Year 2- Day #73...Raining...

But not a bad day overall. It's cool and raining at the moment, and will be cool and rainy tomorrow. Hee Hee, my brother is cooped up with his daughter, her boyfriend, the friend from Hawaii and his wife during a rainy Memorial Day weekend. ( Read more... )

Also...movies are back. Theaters are open again. I may be able to actually see a movie again - although I'm putting it off until late July early August. There's nothing out right now - that I want to see, but stuff is coming. At any rate - summer action movies have come back, yay! I missed them. I love summer action movies. (I'm told old for most of the rom-coms. Watching twenty-somethings and teens have sex isn't really my cup of tea any longer.)

Gunpowder Milkshake is coming to Netflix - it's a female action flick about mother/daughter assassins, portrayed by Karen Gillian and Lena Headly, with Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, Carla Guigino, and Paul Giamatti.

Also, coming to theaters is The Eternals which stars Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kit Harrington, and directed by Chloe Zhao.

The US could reach 70% vaccination by July, and NY could hit it before that, who knows - we're at 55% now. I don't know about anyone else? But I'm feeling hopeful.

(I'm also taking a break from the news again, which is irritating me. I know what's going on, I just have decided to ignore it for a bit. My nation's politics annoys me. I think it annoys everyone regardless of where you are on the political spectrum. Also, is it just me or is The Tokoyo Olympics Doomed?)

Crazy Workplace sent out a memo today letting us know that they are once again deciding to commemorate Juneteenth by giving us the day off prior to the Holiday. But it's not permanent because they don't want to give the union a holiday free of charge or interfere in the collective bargaining. I don't understand why the union didn't demand it in the last agreement - which was decided in 2020. I'd happily trade Columbus Day for Juneteenth. Or Election Day for that matter, which is confusing - since there's a law now that you get four hours off to vote.

Little has changed in my world since March 2020. But it is gradually beginning to change...and with any luck, I'll be able to make a field trip to the Botanical Gardens this weekend - I'm thinking Monday.

Work is also coming my way again, so I'm busy. And it's different work - so new challenges. I did update my Linked-in Account, and in so doing discovered another positive review of my book on Amazon - from the London, England. Which was lovely. (I added my non-traditionally published book to my Linked-in Account.) Also added various project that I've completed to the account - with links describing them. Linked-in is a business networking social media account.

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I finished The Rules of Civility by Amor Torres finally - which was very good. It’s haunting and my mind continues to play with the characters and stories long after it was done. I didn’t like it as well as Gentleman in Moscow - I liked the characters better in Gentleman. Rules of Civility reminded me a little of The Great Gatsby. Also, I can’t help but wonder if the writer was being ironic with the name “Content” (as in state of being and in content at the same time). ( spoilers )

It's haunting novel about lives lead, and not lead. And the inability to trace back the steps. All we can do is live moment by moment. Katie Content at the end stands, sipping a cocktail in front of photos of herself and her husband and friends...content to sip.

I like fictional novels - if written well - they pull me into another's perspective and at the same time provide new perspective on my own world view and life. So that I am not quite the same afterwards, but not quite different either.

Anyhow, I'm beginning to realize what the fantasy novel I was dabbling with is about, and why I want to write it - so will go back to it soon. For a moment or so, I thought it was a passing fancy or romantic fantasy, best left to my head - but no, there's more there I think.

Picked up The Menopause Manifesto by Dr. Jen Gunter via audio books in the hope that I can get a grasp on how to combat the brain fog, weight gain, hot flashes, and mood swings. I'm thinking estrogen patch. I may contact the gynecologist and ask soon.

Hope all is well in your world. Mine is at the moment a rainy one, outside, but inside sunnier than usual.

Music Meme

Let's see if we can do the book meme as a music meme?

1: What song or album or piece of music did you last listen to? When was that?

2: What album or song about to be released are you anticipating or excited about?

3: What song or album are you planning to listen to next?

4: What was the last song or album you added to your to listen to list or to your music library?

5: Which song or album or musician did you last re-listen?

6: Which musician, song or album was the last one you really, really loved?

7: What was/were the last albums or music you bought?

8: Where do you like listening to music best - live performance, earphones, speakers, from the television sets speakers? Why?

9: Children's, YA, NA or Adult Music? Why?

10: Live Performance/Concert or Broadway style Musical Theater/Ballet? Why?

11: Classical music or Modern Pop Music? Why?

12: Political Protest Songs or Comedic Story Songs?

13: Name a song with a really bad remastering or cover by another artist.

14: Name a song with a better remastering or cover than the original.

15: What piece of music, song or album changed your life?

16: If you could bring three albums to a deserted island which would you bring and why?

17: If you owned a recording studio what would you call it?

18: Which musician or band resonates with you the most or is the most relatable?

19: Which musician or band resonates the least with you or you can't relate to at all?

20: Best summer song?

21: Best winter song?

22: Pro or anti listening to music on computers or downloading from web? Why?

23: Streaming/downloading music from Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify, etc or buying albums or CDs?

24: Do you prefer to buy music on an MP3 player or buy records/CDs?

25. What's a favorite television theme song? Can you remember the lyrics or sing it?

26. What's a favorite movie song?

27. Best film score?

28. Do you play music, sing, or create music? Have you ever written a song?

29. Name a favorite composer.

30: Who’s your favorite solo artist?

31: What's your favorite piece of classical or instrumental music?

32: Who's your favorite band?

33: What's your favorite decade for music? (Example 1980s, 1990s, etc.) And what album from that decade did you love?

34: List five OTPs or Duets from musical world. (By pairings, I mean duets.)

One True Duet - but make it Five of them!

35: Name an album you consider to be terribly underrated.

36: Name an album you consider to be terribly overrated.

37: How many songs or albums are actually in your MP3 player or bookshelf/shelves right now?

38: What language do you (most often) listen in?

39: Name one of your favorite childhood songs.

40: Name one of your favorite songs from your teenage years.

41: Do you have a library card to borrow music from the library? How often do you use it?

42: Which was the best piece of music that you had to listen to, sing, or play in school?

43: How frequently do you listen to music?

44: Do you like to listen to music while eating?

45: What is your favorite thing to eat when you listen to music?

46: What is your favorite thing to drink when you listen to music?

47: What do you do to get out of a music slump - nothing to listen to?

48: Where do you listen to music- at home, work, in bed, on commute, in theaters, etc?

49: When is your favorite time to listen to music?

50: Why do you love listening to music?