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Feb. 25th, 2023 10:22 pm1. Finally got around to watching the first episode of The Last of Us with frequent interruptions. It's not as scary as I thought it would be - mainly because they don't focus much on the infection or pandemic, and the story is told in the perspective of the people who don't know anything about it - and are trying to survive.
It's nothing we all haven't seen before - quite a few times, already. Sigh. Be nice if folks came up with something new, wouldn't it? Not that there's anything wrong with doing a popular trope again. I just wish they were a bit more innovative with it.
Should back up, shouldn't I? And explain what it is about for those hiding under a pop culture rock and haven't a clue. (Some people pay attention to politics, I pay attention to pop culture, less anxiety inducing not to mention less depressing.)
The set-up? ( Spoilers for those who want to go in blind )
I'll probably watch a few more episodes. Since I like the actors, and so far the characters they portray, and I don't find it scary. I found the Walking Dead scary at times, this, not so much.
2. Took myself off on an Artist Date. Decided to take a long walk, and ended up walking around Greenwood Cemetery again - for the first time since roughly 2021. I don't think I did it in 2022. The cemetery apparently closes around 4:30-5pm, so I got out of there by 3:30. It was about two and a half hours or 3.5 miles. Cold. Somewhere in the 30s with fleeting sunshine, and a blustery wind.
Lovely idea - Greenwood is among the few places in NYC where you can be blissfully alone outside with no people, cars, bikes, dogs, etc for long periods of time. It's just the birds, the trees, the grass, the graves, and the occasional jet plan flying over head. Blessed silence. My apartment is the only other place that can be that blessedly quiet.
Here's a picture of it...or what it looked like on a somewhat bleak mid-winter day, cool, but dry, with fleeting sunshine, along with fleeting blue sky hidden beneath waves of gray.
Afterwards, I began to dream of having a part time job teaching people how to read and write a comic book. They'd either pick one to analyze and write a paper on, or to use as a springing off point to write their own or a continuation of. It's a fantasy, but also an idea that had not occurred to me before. I'm beginning to wonder if I might try my hand at part time teaching after I retire? I like instructing folks at work. Showing them how to do something. Helping them. I also like having them instruct me. The learning process has always intrigued me. I don't know...it's probably not all that workable. I shared it with mother - who hrrrumphed.
Anyhow, on the way back from Greenwood, I saw a startling sight...
The first glimmer of Spring! And on a cold brisk mid-winter day to boot.
(I honestly have no idea where the expression "to boot" comes from.)
This brave little flower sprung up on a very cold day. A burst of yellow sunshine. It made me happy. It's the little things, you know?
3. Struggling with this new sensor (Freestyle Libre 3 - about $39 with insurance). It has my glucose levels all over the place. ( Read more... )
Tomorrow I'm going to try to go to church, and the artist way group after at 12:45. Church is from 11-12. I hate activities after church - I always have to figure out what to do with the forty-five minutes in between and how to get lunch. Also, I get stuck at church for almost the entire day.
But I'm trying to get out of this rut that I've been in for a while, and establish a healthy work/life balance. I did not have one the last few years and it wore on me.
It's nothing we all haven't seen before - quite a few times, already. Sigh. Be nice if folks came up with something new, wouldn't it? Not that there's anything wrong with doing a popular trope again. I just wish they were a bit more innovative with it.
Should back up, shouldn't I? And explain what it is about for those hiding under a pop culture rock and haven't a clue. (Some people pay attention to politics, I pay attention to pop culture, less anxiety inducing not to mention less depressing.)
The set-up? ( Spoilers for those who want to go in blind )
I'll probably watch a few more episodes. Since I like the actors, and so far the characters they portray, and I don't find it scary. I found the Walking Dead scary at times, this, not so much.
2. Took myself off on an Artist Date. Decided to take a long walk, and ended up walking around Greenwood Cemetery again - for the first time since roughly 2021. I don't think I did it in 2022. The cemetery apparently closes around 4:30-5pm, so I got out of there by 3:30. It was about two and a half hours or 3.5 miles. Cold. Somewhere in the 30s with fleeting sunshine, and a blustery wind.
Lovely idea - Greenwood is among the few places in NYC where you can be blissfully alone outside with no people, cars, bikes, dogs, etc for long periods of time. It's just the birds, the trees, the grass, the graves, and the occasional jet plan flying over head. Blessed silence. My apartment is the only other place that can be that blessedly quiet.
Here's a picture of it...or what it looked like on a somewhat bleak mid-winter day, cool, but dry, with fleeting sunshine, along with fleeting blue sky hidden beneath waves of gray.
Afterwards, I began to dream of having a part time job teaching people how to read and write a comic book. They'd either pick one to analyze and write a paper on, or to use as a springing off point to write their own or a continuation of. It's a fantasy, but also an idea that had not occurred to me before. I'm beginning to wonder if I might try my hand at part time teaching after I retire? I like instructing folks at work. Showing them how to do something. Helping them. I also like having them instruct me. The learning process has always intrigued me. I don't know...it's probably not all that workable. I shared it with mother - who hrrrumphed.
Anyhow, on the way back from Greenwood, I saw a startling sight...
The first glimmer of Spring! And on a cold brisk mid-winter day to boot.
(I honestly have no idea where the expression "to boot" comes from.)
This brave little flower sprung up on a very cold day. A burst of yellow sunshine. It made me happy. It's the little things, you know?
3. Struggling with this new sensor (Freestyle Libre 3 - about $39 with insurance). It has my glucose levels all over the place. ( Read more... )
Tomorrow I'm going to try to go to church, and the artist way group after at 12:45. Church is from 11-12. I hate activities after church - I always have to figure out what to do with the forty-five minutes in between and how to get lunch. Also, I get stuck at church for almost the entire day.
But I'm trying to get out of this rut that I've been in for a while, and establish a healthy work/life balance. I did not have one the last few years and it wore on me.