

I robot vacuumed during it, and it finally rained. YAY! I really hurt yesterday. Hurt a bit today too - right shoulder and right hand have been bothering me for some reason or other.

I'm thinking of going back to Black Sails, What We Do in the Shadows like most comedies is hit or miss for me. Some episodes are hilarious, others...do not work for me at all. I could not watch the orgy episode for example - I found it grating, but the vampire council episode, and the one with the baron, animal control, and the werewolves were hilarious. I think I'll have better luck with Black Sails - which has interesting characters.

Anyhow, no politics. As for the coronavirus? I thought today that my life isn't really that different. But that's not true, it is. And I fear for my country. I honestly don't think the US will survive this and sometimes, I'm not certain it should? It's a country that was founded on hypocrisy by a bunch of individuals proclaiming rights and civil liberties, while owning slaves and killing natives to maintain their way of life. Is that worth saving? Is the human race really worth saving? We seem to value life so little. For the brief span of a few months we banded together to help one another - now...

I don't know. I know I'm tired of checking the internet, the television, the papers for good news - when there's scant to be found. I'm tired of being angry. And I'm tired of caring. So, I'm going to force myself to take a page from a few others books and take a break for a bit.

Or at least try to. Living alone - it's harder to break from social media. When your friends, family, co-workers - pretty much everyone in your life is only available via a phone or computer...

When I jumped to FB to pick up the link to the photo that I posted there yesterday, I noticed my college friend, Felicia, posted that nurses in Arizona are seeing record numbers of deaths as it rips through their state. My friend lives in Scottsdale. She sent me the mask that I used from March to June.

And my heart breaks, and I cry, and I rage...and I think..why.
I only wish I didn't already know the answer. Or I had a better answer.