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Y2/D237...Languishing...
Nov. 8th, 2021 04:58 pmMother: How are you?
Me: Languishing...
***
Took two brief walks today, since it was in the low sixties and an pretty day. First at lunch, the second after work.
Idiot soap actor (who was fired for not getting the vaccine) got himself into trouble again over the weekend. The man re-posted a transphobic, and racist tweet in his instagram account. It took me a while to figure out what he did and why everyone was so upset about it. Here's the post in case you are at all curious:
( what he did )
Soap Actor Out for Transphobic Post (uhm no, he's actually out for not getting the vaccine. Although I think they were intending on writing him out anyhow for racist remarks he made in the spring on Twitter. But whatever.)
Then of course, he tried to apologize by stating that "transgender women don't empower women because they aren't women and where does that leave women who have worked so hard to distance themselves from men." Oh dear, Facepalm.
( The bungled apology )
And you thought the Buffy fandom and cast was dramatic and toxic? It has nothing on soap operas. Cassandra James is a transgender woman who plays a transgender woman on General Hospital, a first for daytime soaps. People are confused about transgender women - they are women. "A trans woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women may experience gender dysphoria and may transition; this process commonly includes hormone replacement therapy and sometimes sex reassignment surgery, which can bring relief and resolve feelings of gender dysphoria." Just because they are trans doesn't mean they are into women. A lot are into men, and were before they went through the transition, some are into women. Sexual orientation and transgender aren't necessarily connected. Also gender is a spectrum.
I feel for Cassandra, although to my knowledge she never acted in a scene with the nitwit soap actor. And doesn't have to in the future. Also her cast mates stood by her as did the fandom, which is fairly liberal.
Anyhow that happened. Honestly, soap opera actors should hire publicists to manage their online accounts. Or stay off social media. It's very easy to get yourself into trouble.
**
Crazy workplace
As expected, cubical mates sudden departure resulted in more work. I inherited four of his projects, all of which have already been awarded and have change orders. I swear, I'm beginning an expert in change orders. It's all I'm doing at the moment.
Oh, well, job security for another two years at least.
Spent the afternoon figuring them out.
***
On a positive note? Mother is making herself meals now with the assistance of a cane, and is for the most part off the walker. Progress. She's been mobile for eight months.
***
Working my way through a contemporary romance novel that feels like the young Minnesota lawyer/Twitter version of The Shop Around the Corner. It is The Shop Around the Corner, just with two rival lawyers, who met anonymously on Twitter - even plays out more or less the same.
Also, enjoying the 3rd Season of Yellowstone. I saw most of the first season, skipped over the second (watched a recap) and binge watched a good portion of the third over the weekend.
***
In the news...considering where I work, I was pleased by the trillion dollar infrastructure bill being passed. Means more money coming my agency's way, and job security. But at the same time - I feel like I have to relearn my job again, why bother getting a new one? The one I already have feels brand new - new managers, new organization, new process...same people, same location, same equipment.
COVID
* New data shows that more than 101,000 New York City public school students were homeless last year, a staggering figure exacerbated by the pandemic. [ Dear god. Are we doing anything about this? Probably not. They did try to put shelters in place, but if you've tried the Netflix series MAID, it does make a good point about how unsafe it is to take kids to shelters.]
* Demand for booster shots in California has been lower than expected, The Los Angeles Times reports. [Nit-witty actors into holistic medicine.]
* A new analysis suggests masking is most useful indoors and during long exposures to infected people, Nature reports. [Hence the reason we still wear it on public transit and at work.]
*A jump in breakthrough cases in Britain is being driven in part by parents in their 40s and their largely unvaccinated children, The Wall Street Journal reports. [ Sigh. Britain is as dumb as the US, apparently.]
* In The Morning, David Leonhardt explains how the partisan gap in Covid deaths is growing fast. [Hmmm...hunting that link down..found it - Partisan Gap in COVID Deaths growing fast
( excerpt )
[Keep this up, we won't have to worry about 2024, half the Republicans will be dead.]
* Derek Thompson at The Atlantic argues that the U.S. needs to rethink the antiquated way it funds scientific research.
* When someone with long Covid dies, should the person’s organs be donated? [Interesting question....also apparently the person who died, had committed suicide after getting COVID, and was a screenwriter for Dawson's Creek.]
( excerpt )
* Bloomberg Opinion asks, is India ready for another big wave of the virus? [I'm not sure anyone is? China keeps locking down to avoid it.]
* Northern Ireland’s health minister is suing Van Morrison over his criticism of Covid-19 restrictions. [Morrison is kind of like Clapton, he doesn't understand why COVID is an issue. Good musician, but an idiot.]
( How Van Morrison is an idiot )
[I keep getting him confused with Warren Zevon who is dead.]
* Romania now has the world's highest death rate per capita. (Keep in mind this is a small country with a small population.)
( The fault is mistrust of medical information due to fake news influence on Eastern European Countries )
Yep, I've been noticing a pattern both in the US and elsewhere. The Eastern Europeans aren't buying the whole vaccine/mask effort. It's been an issue in my area, and it's one elsewhere.
***
Well that was fun. My allergies are back, along with the heat coming on and off, making it hard to sleep.
So random picture of the night..
Me: Languishing...
***
Took two brief walks today, since it was in the low sixties and an pretty day. First at lunch, the second after work.
Idiot soap actor (who was fired for not getting the vaccine) got himself into trouble again over the weekend. The man re-posted a transphobic, and racist tweet in his instagram account. It took me a while to figure out what he did and why everyone was so upset about it. Here's the post in case you are at all curious:
( what he did )
Soap Actor Out for Transphobic Post (uhm no, he's actually out for not getting the vaccine. Although I think they were intending on writing him out anyhow for racist remarks he made in the spring on Twitter. But whatever.)
Then of course, he tried to apologize by stating that "transgender women don't empower women because they aren't women and where does that leave women who have worked so hard to distance themselves from men." Oh dear, Facepalm.
( The bungled apology )
And you thought the Buffy fandom and cast was dramatic and toxic? It has nothing on soap operas. Cassandra James is a transgender woman who plays a transgender woman on General Hospital, a first for daytime soaps. People are confused about transgender women - they are women. "A trans woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women may experience gender dysphoria and may transition; this process commonly includes hormone replacement therapy and sometimes sex reassignment surgery, which can bring relief and resolve feelings of gender dysphoria." Just because they are trans doesn't mean they are into women. A lot are into men, and were before they went through the transition, some are into women. Sexual orientation and transgender aren't necessarily connected. Also gender is a spectrum.
I feel for Cassandra, although to my knowledge she never acted in a scene with the nitwit soap actor. And doesn't have to in the future. Also her cast mates stood by her as did the fandom, which is fairly liberal.
Anyhow that happened. Honestly, soap opera actors should hire publicists to manage their online accounts. Or stay off social media. It's very easy to get yourself into trouble.
**
Crazy workplace
As expected, cubical mates sudden departure resulted in more work. I inherited four of his projects, all of which have already been awarded and have change orders. I swear, I'm beginning an expert in change orders. It's all I'm doing at the moment.
Oh, well, job security for another two years at least.
Spent the afternoon figuring them out.
***
On a positive note? Mother is making herself meals now with the assistance of a cane, and is for the most part off the walker. Progress. She's been mobile for eight months.
***
Working my way through a contemporary romance novel that feels like the young Minnesota lawyer/Twitter version of The Shop Around the Corner. It is The Shop Around the Corner, just with two rival lawyers, who met anonymously on Twitter - even plays out more or less the same.
Also, enjoying the 3rd Season of Yellowstone. I saw most of the first season, skipped over the second (watched a recap) and binge watched a good portion of the third over the weekend.
***
In the news...considering where I work, I was pleased by the trillion dollar infrastructure bill being passed. Means more money coming my agency's way, and job security. But at the same time - I feel like I have to relearn my job again, why bother getting a new one? The one I already have feels brand new - new managers, new organization, new process...same people, same location, same equipment.
COVID
* New data shows that more than 101,000 New York City public school students were homeless last year, a staggering figure exacerbated by the pandemic. [ Dear god. Are we doing anything about this? Probably not. They did try to put shelters in place, but if you've tried the Netflix series MAID, it does make a good point about how unsafe it is to take kids to shelters.]
* Demand for booster shots in California has been lower than expected, The Los Angeles Times reports. [Nit-witty actors into holistic medicine.]
* A new analysis suggests masking is most useful indoors and during long exposures to infected people, Nature reports. [Hence the reason we still wear it on public transit and at work.]
*A jump in breakthrough cases in Britain is being driven in part by parents in their 40s and their largely unvaccinated children, The Wall Street Journal reports. [ Sigh. Britain is as dumb as the US, apparently.]
* In The Morning, David Leonhardt explains how the partisan gap in Covid deaths is growing fast. [Hmmm...hunting that link down..found it - Partisan Gap in COVID Deaths growing fast
( excerpt )
[Keep this up, we won't have to worry about 2024, half the Republicans will be dead.]
* Derek Thompson at The Atlantic argues that the U.S. needs to rethink the antiquated way it funds scientific research.
* When someone with long Covid dies, should the person’s organs be donated? [Interesting question....also apparently the person who died, had committed suicide after getting COVID, and was a screenwriter for Dawson's Creek.]
( excerpt )
* Bloomberg Opinion asks, is India ready for another big wave of the virus? [I'm not sure anyone is? China keeps locking down to avoid it.]
* Northern Ireland’s health minister is suing Van Morrison over his criticism of Covid-19 restrictions. [Morrison is kind of like Clapton, he doesn't understand why COVID is an issue. Good musician, but an idiot.]
( How Van Morrison is an idiot )
[I keep getting him confused with Warren Zevon who is dead.]
* Romania now has the world's highest death rate per capita. (Keep in mind this is a small country with a small population.)
( The fault is mistrust of medical information due to fake news influence on Eastern European Countries )
Yep, I've been noticing a pattern both in the US and elsewhere. The Eastern Europeans aren't buying the whole vaccine/mask effort. It's been an issue in my area, and it's one elsewhere.
***
Well that was fun. My allergies are back, along with the heat coming on and off, making it hard to sleep.
So random picture of the night..