I had to go back and fix the last entry. (You are all supposed to let me know when I'm off-count. This is your job. What good are you? Hello? (I'm joking - it's not your fault I can't count to save my life. There's a reason I've never really been much of a knitter or crocheter.) ).
I finally, FINALLY, bit the bullet and bought my niece flowers and chocolates - to congratulate her for getting into the London School of Economics, Graduation and 17th Birthday.
Found some that were affordable or within my budget - basically the Florist's selection.
Better mood today. It helped to back away from some of the media. Although an add on Myrtle Beach, SC today - made me want to go there. And I've never had any interest in Myrtle Beach. I just want to go somewhere. I'm thinking some excursions are coming up ...maybe a train ride to Jones Beach or Massapequa Reserve, or to Central Park. Or just to the Botantical Gardens.
Do I have cabin fever? Yes, I've got cabin fever.
Mother: Your brother wanted to know when you're coming down for a visit.
Me: To visit you?
Mother: Yes, I was explaining to him how you can't and how upset you were about not being able to drive. And he said that you wouldn't have to - you could just visit and keep me company, and I told him - that we'd be bored. There was nothing for you to do. And he said that you don't really need to do anything, we'd just keep each other company.
To be fair, my brother has a point. He visited my Gran's with me, and discovered that I was perfectly fine talking with my grandmother, reading, watching television, writing my stories on a computer, lounging outside, and that's about it. I'm not exactly a person who has to be active, entertained, or doing stuff. Which is why the pandemic hasn't exactly been that big a deal for me - outside of the loneliness.
Mother called me again tonight because she was bored and lonely. Poor mother is acclimating to father no longer living with her or being around. She misses him. We all miss him. The pain of dementia - is the person is still here, but you miss them anyhow. It's like losing someone very slowly over time. In segments. Or bits and pieces.
I told mother I was fixated again.
Mother: On what now?
Me: The whole dumb Whedon thing -
Mother: I thought you'd moved on finally.
Me: I did, but it came up again on the internet - and I can't quite look away. It's such an insane mess. And I'm kind of a film geek -
Mother: Kind of?
( Read more... )Also, I'd much rather rip apart Whedon than Cuomo. Governor Cuomo is currently besieged by multiple scandals - all of which are convoluted, don't make a lot of sense, and somewhat headache inducing for his voters. Although I think our media is eating up - our media has become the journalistic equivalent of a swarm of piranhas out for blood.
The latest? He bullied his interns into working on his book, and paid them over time, with state funds no less. Alrighty then. I actually can see him doing that. (The sexual abuse allegations? Not so much. But the book deal bit - definitely.) I mean, I had nicknamed him the liberal version of Trump some time ago. So none of this should surprise me - it doesn't really. Depress, yes. Surprise, no. After the last six years, I'm pretty much numb to the news or shock resistant. You kind of have to be - just as a matter of self-preservation.
I just wish this had all come out about five years ago - before he chose to merge my crazy organization.
Meanwhile the President of the Whedon Studies Association posted to the Association FB page that he had resigned his commission, along with his editorial role on Slayage, and hosting of the Slayage Conference in Montereal...for the following reasons:
( Read more... )Oh almost forgot - we had two deaths announced. HRH Prince Phillip who was 99, and not all that surprising. We were kind of waiting for that one, to be honest. And the far more tragic
Rapper DMX - who died at 50 from complications arising from a drug overdose. (I was frankly surprised it wasn't COVID). He's being heavily mourned in NYC at the moment.
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My niece, who will be turning 17 next week, is getting vaccinated tomorrow. My brother has been busy - and industrious. He managed to get an appointment for himself, his wife, and his daughter all within a few days of each other. Go Team#Vaccine!
I'm worried about niece's reaction to the vaccine - since she had mono. She's sore and tired today - because she went to the gym yesterday to work out. Both bro and niece are working on their abs. They are both skinny. Bro wants to gain 15 pounds, his wife, mother, and I are all more than willing to give him ours - free of charge.
More and more people are getting the vaccine now...it's like slow wave. And Crazy Company has been provided a tax exemption on death benefits given to essential workers families - who lost people in the pandemic. Also FEMA is reimbursing the funeral expenses of people who lost folks in the pandemic.
That news warms my heart just a little.
NY State now has 1 out of 5 New Yorkers has been fully vaccinated. And.."As of 11am this morning, 36.0 percent of New Yorkers have completed at least one vaccine dose. Over the past 24 hours, 294,412 total doses have been administered. To date, New York administered 11,386,866 total doses with 23.1 percent of New Yorkers completing their vaccine series. See data by region and county on the State's Vaccine Tracker: ny.gov/vaccinetracker."
That's good news, right?
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