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( covid and work stuff )

“A million years ago there had been no river here and in a million years to come there might be no river – but in a million years from now there would be, if not Man, at least a caring thing. And that was the secret of the universe, Enoch told himself – a thing that went on caring.”
― Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

I loved this book. Which makes two for two with this author. It's my favorite kind of sci-fi which is focused on the aspect of actually being human and what that means for the individual and the for the community. It has a lot of connections with nature and, what I thought, the idea of if being an Earthling equaled or had an effect on humanity. It was published in 1963 and I just like that it's so old that it's new, y'know? Like it's not full of the same tropes everyone is using now. But as far as I've been able to tell, I haven't noticed any blatant isms that would make his books unreadable.

I am now 7 books behind schedule. Good luck to my reading goal!

“As if this were a special place, one of those special places that each man must seek out for himself, and count himself as lucky if he ever found it, for there were those who sought and never found it. And worst of all, there were even those who never hunted for it.”
― Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

Here's a short story on TOR's website from from Seanan McGuire's In An Absent Dream which is Lundy's story - Juice Like Wounds. It's the story of Lundy, Moon, and Mockery's quest that did not end well. That book would have been a lot stronger if this story had been included in it. It's not my favorite of the series because it felt a lot like a missed chance to do something cooler with the Market. That said I did enjoy this story and I think it might be okay to read if you haven't read the main book.

Has anyone used RedBubble for masks? I saw this one:

and instantly wanted it. It says it's two layers which is already better than the masks the university handed out to all us peons. I don't deal well with things over my ears, but I'm going to get a pack of ear saver bands too and see if that'll work.

I'd tried to order more buffs from Wild Wrap but what I got was a severe nose dive in quality and fit. I'm going to have to send them back on my dime and I'm a little irritated. The first order I got was so good. They clearly couldn't keep up with demand and decided to just throw the products at the wall to see what sticks.

whenever all this started about a billion years ago, I placed a larger than normal order for grocery pickup because I'd been slacking on keeping a stock on the things I like to eat since it was so easy to just place an order every week. (ah the good old days) So, I took all my groceries and put them up, went to work, then came home and wanted a snack before bed. The refrigerator was dark.

The refrigerator was dark!

I immediately panicked and despaired that all the good stuff I'd just bought on the off chance (ha ha ha) that the US did go into quarantine was all ruined. Ruined! Then after a good few desperate seconds of touching things and for some reason holding them to my forehead(?) I realized everything was still cold and the normal light in fact does not come from the food gods and instead from an odd shaped lightbulb tucked up near the roof of the fridge.

So of course, I unscrewed the lightbulb and took it at my earliest possible convenience to the store to buy a replacement.

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just kidding the fridge is a black hole and I have to use a flashlight to find the shredded cheese.

I had to go back to skip=160 to see everything I missed from working my 12 hr shifts the last three days and I loved everything and y'all are marvelous people. All I've did was work and sleep, but work wasn't too hard. I'm also the one who gets a buddy so I can wander around (use the restroom whenever I want!) a little more than the others. It also meant I watched less media than I expected.

However, I now have the first two episodes of Picard under my belt and I'm super excited! I really enjoyed how they work TNG theme into the music. I like and hope for more action, as TNG is largely unwatchable for me these days. As much I love Picard, it just doesn't hold my interest. I'm only going to watch one new episode when I'm at work so I have something to look forward to.

HBO is putting some of their stuff out for free. I want to watch Detective Pikachu again and maybe give Ballers a chance.

We've gone to 12 hr shifts at work and I got the 8pm to 8am slot . . . yay. But they are letting us do 4 hrs of 'work from home' that are basically free, so no overtime and four days off. This is the second attempt at this schedule because the boss finally realized that making us suffer a 48hr week while he was constantly 'working from home' was a bad optic.

( my health )

I thought I'd try to watch Parks and Rec as a kind of mindless way to pass the time. I binged watched it once before and thought I remembered it being pretty harmless. Mostly I came away with an increased fascination for Adam Scott and more reasons to dislike Chris Pratt.

( This time it has turned into an ultimate hate watch, but I am nearly done. Finally. )

Anyway, I was just . . . watching the days slip by me. Today I unloaded and loaded the dishwasher, did a cycle of laundry, brushed the dog (he is not a fan yet), and took a bath.

Did someone say Everything's Alright Now?

i'm going to miss basketball

i'm going to miss the movies that are postponed

i'm going to be bored out of my ever lovin' gourd for the next 3+ weeks as the college students enjoy spring break and at least 2 weeks of remote 'learning'

i'm just all over depressed because this is going to hurt so many people even if me and mine are gonna be fine

i have to postpone my yard sale now