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Mother: I've moved into the Preston, two doors down from your father, whose managed to find me. Although there is one small problem..
Me: Oh?
Mother: My room is next to the exit, so your father's wrist bracelet sets off the alarms whenever he comes to my room. The bracelet is to keep him from escaping, but all he's trying to do is get to my room. The plus side? At least I know when he's coming.
Me: Oh that's karmic, considering all the dinbat things they've done. They really deserve that.(Mother regaled me with the fact that when she got to the Preston today - they'd not been prepared to take her, hadn't readied the room or anything. Also they had to contact the Occupational Therapist.)
Mother: So what have you been doing?
Me: Binge watching S1 Star Trek Discovery all day.
They were watching Ohio State vs. Kent State football game - mother almost went into the play by play, and scores, before I reminded her that I know nothing about football nor care. Sometimes she listens, sometimes she rolls over me without a care. As a result I know more about football than I wish too. People are like that about sports. She does the same thing with me on tennis, not so much with baseball or basketball- she's not a huge baseball or basketball fan, which are sports I actually understand and get the whole point of. Aunt and Uncle had vamoosed back to Michigan. Deciding to split it into a two day drive. They didn't want to stay until Sunday apparently. Oh well, mother has gotten more family visits this year than in the last three. Also more than I have. She's hardly bereft. And her sister did help her a great deal - perhaps did a bit too much.
It's hot and I didn't feel like going outside. Although I did make a run to the food and vegetable store - to pick up stuff.
Cubical Mate was right, Star Trek Discovery is really good. (Note I've only watched up to Episode 6 - no spoilers permitted beyond that point.) I'm loving the first season. It's unpredictable and I've no idea where it is going, also it has a morally ambiguous Captain, portrayed by the stellar Jason Issacs. (Yes, I know, he's gone after the first season. I'm six episodes in. I also know that Bryan Fuller left halfway through - partly because Fuller takes after Whedon and Altman, in not always getting along with others, and being somewhat mercurial regarding his craft.)
The only draw-back? I don't like the Klingons. My attention wanders whenever they are on screen. Least entertaining Star Trek villains ever. My favorite Star Trek villain? Q I also liked Khan, The Borg, and the Romulans. The Klingons did nothing for me - they seem to be a satirical take on Eastern European, Asian and African Cultures - which I find borderline offensive. I get where they are going with this - and it's unintentional - they are basically questioning Star Fleet's view that it can go anywhere and explore, without thinking of the people out there that may not want them to venture into their back yards. The Klingon's didn't jump into Star Fleet's territory, Star Fleet jumped into theirs. But the message is lost in all the irritating Klingon crap.
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I'm at a loss as to what to do with myself. I've vacation time coming - and don't know what to do with it either. And I'm not that busy at work. So I feel like I should do something. Of course doing work hours - I need to do work.
Meditation keeps me from dwelling or obsessing. Which is a good thing.
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I don't want to talk about current events. The sky was blue today. Spoke to my parents on speaker phone - it was not an easy conversation, I ended up getting an echo, and could barely hear them half the time. And mother was performing for my father a bit. He seemed pretty lucid, however.
Saw more people wearing masks, which was lovely. It's basically the same amount off and on as it was in May 2020. I know there are places where it is as if there is no pandemic at all - my brother lives in an area in which you can't tell there's a pandemic. No one is wearing masks, anywhere. And my niece barely wore them all summer - she had a normal summer.
It's so bizarre. And more evidence, assuming I needed any, that life is not equal. Or fair. There's a randomness to things that makes no sense to my head.
Neil Gaiman tells his students in his Master Class on Writing - Always give your characters what they need not what they want. I can't help but wonder if that's the case with us as well?
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Random picture of the day...
Me: Oh?
Mother: My room is next to the exit, so your father's wrist bracelet sets off the alarms whenever he comes to my room. The bracelet is to keep him from escaping, but all he's trying to do is get to my room. The plus side? At least I know when he's coming.
Me: Oh that's karmic, considering all the dinbat things they've done. They really deserve that.(Mother regaled me with the fact that when she got to the Preston today - they'd not been prepared to take her, hadn't readied the room or anything. Also they had to contact the Occupational Therapist.)
Mother: So what have you been doing?
Me: Binge watching S1 Star Trek Discovery all day.
They were watching Ohio State vs. Kent State football game - mother almost went into the play by play, and scores, before I reminded her that I know nothing about football nor care. Sometimes she listens, sometimes she rolls over me without a care. As a result I know more about football than I wish too. People are like that about sports. She does the same thing with me on tennis, not so much with baseball or basketball- she's not a huge baseball or basketball fan, which are sports I actually understand and get the whole point of. Aunt and Uncle had vamoosed back to Michigan. Deciding to split it into a two day drive. They didn't want to stay until Sunday apparently. Oh well, mother has gotten more family visits this year than in the last three. Also more than I have. She's hardly bereft. And her sister did help her a great deal - perhaps did a bit too much.
It's hot and I didn't feel like going outside. Although I did make a run to the food and vegetable store - to pick up stuff.
Cubical Mate was right, Star Trek Discovery is really good. (Note I've only watched up to Episode 6 - no spoilers permitted beyond that point.) I'm loving the first season. It's unpredictable and I've no idea where it is going, also it has a morally ambiguous Captain, portrayed by the stellar Jason Issacs. (Yes, I know, he's gone after the first season. I'm six episodes in. I also know that Bryan Fuller left halfway through - partly because Fuller takes after Whedon and Altman, in not always getting along with others, and being somewhat mercurial regarding his craft.)
The only draw-back? I don't like the Klingons. My attention wanders whenever they are on screen. Least entertaining Star Trek villains ever. My favorite Star Trek villain? Q I also liked Khan, The Borg, and the Romulans. The Klingons did nothing for me - they seem to be a satirical take on Eastern European, Asian and African Cultures - which I find borderline offensive. I get where they are going with this - and it's unintentional - they are basically questioning Star Fleet's view that it can go anywhere and explore, without thinking of the people out there that may not want them to venture into their back yards. The Klingon's didn't jump into Star Fleet's territory, Star Fleet jumped into theirs. But the message is lost in all the irritating Klingon crap.
****
I'm at a loss as to what to do with myself. I've vacation time coming - and don't know what to do with it either. And I'm not that busy at work. So I feel like I should do something. Of course doing work hours - I need to do work.
Meditation keeps me from dwelling or obsessing. Which is a good thing.
***
I don't want to talk about current events. The sky was blue today. Spoke to my parents on speaker phone - it was not an easy conversation, I ended up getting an echo, and could barely hear them half the time. And mother was performing for my father a bit. He seemed pretty lucid, however.
Saw more people wearing masks, which was lovely. It's basically the same amount off and on as it was in May 2020. I know there are places where it is as if there is no pandemic at all - my brother lives in an area in which you can't tell there's a pandemic. No one is wearing masks, anywhere. And my niece barely wore them all summer - she had a normal summer.
It's so bizarre. And more evidence, assuming I needed any, that life is not equal. Or fair. There's a randomness to things that makes no sense to my head.
Neil Gaiman tells his students in his Master Class on Writing - Always give your characters what they need not what they want. I can't help but wonder if that's the case with us as well?
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Random picture of the day...