Personal Day

Good news? PC Richards came and installed my new A/C and took away the broken one. It's the same model and brand - because I had to replace it with a comparable version. Which is fine - it was working, until the apartment stripped and re-painted the fire escape. But I didn't tell PC Richards that. And the technician - when I did tell him, pooh-poohed it stating that wasn't the cause it was the faulty Freeon.

Anyhow, the new A/C plus the tower fan, keeps my apartment cool - at 76 F/24.4 C degrees in the living room with 35% humidity - wich is comfortable, you don't want to be less than that. It's 81 F/27.77 C outside with 42% humidity - so feels like 80. Was clear for most of the day...until now, when it's become overcast.



PC Richards has the worst customer service.
( Dealing with PC Richards Customer Service )

But it is over. Yay. And I saved over $400 dollars, so yay team. Also, I should be able to sleep well tonight. Couldn't sleep at all last night. Afterwards I took a walk to a little community garden in Windsor Terrace, which I hoped was open. It was.

After walking through it. I sat in one of the little green chairs and meditated by the pond for a bit.



And then took a stroll, taking photos of flowers, which makes me happy:
( more photos )

I also passed a sculpture garden of sorts, in the front yard of one of the houses...

( sculpture garden )

And a couple of houses had the sign "Cease Fire" on them...

( cease fire sign )

While in front of the library were little posters of children's rhymes..

( poster of children's rhyme in front of Windsor Terrace Brooklyn Public Library )

The library also has a knitting circle which meets on Tuesdays, and a Writing Group that meets monthly, and is open to everyone.

Read this on instagram:

"You aren't lazy. You just have a certain amount of energy and right now you are using it all to survive."

And Lou from the Grief Project states: "When we are going through BIG moments in life, whether that be a death or some other form of loss, it’s easy to feel like we aren’t achieving enough, grieving for “too long” or just using our grief as an “excuse” to be lazy. But it’s true-we only have a certain amount of energy. We only have so much bandwidth. We can only put on a happy face for so many hours a day. If you have survived something, you will go through a period of ‘survival’. If you are in this space currently, please know that you are not lazy. Your body is dealing with your stress and sadness. Use your energy sparingly, spend time only with people who bring you up, nap if your brain needs a break, drink water, take baths, sit and process, and most importantly…. Be gentle with you."

I read it and thought, but I'm not grieving anything at the moment, I've not been through any trauma. Then the Universe smacked me upside the head.
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Spent the morning reading The Croning which is a rather short book actually. I think it's only about 200 pages? It's hard to tell with E-books. I also can't tell if the mistakes are due to its transference to E-book or editorial/authorial errors. I think it was published prior to E-Books, so most likely the former.

Almost done with it any rate. More creepy than anything else. Also, I'm annoyed with the author's obvious issues with women, and indigenous cultures. Both border on misogynistic and racist. This is unfortunately a problem with pre-21st Century Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Romance, and Fantasy. Not all, but some. And occasionally I stumble across them. Horror is by far the worst in this regard. There's a lot of male horror writers who confuse Wicca and Pagan rituals with well Devil Worship. Also for some reason or other, took the wrong thing away from the Salem Witch Trials.

Why am I still reading it? Curious.

Started a new book, which I can't remember the name of. It's a paperback. With a cool cover. I posted a picture of it a few posts back? It's about a Dark Wizard who wakes up with amnesia and can't remember who he is, but does apparently still posses a bit of magic.

Kind of twisty Dresden Files with amnesia?

The thing about having broad and somewhat eclectic taste? Not to mention moody. Is it takes you in all sorts of odd directions and paths, culturally speaking. I'm also not that judgemental when it comes to art, and more or less open to trying new things. I do tend to swing wide of torture porn, we all have our limits. Well that and spiders. Also, not a fan of body horror and gore. Or graphic depictions of rape. So...yup, limits.

On the Television front?

Finished S3 of The Bear (F/X and Hulu)- that was a beautiful season - I adored it. Highly recommend. Best thing I've seen this year. Consumed that in two to three days.

Watching Loudermilk on Netflix - Farralley's take on alcoholism. It's interesting - about a former divorced music critic who is running an alcoholic support group. Has the crude humor you'd expect from Farrelley (of Dumb & Dumber and There's Something About Mary fame, but reigned in a bit? Or the sight gags are.)

Also started watching S2 of Surreal Estate on Hulu.

I may begin Shogun soon.