Y2/D239 - Back in the Office

And commuting by train and subway...below is a picture from my commute home on the G train...complete with drummers.



My contacts had come in - but, I didn't go and pick them up today, because my stomach was a mess. Felt like I'd eaten glass. All gassy and achy. IBS is not fun.

Next week - we're completely in the office again, en mass. We keep getting emails reminding us of this fact, and allegedly preparing us for it.

Also, I may have a lot of work dumped on me all at once within the next few weeks - stuff I'm waiting on. People have a tendency to send stuff right before I'm about to go on vacation, why is that?

Texted my brother to see if he'd seen "Dune", he had the same reaction to it that I did - largely ambivalent. Found it to be soulless, and pretty droll like most of the director's movies. My take on Dune is it's a film that works best for those who adored the book, and still do. It's a good adaptation - I thought - of the first part of the book. But I've not looked at or read it since the early 1980s. I loved it in the 1980s, I don't care now - and I think that most likely matters. I don't think my brother ever read it. He wasn't a hard sci-fi fan, like I was back then. Apparently, I was wrong, he did read it - about five years ago. He thought it was okay. Dune, by the way, is hard sci-fi - it is not to everyone's taste.

Governor's email on COVID...

( NY Governor's Weekly Email on COVID )

At least the death toll is going down in the US.

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I realized after playing about on Twitter last night...that I'm happier when I'm working on my fictional writing. I've three novels, no make that four that I've in various points of progress.

Twitter:

Saw a tweet from an aspiring writer demoralized by all the rejections she’s received. Trying to break in can be excruciating. My 1st received enough No Thanks to paper my entire house. Please don’t give up. Backing away for a bit is fine, but don’t give up. Your work matters. <3

And ..

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

I don't go a day without thinking about the novel I'm working on. Playing with scenarios in my head, to see which one works. It's always there.

Methinks Twitter was trying to get me to work on my books.

I will try to write the next few days. Perhaps this will help alleviate stress and depression?

Also, I really needed to see this today:



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Random Photo of the Night...courtesy of niece. I've no idea where it is, perhaps someone else does..