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My arch nemesis the ice-cream van driver woke me up before 6 yesterday, but my sleep schedule has been so wonky I decided to go with it, get up, and try to enjoy going outside to sit with the sun for a little bit. I started taking a vitamin D supplement with this round of night shift, but I figured some of the real deal couldn't hurt anything. Today the neighbor across the street was playing music in their front yard though it was only loud enough for the bass to get to my bedroom, and it sounded enough like polka to lead to the weirdest nightmare. . .

( I've been listening to The Magnus Archives again, so it was a mash up statement with Oktoberfest )

I didn't watch a single men's ncaa basketball game, but my inner gambler/competitor couldn't help filling out a bracket. I decided first step was picking the team with more wins vs top 25 teams and then to go with my gut. I have Villanova winning it all.

( Star Trek Discovery )

I watched season 41 and the first episode of this new season of Survivor, and I love the changes. Most obviously, it's so diverse and THEY GET TO WEAR CLOTHES! There are other changes of course, it's 26 days instead of 39, so the contestants have to start playing a lot faster and it feels likes there's nowhere to hide.

60 year old Jeff Probst will no longer use 'guys' as a group pronoun and also he clearly made a deal somewhere to stop aging.

I finished reading Bird Box by Josh Malerman and it is very similar and very different than the Sandra Bullock Netflix movie (which I really liked). I enjoyed it quite a lot, and am now waiting for the sequel Malorie from the library.

( four more weeks on night shift )

April Meme: Day 6 You have to sing karaoke. What song do you pick? - I've only done singing around friend groups with like the video games with microphones or rock band with the other instruments, but I do enjoy it. I have a low voice, so I have a problem with a lot of female singers cause my falsetto is not the best. There was one game with this song, and if I ever tried in front of real people I'd try Happy Together by The Turtles. I remember singing it with my mom on car rides because I got my voice from her.




The Magnus Archives started its last hurrah Season 5 last week and the first episode would also be an adequate jump in point if anyone wants to lean into the spooky and/or horrifying aspects of current life and work through it in a fictional universe. Though of course, starting at the beginning would be the better choice. The creators have all warned that this season planned and started long before current pandemic quarantine issues might hit a little too close to home. It also will not have a happy ending.

Sometimes I need that. IDK, I don't see a happily ever after for myself, but I see an okay, this is fine, and as long as I don't end up in The Buried, I'll take it. So as long as you know what you're getting into, and you want that, I can't recommend this podcast enough. It's so, so good.

In today's it's not a big deal, but I'm still a little sad: I preordered the FFVII remake and if I got it the day it released I would have all my days off to play, but alas Amazon says it will come the Tuesday after, just in time for me to hide it under the couch cushion while I work my three 12s. The officers are working 8hr shifts - seven days on and seven days off, and I hate it and think it's unsafe, but nobody asked me.