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Year 2 - Day 55
May. 10th, 2021 06:37 pmI think it's clearing off finally. I see blue sky, and sunshine. Was feeling fine this morning, but cold. Apparently I wasn't alone in being cold because the heat finally came on around ten or eleven am. I had heavy shirt, a sweater, sweat pant leggings and fluffy socks. Also hot tea.
I don't mind it being chilly at night, but it is bothersome during the day.
I used to freeze at the office - so this actually isn't so bad.
I've been hunched over a lap top all day long, intermittently hunched over a phone, and staring blankly out the window at the sky, the trees, and a feral cat meandering about whom I've nicknamed ghost.
Didn't feel fine later - had to take something for yet another sinus headache. Some people get itchy and watery eyes or sneeze, I get sinus headaches, and cough/wheeze. Mother informed me that I was taking medication for the allergies so that may be why? God knows.
As a result been dragging a bit, and feeling slightly depressed. Poor mother was trying to cheer me up and failing miserably at it. So I went for a walk.
And bought more groceries, which I most likely do not need.
1. The Governor and COVID
Well they are getting creative regarding the whole vaccination endeavor, and possibly a tad desperate. This is kind of reminding me of the testing initiative. Now, they are setting up vaccination sites in the subway and train hubs for basically everyone. You don't even need to be a NY State resident to get vaccinated. It's the Johnson & Johnson - and if you get vaccinated at one of the subway or train stations, they'll either give you a free seven day subway pass, or two rides on the LIRR or Metro North trains.
Right now, there's about 16 million with at least one dose or 60% of the population, with almost 50% with two doses. The MTA has about 51% vaccinated. Since NY is giving vaccines to anyone who wants one at this point - I figure once we jump past 19 million, they'll realize they aren't just vaccinating New Yorkers. Maybe they know that already - it's not clear. But it has taken the State's total infection rate back down to 1.2 -1.4%.
27 people dies though, and we still have over 1,000 cases. But hey, progress.
They've basically vaccinated everyone who wanted one or was desperate for one. They are now stuck with the folks who don't want one and are being stubborn about it.
2. Television shows - Watched Mare of East Town last night on HBO. I was rather impressed. Much better than expected. Can't wait to see the next episode. It's a mystery serial - focusing on a female sergeant in a down-trodden town somewhere in the US. I'm thinking Pennsylvania, but it could be New England. It's based on a series of books. Stars Kate Winslet, Jean Smart, and Guy Pearce. I rather enjoyed the first episode, and like the actors, also am finding the disgruntled lead character - weirdly comforting.
I'm behind on the Nevers. I think I saw the fourth episode but my HBO Max streaming app disagrees with me.
3. Movies...West Side Story - rewatched that on Sunday (I don't know if that's the best thing to watch if you are depressed - I cried at the end again). It's better than I remembered, there's some amazing and underrated dance numbers in that. And they were apparently grueling to film - since they insisted on doing it on location, and on concrete. Try dancing for hours on end on concrete? They had knee pads - which they burned afterwards. And Tamblyn who played Riff got shin splints.
Things Heard & Seen - stars Amanda Seyfield, James Norton, F Murray Abraham, and Karen Allen. It's not very good. Kind of a gothic horror/ghost story with a murderous husband. The ending is kind of cool, but also - I thought overtly Christian. ( spoiler on the ending ). Couple moves to creepy farm house up in New England. The wife has an eating disorder, the husband turns out to be a pathological liar and narcissist.
I found it comforting in a way - it made me happy I wasn't married, didn't live in a country house in a small town in New England, didn't drive, and
had no kids. (Actually so did Mare of East Town.)
I also remember wondering why the wife didn't tell her husband - this house is creepy, I'm going somewhere else. The wife - I felt was a tad on the weak side.
4. Books...I'm meandering my way through the audio book Rules of Civility by Amor Torres, and the contemporary romance novel Dear Enemy by an author whose name I cannot remember via Kindle Unlimited. I'd say Rules of Civility is by far the better of the two (no contest really there - it's kind of a given). Dear Enemy unfortunately does not work well as an audio book. While I have no difficulty reading explicit sex scenes or reading characters discuss them - I do struggle with listening to them, particularly in first person - it's kind of silly or ludicrous. "Oh, my cock is so hard, I can hardly stand it" (Me: LOLOLOL!!!) or "The fat head of his cock floated up to the surface of the water..." ME:So is this an inflatable balloon? I began to giggle.
I'm sorry it just doesn't work. And to make matters worse? They have two narrators. One does the female chapters, and one the male. Like I said, it worked up to the sex scenes. And contemporary romance novelists get a bit graphic.
5. Almost forgot..Whedon Studies Association on FB asked if we knew Whedon had gotten remarried? (Yes, I did - I kind of figured it out from his Twitter page way back in November. He'd been living with an artist throughout the pandemic, and I figured they were married.)
Whedon needs Birth Certificate to get his Wife a green card
The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” writer is being forced to jump through legal hoops to get a copy of his original birth certificate — so his Canadian wife won’t be deported, according to legal filings.
Whedon, 56, was born Joseph Hill Whedon in the Big Apple in 1964, but has used the nickname “Joss” for decades, even on his driver’s license and passport, according to court papers.
When he tried to get the important document online, he was rejected because of the discrepancy. When he and a lawyer called the city’s Office of Vital Records and pleaded his case, a clerk quipped, “Well, that’s not real life. You need to get a court order and an emergency request for birth certificate before we can help you with that,” according to legal filings.
LOL! This is actually true. You need to produce the actual birth certificate - which requires a court order. You can't use the copy. I find out about that when I was applying for a passport, luckily I have a passport already, so not a problem. They've got weirdly bureaucratic about this now.
What continues to amuse me about the whole outdoor dining thing - is apparently some restaurants don't get the concept. The above is a picture of outdoor indoor dining. In other words - it appears the build an extension onto the sidewalk. I didn't know it was possible to do outdoor indoor dining until now.
Oh and the below is why you don't really need to wear a watch in NYC.
I don't mind it being chilly at night, but it is bothersome during the day.
I used to freeze at the office - so this actually isn't so bad.
I've been hunched over a lap top all day long, intermittently hunched over a phone, and staring blankly out the window at the sky, the trees, and a feral cat meandering about whom I've nicknamed ghost.
Didn't feel fine later - had to take something for yet another sinus headache. Some people get itchy and watery eyes or sneeze, I get sinus headaches, and cough/wheeze. Mother informed me that I was taking medication for the allergies so that may be why? God knows.
As a result been dragging a bit, and feeling slightly depressed. Poor mother was trying to cheer me up and failing miserably at it. So I went for a walk.
And bought more groceries, which I most likely do not need.
1. The Governor and COVID
Well they are getting creative regarding the whole vaccination endeavor, and possibly a tad desperate. This is kind of reminding me of the testing initiative. Now, they are setting up vaccination sites in the subway and train hubs for basically everyone. You don't even need to be a NY State resident to get vaccinated. It's the Johnson & Johnson - and if you get vaccinated at one of the subway or train stations, they'll either give you a free seven day subway pass, or two rides on the LIRR or Metro North trains.
Right now, there's about 16 million with at least one dose or 60% of the population, with almost 50% with two doses. The MTA has about 51% vaccinated. Since NY is giving vaccines to anyone who wants one at this point - I figure once we jump past 19 million, they'll realize they aren't just vaccinating New Yorkers. Maybe they know that already - it's not clear. But it has taken the State's total infection rate back down to 1.2 -1.4%.
27 people dies though, and we still have over 1,000 cases. But hey, progress.
They've basically vaccinated everyone who wanted one or was desperate for one. They are now stuck with the folks who don't want one and are being stubborn about it.
2. Television shows - Watched Mare of East Town last night on HBO. I was rather impressed. Much better than expected. Can't wait to see the next episode. It's a mystery serial - focusing on a female sergeant in a down-trodden town somewhere in the US. I'm thinking Pennsylvania, but it could be New England. It's based on a series of books. Stars Kate Winslet, Jean Smart, and Guy Pearce. I rather enjoyed the first episode, and like the actors, also am finding the disgruntled lead character - weirdly comforting.
I'm behind on the Nevers. I think I saw the fourth episode but my HBO Max streaming app disagrees with me.
3. Movies...West Side Story - rewatched that on Sunday (I don't know if that's the best thing to watch if you are depressed - I cried at the end again). It's better than I remembered, there's some amazing and underrated dance numbers in that. And they were apparently grueling to film - since they insisted on doing it on location, and on concrete. Try dancing for hours on end on concrete? They had knee pads - which they burned afterwards. And Tamblyn who played Riff got shin splints.
Things Heard & Seen - stars Amanda Seyfield, James Norton, F Murray Abraham, and Karen Allen. It's not very good. Kind of a gothic horror/ghost story with a murderous husband. The ending is kind of cool, but also - I thought overtly Christian. ( spoiler on the ending ). Couple moves to creepy farm house up in New England. The wife has an eating disorder, the husband turns out to be a pathological liar and narcissist.
I found it comforting in a way - it made me happy I wasn't married, didn't live in a country house in a small town in New England, didn't drive, and
had no kids. (Actually so did Mare of East Town.)
I also remember wondering why the wife didn't tell her husband - this house is creepy, I'm going somewhere else. The wife - I felt was a tad on the weak side.
4. Books...I'm meandering my way through the audio book Rules of Civility by Amor Torres, and the contemporary romance novel Dear Enemy by an author whose name I cannot remember via Kindle Unlimited. I'd say Rules of Civility is by far the better of the two (no contest really there - it's kind of a given). Dear Enemy unfortunately does not work well as an audio book. While I have no difficulty reading explicit sex scenes or reading characters discuss them - I do struggle with listening to them, particularly in first person - it's kind of silly or ludicrous. "Oh, my cock is so hard, I can hardly stand it" (Me: LOLOLOL!!!) or "The fat head of his cock floated up to the surface of the water..." ME:So is this an inflatable balloon? I began to giggle.
I'm sorry it just doesn't work. And to make matters worse? They have two narrators. One does the female chapters, and one the male. Like I said, it worked up to the sex scenes. And contemporary romance novelists get a bit graphic.
5. Almost forgot..Whedon Studies Association on FB asked if we knew Whedon had gotten remarried? (Yes, I did - I kind of figured it out from his Twitter page way back in November. He'd been living with an artist throughout the pandemic, and I figured they were married.)
Whedon needs Birth Certificate to get his Wife a green card
The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” writer is being forced to jump through legal hoops to get a copy of his original birth certificate — so his Canadian wife won’t be deported, according to legal filings.
Whedon, 56, was born Joseph Hill Whedon in the Big Apple in 1964, but has used the nickname “Joss” for decades, even on his driver’s license and passport, according to court papers.
When he tried to get the important document online, he was rejected because of the discrepancy. When he and a lawyer called the city’s Office of Vital Records and pleaded his case, a clerk quipped, “Well, that’s not real life. You need to get a court order and an emergency request for birth certificate before we can help you with that,” according to legal filings.
LOL! This is actually true. You need to produce the actual birth certificate - which requires a court order. You can't use the copy. I find out about that when I was applying for a passport, luckily I have a passport already, so not a problem. They've got weirdly bureaucratic about this now.
What continues to amuse me about the whole outdoor dining thing - is apparently some restaurants don't get the concept. The above is a picture of outdoor indoor dining. In other words - it appears the build an extension onto the sidewalk. I didn't know it was possible to do outdoor indoor dining until now.
Oh and the below is why you don't really need to wear a watch in NYC.