New Year's Thoughts...

Ah, we're having a major thunderstorm on New Year's Eve in NYC. I do wonder how those poor tourists in Times Square will fare. Reminds me of BOSS (who retired in March) who told us in 2020 that if we survived, he would appear in the middle of Times Square butt naked on New Year's Eve.

I was seeing flashes, then realized, yes, lightening. It's supposed to pour, then drop from around fifty degrees to around twenty degrees.

I'm watching the Great British Baking Show Celebrity Edition (with British Celebrities that I neither recognize and have never heard of - they apparently exist. Britain has their obscure celebrities just like the rest of us. Speaking of GBBS - they were doing "Flans" but they looked like quiches to me.
( British Flan vs. American Flan )

That said, Celebrity Bake Off, which was done in the early years, and I found airing on the Roku Channel is hilarious. Thank you, your_librarian for the rec.

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There's this meme - it asks you to pick the book nearest you, turn to page 125, the fifth sentence will be your life in 2025.

The first book I grabbed was one over, because nearest one was a bit hidden.

The first said: "Aware that it clashed with his religious beliefs, Hamilton always retained some nagging reservations about dueling, which became more pronounced in later years."

So I dug out the actual one.

"But I really was exhausted." (Considering that's been true of pretty much every year since 2015....)

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It's quite the lighting show - flashes and bangs, I'd think it was fireworks, except just white light. Very warm in the apartment - it's 79 degrees, with a window open, and two fans on. I also have the A/C fan on in the bedroom. Got it down to 74. (Oh, what I'd give to have central air - which I regulated. My heat would be set at 68-70.)

I'm tempted to watch the ball drop just to see how the handle the thunderstorm in Time's Square.

I'd say I'll be happy to say goodbye to this year? But I'm kind of terrified of the on-coming one? (Points at Icon). I would flee to another country - but alas, it's impossible. Also, wherever you go, there you are.

End of Year Fandom Memage

1. Your main fandom this year?

Books: Illona Andrews novels - been reading all of them on audio or e-books or graphic audio dramatization. (I get her blog). Television: General Hospital (soap) and the X-men. Also, to a lesser degree Bridgerton, Doctor Who, and Lord of the Rings.

2. Your favorite film watched this year?

Thelma. Thelma would be my favorite, considering it's the only one I really remember. Thelma is streaming on Hulu and is about an old woman who takes out the people who scammed her - not at all what you'd think.
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Happy New Year??

I should just go to bed, but it's hot in my apartment and I'm trying to cool it down first. I got the bedroom to 73, I think. The living room is 78. It does this whenever the temps rise above the forties. It's 48, and they are blasting the heat the same they would if it were in the 20s. But the good news is that they are installing a new computer system to regulate heat on the roof and in the boiler room.

I'm tired. And binging on GBBS Celebrity Edition. I only recognize the short comics. Everyone else? Not at all. Warwick Davis - I recognized, he was in a bunch of movies.

Well, maybe it stopped raining - because the celebration is happening in Times Square. I flipped it on for kicks and giggles. No one looks wet. Making me wonder if it rained. And just had lightening and thunder earlier.
The horrible singer on the stage - was Carrie Underwood? She's unrecognizable. There's about a million people (they aren't New Yorkers - they are tourists) - in Times Square. There's maybe 1000 New Yorkers in that crowd. NY is a city of 8 million, with about an additional 3 million who like to visit for undisclosed periods of time. It's also 45 F in NYC.

The booms happening now - are definitely fireworks in the area.

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Let's hope next year which will most likely happen before I post this - so this year, will be better than we think or at the very least uneventful?
I don't know about anyone else? But I'm tired of change - but I'm guessing it's futile to hope for anything else at the moment. Maybe more positive change?? I kind of gave up this year on that. At least, with the recent "work-related" move to the city over with - the anxiety for the most part is gone. I've been a nervous wreck for months, it seems, between the election, work, and various things. Now, I feel calm. Like a load of bricks was removed from my shoulders.

I'm ignoring the National News, and the International News. Except for the stuff that I absolutely have to know. Stuff still seems to slip through. But for the most part it is helping keep the anxiety level low.

I don't really have any resolutions outside of just barrelling through and pulling away from things that make that harder than usual. Maybe reach out a bit more, meet new people, try some new things, take a trip somewhere, and pray all of that will be possible.

My niece god bless her - has taken to hiking to high places with my brother, and sitting on cliffs to get past her fear of heights. She appears to believe in confronting her fears head-on. Been there done that - it sometimes, it sometimes really doesn't. (I did zip-lining, and that will not happen again, nor will hanging bridges. And I do not plan on driving cross country.)